Returning to the Communities’ Table
By Stella James The language problem Hidden in the north-western corner of Odisha, between the districts of Keonjhar and…
Capital Sentencing and Execution Impact Evidence in India
By Atharv Gupta Even former Supreme Court (‘SC’) Judges feel that uncertainty continues to exist during the sentencing phase in…
Has the ‘new’ S. 498A IPC Become Cruel to Women?
by Abhijeet Singh Rawaley Background In Rajesh Sharma & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., a division bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justices A. K.…Continue Reading →
A Little (Less) Research?
by Vasujith Ram In paragraph 160 of the judgment striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission as unconstitutional, Justice Khehar…
Conversation with Prof. Tom Ginsburg, Professor and Deputy Dean at the UChicago Law School
Prof. Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law and Deputy Dean at the University of Chicago Law School…
Conversation with Prof. Nandini Sundar, Professor of Sociology at DU
Prof. Nandini Sundar is a Professor of Sociology at the Delhi University. She was one of the lead petitioners in the well-known case of Nandini Sundar v. State of Chattisgarh (WP…Continue Reading →
The Political Class and the Decline of Constitutional Morality
(Admin’s Note: This post was previously published as an Editorial Note in the Monsoon Issue of Volume 4 of JILS,…
The Sentinel Who Will Not Protect
by Raju Ramachandran For students of constitutional law, the “gay rights” judgment is deeply disappointing. For a judgment that was…
Making the Supreme Court Inaccessible – An Unwarranted Decision?
by Shambo Nandy The title of the post may make it seem that in the following paragraphs I will talk about the problems faced by the aam admi in approaching…Continue Reading →