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‘The Court & the Constitution’ Conference – 2018 in Review

On January 18, 2019 By In Conference, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice

We are hosting the Court and Constitution conference in collaboration with NALSAR and Azim Premji University (26th and 27th January, 2019).

The Impact Of Puttaswamy Judgement On The Rights Of The Media

On September 20, 2018 By Vishal Rakhecha In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

The post is an attempt to anticipate the trajectory of decisions following the Puttaswamy judgment, in dealing with cases where the right to freedom of speech and right to privacy are seemingly in conflict, based on a decisions of a few High Courts in this regard.

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 …

ICON’s special issue on Asia (freely downloadable)

On June 17, 2018 By Tarunabh Khaitan In New Scholarship

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 relates to …

Contemporary Issues in Public Law Conference on 8 April 2018

On April 4, 2018 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Conference

A very promising conference on Contemporary Issues in Public Law will be held at the Australian High Commission at Delhi this Sunday (8 April 2018). The conference invitation and full programme is here . Registration in …

Repost: Misadventures of the Supreme Court in Aruna Shanbaug v. Union of India

On March 10, 2018 By Aparna Chandra and Mrinal Satish In Euthanasia, Right to Life, Supreme Court of India

In a historic decision, the Supreme Court on Friday declared passive euthanasia and the right of persons, including the terminally ill, to give advance directives to refuse medical treatment legally permissible. The Constitution Bench held that the …

Review: Abhinav Chandrachud’s Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India

On October 21, 2017 By Douglas McDonald-Norman In Book Review, Free Speech

Abhinav Chandrachud’s Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India (2017) is not Gautam Bhatia’s Offend, Shock and Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution (2016). Admittedly, both books are examinations of free …