Constitutional Law | Law and Other Things

Why the Jammu & Kashmir Constituent Assembly Debates Matter

On December 17, 2021 By Zaid Deva In Constitutional Law, J&K Constituent Assembly Debates, Jammu and Kashmir

This article highlights the significance of the J&K Constituent Assembly Debates for constitutional interpretation. All the volumes of J&K CADs and the Autonomy Report 2000 can be accessed on our website here.

2021 Myanmar Coup – Surprise or no surprise?

On December 10, 2021 By Shanthan Reddy In Constitutional Law

This piece analyses the recent Myanmar coup vis-a-vis the country’s questionable democratic status.

To Live and Love in the Shadow of Section 377

On December 9, 2021 By Kriti Sharma In Book Discussions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, New Scholarship

[Ed Note: Over the next few days, we shall be discussing Danish Sheikh’s new book, Love and Reparation: A Theatrical Response to the Section 377 Litigation in India (Seagull Books, 2021). This is the …

The Law Doesn’t Love You

On November 19, 2021 By Akhil Kang In Book Discussions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, New Scholarship

Gujarat HC holds the petition challenging the Gujarat Prohibition Act as maintainable

On November 16, 2021 By Mrityunjoy Roy In Constitutional Law, Explainer, Gujarat High Court

[Ed Note: In this post, our analyst Mrityunjoy Roy, writes about Gujarat High Court’s decision holding the petition challenging the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 maintainable as part of the explainer series by LAOT analysts.] Introduction Recently, …

Danish Sheikh’s Love and Reparation: Review by Surabhi Shukla

On November 14, 2021 By Surabhi Shukla In Book Discussion, Book Discussions, Constitutional Law, New Scholarship, Sexuality Rights

J&K Constituent Assembly Debates

On November 10, 2021 By Law and Other Things In Constitutional Law, J&K Constituent Assembly Debates, Jammu and Kashmir

The Debates of the Indian Constituent Assembly are considered an important interpretative tool for Indian constitutional law jurisprudence. However, for Jammu and Kashmir (“J&K”), the process of drafting the Constitution also involved the Jammu & …

Subsuming Sexuality Rights within the Nation’s Progress (Part I)

On November 9, 2021 By Arti Gupta In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Human Rights, Sexuality Rights

In part 1 of this two-part series, the author analyses the flipside of the affirmation of sexuality rights, through an analysis of pictures depicting the performance of these rights.

Indian Journal of Constitutional Law, NALSAR releases Vol 9 (2020) | A Mélange of Scholarship on Indian and Comparative Constitutional Law Issues

On August 19, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Announcements, Comparative Law, Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal Law, Federalism, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Legislative Reform, New Scholarship, Scholarships, Separation of Powers

[Ed Note: We are happy to report the release of IJCL’s Vol. 9 (2020). This Volume of the Journal seems quite promising with 11 pieces in the form of 7 Articles, 2 Essays and 2 …