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Education Rights Trust v. Government of Karnataka: Need to Prevent Legislature from Diluting the Spirit and Object of the RTE Act

On August 3, 2021 By Kavya Arora In Fundamental Rights, Right to education

INTRODUCTION On July 14, 2021, the News Minute reported that admissions under the RTE Act in Karnataka have declined since 2019. One of the most prominent reasons suggested for this decline is Karnataka Government’s RTE …

No Democratic Protest If No Fair Trial

On July 23, 2021 By Prof. Amita Dhanda In Criminal Law, Fundamental Rights, New Scholarship

[Ed Note: Over the next few days, we shall be discussing Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi’s article titled “Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice: The Concept of Fair Trial” published in the Annual Journal …

Discussion on Dr. Upendra Baxi’s article ‘Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice: The Concept of Fair Trial’

On July 15, 2021 By Shanthan Reddy In Criminal Law, Fundamental Rights, New Scholarship

As our readers might be aware, we have recently started the New Scholarship Section on our Blog, to promote new academic literature in the field of public law. As part of our New Scholarship Section on …

Testing CCTNS on the anvil of Puttaswamy’s triple test for privacy

On June 7, 2021 By Karishma Maria In Fundamental Rights, Privacy

The article tests if CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems) passes the triple test for privacy as discussed by the Supreme Court of India in K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (9 Judge Bench – Privacy)

Why we must talk about Preventive Detention

On June 6, 2021 By Abhinav Sekhri In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, New Scholarship

Ed Note: Continuing our discussion on IJCL Volume 9, in this piece Abhinav Sekhri responds to Shrimoyee Ghosh’s critique of his Article on Preventive Detention. Read Shrimoyee’s Response Post here in which she suggests that …

Article 22 -Calling Time on Preventive Detention

On May 25, 2021 By Chitranksha Kumari In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, New Scholarship, Preventive Detention

Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship Section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to specific articles. This is part of a series of posts discussing the public law themed research articles featured in Volume …

Analysing The State of Emergency in Myanmar: A Constitutional Perspective

On May 17, 2021 By Sourav Paul In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, International Law

“By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but life is never wisely given to save a limb.” –Abraham Lincoln Introduction On February …

Analysing NEP Through Gendered Lens – Part II

On April 20, 2021 By Shraddha and Harshwardhan Pushkin Sharma In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Gender Equality, Right to education

This is a two-part series on the analysis of the National Education Policy through gendered lines.

Analysing the National Education Policy through Gendered Lens – Part I

On April 10, 2021 By Shraddha and Harshwardhan Pushkin Sharma In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Gender Equality, Right to education

The Union Cabinet of India has approved the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) for implementation. It is set to be the guiding document of India’s future education system, containing several innovative educational initiatives and reforms. …

The National Education Policy, 2020: Some Constitutional Concerns – Part II

On October 20, 2020 By Tanishk Goyal and Prannv Dhawan In Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Legislation Analysis

In Part II of this 2-Part series, the authors outline the scheme of the National Education Policy, 2020 in light of the special constitutional provisions for minorities. They also divulge in the relationship between Part III and Part IV of the Constitution.