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...
Summary: The Article argues that mandatory requirements to publish a notice of any marriage under the Special Marriages Act, constitutes indirect discrimination against interfaith couples. In the...
Summary: This article delves into the recent criminal law bills introduced in India, specifically focusing on the proposed replacement for the sedition law. It critically analyzes the transition from...
This is the second part of the post, where the author traces the contested political identity of India, as manifested in the Constituent Assembly Debates, which oscillated between a Presidential...
Introduction The members of the Constituent Assembly of India envisaged the Indian Constitution as a ‘liberal document’. Ironically, the liberal writers of the past, dominant among those, John Stuart...
This two part series examines whether the SC's decision in the Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India case is in consonance with the judiciary's role in the Indian model of separation of powers. The...
The Supreme Court held that the current system of appointment of the members of the Election Commission of India (“ECI”) gives power to the executive thereby taking away the independence of the ECI...
With reservation being made an enabling provision in the latest jurisprudence in Mukesh Kumar, this article argues that the provisions of the Constitution in fact place a "power plus duty" upon the...
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...
The article examines the possibility of the Supreme Court of India legalising same-sex marriage. Through an analysis of the four legislations invoked by various petitioners: The Hindu Marriage Act...