Kavya Bharadkar Trans persons are extremely vulnerable to sexual harassment and violence and yet, they are totally excluded from laws preventing and penalising sexual harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, and rape. This […]
Transgressions : Life on the Cusp of Legitimacy (2/2)
Transgressions : Political Economy of Trans Lives in India (1/2)
Kavya Bharadkar[*] Public perception of the trans person is still largely defined by derision and disgust at perceived “deviant” sexual and gender identities. This post is the first in a series about […]
Kaizen #1: Promoter over-reach in Corporate Governance – Murthy v. the Board
Vartika Tiwari The kind of behaviour that is exhibited by founders like Narayan Murthy and Tata Sons is only adding to the deteriorating state of corporate governance in India and discouraging potential […]
Land Banks: Unsettled Law & Undetermined Rights
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 […]
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 […]
An Interesting Question of Judicial Precedent (2/3): the Triple Talaq case
Vrishank Singhania This is a continuation of an article written by Shantanu Narvane which you can find here. In this article, I apply the three approaches on judicial precedent that Shantanu laid […]
From the Archives – An Interesting Question of Judicial Precedent (1/3)
Shantanu Narvane The following article was originally published in the Critical Twenties blog. The second part of this series can be found here One of the joys of any legal positivist is the […]
‘One Nation, One Poll’ (2/3): Rebutting the Practical Case for Simultaneous Elections
Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya While the practical case for simultaneous elections is prima facie logical, the devil lies in the detail This is the 2nd installment in our 3-part series on simultaneous elections. […]
‘One Nation, One Poll’ (1/3): Laying out the Practical Case for Simultaneous Elections
Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya Several practical issues like prolonged policy paralysis and a massive financial burden plague the current model of free-cycle elections. Simultaneous elections have been proposed as a solution for these […]
Law School Policy Review & Kautilya Society 