Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya The Maharashtra State Election Commission’s bold decision to expand the scope of NOTA, thus bolstering the ‘right to reject’, strengthens democratic values, but has no legal basis in India […]
NOTA as a ‘fictional candidate’ (2/2): Analysing the legal tenability of the SEC Order
NOTA as a ‘fictional candidate’ (1/2): Tracing the evolution of the legal position
Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya This post explains the evolution of NOTA in India, starting from unmarked paper ballots to a separate button on EVMs. On 9 December, the Ahmednagar and Dhule municipal corporations […]
Algorithmic Collusion in Flight Pricing in India
Madhavi Singh Are the robots colluding and can their masters be made liable? In May, 2018 the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) informed the PTI that the CCI is […]
Rights of Women: A Critical Study of the Jury System in Parsi Matrimonial Law
Ashirbad Nayak Anachronistic at best and violative of basic rights at worst, the jury system under Parsi matrimonial law must be done away with immediately Evolution of Jury System in India The […]
India urgently needs a ‘National Repeal Laws Day’
Parth J. Shah Not only do bad laws plague our legal system, they also put everyday liberties of our citizens at risk. The recent months have been momentous for the Indian Judiciary, […]
Transgressions : Life on the Cusp of Legitimacy (2/2)
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 : 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 […]
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