In this post, the authors argue that while the Navtej Johar judgment is tool for social change, it may be unable to function as an effective measure for social acceptance.
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In this post, the authors argue that while the Navtej Johar judgment is tool for social change, it may be unable to function as an effective measure for social acceptance.
Continue readingThis post is the concluding part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabrimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.
Continue readingThis post is the second part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabarimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.
Continue readingThis post is the first part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabrimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.
Continue readingThe 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 …
Continue readingThe 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.
Continue readingThe incumbent elected government in Delhi resumed power in 2015 with a conclusive mandate from the electorate. However, three years after being in office, it is still mired in complex and at times acrimonious disagreements …
Continue readingThe 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 …
Continue readingGeneral Arthur Cotton’s exhortation in the 19th century to inter-link Indian rivers to streamline export of raw material from India to Britain (and officially, to mitigate the water crisis in South India) was in 1960 …
Continue readingThe impact of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is not measurable solely by reference to formal prosecutions resulting in reported decisions. As the Delhi High Court found in Naz Foundation v Government of …
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