Mahtab Alam Ever since its inception in 1860, the contentious law against sedition (section 124-A of Indian Penal Code) has been used against thousands of people. During the colonial period, the law […]
Sedition: The Law Itself Is The Problem
Curtailing the Detractors: How the RTI Amendment Act 2019 is a new dawn for freedom’s blackout
Manvendra Singh Jadon A Jurisprudential analysis of the controversy surrounding the recent amendment in India’s Right to Information law On 25th July 2019, the Rajya Sabha gave its unabashed assent to the […]
Protests in Hong Kong: An Increasingly Elusive Autonomy
Anmol Kohli The recurring Hong Kong protests represent the uncertainty caused by the temporary Basic Law of the city-state, which will only last till 2047. In the shadow of the looming Wuhan […]
The All-India Judicial Service : A Contentious Terrain
Saumya Singh Recent indications that the government has formulated plans to create the AIJS, necessitate revisiting the concerns that have dodged this proposal for decades, and how proposed models seek to address […]
To Recuse or Not to Recuse
Yash Jain and Ayushi Dubey The test of reasonable apprehension of bias must be applied to decide that no person should be a judge in his own cause and justice should not […]
Kaizen #5- The Case for Conflict of Interest Norms for Appointment of Independent Directors
Prannv Dhawan There is urgent need for reform in the appointment process and role of independent directors. At a time when public trust in corporate entities and business elite is plummeting and […]
States of the Union: The Anomalous performance of the BJP in State Elections
Digvijay Chakrabarti The State assembly elections in 2019 have exposed the chink in BJP’s armour. How did the largest Party in the world, riding on one of the largest Lok Sabha mandates […]
CAA & NRC Protests: The Problematic Internet Shutdown Orders
Anirudh Vijay Internet shutdown orders over anti-CAA protests are issued in violation of procedure, fail to serve the nexus of their purported aim and go against the law of the land as […]
Sui Generis Database Right: A Long Last Road for India
Shashwat Tiwari Recent commercialization and thefts of databases have stoked a long overdrawn debate on sui generis database law. The current copyright regime requires no changes but broadening the scope for interpretation […]
Towards a Fairer Principle of Criminalization
Aanchal Bhateja Criminalization, considering its impact on the society and individual, should be the ultima ratio of any mindful legislative policy. When it becomes inevitable, constitutional morality remains a fairer principle than […]
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