This piece examines the recent move towards legal recognition of same-sex marriage and the petitions filed in different High Courts. it also elaborates on the divergent arguments made in favour of and against the same.
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This piece examines the recent move towards legal recognition of same-sex marriage and the petitions filed in different High Courts. it also elaborates on the divergent arguments made in favour of and against the same.
Continue readingIn this article, the author attempts to briefly respond to a few of the arguments raised against NLAT. First, that the CLAT Consortium has no authority to remove NLSIU from the Consortium, and second, that the arguments regarding inequality are misplaced.
Continue readingNLAT prima facie promises safety for all applicants as they can appear for it from their homes through an online interface. However, in this part, we shall analyze the mode and timeline of the examination to argue that contrary to the Notification’s claims, the examination is not fair, accessible or transparent.
Continue readingThis Part shall delve into the legality of NLSIU’s decision of having a separate entrance test, while continuing as a member of the Consortium of NLUs by examining the Bye-Laws and the Memorandum of Association (MoA) of the Consortium.
Continue reading[Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship Section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to specific articles. This Response Piece is part of a series of posts indexed here discussing the public law themed articles …
Continue readingThe penultimate panel for the 2nd edition of The Courts & The Constitution, focused on reviewing the developments in equality jurisprudence over 2019. The panel was moderated by Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU. Arundhati Katju …
Continue readingThe Citizenship Amendment Act alters the definition of ‘illegal immigrant’ for the purposes of the Citizenship Act 1955. It provides that ‘persons belonging to minority communities, namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from …
Continue readingThis 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 brief history of the jurisprudence surrounding reservations in India.
Continue readingThis article is the second 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 discusses the jurisprudence on equality vis-a-vis reservations.
Continue readingThe Centre for Law and Policy Research is inviting applications for its Equality Fellowship to engage in litigation and advocacy that responds to intersectional discrimination in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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