Summary: This article analyzes the “result-oriented” shift in Indian environmental jurisprudence, where the Supreme Court prioritizes tangible economic costs and “sunk costs”...
Summary: The approach to ‘transformative constitutionalism’ in Bandhua Mukti Morcha vs Union stands in stark contrast to the rationale preferred in Balram Singh. The central issue concerns both...
Blurb: Building on the foundation laid by S.R. Bommai and the Article 370 judgment, this part analyses the “object and purpose” test as a standard for evaluating the constitutionality of...
Blurb: This piece critically examines the evolving scope of judicial review under Article 356, focusing on the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the same in the Article 370 judgment. It explores the...
In an order dated 19 September 2022, the Supreme Court for the first time in 42 years has referred issues relating to capital sentencing to a Constitution bench. Driven by the objective to revisit...
This article is the first part of a two-part series on the 103rd amendment which provides for a maximum of ten percent reservation to the economically weaker sections of citizens, and deals with a...
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Yet another creation of crime!
This post discusses the approach in the Lok Sabha from regulating commercial surrogacy to criminalizing it and how such transition is in conflict with the guaranteed rights.
Guest post by Namratha Murugeshan It has almost been a month since the four puisne judges of the Supreme Court addressed the public regarding a ‘crisis’ in the Indian judiciary. A lot has been said...
Guest Post by Abhinav Sekhri On March 12, 1968, Justice Amar Nath Grover had completed a month of being on the Indian Supreme Court. His appointment was one of the last acts of K.N. Wanchoo as Chief...
Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar addressed the attendees at the launch of a new book about the origins of the Supreme Court on Monday, where he spoke about the need for legal scholarship to...