Saumya Singh and Kriti Jain It has often been argued that child marriages under the PCMA should be declared void. This article analyses the arguments from both sides, and draws some important […]
Void or Voidable? On Child Marriages under the PCMA
The “Right” to be in a Live-In Relationship
Sarthak Wadhwa This piece analyses how the High Court of Orissa departed from the heteronormative marriage-centric jurisprudence of ‘live-in relationships’ to allow a trans-man and a cis-woman to cohabit, and how it […]
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act: An Inadequate Care Regime
Kopal Mital A critique of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act (MWPSC), focusing on the inadequacy of social security system in India. Introduction The upcoming winter session of […]
Neoliberalism after COVID-19: Some Caution and Counter Arguments
Prof. Rashmi Venkatesan The beginning of the pandemic was surreal – the lockdowns turned bustling cities like New York into ghost towns, overrun hospitals and mounting casualties became the reality of rich […]
Options Before Muslims in ‘Hindu’ India
Hindu-Muslim unity is certainly needed for achieving our country’s goal of a cohesive and plural India, but Muslim leaders must ponder in what manner to go about the same.
The Inadequacy of the Transgender Persons Act to Tackle Workplace Discrimination
Shagun Bhargava A critique of the legislation’s understanding of discrimination and its inadequacy to tackle the lack of representation and discrimination in the workplace. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 […]
Criminalizing Blasphemy and the Threat to Free Speech – The Indian Perspective
Anshul Butani Recent Controversies on Blasphemy law across the globe, necessitate revisiting the Indian Position on this point The recent political division over a French teenager’s tirade on Islam, and the controversy over the extrajudicial […]
Pride at Work- Assimilationist versus Special Rights Discourse
Rishav Devrani and Poojan Bulani An analysis of LGBTQ+ rights in the context of workplace discrimination with a focus on Japan and USA INTRODUCTION The advent of the twentieth century brought about […]
Reflections on the Case of Rehana Fathima
Neelabh Niket & Arush Mittal Introduction Women Rights Activist, Rehana Fathima (hereinafter petitioner), had recently published a video on her social media account, of her children (14-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl) painting […]
How Biased are Neoliberal Reforms: Examining Post-Covid Changes to Labour Regulations in India
Unnati Ghia This post is part of our Symposium on Law and Political Economy in India After Covid. In the face of a lockdown in the country, a contracting growth rate and rising […]
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