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A fortnightly feature inspired by I-CONnect’s weekly “What’s New in Public Law” feature that addresses the lacuna of a one-stop-shop public law newsletter in the Indian legal space. What’s New at LAOT Sughosh Joshi, Marriage Equality Case: What did the SC say? (summarises what the various opinions in the Marriage Equality Judgment held on theContinue reading “Lately in Public Law | October 2023”

Introduction India, in the recent times, has been at the receiving end of several attacks of online extortion with latest one being the Instant loan app blackmail case. With around 2.8 thousand cases being recorded in India only in 2021, it clearly indicates the gravity of the issue. In the light of the same, thisContinue reading “An Appraisal Of The Penal Framework Of Extortion In Light Of Digitization: Accounting For Modern Challenges And Plugging Inadequacies”

Summary: This post summarises what the various opinions in the Marriage Equality Judgment held on the issues raised by the petitioners. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17th October, 2023 pronounced a judgment in the case of Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr. v. Union of India. The case was aboutContinue reading “Marriage Equality Case: What did the SC say?”

In this article, the author examines the recent conflicts between the Meiti and Kuki tribes in Manipur, emphasizing the sexual violence directed at the women of the minority tribe. By analyzing the roles played by different women based on their ethnicities, the author has identified the role of organizational behavior leading to intersectional violence inContinue reading “Unraveling Ethnic Strife: Navigating Justice, Gender, and Accountability in the Aftermath of Manipur”

In light of High Court judgments upholding child marriages as permissible in Muslim personal law, the author suggests close-in-age exemptions, recently recommended by the Law Commission of India, as a better means to protect adolescent relationships from criminalisation than religion-based grounds. The post (Outr)Age of Reason: Child Marriage, Personal Laws and Close-in-Age Exemptions appeared firstContinue reading “(Outr)Age of Reason: Child Marriage, Personal Laws and Close-in-Age Exemptions”

In the first part of this blog post (can be found here.), we saw that the recent SCOTUS ruling in the Sackett Case and India’s Forest Conservation Amendment Bill indicate a trend toward deregulation, favouring private property rights over environmental concerns. This approach, while potentially aiding economic development, raised serious concerns about ecological and socialContinue reading “Balancing Private Property Rights and Environmental Regulations: a Cross Country Examination of India and the USA- Part II”

Summary: This article delves into the environmental regulations in both the United States and India, focusing on how they may prioritize private property rights over environmental conservation. Specifically, it looks at the recent SCOTUS ruling on the Sackett Case, and the recent India’s Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023. By drawing comparisons between the USA’s historicalContinue reading “Balancing Private Property Rights and Environmental Regulations: a Cross Country Examination of India and the USA- Part I”

This post is part of a series on constitutional and political questions relevant to contemporary times written by Sughosh Joshi, a political researcher working with I-PAC. Sughosh also publishes a weekly substack newsletter called ‘In the Matter of the Republic’, you can check it out here and subscribe to it for regular updates. The casteContinue reading “Caste Census and Sub-Classification within Reservations”

A fortnightly feature inspired by I-CONnect’s weekly “What’s New in Public Law” feature that presents a curated list of public law-related work in the Indian legal space. What’s New at LAOT Archita Satish, Eeshan Sonak, and Jeetendra Vishwakarma, LAOT Podcast: Episode 4 On Constitutional Resilience and More with Professor Tarunabh Khaitan, (discusses the latest anthologyContinue reading “Lately in Public Law | September’23- II”

Summary: In this episode, our Editors-in-Chief Archita and Eeshan and legal editor Jeetendra are in conversation with Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan discussing his latest anthology “Constitutional Resilience in South Asia”. We explore the concept of resilience, especially in India, revisiting the “cuts” imposed on the Indian Constitution since Tarunabh’s seminal paper featured in the volume, “KillingContinue reading “LAOT Podcasts : #Episode 4 –On Constitutional Resilience and more with Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan”