On Wednesday morning, Justice Ganpat Singh Singhvi donned his black robes one last time. The judge with a smiling face had a busy day ahead of him. After hearing several cases, he would attend a late...
The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Suresh Kaushal v. Naz Foundation on the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the...
The following points struck me as the most problematic in what passes for legal reasoning in Koushal v. Naz: 1. The Classification test for Article 14: The classification test provides for very...
A copy of today’s Naz Foundation judgment overturning the Delhi High Court and upholding 377 can be found here. Others on this blog have followed this case far more closely than me and I will...
Tomorrow, at 10.30 a.m., Justice G.S.Singhvi will deliver the judgment in Suresh Kumar Kaushal v. Naz Foundation (SLP (c) 15436/2009) at Court No.1. Justice Singhvi also retires from the Supreme...
Stanford Program in Law and Society Inaugural Conference for Junior Researchers Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA May 16 – 17, 2014 On Law and (In)formality Call for Papers Introduction The...
Guest Post by Rajashree Rajasekaran It is not often that a case concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus finds its way to the Supreme Court of India. As observed by the Supreme Court in a recent...
On the empowering occasion of World Disability Day, it is most appropriate to deal with the nature of obligation to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities in the sphere of...
The Journal of National Law University, Delhi (“JNLUD”) is a faculty run, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Law University, Delhi. The Journal seeks to provide a platform for engaging...
[The following is an announcement from the NLSIR] The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) – the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore is...