Official Release: CAA - 12 Key Points to Remember
The following is the full text of the Brief issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, ...
Full Text: Supreme Court Judgment on the Sharing of Cauvery Waters
On February 16, 2018, a three-member Bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, delivered its ...
"Prosecution miserably failed to prove any charge": 2G Spectrum Case Judgment [PDF]
"There is no evidence on the record produced before the Court indicating any criminality in the acts allegedly committed by ...
Judgment: Supreme Court Sets Aside 'Talaq-e-Biddat' by a Majority of 3:2
The Supreme Court of India, on August 22, 2017, set aside the practice of Talaq-e-Biddat (triple talaq). An excerpt from the ...
Report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death 2015
In the year 2015, over one-thirds of deaths in India were caused by heart diseases, including diseases of pulmonary circulation ...
Multipronged Strategy Required to Tackle Corruption in Prisons
Prisons in Karnataka, or for that matter across the country, are struck by a serious malaise for several decades and the problem ...
Does our "Collective Conscience" Lead us to Hanging?
Since 1983, the Supreme Court has been using the "shock to the conscience of the society" as a ground for imposition of ...
Privacy, Aadhaar and the Constitution
The Union government’s contention in the Supreme Court, in defence of the Aadhaar Act, that India’s citizens lack a fundamental ...
Judgment in Karnataka vs. Jayalalithaa and others shows that even the rich and mighty are not above the law: B.V. Acharya
Senior Advocate, B.V. Acharya, who as Special Public Prosecutor relentlessly led the prosecution for over a decade in the ...
'Both the corrupt and the corrupter are indictable and answerable to the society' : Supreme Court Judgment [Full Text - PDF]
On February 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of India delivered its verdict on one of India's most high-profile corruption cases in ...
Muslim Personal Law in the Present Context
Demands for a common civil code by sections of the polity have brought into focus some features of the Muslim personal law in ...
The available Cauvery waters will have to be divided on a pro rata basis: Duraimurugan
The Karnataka government's refusal to release water to Tamil Nadu despite a Supreme Court ruling has added a new and crucial angle ...
'Our fight is for the restoration of the Constitutional vision': Bezwada Wilson
Some months ago, I reliably learnt that the Narendra Modi Government had approached Bezwada Wilson for a Padma award but that he ...
"If you do not like a book, simply close it. The answer is not its ban." - Madras High Court Judgment [PDF 676 KB]
Ruling in favour of a Tamil author, Perumal Murugan, the Madras High Court, on July 5, 2016, dismissed petitions which included ...
Mapping and its Discontents: The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016
The new Geospatial Information Regulation Bill proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs attempts to regulate the flow of digital ...
Reservation in Educational Institutions: Who Gains from Abolishing the Common Entrance Test (CET) in Tamil Nadu
At a time when the need for and effectiveness of a Common Entrance Test (CET) to professional colleges is debated across the ...
Game of Competing Loyalties: Sporting Nationalism and NIT Srinagar
The institutionalisation of hyper-nationalism through sport is reflected in the oft-successful attempts by states to claim ...
Convictions should be based on fair procedure, not collective conscience: Aarushi Case Lawyer
How effectively does the criminal justice system in India work? Vasundhara Sirnate and Saptarshi Bhattacharya gleaned an insight ...
Modern Day Slavery: A Study of Tribals and Dalits as Bonded Labour in Brick Kilns
Scholars have analysed bonded labour in South Asia as a result of poverty, social exclusion, and the failure of state mechanism to ...
JNU Arrest: Not Just a Crackdown, It's a War on Democracy
Is the current tension between the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Indian government unique? In this ...
Rights in Review - The Supreme Court in 2015
The responsibility of the Supreme Court of India in upholding fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution is unparalleled.
Rajasthan and Haryana Panchayat Amendments strike at the heart of Universal Adult Suffrage
The right to vote and the right to contest are central to the concept of citizenship in an electoral democracy. Individuals can ...
Jallikattu as a Spectacle of Patriarchy
Jallikattu has become a contentious issue wherein cattle protection and rights are interwoven with human identity politics in ...
Narratives of Dalit Inclusion and Exclusion in Formulating and Implementing the Forest Rights Act, 2006
This Report traces the narratives of inclusion and exclusion of Dalit forest-dwelling communities in the process of formulating ...
The Plight of Kashmiri Half-Widows
This report examines transitional justice in Kashmir from the perspective of a unique category of women. The insurgency in Kashmir ...
Enabling Reporting of Rape in India: An Exploratory Study
This Report is an exploratory work seeking to answer the question ‘What enables reporting of rape in India?’ Under-reporting of ...
Rajiv Gandhi Assassins Remissions Case: Full Text of Judgment (Dec. 02, 2015)
On December 2, 2015, a five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India rejected the proposal by the Government of ...
Bankruptcy Law Reform
An effective legal framework for insolvency that gives both entrepreneurs and creditors confidence that the path for exit is ...
Law Commission Report on Death Penalty
The Law Commission of India in its report on The Death Penalty has recommended that "the death penalty be abolished for all ...
Jayalalithaa acquitted by Karnataka High Court in Disproportionate Assets Case
On May 11, 2015, the Karnataka High Court set aside a trial court's order convicting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, ...
Rights in Review - The Supreme Court in 2014
The Supreme Court of India is the foremost guardian of fundamental rights and the spirit of the Constitution. While a lot of ...
Bodo hopes and minority rights
The violent rivalry between Bodo political outfits and gradually emerging non-Bodo political conglomerations is a reflection of ...
Criminalisation of Politics
An analysis of candidate data compiled by the Association for Democratic Reform shows the degree to which criminalisation has ...
Telangana - Dealing with the Costs of Division: A Dialogue Towards Reconciliation
On September 21st, 2013, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy organised a consultation in Hyderabad, "Dealing with ...
Defending the Constitution: No Omnibus Protection for Convicted Lawmakers
Wilting under the strong pressure of public opinion and a dramatic late intervention by Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, ...
Policy study essential for legal education reform
Nikhil Moro, Ph.D., a Public Policy Scholar with The Hindu Centre, argues that it is vital to incorporate policy studies into the ...
Twisted Willow: Gambling, Sport & Cricket in India
In the context of the raging controversy over the Indian Premier League betting and match-fixing episodes, there has been ...
"Neo-liberalism" to the aid of Maoists
Maoists are becoming less adventurous in their operational strategies, increasingly relying on joining popular protests against ...
Sex offender lists: a step forward?
Post December 2012, the exclusive focus on legal reform in relation to sexual offences has led to some controversial options being ...
Towards a gender-just society
The Justice Verma Committee report acts as a blueprint for the radical transformation of gender relations within the framework of ...