Law
Understanding Indra Sawhney Case: The post-Mandal “reservation criteria has glaring loopholes in it”
Indra Sawhney Case: Mandal Commission is considered as the tipping point of class and caste division in politically independent India....
The spineless “Juvenile Justice Act” needs an immediate upgrade
Juvenile Justice Act: Law is a crucial driving force in social transformation, and acts as a barometer of societal complexities...
U. Akbar Ali vs. State of Tamil Nadu: The death blow to conversion mafias in India
Akbar Ali vs State of Tamil Nadu case: Caste discrimination has become important on the human rights agenda under the...
Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug vs. Union of India: The case that paved the way for Passive euthanasia
Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug vs Union of India case: Our legal system explicitly provides for the Right to life to all...
The Case of Ismail Farooqui vs. Union of India: Why Hindus Can Worship in Ram Mandir
Ismail Farooqui vs Union of India: Hindus are the majority in this country, and modern democracy discriminates against every majority....
2022, Jacob Puliyel vs. Union of India: Supreme Court dictum on mandatory Covid vaccination
We, as humans, have been dominating the planet from time immemorial, but a teensy-weensy virus showed us our place. The...
1987, D.C. Wadhwa v. the State of Bihar: When Supreme Court schooled Bihar administration about Constitution
DC Wadhwa vs the State of Bihar case: In the constitutional scheme of things, presidents and governors are informally called...
1994, R. Rajagopalan vs state of Tamil Nadu: When Judiciary closed the lid on government’s fear mongering
Rajagopalan vs state of Tamil Nadu case: In a democratic society, fear is the only way to control the population....
2018, Joseph Shine vs. Union of India: The assault over institution of marriage
Joseph Shine vs Union of India: Across societies, woman’s autonomy over their choice of partner has always been debated. Historically,...
Ismail Farooqui vs Union of India – When Supreme Court blew the lid off Indian secularists
Ismail Farooqui vs Union of India case: More than 30 years of post-independence India were dedicated to chanting secularism. Under...
Delhi high court puts an end to the freebies in MBBS
Doctors are considered as earthly equivalents of Bhagwans. Logically, common sense suggests that they must go through strict regulatory checkpoints....
Romesh Thappar: The case that defines the flexibility of the Constitution
The Indian Constitution is often cited as a rare combination of flexibility and rigidity. The Constitution makers took into account...
