Law

The Need for Empathic Judging

Empathy, the ability to understand and share others’ hopes and struggles, is crucial for a judge to make fair decisions. It is essential for conflict resolution, understanding, and forming…
▶03-Jun-2024
N. Anand Venkatesh

Is Justice Transformative in Sexual Harassment Cases?

We need changes to strengthen the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 to fully protect all vulnerable women. The law must also take social imbalances and power differences at work into…
▶17-May-2024
Megha Sharma, Sukhalata Sen

Live-in Lover Law Opens Door to Attacks on Freedoms

India's new code throws into doubt whether its citizens are truly protected from the arbitrary exercise of power by public officials.
▶15-Apr-2024
Arpan Acharya

Karnataka’s Experiments with Managing Government Disputes

Evaluations of Karnataka’s dispute resolution policies of 2011 and 2021 reveal that the concept of “efficient and responsible litigation” has been missing while dealing with government cases. Yet,…
▶21-Mar-2024
Ashwini Obulesh, Varsha Aithala

From Codes to Sanhitas: Power, Myths, and Problematic Continuities

‘The new criminal justice laws mark an important moment in how independent India will function. It may herald a descent towards greater authoritarian tendencies and a nullifying of the judicial role…
▶07-Feb-2024
Abhinav Sekhri

The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023: A New and Unimproved Evidence Act

The secrecy in drafting the bill to replace the Evidence Act is reminiscent of colonial legislation by committee. The lack of consultation has meant that the interpretative confusions in existing law…
▶20-Nov-2023
Kunal Ambasta

Family Law Reforms After Marriage (In)Equality

The marriage equality verdict is a decisive break from the Supreme Court's rights-enhancing jurisprudence in the realm of gender. The new approach could adversely shape how the court approaches…
▶07-Nov-2023
Akshat Agarwal

Jan Vishwas Act, 2023: Symbol of a Broken Legislative Process

The Jan Vishwas Act, 2023 has amended 42 laws by decriminalising offences under them to improve the “ease of doing business”. While this would usually be a reason to celebrate, the legislation seems…
▶20-Oct-2023
Prashant Reddy T
Essay

Why has the Rule of Law become so Fragile?

‘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…
▶13-Sep-2023
Tabish Khair

The Sophistry of Calls to Replace the Constitution

India’s Constitution is more robust than the politics of those who call for its replacement.
▶23-Aug-2023
Rohin Bhatt