A National Refugee Law
Introduction India’s duty to refugees has been highly debated with the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December of...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 216 min read
Constitutionalism – Our Only Path?
By Abishek Jebaraj As India celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of our Constitution, we find ourselves torn between hope and...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 215 min read
Time’s Up for the Sedition Law
By Prasanna S. Justice Deepak Gupta, a sitting judge of the highest constitutional court of the land, recently gave a lecture titled ‘The...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 214 min read
Should an Indian Prime Minister Have Term Limits?
By Priya Pookkulam With the rise of autocratically inclined executives in democracies around the world, the time has come to re-examine...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 215 min read
On Citizenship and Statelessness: Carrying a Heavy Burden (Of Proof)
By Tvisha Shroff At the heart of India’s constitutional order lies a notion of who may benefit from that order – a notion of who is an...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 217 min read
Secularism: A Beleaguered but Enduring Constitutional Value
Srishti Agnihotri[1] To describe these times as ‘the worst of times’ would not be a very cruel reproach. The world is reeling under a...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 217 min read
The Supreme Court and Pandemic Times
Abishek Jebaraj and Srishti Agnihotri Andy Mukherjee, a columnist, recently tweeted “Tomato will go to Supreme Court”. His tweet offered...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 2115 min read
Governor Bound by Gehlot’s Advice
Governor of the State of Rajasthan, Kalraj Mishra has not convened the Rajasthan state assembly despite the advice of Gehlot’s government...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 213 min read
Farm Laws and Constitutional Morality
Abishek Jebaraj The latter half of 2018 saw a flurry of Constitutional bench judgements from the Supreme Court on issues from the opening...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 215 min read
Taxes, Property and Suits
Part XII of the Indian Constitution reviews issues related to finance, property, contracts and suits. Importantly, this part of the...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 214 min read
Amending the Constitution
The Indian Constitution may be the supreme binding document of the country, but it cannot always be rigid and permanent. The Constituent...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 214 min read
Constitutional Emergencies
The term ‘emergency’ refers to a state of urgency that arises abruptly and requires immediate action by public authorities to curb or...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 216 min read
Elections and Voting
Introduction Free and fair elections are a cornerstone of any democracy. For elections to be conducted in a meaningful manner, the...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 216 min read
Citizenship
Even “inborn and inalienable rights” [1] become meaningless if one is stripped of their citizenship of a state. Citizenship is a...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 214 min read
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
The Scheduled Caste (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) are among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India, representing...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 217 min read
Fundamental Rights
The concept of fundamental rights originated with the idea that all individuals possess certain inalienable rights. The Fundamental...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 214 min read
Judicial Branch
The Judicial Branch is a system of institutions which interpret the law and administer justice. Courts in India form a hierarchical...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 218 min read
Executive Branch
The Executive The Indian government is made up of three components: the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. The Executive...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 216 min read
Legislative Branch
India is a federal democratic republic with a parliamentary form of government. India’s central legislative branch consists of the...
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Nethaji Rajendran
Jun 214 min read
Parliamentary vs. Presidential Democracies
Whenever a Constitution is being designed, the primary concern of the drafters is determining the structure of the nation’s new...
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