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Case commentary: Shreya Singhal Vs. Union of India
Read more: Case commentary: Shreya Singhal Vs. Union of IndiaThis article is a case commentary on the Shreya Singhal V. Union Of India case. It focuses on the right to privacy aspect of the judgment and its groundbreaking contribution to the furtherance of fundamental rights. The article focuses on the need for the laws to be clear and not ambiguous while also highlighting the…
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Alienation of the Muslim Citizen
Read more: Alienation of the Muslim CitizenThe article focuses on the systematic alienation of Muslim citizens in India. It highlights their exclusion in terms of public employment and their lack of participation in the same. Their ostracization is due to the belief that they are not loyal to the country. The literacy rates amongst the Muslim community are also abysmally low…
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American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA)
Read more: American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA)Federal consumer privacy legislation has been discussed for decades, even though individual States in the United States have sole control over consumer privacy laws. However, it appears that Congress has made some headway with the American Data Privacy Protection Act (“ADPPA”), which has been suggested as a historic piece of U.S. Federal privacy legislation, following…
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Gender and Property Rights in India
Read more: Gender and Property Rights in IndiaWomen’s inability of acquiring land and property is a sheer barbaric and misogynistic representation of India’s age-old ethos. It has been ardently argued by various sections of society that ownership and control over land is a major stepping stone towards attaining greater gender equitability. The orthodox mindsets of people cause these huge gender gaps between…
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Police Interrogation and its Predicaments
Read more: Police Interrogation and its PredicamentsCoercive and deceptive interrogation by the police impedes justice. It often harms the process and outcome of the case, which in itself is detrimental when we consider the innocent people who might get framed, the victim who never got the justice they deserved, and the actual culprit who was let free without any consequences.
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Exploring the feasibility of virtual courts in India post the Pandemic
Read more: Exploring the feasibility of virtual courts in India post the PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has opened the gateway to an alternate form of justice delivery through virtual courts. This paper explores the feasibility of virtual courts in India, and briefly describes the past and present of virtual courts in India. It deliberates on both the merits and demerits of virtual courts in India and explores some…
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Assessing the State’s Role in Ensuring the Accessibility of Menstrual Rights.
Read more: Assessing the State’s Role in Ensuring the Accessibility of Menstrual Rights.In a country where over one third of the Indian menstruating population lives in period poverty, it is astounding to see that even with progressing times, menstrual rights have not been established to protect them and their rights. Menstrual rights as a legal concept is not acknowledged in the country and it has had a…
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Recognizing Sex Work As A Profession
Read more: Recognizing Sex Work As A ProfessionThe Supreme Court bench of Justices of L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai, and AS Bopanna held that sex workers have the protection of fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution and this protection extends to the children of sex workers. The judgement was hailed as a remarkable victory by the liberal gurus in the media, however,…
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Understanding ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Industry Regulations by RBI
Read more: Understanding ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Industry Regulations by RBIReserve Bank of India has recently provided guidelines to regulate Digital Lending infrastructure in India, more specifically the BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) industry. The regulator through the Master Direction has banned Non-banking Institutions from loading Prepaid Payment Instruments (hereinafter referred to as ‘PPI’ ) with credit lines. This article aims to understand the growth,…
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Changing Familial Relationships: Transcending Heteronormativity
Read more: Changing Familial Relationships: Transcending HeteronormativityThis article looks at the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of Deepika Singh v Central Administrative Tribunal & Ors. The ruling broadened the definition of family to include atypical families and guaranteed them the same rights as conventional heteronormative ones.
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Access to safe abortions: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment, 2021
Read more: Access to safe abortions: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment, 2021The article focuses on the relationship between unsafe abortion practices and abortion laws in light of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment, 2021. We focus on the correlation between abortion laws and safe abortions while understanding how restrictive as well as liberal abortion laws impact maternal health.
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Evolution of queer literature: from Lihaaf to Shikhandi
Read more: Evolution of queer literature: from Lihaaf to ShikhandiAlthough Ismat Chugtai’s Lihaaf is often cited as a beacon of queer indian literature in the early 20th century, a close scrutiny of its sub-texts and narrative shows how this attribute may not be entirely suitable to its premise. Several instances and inter-personal relationships, created by Chugtai, demonize queerness as exploitative, undesireable, and ugly. It’s…
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