‘There is law that applies to certain criminal activities, which are usually connected to older, corporal forms of power and profit, but there is a clear lack of law, or its applicability, to newer…
We demand that governments follow the rule of law when clearing ‘illegal’ settlements. But if laws permit the same outcomes as those that might be caused by the state ignoring them, is this variant…
Muslim women are in favour of gender-just laws, but Muslim women’s groups recognise that the women have to contest both the Muslim Personal Law and the politics around the demonisation of everything…
The 44th Amendment to the Constitution was enacted 44 years ago, but the clause that deals with improving the preventive detention framework has still not been brought into force. This goes against…
The 'basic structure' ensures that some constitutional features remain unamendable by Parliament, a defence against parliamentary hegemony and Constitution rewriting.
The Constituent Assembly considered an American-style 'due process' clause for the Constitution but adopted a formula to limit judicial review. Unwilling to heed that limitation, judges…
The High Courts no longer have the powers that were accorded to them in the Constitution, their authority having been whittled away by the Supreme Court. It is time for a reform that introduces a…
‘The facts you are aware of are based on the echo chambers in which judges who are mainly from privileged castes/communities interact with each other. They are also based on the defensive silence of…
