The last couple of posts on this blog (here and here) have dealt with the GST Constitution Amendment and the issues pertaining to fiscal federalism. More on the subject: 1. Pratap Bhanu Mehta has...
Guest Post by Abhinav Sekhri The Indian Express recently reported that a District & Sessions Judge in Rewari, Haryana has referred a case to the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The issue...
Guest post by Alok Prasanna With Parliament having passed the Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 the framework has been set for the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in India. While...
The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 (‘Amendment’) has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament. This important Constitution Amendment has been passed to introduce the...
Guest Post by Prashant Narang 72. It is common ground that the validity of the impugned amendment to Rule 6.2.4 shall have to be tested on a threshold basis viz. (i) whether the amendment is made by...
Guest Post by Bhargavi Zaveri and Smriti Parsheera In this ET piece, we argue that the Supreme Court judgment in Cellular Operators Association vs TRAI (the ‘call drop’ order) takes a...
Guest Post by Shraddha Kulhari and Sujoy Chatterjee In an earlier post, we had discussed the current constitutional status of the National Capital Territory of Delhi vis-à-vis Statehood. To...
The State of the Indian Judiciary- A Report by DAKSH will be released on Wednesday, August 10 in Delhi. Details of the release event and a brief synopsis of the report are set out here. Look forward...
Guest Post by Sakshi Aravind Gender identities are fluid postulations which cannot be limited by definitional boundaries or legal formalities which defeat the notions of bodily autonomy integral to...
Guest post by Sakshi Aravind In my previous post I had briefly discussed the shortcomings of the Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016 that has been recently passed by the Rajya Sabha. In this post...
Guest Post by Sakshi Aravind On 28th July, 2016 Rajya Sabha unanimously passed the deeply problematic Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 (“the bill”). It was passed by Lok Sabha without...
Guest Post by Abhinav Sekhri and Devdutta Mukhopadhyay A little storm is brewing in the Delhi High Court. A bench of two judges (Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal) issued...
Almost every day brings to the fore some instance of abuse, harassment and stalking that women face on the internet and on social media specifically. Addressing this doesn’t require more ill...