ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN INDIA: POLLUTION CONTROL, CLIMATE CHANGE LAW, AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION
India occupies a unique and paradoxical position in global environmental governance. It is simultaneously one of the world’s most biodiverse nations — home to approximately eight per cent of the world’s recorded species, seventeen biodiversity hotspots, and some of the planet’s most ecologically significant river systems, forests, wetlands, and coastal zones — and one of […]
Nuclear Deterrence v. Disarmament: A Legal and Strategic Conflict in the 21st Century
The struggle between stopping wars with nuclear weapons and getting rid of them is one of the hardest and longest-lasting issues in international law and global safety today. Countries use nuclear weapons as a way to scare others from attacking by threatening major retaliation. At the same time, calls to destroy all nuclear weapons come […]
JUVENILE JUSTICE IN INDIA: A CRITICAL LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
Juvenile justice occupies a unique and pivotal space within the broader framework of criminal law, reflecting society’s commitment to the rehabilitation, reformation, and reintegration of children who come into conflict with the law. In India, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (“JJ Act, 2015”) — as amended in 2021 — constitutes […]
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN INDIA: CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT, JURISPRUDENTIAL TRENDS, AND NEW FRONTIERS
Fundamental Rights, contained in Part III of the Constitution of India, sit at the centre of Indian constitutionalism. Covering personal liberty, equality, freedom of expression, protection from exploitation, religious freedom, and cultural and educational autonomy, these rights reflect the founding generation’s resolve to build a just and democratic social order. This article looks at the […]
NCBC AND THE SUB-CATEGORISATION OF OBCs: BETWEEN JUSTICE AND POLITICS
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FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES AND CIVIC ACCOUNTABILITY: BEYOND FLAG-SALUTING AND ANTHEM-SINGING
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FROM ARTICLE 39 TO DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE: CONSTITUTIONALISING DATA, WELFARE, AND ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE
The Directive Principles of State Policy, particularly Article 39 of the Constitution of India, impose on the State a duty to secure the distribution of material resources of the community so as to best serve the common good. This article argues that digital public infrastructure, including broadband networks, Aadhaar, the Unified Payments Interface, and welfare […]
RETHINKING SPORTS GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE NATIONAL SPORTS GOVERNANCE ACT, 2025
The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 (NSGA) marks India’s transition from largely voluntary sports governance norms, exemplified by the non-binding National Sports Development Code 2011, to a comprehensive statutory framework enacted amid longstanding concerns over corruption, federation non-compliance, and athlete welfare. This article critically evaluates the NSGA within a global reform environment characterized by commercializationdriven […]
Preventive Detention History, Constituent Assemble, Debates and Constitutional Framework and Implications
Preventive detention in India is a rare constitutional exception under Article 22 that allows the state to detain a person without trial sometimes for up to a year or more to avert potential dangers to national security, public order, or vital supplies and services. Though strongly opposed in the Constituent Assembly, it was retained post-Independence […]
HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN INDIA
Consideration of environmental protection as a human right is among the most significant changes in modern constitutional and international law. In the last 50 years, environmental degradation has been more and more interpreted as the direct challenge to life, dignity, equality and intergenerational justice, as well as the ecological crisis. Judicial interpretation has played the […]