Guest post by Alok Prasanna With Parliament having passed the Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 the framework has been set for the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in India. While the Act is …
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Constitutional Issues under the GST Amendment: A Primer
The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 (‘Amendment’) has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament. This important Constitution Amendment has been passed to introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) – …
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Guest Post by Prashant Narang 72. It is common ground that the validity of the impugned amendment to Rule 6.2.4 shall have to be tested on a threshold basis viz. (i) whether the amendment is …
Continue readingSupreme Court’s Call-Drop Judgment: Case for Regulatory Reform in India
Guest Post by Bhargavi Zaveri and Smriti Parsheera In this ET piece, we argue that the Supreme Court judgment in Cellular Operators Association vs TRAI (the ‘call drop’ order) takes a narrow approach towards ‘transparency’ …
Continue readingDelhi High Court on the Lt. Governor of Delhi and Article 131
Guest Post by Shraddha Kulhari and Sujoy Chatterjee In an earlier post, we had discussed the current constitutional status of the National Capital Territory of Delhi vis-à-vis Statehood. To summarize, our understanding was that Delhi, despite …
Continue readingRelease of the State of the Indian Judiciary- A Report by DAKSH
The State of the Indian Judiciary- A Report by DAKSH will be released on Wednesday, August 10 in Delhi. Details of the release event and a brief synopsis of the report are set out here. …
Continue readingAbsurdities of Certifying Gender: Many Outrages of Transgender Persons Bill
Guest Post by Sakshi Aravind Gender identities are fluid postulations which cannot be limited by definitional boundaries or legal formalities which defeat the notions of bodily autonomy integral to one’s identity. Unfortunately, the recently passed …
Continue readingCompensatory Afforestation Bill – A Spectre of Old Problems: Part II
Guest post by Sakshi Aravind In my previous post I had briefly discussed the shortcomings of the Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016 that has been recently passed by the Rajya Sabha. In this post, I continue …
Continue readingCompensatory Afforestation Bill – A Spectre of Old Problems: Part I
Guest Post by Sakshi Aravind On 28th July, 2016 Rajya Sabha unanimously passed the deeply problematic Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 (“the bill”). It was passed by Lok Sabha without significant debates on merits earlier …
Continue readingWomen’s Right to Free Speech on Social Media
Almost every day brings to the fore some instance of abuse, harassment and stalking that women face on the internet and on social media specifically. Addressing this doesn’t require more ill drafted, draconian laws like …
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