Arpitha Kodiveri Land banks operate in a field of legal uncertainty, and are often used as a mechanism to bypass procedural requirements and rights of the local community The long yellow boundary […]
Land Banks: Unsettled Law & Undetermined Rights
Falling Sex Ratio: Unintended Consequences and Its Impact on the Validity of Marriages
Vishu Surana The failure of the PCPNDT in tackling falling sex ratio has also affected the validity of marriages and has led to proliferation of trafficking. Prannv Dhawan, in his post titled […]
The Menace of Sex Selection: Need for a Reality Check
Prannv Dhawan The ineffectiveness of the PCPNDT Act, 1994 presents a major regulatory challenge for tackling the social problem of son-preference An edict of Hindu law, the Dayabhaga, states ‘Putrarthey kriatey Bharyya, Putra […]
Criminalizing Marital Rape: Time to Address the Elephant in the Room
Rongeet Poddar The Supreme Court of India needs to create another benchmark of transformative constitutionalism to protect the dignity of married women. In 2017, the release of the critically acclaimed film ‘Lipstick […]
In Conversation with Meenakshi Ganguly: Defending Democracy & Human Rights in South Asia
Ambarin Munir Khambati and Prannv Dhawan speak with Ms. Meenakshi Ganguly in an exclusive interview for LSPR Ms. Meenakshi Ganguly is the South Asia Director of Human Rights Watch. She has […]
Female Genital Mutilation: The Horror, The Suffering, and The Pain
Ashirbad Nayak Increasing awareness and cooperation among religious leaders and communities would be key to uprooting this social evil. Imagine being a woman, and being told that in certain parts of the […]
Should Public Opinion have a role to play in Capital Sentencing?
Daksh Kadian Relying on ‘shocking of the collective conscience’ principle as a ground to justify the award of capital punishment is inconsistent with the jurisprudence on criminal sentencing and a fraud […]
Of Inconsistencies and Inequalities: SC on Shariat Courts vis-á-vis Khap
Aishwarya Ajayan The different approaches adopted by the judiciary in similar issues have resulted in a failure to accord equal significance to the constitutionally granted rights. The Supreme Court of India is […]
THE POVERTY LINE: AN INSTRUMENT OF INDIAN POLITICS (2/2)
Mrinali Komandur Quantification of Poverty helps preserve status quo and protect existing hierarchies This is the second post in a two part series. Read the first post here. Responding to pressure that […]
The Poverty Line: An Instrument of Indian Politics (1/2)
Mrinali Komandur The implicit assumptions in the method adopted to arrive at the Poverty Line, appear designed to arrive at findings that match the ideological proclivities of those in power India has […]
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