Tilting of Courts towards Gender Inclusive Interpretation of Rape Laws in IPC Smriti Jaiswal IntroductionThe rape laws in India have been gender-specific since the colonial era. They are based on the heterosexual […]
LSPR Monthly Newsletter (Volume 9)
Towards Nuance and Balance: In Conversation with Mr Gopal Sankaranarayanan
Niveditha K Prasad and Rakshit Agarwal In this episode of Arbitrary, Niveditha (Deputy Managing Editor, LSPR) and Rakshit (Editor, LSPR) sit down with Senior Advocate, Mr Gopal Sankaranarayanan to discuss the issue […]
Looking Beyond Hart and Fuller: Hayek’s Evolutionary Theory of Jurisprudence
Parv Tyagi In this episode of Arbitrary, Parv Tyagi (Managing Editor, LSPR) sits down with Prof. Suri Ratnapala to discuss the evolutionary school of thought in law. They discuss how the evolutionary […]
Panel Report: FIFA World Cup, Labour Rights, and Underlying Politics
Priyanshu Mishra, Suvanssh Mahajan and Saif Ali [1] A panel consisting of Professor Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Professor Babu Mathew, Ms Jasoon Chelat, and Professor Ashna Singh – scrutinized the issues of sports law and labour […]
Female Workers in the Indian Platform Mediated Gig Economy – Highlighting a Need for a Comprehensive Policy for Protection from Sexual Harassment
Apurva Singhi The article explores the legal position of female workers, especially the circumstances that force female workers to enter the field of platform-mediated gig economy and the problems they face therein. […]
GST in the Theatre of Fiscal Federalism
Kanishk Srinivas A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath in the U.o.I v. Mohit Minerals case held that the “recommendations” of the GST […]
Queer and Religious Alliances in India and Beyond
Jeffrey A. Redding * A number of recent political and legal controversies in India have highlighted conflicts between religious and queer interests. Over the past many years, for example, right-wing Hindu nationalists […]
The Legality of Demonetisation: A Tale of Separation of Powers in India
Archita Satish Through an analysis of newspaper editorials on Demonetisation and the recent Supreme Court judgment upholding its validity, the piece comments on the conceptualisation of separation of powers in India. On […]
Analysing the Inclusion of Queer Identities in Indian Anti-Sexual Harassment Law
Rehan Mathur The Indian Anti-Sexual Harassment Framework is one which is inherently gendered. However, numerous reports and studies indicate widespread sexual harassment within Queer Communities. The law currently does not recognise it […]
LSPR Monthly Newsletter (Volume 8)
The Next Big Reform: Why the Government of India Should Move from Cash Accounting to Accrual Accounting Parv Tyagi “In Greece, statistics is a combat sport.” Andreas Georgiou declared in 2011, after […]
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