Category: Journal
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India, UNCLOS, and the Quiet Diplomacy of the South China Sea
Read more: India, UNCLOS, and the Quiet Diplomacy of the South China SeaIndia is not a claimant in the South China Sea dispute, yet its legal position — reaffirmed in July 2026 — carries real weight. Here is why, and what it…
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The Right to Die With Dignity: What the Passive Euthanasia Ruling Actually Changes
Read more: The Right to Die With Dignity: What the Passive Euthanasia Ruling Actually ChangesA 2026 Supreme Court order permitting withdrawal of life support for a patient in a persistent vegetative state pushes India’s right-to-die jurisprudence from principle to practice.
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Ladies’ Bar Rooms and the Business of Being a Woman at the Bar
Read more: Ladies’ Bar Rooms and the Business of Being a Woman at the BarA Supreme Court PIL over the absence of basic facilities for women advocates exposes a structural problem the profession has talked around for years.
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Counting the Uncounted: Why the Supreme Court Wants Homemakers’ Work on the Books
Read more: Counting the Uncounted: Why the Supreme Court Wants Homemakers’ Work on the BooksA 2026 ruling on the valuation of homemakers’ unpaid work reopens a debate India’s compensation law has never fully resolved: what is domestic labour actually worth?
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A Fundamental Right to Footpaths: Reading the Supreme Court’s Pedestrian Rights Order
Read more: A Fundamental Right to Footpaths: Reading the Supreme Court’s Pedestrian Rights OrderBy holding that pedestrian rights are primary and that urban local bodies bear an enforceable duty to build and maintain footpaths, the Court has quietly expanded Article 21 into municipal…
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Piercing the Corporate Veil to Protect Homebuyers: The Alpha Corp Ruling
Read more: Piercing the Corporate Veil to Protect Homebuyers: The Alpha Corp RulingWhen a real-estate group holds land through layers of subsidiaries, whose assets go into the resolution pool? A 2026 Supreme Court ruling answers with an unusually direct application of veil-piercing…
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BNS, BNSS, BSA: Two Years Into India’s New Criminal Codes
Read more: BNS, BNSS, BSA: Two Years Into India’s New Criminal CodesThe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced colonial-era codes in 2024. What does the transition actually look like from inside the courtroom?
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Arrest First, Ask Later: How Indian Courts Are Hardening Admiralty Practice
Read more: Arrest First, Ask Later: How Indian Courts Are Hardening Admiralty PracticeA string of 2025–26 High Court rulings makes clear that in Indian admiralty law, a promise not to sail is no substitute for arresting the ship.
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The Slow March of the DPDP Act: Where Data Protection Actually Stands
Read more: The Slow March of the DPDP Act: Where Data Protection Actually StandsPassed in 2023, still not fully in force. A practical look at what the Digital Personal Data Protection Act currently requires — and what is still years away.
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Governing Without Legislating: Inside India’s AI Governance Guidelines
Read more: Governing Without Legislating: Inside India’s AI Governance GuidelinesIndia has chosen advisory principles over a binding AI statute — for now. Here is what the 2026 Governance Guidelines actually require, and where hard law is already filling the…