The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 (‘the Bill’), has failed the transgender community, and severely waters down the guarantees of the NALSA judgement. (Its several critiques...
2017 was a rather eventful year of the Supreme Court of India which delivered some important and unexpected judgments. The year also witnessed the retirement of 4 judges including 2 Chief Justices...
The International Journal of Constitutional Law has just published its special issue on Asian law on its website. The entire issue is freely available for a limited time, and much of the content...
Juris Diurna 16th May to 31st May {2018} Issue 4 Hi, welcome to our legal newsletter Juris Diurna, we publish this newsletter fortnightly. The aftermath of a Karnataka Assembly elections raises...
General Arthur Cotton’s exhortation in the 19th century to inter-link Indian rivers to streamline export of raw material from India to Britain (and officially, to mitigate the water crisis in...
The institution of property – Form and Function This is the second post in a two-part series about about the legal nature of cryptocurrencies in India. The first part is available here. On December...
OUP has published my book “Rule of Law in India- A Quest for Reason”. I have made an effort to analyse the reasons for the dichotomy in India’s rule of law framework. On paper...
Juris Diurna 1st May to 15th May {2018} Issue 3 Hi, welcome to our legal newsletter Juris Diurna, we publish this newsletter fortnightly. Supreme Court issues directions for the better implementation...
Juris Diurna 15th April to 30th April {2018} Issue 2 Hi, welcome to our legal newsletter Juris Diurna, we publish this newsletter fortnightly President Promulgates Ordinance providing death penalty...
Juris Diurna 23rd March to 15th April {2018} Issue 1 Stay not to be granted beyond 6 months in Criminal/ Civil Proceedings unless extended by a speaking order. A three judge bench of the Supreme...