Understanding the National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established under the ‘National Green Tribunal Act, 2010’ with the aim of providing a specialized and effective mechanism for resolving environment-related disputes in India. Due to rapid industrialization, urbanization, and the resulting environmental damage, the need for a dedicated body capable of addressing complex environmental issues had become apparent. […]
THE “SARPANCH PATI” PHENOMENON AND THE LIMITS OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN THE PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS A Study of Proxy Representation, Patriarchal Resistance, and Grassroots Democracy in India
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THE SECURITISATION OF CYBERSPACE: INTERNET REGULATIONS IN INDIA THROUGH A SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE LENS
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DUE PROCESS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY: A CASE COMMENTARY ON MANEKA GANDHI v. UNION OF INDIA(1978)
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PEOPLE DON’T LEAVE JOBS, THEY LEAVE LEADERS: READING THE MOTIVATION CONNECTION THROUGH HERZBERG’S TWO FACTOR THEORY
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Balancing Creditors’ Rights and Corporate Rescue under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: A Critical Study of CIRP and Liquidation Mechanisms.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 introduced a brand new paradigm to manage companies that find themselves in a bad shape, due to financial difficulties. Before its existence, the Indian economy consisted of various inchoate and inconsistent laws which were responsible for resolving the issues related to insolvency, for example, the Sick Industrial Companies Act, […]
Forest Rights Act, 2006: Empowering Indigenous Communities through Recognition of Traditional Forest Rights
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, informally called the Forest Rights Act (FRA), represents a significant structural break with Indian environmental, human rights and constitutional property regimes. For over a century, colonial laws severed organic links between tribal and other forest-dwelling communities and their traditional forested ecosystems, […]
CASE COMMENTARY: NAVTEJ SINGH JOHAR V. UNION OF INDIA (2018)
The decision in Navtej Singh Johar V. Union of India is one of the most transformative constitutional judgments delivered by the Supreme Court of India. The case challenged the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, a colonial-era provision that criminalised “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” For decades, the […]
From the Margins to the Mainstream: Legal Protections for Tribal Employment in India
The indigenous people in India, collectively categorised as Scheduled Tribes (STs) or Adivasis, have inhabited the structural margins of the economic world for millennia. While geologically secluded and discriminated against economically, they are also systematically demarcated from their traditional life intertwined with forests and therefore, heavily multidimensionally marginalised. The question of placing tribal people into […]
THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK: BALANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH LABOUR RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INDIA
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, animated by AI, automation, digital technologies and others, will not only change many careers, but also create job opportunities as well, in countries where there can be at least 85 million jobs lost in an industry that is now likely to come, and there are still 97 million jobs to be […]