Article 14 – Law and Other Things

Kashmir, the Constitution and Article 370: an Explainer

On August 8, 2019 By Chittkrishna Thakkar and Siddharth Sunil In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Explainer

This piece seeks to explain how Jammu & Kashmir’s constitutional status has changed in light of the recent developments and its possible repercussions

Repeat Sexual Offences and Proportionality of Punishment

On July 12, 2019 By Ankita Sarkar and Aishwarya Mohanty In Bombay High Court, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Fundamental Rights, Supreme Court of the United States

The Bombay High Court in Mohd Salim Mohd. Kudus Ansari (Shakti Mills case) recently upheld the constitutional validity of s.376E of the IPC that allows for the death penalty as one of the punishments for …

Understanding the Sabarimala Verdict- Part III

On October 17, 2018 By Bhavisha Sharma In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

This post is the concluding part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabrimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.

All you need to know about the Aadhaar Litigation

On September 26, 2018 By Namratha Murugeshan and Vishal Rakhecha In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Explainer, Fundamental Rights, Legislation Analysis, Supreme Court of India

The Aadhaar litigation will go down in history for being the second longest hearing in the Supreme Court of India. The case was heard for 38 days over a span of four months in which …

Delhi High Court on Beggary: Law Untangled but not Completely

On September 18, 2018 By Dushyant Thakur In Constitutional Law, Delhi High Court, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Legislative Reform

The piece analyses the shortcomings in the recent judgment of the Delhi HC which decriminalised begging and further suggests, that the Central Government should come with uniform central legislation which adopts a rehabilitative approach on the issue of begging.

Long Parade to Freedom: Section 377 and the Queer Movement in India

On September 7, 2018 By Priyamvadha Shivaji and Shweta Rao In Constitutional Interpretation, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

The history of the queer movement in India has been a history of continuous contestation, redefinition, and re-evaluation, all leading to the altar of the nation’s apex court. Today marks the culmination of a decades-long …

Catch 22: The Treacherous Territory of the Article 35A/Kashmir Quandary

On August 23, 2018 By Siddharth Sunil In Constitutional Law, Equality, Legislative Reform, Supreme Court of India

“There is a tide in the affairs of men (sic), which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such …