Archives for Law & Policy
Organic debacle in Sri Lanka has policy lessons for India
Failure of the fertilizer ban imposed by Sri Lanka holds lessons on how to conduct public policy Sri Lanka is currently going through its worst economic crisis with shortages of…
The Law is dead, Long live the Law: The curious friendship of Ginsburg and Scalia
With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s demise, we have lost a gem who inspired an idea of law not just within the United States but around the world. I’d like to…
Examining the Scope of Consent in the International Criminal Law of Rape
International criminal law is predicated on the objective of holding individual persons responsible for committing grave acts of violence. Although forms of sexual and gender-based violence have been part of…
Prevention Of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013: An Explainer
Whilst the Indian Penal Code defines rape and sexual abuse, the provision was unable to address all forms of sexual harassment. The grey area regarding sexual harassment at workplaces threw…
The Digital Accessibility Conundrum: a top-notch law firm’s fallacious legal interpretation and Government’s silence
‘Digital accessibility’ is to make digital content and services barrier-free, to enable the access of persons with disabilities to such resources at par with their non-disabled counterparts. Accessibility is one…
Hard and Soft Powers of Indian Diplomacy: Revisiting Maldives & Seychelles
“Power is also like love, easier to experience than to define or measure, but no less real for that.” ~ Joseph S. Nye Jr., Soft Power: The Means To Success In World…
The CLATaclysm of a Legal Exam
The legal educational examinations in the territory of India have always been marred by controversy and the quintessential deficiency of all elements you would associate with a modern welfare state.…
Taxing Times: Leaving India to Commence a Business/Take up Employment in an overseas location
Introduction The Central Board of Direct Taxes (hereinafter 'CBDT') has set up a five-member working group led by a joint secretary-rank official and four revenue officers to look into the taxation…
Crimes from Colonial Hangover: Marital Rape
“We take the view that the time has now arrived when the law should declare that a rapist remains a rapist subject to the criminal law, irrespective of his relationship…
The Fact, the Law, & the Changing Privacy Policies of the Narendra Modi Application
The Backstory A supposedly French security researcher, you uses the Twitter name Elliot Anderson (@fs0c131y), and has till now riddled many holes into the claims of Aadhaar infrastructure being unbreakable…