Courts – Law and Other Things

“Rubber-band” Secularism: How Islamic and Hindu majoritarianism repurpose colonial legal governance

On August 12, 2019 By Julia Stephens In Book Review, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Governance, Religion, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

In the conclusive post of the round-table book discussion, Professor Julia Stephens writes a response to the reviews for “Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia”. While analyzing the responses to her book, she simultaneously traces the paradigm of colonial secularism in the contemporary world

Governing Islam by Julia Stephens: A Response from Jhuma Sen

On July 31, 2019 By Jhuma Sen In Bombay High Court, Book Review, Constitutional Law, Governance, Religion, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the third of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Jhuma Sen.) Governing Islam: Law, Empire, and …

Governing Islam by Julia Stephens: A Response from Professor Jeffrey Redding

On July 30, 2019 By Jeffrey A. Redding In Bangladesh Supreme Court, Book Review, Foreign Judgments, Governance, Religion

(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the second of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Jeffrey Redding.) Two images from “Governing …

Repeat Sexual Offences and Proportionality of Punishment

On July 12, 2019 By Ankita Sarkar and Aishwarya Mohanty In Bombay High Court, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Fundamental Rights, Supreme Court of the United States

The Bombay High Court in Mohd Salim Mohd. Kudus Ansari (Shakti Mills case) recently upheld the constitutional validity of s.376E of the IPC that allows for the death penalty as one of the punishments for …

Crisis of Secularism or Paradox of Governance?

On July 10, 2019 By Zubair Abbasi In Book Review, Governance, Religion, Supreme Court of India

(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the first of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Zubair Abbasi.) Crisis of Secularism or …

Book Launch – Independence and Accountability of the Indian Higher Judiciary

On May 4, 2019 By Benjamin Vanlalvena In Announcements, Book Launch, Courts

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and Cambridge University Press cordially invite all to the launch of Arghya Sengupta’s book ‘Independence and Accountability of the Indian Higher Judiciary’ on Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 PM at …

Economic Quota And The Basic Structure Doctrine – Exploring The Oddities (Part 1)

On February 20, 2019 By Anant Sangal In Constitutional Law, Equality, Reservation, Supreme Court of India

This article is the first part of a two-part series on the 103rd amendment which provides for a maximum of ten percent reservation to the economically weaker sections of citizens, and deals with a brief history of the jurisprudence surrounding reservations in India.