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There has been a national debate raging in India about the system of appointments for Supreme Court and High Court judges. At the founding of the Indian Supreme Court, the executive had primary authority over judicial appointments. In 1993, the...
Today, the Indian Supreme Court serves as a constitutional court, a regular appeals court and as an equal partner in governance of the country. This year, questions over the administration of the Court repeatedly arose in public discourse,...
The legitimate source of governmental power in modern constitutional democracies is traced to a people. Drawing on this tradition of founding political power, the Indian Constitution is a radical attempt to secure the consent of the Indian people to...
Using the January 2018 Press Conference by the four Supreme Court Justices as an entry point, the paper proposes that Parliamentary discourse, an oft-ignored pulse of the political narrative, is a relevant window into studying how the legislature...
What role does the Indian Constitution play towards the emancipation of the society’s most marginalized and excluded? What vision does the Constitution espouse with respect to basic fundamental rights and freedoms? And what conception of inclusion...
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Act was enacted to safeguard the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) from atrocities and violence. Recently the Supreme Court pronounced a verdict in order...
The developments in India since the new millennium have shown that gender equality is a topic in constant flux and dynamic change. In recent years, the Indian Parliament has passed key legislations on maternity benefits, surrogacy, HIV/Aids...