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Guarding Against Dangerous Revolutionaries

On May 22, 2020 By Tejas Popat In Appointment, Cabinet Formation, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh took oath on March 23, 2020. Almost a month until then, the governance was being carried out by the Chief Minister alone without the benefit of …

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

On May 20, 2020 By Tanvi Apte In Bombay High Court, Criminal Law, Editor's Choice, Evidence, Information Technology, Supreme Court of India

There have been several questions regarding the simultaneous applicability of the Information Technology Act [“IT Act”] and the Indian Penal Code [“IPC”] due to considerable overlaps between the offences provided for in these statutes. The …

Press Release – ‘The Courts and The Constitution – 2019 in Review’ Conference

On January 28, 2020 By Law and Other Things In Announcements, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice

NALSAR University of Law recently concluded the second edition of its ‘The Courts and the Constitution Conference’ held in partnership with Azim Premji University and the blog Law and Other Things. The idea behind this …

Life without Remission: An Irreviewable and Unconstitutional Punishment

On September 4, 2019 By Himanshu Agarwal and Amartya Kanjilal In Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Death Penalty, Editor's Choice, European Court of Human Rights, Fundamental Rights, Madras High Court, Supreme Court of India

In this piece, the authors look at the new trend in the Indian judicial system, of remitting death sentences to life sentences, but without the option of further remission under any circumstances.

“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, Editor's Choice, 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 Dr. Geetanjali Srikantan

On August 12, 2019 By Geetanjali Srikantan In Book Review, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Governance, Religion

In this piece, the author analyses Julia Stephens’ book through the lens of theories of numerous thinkers. The author discusses the British perception of Mughal law, the philosophy driving the differentiation of Islamic and Hindu law among other themes.