Hurt Sentiments, Hidden Truths: Defending Artistic Freedom in India
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” This isn’t merely a proverb but a historical truth that changed India’s destiny. Throughout history, it was not the war that made Indians unite and fight against the Britishers, but the words, those…
Rethinking Punishment Through the Lens of Law and Governance: Towards a Reformative Justice System in India
A person needs so much courage to either kill themselves or to kill others. It’s not natural for a human to kill another human. “A man needs only as much courage as it takes to live, not as much as…
Reclaiming Narratives: Dalit Literature and the Legal Recognition of Historical Injustices
Introduction Dalit literature, born of the lived lives of India’s historically subordinated masses, is both witness and resistance. Emerging from the day-to-day lives of caste-based exclusion, humiliation, and structural violence, these works reverse dominant literary and historical narratives long marginalizing…
Language Rights and Coercive Federalism: Examining the Centre-State Conflict Over the Three-Language Formula of the new education policy
Introduction This article explores the intricate nexus between language rights and coercive federalism in India against the backdrop of the Centre-State dispute over the Three-Language Formula in the new education policy. Analyzing how India’s federal framework, linguistic accommodations, and power-sharing…
Religion Specific Personal Laws and Gender Discrimination: A Study of Women’s Unequal Legal Rights
ABSTRACT Religion-specific personal laws in India generate the endemic problem of gender discrimination, especially of women, in marriage, divorce, inheritance, and maintenance. The laws, rooted in colonial legal codes and perpetuated by the legal pluralism that has followed in their…
Exploring Law in Literature and Law as Literature
When it comes to understanding the relationship between law and literature, there are two major studies which enable us to understand the overlap between the two in depth; these are “law in literature” and “law as literature”. In simple words,…
Analysing how the evolution of International Human Rights Law has impacted Global Governance
The term “Human Rights” in its simplest sense refers to the benefits that are conferred onto us, just by the virtue of being a human. These rights are reflective of the basic standards of life that must be made available…
UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF ARBITRATION LAW IN INDIA
The Indian civilization has always been rich in statesmanship and administration. As a result, the civilization had discovered the art of settling disputes through negotiations a long time back. India has had a tradition of arbitration way before it even…
Public opinion and influencers: Impact of social media on Judicial trails
Every day, all over the world, almost 2 hours are spent on the internet and social media by users, and 94% of the people in the world use the internet and social media. This data shows that with so…
Invisible Engines of the Digital Economy: The Legal Abyss of Gig Labour in Contemporary India
In India, the explosive growth of the gig economy has transformed the character of work. Digital platforms such as Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, Uber, and Urban Company have spawned a new generation of workers who do not belong to the employer-employee…
