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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.

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. …

Discussing Volume 9 of the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law

On April 10, 2021 By DGV Rithvik In Constitutional Law, Judiciary, New Scholarship

The fourth part of our discussions under the New Scholarship series around public law themed articles will include pieces featured in the recently released Volume 9 of the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law. IJCL’s editorial board had previously introduced Volume 9 of the journal

Who Are Our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges

On April 10, 2021 By Rangin Tripathy and Chandni Kaur Bagga In Constitutional Law, Judiciary, New Scholarship

In this piece, Rangin Tripathy and Chandni Kaur Bagga introduce the arguments they make in their research article titled “Who Are Our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges

Response to Muhammad Mutahhar Amin’s Response – Basic without Structure? : the Presidential Order of 1954 and the Indo-Jammu & Kashmir Constitutional Relationship

On March 19, 2021 By Zaid Deva In Constitutional Law

This Response Piece is part of a series of posts indexed here discussing the public law themed articles featured in the recently released Issue 2 of the 2020 Volume of the Indian Law Review. This is Zaid Deva’s Response to Muhammad Mutahhar Amin’s Response Piece to the paper by Zaid Deva.

Killing A Constitution With A Thousand Cuts: A Response to the Symposium Blogs

On February 18, 2021 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, LAOT 15, New Scholarship

[Ed Note – We are hosting an international blog symposium on India and Global Decline in Democracies as a part of our New Scholarship initiative. We discussed Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. All responses to his …

Summary – Basic without Structure? : The presidential order of 1954 and the Indo-J&K constitutional relationship

On January 20, 2021 By Zaid Deva In Constitutional Law, Jammu and Kashmir, New Scholarship

In this post the author summarizes his research article – “Basic without Structure? : The presidential order of 1954 and the Indo-J&K constitutional relationship” published in the Issue 2 of 2020 Volume of the Indian Law Review.

Right to Protest Judgment: Its Impact on Democracy

On January 17, 2021 By Jyotishka Guha In Constitutional Law, Right to Protest

In this piece, the author analyses the effect of the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Shaheen Bagh case on the right to protest safeguarded in any democracy.

Putting Politics Ahead of Institutional Critique

On January 15, 2021 By Professor Mark Tushnet In Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, New Scholarship

Ed Note– We are hosting an international blog symposium on India and Global Decline in Democracies as a part of our New Scholarship initiative. We will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. More information on the symposium …