Legislative Reform – Law and Other Things

Yet another creation of crime!

On February 15, 2019 By Aditya Saraswat and Anmol Jain In Discrimination, Fundamental Rights, Karnataka High Court, Legislation Analysis, Legislative Reform, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

This post discusses the approach in the Lok Sabha from regulating commercial surrogacy to criminalizing it and how such transition is in conflict with the guaranteed rights.

Delhi High Court on Beggary: Law Untangled but not Completely

On September 18, 2018 By Dushyant Thakur In Constitutional Law, Delhi High Court, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Legislative Reform

The piece analyses the shortcomings in the recent judgment of the Delhi HC which decriminalised begging and further suggests, that the Central Government should come with uniform central legislation which adopts a rehabilitative approach on the issue of begging.

Ghost Provisions: Who Will Exorcise Them Out?

On September 4, 2018 By Badrinath Srinivasan In Legislation Analysis, Legislative Reform

There are some provisions in our statutes that have absolutely no reason for them to be there or for them to be drafted the way they are. This post terms such provisions as “ghost provisions”. …

Catch 22: The Treacherous Territory of the Article 35A/Kashmir Quandary

On August 23, 2018 By Siddharth Sunil In Constitutional Law, Equality, Legislative Reform, Supreme Court of India

“There is a tide in the affairs of men (sic), which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such …

Lok Prahari: A Struggle for Legislative Accountability and Reform

On April 19, 2018 By Hrishika Jain In Legislative Reform, Right to Information, Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court’s [‘SC’] decision in Lok Prahari v. Union of India marks an important addition to electoral reform jurisprudence in India. In this case, the Court issued directions for the institution of a permanent …