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 ...
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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 ...
Secularism and democracy requires the power of truth, not any religion, to survive
Exposing the hollowness of the claim by Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janta Party leader Nitin Patel that secularism ...
Why ADM Jabalpur vs. Shivkant Shukla is criticized for wrong reasons: A case for constitutionalism
Justifying the majority decision in the Habeas Corpus case in terms of Constitutional law, PRADHYUMAN SINGH nevertheless argues that the Supreme Court failed ...
Public spending on religious expenditure violates Constitutional principle of secularism
As India undergoes a crisis of sort relating to its secular identity, it must seek inspiration from the French model ...
Oath ‘in the name of god’ is against the spirit of Constitution
A person occupying a constitutional position must take oath in the format of “solemnly affirm” rather than “in the name ...
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