The Supreme Court’s stay on the UGC Equity Regulations, 2026 raises a deeper constitutional question: must equality always operate symmetrically? Examining the Court’s concerns with group-specific...
This piece reconstructs the Indian religious freedom jurisprudence by proposing a harm-centred alternative to the ERP test. While endorsing the anti-exclusion principle articulated in Sabarimala...
The article critiques the Supreme Court's decision in Ramesh Baghel v. State of Chhattisgarh, arguing that the ruling is arbitrary and inconsistent, exposing its judicial endorsement of majoritarian...
This blog examines the constitutional validity of meat ban orders imposed during religious festivals across India, which restrict the fundamental right to freedom of trade under Article 19(1)(g). The...
In this piece, the author analyses the constitutionality of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023. While the bill aims at modernising broadcasting laws in India, it introduces a three...
Summary: Article 25 of the Constitution has traditionally focussed on religious rights and the scope of protection they enjoyed from state intervention. However, there is one aspect of this right...
The SC in the case of Ritu Chhabria v. Union of India held that incomplete chargesheets filed by investigative authorities to deny regular bail violate rights of an accused. This decision was...
This article delves into the intricate complexities surrounding the imposition of bail conditions under Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in India and their profound implications...
This post is part of a series on constitutional and political questions relevant to contemporary times written by Sughosh Joshi, a political researcher working with I-PAC. Sughosh also publishes a...
The author posits that 'rights-not-to' must be construed along a private-public spectrum in the context of its social impact. The article illustrates this by comparing Prof. Nan Hunter's more...