If access to justice is a constitutional right, why is providing it supposed to be an act of charity?
If the principle of free legal aid envisioned by Article 39A of the Constitution of India is to be fully ...
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Explainer: Ensuring social diversity in the appointment of judges
Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote to Rajya Sabha MP, and senior advocate, P. Wilson earlier this month - in ...
Remembering President K.R. Narayanan: Defender of the Constitution
On former President K.R. Narayanan’s 16th death anniversary, S.N. SAHU pays tribute to his upholding and expounding of the tenets of the Constitution ...
Deterring private discrimination, constitutionally
Despite widespread discrimination in the private sector on the basis of caste, gender and religion, among other things, very few ...
Countries across the world are conferring legal personhood to nature. Where does India stand?
Laws enacted in countries like Uganda and the US have started recognising that nature should be given legal personhood, the ...
Is GST and its propulsion of the centre-state relationship into a fiscal war undermining the principles of cooperative federalism?
MEDHA BISWAS examines the basic principles of the Goods and Services Tax regime in the context of principles of cooperative federalism ...
Can the end of debate in the Parliament end the presumption of Constitutionality too?
Amidst the increasingly prevalent practices of curtailing parliamentary debate and discussions in the process of passing legislations, TANISHK GOYAL examines whether this ...
“Love jihad” laws: India is facing a battle of Constitutions
The “love jihad” law enacted in Uttar Pradesh, and either duplicated or announced by other Bharatiya Janta Party-ruled states, represent ...
Eviction or resettlement: permanent dilemma in Assam
Government endorsed evictions have led to the deprivation of the right to life of minorities residing in Assam. HRISHI RAJ ANAND writes ...
How states can lead the fight against discrimination
Until the Parliament enacts a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, state legislative assemblies must take the initiative to enact anti-discrimination legislation, writes ARVIND KURIAN ...
Limitations of the domestic apparatus: considering the vocabulary and practice of international human rights law in Kashmir
The people of the Kashmir valley, caught in a dispute between two State entities, have been casualties of violence since ...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Unfulfilled Last Wish: violation of rights under Article 21?
Denying him a dignified burial is a clear violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, and the Government ...
