Sanket Jha and Anchit Jain Background To handle COVID-19 infection, the Central government has imposed the lockdown under which, people are bound to restrict their movement. This has made the Right to […]
E-Filing portal for RTI Applications: Amid the lockdown
Do Data Protection Laws enhance the role of ‘Venue’ in Remote Arbitration Hearings?
Ajar Rab Arbitration proceedings no longer need “venue” as proceedings are taking place remotely. At the same time, the venue of arbitration may be more significant than it has ever been before […]
Is the Division of Rights into Socio-Economic and Civil and Political artificial ?
Anirudh Krishnan This post is a replug of the our C20 Archives. This year marks 10 years of LSPR’s Predecessor Blog- the Critical Twenties. Traditionally, rights have been divided into civil and […]
Judicial Appointments: Is it time to look elsewhere?
Ananya Narain Tyagi The irony is that the judiciary, after all its effort to distance itself from the executive after the emergency, has come a full circle to face the same questions […]
Criminalizing Blasphemy and the Threat to Free Speech – The Indian Perspective
Anshul Butani Recent Controversies on Blasphemy law across the globe, necessitate revisiting the Indian Position on this point The recent political division over a French teenager’s tirade on Islam, and the controversy over the extrajudicial […]
In Re Prashant Bhushan: Two Cents on Contempt and Free Speech
Tanishka Goswami The Apex Court’s verdict challenges the notion of free speech in Indian democracy. This piece traces the idea of ‘contempt of the court’ through Indian Jurisprudence. On August 14, 2020, […]
Pride at Work- Assimilationist versus Special Rights Discourse
Rishav Devrani and Poojan Bulani An analysis of LGBTQ+ rights in the context of workplace discrimination with a focus on Japan and USA INTRODUCTION The advent of the twentieth century brought about […]
LSPR’s Blog Symposium & Webinars on Law & Political Economy in India after COVID
The Indian political economy had been in a state of flux even before we became one of the worst-hit COVID-19 affected countries in the world. The coronavirus has aggravated several structural issues […]
Reflections on the Case of Rehana Fathima
Neelabh Niket & Arush Mittal Introduction Women Rights Activist, Rehana Fathima (hereinafter petitioner), had recently published a video on her social media account, of her children (14-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl) painting […]
How Biased are Neoliberal Reforms: Examining Post-Covid Changes to Labour Regulations in India
Unnati Ghia This post is part of our Symposium on Law and Political Economy in India After Covid. In the face of a lockdown in the country, a contracting growth rate and rising […]
