Tag: India
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Analysis of the First Judges Appointment Case and the Collegium System in India
The edifice of Indian democratic polity is maintained through the conception of an independent judiciary that stimulates the constitutional scheme to uphold its fairness and impartiality. The judiciary is tasked to perform its functions by assuming the role of the protector of the Constitution and rights that emerge from it. The delicate balance between the […]
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Right to Water in India: Entitlement without Obligations
Water is undisputedly indispensable for human existence. Internationally, right to water has been interpreted as right to access water, implying water to be an economic good[1]. This implies that the State is obligated to only provide the means to supply water but it treats water as a commodity that should be ‘affordable to all’. In […]
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Rowlatt Act in disguise: The Preventive Detention laws in India
Introduction This article deals with the law of preventive detention in India. Preventive detention authorises any police officer to arrest or detain any person who is suspected to be committing a crime in the future in order to prevent him from doing so. Under preventive detention laws, a person could be detained for extended periods […]
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Discrimination Against Minorities By Public Authorities: What India needs to learn from Berlin
With Berlin passing the first anti-discriminatory legislation in the country, it is a moment of deep contemplation for Indian law-makers to take requisite steps in a similar direction. The anti-discriminatory law in Berlin prohibits public authorities and police officials to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, skin colour, age and worldview. The need […]
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The Curious Case of India’s Draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020
For the past few months, there’s been an immense hue and cry over the draft EIA Notification, 2020. It is claimed by many activists, environmental groups, biologists and students that the notification is “anti-people”, “anti-environment” and “pro-industries”. In this article, I will discuss the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and the repercussions and consequences of the […]
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WTO Action on Chinese App Ban: Possible Defenses in India’s Quiver
In June 2020, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred while protecting Galwan valley from Chinese invasion. The clash and subsequent martyrdom of 20 soldiers catapulted the nation into a frenzied demand for boycotting Chinese goods. Although the government made no official comment on a complete boycott of Chinese goods, it did, however, ban 59 apps (“the […]
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