Instead of lowering the age of consent in sexual activity, introducing close-in-age exemptions for 16 to 18-year-olds—paired with judicial oversight and better education—offers a better way to…
Constitutional morality demands accountability through fair trials, reminding lawmakers that fairness—not expedience—ensures the integrity of democracy. The 130th Amendment Bill, however, risks…
Indian law creates a legal vacuum around traditional designs by failing to recognise collective creation, generational knowledge, and community-based craftsmanship. This makes cultural appropriation…
Over-reliance on the defence of fair use/dealing might not be warranted when there are other internal checks and balances within India’s copyright law. Blind faith in fair use has the unfortunate…
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…
