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Insiyah VahanvatyThe Asian Age |
There is a peculiar burden that a court acquires when it narrows its own precedents. It must then keep returning to clean up the consequences of that...
On August 18, the Supreme Court (SC) reaffirmed an archaic status quo. By dismissing a petition to replace hanging with more advanced methods — such...
There are moments when clinical legalism can obscure human suffering. In March 2025, a ruling by the Allahabad High Court in a POCSO case served as a...
There is a peculiar ritual in India whenever citizens protest. Before we scrutinise State action, the protester must first prove the legitimacy of his...
In August 2022, a group of men intercepted a vehicle carrying cattle in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district and assaulted its occupants on...
As the Supreme Court hears the Sabarimala reference, an old idea has returned to centre stage: Constitutional morality, the conscience that allows...
The war on Iran may come to be remembered not simply as another West Asian conflict but as a symptom of something much more serious — the gradual...
Even as sedition receded from the headlines, another law quietly assumed centre stage: the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA
India needs infrastructure. It also needs clean air to breathe and clean water to drink
Proponents of the Waqf amendment Act argue that many waqf properties are actually encroachments on State lands
The right to believe — or not believe — is not a gift from the State. It is foundational to human dignity
Although many Rohingya persons hold UNHCR-issued identity cards, they face significant legal challenges due to this absence of a formal protection...
A strong, independent judiciary is essential for investor confidence, contract enforcement, social justice, and the protection of fundamental rights
India has robust environmental laws. But, decisions where economic development trumps ecological safeguards reflect a troubling pattern
Puttaswamy’s true triumph was moral. In overturning ADM Jabalpur, it reaffirmed that privacy and liberty are inviolable rights, not State favours
Making clear distinctions between new and existing voters, the court ruled that ECI may demand proof of citizenship from the former, but not from the...
The 1980s and 90s were the decades of dowry deaths, bride burnings and misogyny. Women across India were fighting back, protesting and picketing on...
Until the late 1990s, voter registration forms did not provide an option beyond male or female, effectively disenfranchising transgender citizens.
The Bommai judgement, being a constitutional firewall against arbitrary dismissal of elected governments, was a landmark ruling.
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