The new waqf law is worrying because it grants unchecked administrative power without any clear standards for fair action. It applies unevenly across religions and provides a potentially biased…
Gulifisha’s continued imprisonment without trial and her poetry on the injustice of pre-trial detention showcase the masculinist carceral culture of the Indian State.
The Uttarakhand law may violate privacy and religious freedoms by imposing controls on marriage, live-ins, and divorce – measures that can disproportionately burden women and inter-faith couples.…
The Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025 has been challenged on constitutional grounds. In the first of a series of articles examining important issues raised by the amendment, a discussion here on the…
International law, rather than dictate state actions, persuades states to develop publicly defensible legal and moral positions, and in the process, generates accountability.
Most litigants will never end up in a high court; their cases will remain in the labyrinths of district courts. Yet, reforms at the base of the judicial pyramid have not got the required attention.
The popular discourse around the notion that laws enacted to protect women are being ‘grossly misused’ seems to have reached a fever pitch. The Supreme Court, itself, in the past has called it “legal…
'A culture where the rights of women and sexual and gender minorities can be wholly erased without even having to defend such a move clearly shows where the centre of power lies, and how it…
Balancing popular desire for immediate justice with the principle of due process is a delicate act, especially when there is distrust against the system and frustrations at delays. The tensions…
