Siddharth Raja A principles-related summary of the Temple-Entry Movement of the 1930s can be of guidance value when judging where individual liberty ends and the guaranteed protection of religious identity begins, especially […]
History’s Travails And Tribulations: Sabarimala And The Recent Past
Taking Stock of the Bar & the Bench: LSPR In Conversation with Dr. Aditya Sondhi
Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya & Binit Agrawal speak with Senior Advocate Dr. Aditya Sondhi in an exclusive interview for LSPR. Dr. Aditya Sondhi is a Senior Advocate practicing before the High Court of […]
Efficient Public Service Delivery: LSPR in Conversation with Yamini Aiyar
Vrishank Singhania and Prannv Dhawan speak with Yamini Aiyar in an exclusive interview for LSPR Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research. She is a […]
‘Upper Caste’ Quota: Constitutional Infirmities
Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to issue an orderstaying the implementation of the the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 [“the Amendment Act”]. Instead, the Court tagged Tehseen Poonawalla’s petition with several […]
“Hungary” and Homeless: The Problem of Criminilization
Sumit Chatterjee Any law which seeks to criminalise rough sleeping, begging in public, loitering in the streets and other such conduct is problematic as it perpetuates a vicious cycle of poverty and […]
Death Penalty as Punishment for Child Rapists?
Rajat Maloo A disproportionate and ineffective measure, death penalty for child rapists is plagued by a host of jurisprudential, penological, and practical problems The State aims to regulate the conduct of the […]
Rethinking the Republic: LSPR In conversation with Dr. Usha Ramanathan
Ambarin Khambati & Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya speak with Dr. Usha Ramanathan Dr. Usha Ramanathan is an internationally recognised expert on law & poverty, civil liberties, data protection and privacy et al. She is […]
Justice and the Death Penalty: Is it simply a game of chance?
Somyajit Mohanty Death penalty, as administered and practised in the Indian criminal justice system falls short of morality by violating the principles of legality as laid down by Fuller. Introduction Lon Fuller […]
The RTE Amendment Act, 2019: A Monument of Governmental Failure?
Dr.Niranjanaradhya.V.P. In passing the RTE amendment, the Indian parliament failed to understand the pedagogical and human rights principles recognised by the Supreme Court in 2012. The Right of Children to Free and […]
From the Archives – Thoughts on Aadhar: Yet Another Blow to Finality
Vishwajeet Singh Bhati and Aradhya Sethia The following article was originally published in the Critical Twenties blog in October 2016 . Judicial remedies in the form of review and curative petitions are […]