Raag Yadava In May, 2022, the world lost Professor Joseph Raz, one of the foremost jurists and politico-legal philosophers of our time. In this piece, Professor Raag Yadava looks back on Professor […]
In Memoriam: Prof. (Dr.) Joseph Raz FBA
Law School Policy Review
Commutation of Death Sentence: Balancing the Scales of Retributive and Restorative Justice
Vanshika Agarwal Death sentence – an age-old debate – has once again surfaced, particularly due to the reconceptualising judgements of the Supreme Court. Supporters of the death penalty have argued that the […]
Case Comment – M/s Knit Pro International v. NCT of Delhi: Offences under S. 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957
Raghav Bhatia and Diali Sahana Introduction Recently, the Supreme Court of India, in M/s Knit Pro International v. The State of NCT of Delhi, has observed that offences under Section 63 of […]
The Law, the Courts, and Queer Bodies
Sarthak Virdi There exists a plenitude of literature that analyses the reasoning, impact and transformative potential of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India and NALSA v. Union of India. However, the […]
The Environment, Rawls, and the People
Shubh Sahai, Pankhuri Gupta, and Akshat Jha Accounts from the COP-26 at Glasgow show a renewed international pressure on homogenous and universal net-zero targets. Given this political environment, it is necessary to […]
LSPR Fortnightly Newsletter (Vol. 3)
Dial 1800-CNPN: The Private Network Wrench in the Works of Telecom Oligopoly Sarthak Wadhwa and Aman Sharma* On 26th July 2022, the Government of India – through the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) […]
Enforcement of Fundamental Duties – Safeguarding or Limiting Rights?
Saranya Ravindran This piece is an analysis of the enforcement of fundamental duties, as enumerated under Article 51-A of the Constitution of India. To that effect, it analyses the current philosophical understanding […]
Mapping Indirect Discrimination in the Constitutional Framework of Equality and Non-Discrimination
Aditi Roy and Sanjana Gupta Article 14 of the Indian Constitution sets forth the law of equality while Article 15 advances the concept of non-discrimination. While the Indian judiciary has extensively debated […]
Determining Claims Preferred By Third Parties in Execution Proceedings: The Dynamics of (Dis)possession (Part II)
Sarthak Wadhwa Fighting an already conquered battle: Delays in Execution Proceedings: Part II. Introduction The first-part of this post has already touched upon the issues with determining third-party claims at the time of execution – […]
Puttaswamy and the Unconstitutionality of the Restitution Remedy
Kartik Kalra This piece argues that the remedy of restitution of conjugal rights is unconstitutional on grounds of its absolute opposition to principles of human dignity, bodily autonomy and decisional privacy. The […]
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