The article analyses the awful practice of the police parading the accused before the media and compelling the accused to pose for photographs. The author argues that this induces shame, creates...
In this article, the author analyses the validity of 'ordinance-making' in the country through the lens of the recent ordinances passed by the Uttar Pradesh government that curb various labour rights...
In this article, the author critiques the proposed surrogacy law on the touchstone of fundamental rights. First,that commercial surrogacy is an occupation under Article 19(1)(g). Second, it argues...
[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...
Profs. Rangin P. Tripathy and Suman Bhattamishra of analyse the Orissa HC judgment on privacy of Covid-19 patients and its application of the Puttaswamy decision to completely prohibit the disclosure...
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Indian Journal of Constitutional Law, NALSAR releases Vol 9 (2020) | A Mélange of Scholarship on Indian and Comparative Constitutional Law Issues
[Ed Note: We are happy to report the release of IJCL’s Vol. 9 (2020). This Volume of the Journal seems quite promising with 11 pieces in the form of 7 Articles, 2 Essays and 2 Case Comments...
The Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research, NALSAR has recently started a lecture series. For the second lecture, we have Justice (Retd.) Abhay Thipsay. Titled ‘Terrorism Trials and...
This section will be a one-stop platform for all announcements related to the Conference. It will bring together Panel-by-Panel reports as well as a compiled publication developed from the...
The 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...
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The Criminalization of PUBG in Gujarat: A Frivolous Affair?
In our latest piece, the author highlights the criminalization of PUBG in Gujarat with special focus on Section 37(3) of the Gujarat Police Act, 1951. The author discusses this in the light of the...