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Divine labours, devalued work: Concluding response to the discussion pieces

On January 14, 2022 By Sneha Banerjee and Prabha Kotiswaran In Discrimination, Equality, New Scholarship, Parliament, Privacy, Reproductive Rights, Surrogacy

Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to the public law themed articles featured in Volume 5 of the Indian Law Review. You can access all the …

Divine labours, devalued work: Response by Sharmila Rudrappa

On January 4, 2022 By Sharmila Rudrappa In Discrimination, Equality, New Scholarship, Parliament, Privacy, Reproductive Rights

Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to the public law themed articles featured in Volume 5 the Indian Law Review. You can access all the posts …

Divine labours, devalued work: Response by Anindita Majumdar

On December 13, 2021 By Anindita Majumdar In Discrimination, Equality, New Scholarship, Parliament, Privacy, Reproductive Rights, Surrogacy

Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to the public law themed articles featured in Volume 5 the Indian Law Review. You can access all the …

Divine labours, devalued work: Response by Chayanika Shah

On December 7, 2021 By Chayanika Shah In Discrimination, Equality, New Scholarship, Parliament, Privacy, Surrogacy

Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to the public law themed articles featured in Volume 5 the Indian Law Review. You can access all the …

Divine labours, devalued work: the continuing saga of India’s surrogacy regulation: Summary by Eeshan Sonak

On November 22, 2021 By Dr. Sneha Banerjee and Dr. Prabha Kotiswaran In Discrimination, Equality, New Scholarship, Parliament, Privacy, Reproductive Rights, Surrogacy

[Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to the public law themed articles featured in Volume 5 the Indian Law Review. You can access all the …

Cultural Dissent in the Hindutva Cases

On November 6, 2021 By Ananya Narain Tyagi In Constitutional Law, Equality, Religious Freedom, Secularism

In this piece, the author makes an attempt to remind the readers about the absence of cultural dissent in the landmark Hindutva decisions and the academic scholarship built upon it.

Addressing Intersectionality And Access To Justice: The Need For An Anti-Discrimination Legislation

On November 2, 2021 By Kavya Arora and Eishan Mehta In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Legislative Reform

The present constitutional provisions that provide protection against different forms of discrimination fall short of recognizing and doing complete justice to the victims of intersectional discrimination. Therefore, an anti-discrimination legislation in terms of substantive equality, horizontal applicability and access to remedies is argued for.

Deterring private discrimination, constitutionally

On October 29, 2021 By Thulasi K. Raj In Article 15, Discrimination, Equality, New Scholarship

The Constitution recognises the threat of private discrimination, and prohibits it in its text. But what’s the right principle to detect it? Thulasi K Raj argues for the principle of ‘public service’, which goes further than linguistic and other interpretations of Article 15(2).

Anti-Conversion Laws : Complementing or Contravening the Special Marriage Act?

On June 17, 2021 By Varun Garg In Anti-Conversion laws, Equality

Inter-faith marriages are considered taboo in India, a country predominately influenced by religious proponents and teachings. Several laws have been drafted on this subject-matter, with the most recent developments being the promulgation of Uttar Pradesh …

Letting Go: The End (of the Start)

On April 23, 2021 By Swethaa Ballakrishnen In Book Discussion, Books, Editor's Choice, Equality, New Scholarship

Prof. Ballakrishnen responds to the comments from Akshaya Kamalnath, Nida Kirmani and Hemangini Gupta on their book Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility among India’s Professional Elite.