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Indian Courts on the National Anthem & the National Song: The Law as it Was, Is & Might be

On September 4, 2017 By Guest In Allahabad High Court, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Supreme Court of India

by Sujoy Chatterjee The National Football League (NFL) in the U.S. has been in the news of late, for football players allegedly disrespecting the U.S. national anthem by kneeling/sitting/silently demonstrating during the playing of the …

Government Advocates and Standing Counsel: Investigating the professional pasts of Supreme Court Judges

On August 19, 2017 By Smaran Shetty In Appointment, Courts, Supreme Court of India

Of the sanctioned strength of 31, 27 judges currently serve on the Supreme Court. Of these 27 judges, 24 have previously been judges of one or more High Courts in the country. While we are …

Privacy Hearings III: Recalibrating Rights for Digital Technologies (Guest Post by Ujwala Uppaluri)

On July 30, 2017 By Guest In Privacy, Supreme Court of India

This is the third post by Ujwala Uppaluri in the series on the ‘right to privacy’ hearings in the Supreme Court. You can read parts I & II here and here This case offers the …

The Privacy Hearings-II: Three Pathologies of Indian Civil Liberties Argument (Guest post by Ujwala Uppaluri)

On July 26, 2017 By Guest In Equality, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

(This is the second post by Ujwala Uppaluri in a series on the ‘right to privacy’ hearings in the Supreme Court of India. The first post can be accessed here.) On Tuesday and Wednesday …

The Privacy Hearings: Some Notes on Supreme Court Practice (Guest post by Ujwala Uppaluri)

On July 22, 2017 By Guest In Equality, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

(This is the first post of a 3-part series by Ujwala Uppaluri on the ‘right to privacy’ hearings before the Supreme Court of India. Ujwala is a graduate of NUJS Kolkata and Harvard Law School. …

Reimagining the Vision of Religion-based Sex Discrimination Through Sabarimala

On February 26, 2016 By Anup Surendranath In Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

(Guest post by Shreya Atrey) On a friend’s invitation, I attended a Sabbath service at her synagogue, which is part of the Jewish Renewal movement. The Rabbi welcomed the ‘newcomers’ individually. As a secularist, …

Koushal v Naz: The Legislative Court

On December 22, 2013 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Delhi High Court, Discrimination, Free Speech, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

[This post follows up on my previous post on this judgment on this blog.] In Koushal v Naz—the case being touted as one of its worst judgments—a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court recently …