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Discussing Volume 41, Issue 2 of the Statute Law Review (SLR), Oxford University Press

On August 28, 2020 By DGV Rithvik In Editor's Choice, New Scholarship

Our second part of discussions under the New Scholarship series around public law themed articles will include pieces featured in the recently released Volume 41 Issue 2 of the 2020 Volume of the Statute Law Review (SLR) – Oxford University Press (OUP).

Letter to Law Students on Obama’s DNC Speech: Finding the North Star of the Indian Constitution

On August 24, 2020 By Prof. (Dr.) Nigam Nuggehalli In Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Letters

In this letter Prof. Nigam invokes Obama’s DNC speech and emphasizes the importance of having faith in our Supreme Court while simultaneously critically questioning it, especially during the current times when he sees it as having gone wrong in Prashant Bhushan’s case.

Orissa HC Judgment Highlights the Challenge of Protecting Privacy of COVID-19 Patients

On August 21, 2020 By Suman Bhattamishra and Rangin Tripathy In Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Fundamental Rights, Privacy

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 of patients’ identity. They also critique the judgment for not attempting to establish a threshold of proportionality in relation to specific disclosures by the State.

Discussing Vol. 4 Issue 1 of the Indian Law Review

On August 7, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Editor's Choice, New Scholarship

We’re extremely happy to kick-off this by starting a discussion around the public law themed articles featured in the recently released Issue 1 of the 2020 Volume of the Indian Law Review. This post will link all the responses to the Articles from this Issue of ILR.

Reading List on Article 370 Abrogation

On August 7, 2020 By Malavika Prasad In Citizenship, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice

Our Senior Editor Malavika Prasad has put together a Reading List of articles on the background of Article 370 and its effacement over the years, the implications of its hollowing out, and ground reports of its aftermath.

Introduction to a Book Discussion on Jinee Lokaneeta’s The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India

On July 4, 2020 By Rohit De In Book Review, Books, Courts, Criminal Law, Editor's Choice, Evidence

(Over the next few days, the Law and Other Things Blog will run a book discussion on Jinee Lokaneeta’s The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India. This is the introductory post by …

Developments in Equality Jurisprudence

On June 23, 2020 By Vishal Rakhecha In Constitutional Law, Courts and Constitution, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Equality, Manifest Arbitrariness, Reservation

The penultimate panel for the 2nd edition of The Courts & The Constitution, focused on reviewing the developments in equality jurisprudence over 2019. The panel was moderated by Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU. Arundhati Katju …

The Courts and The Constitution

On June 21, 2020 By Dayaar Singla and Gayatri Gupta In Courts and Constitution, Editor's Choice, Fundamental Rights, Law and Other Things, Supreme Court of India

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 proceedings of the Conference. We also invite response pieces, critically analyzing and engaging with the released publications

“Bois’ Locker Room” and the Limits of Our Constitutional Morality

On June 9, 2020 By Adithya Reddy In Constitutional Interpretation, Editor's Choice, Free Speech, Information Technology, Shreya Singhal

In early 2007, two female law students in America were targets of degrading comments on the site “AutoAdmit”, a discussion page meant for law students and lawyers. In her article on internet misogyny, Martha Nussbaum …

Simultaneous applicability of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act: A Problem of Differentiated Protections and Liabilities – Part II

On May 26, 2020 By Tanvi Apte In Criminal Law, Double Jeopardy, Editor's Choice, Information Technology

In Part I, through the cases of Sharat Babu Digumarti v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Gagan Harish Sharma v. The State of Maharashtra , we understood the position of law with respect to …