This post is part of a series on constitutional and political questions relevant to contemporary times written by Sughosh Joshi, who is working on civic education and engagement. 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 […]
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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 1. Aadi Belhe and Sarthak Agarwal, Barren Land: Frequent crashes and uncertain recourse Part I and II (This article argues that in case […]
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Summary: In this post, our analyst, Aditi Bhojnagarwala, analyses the key provisions and judgements surrounding the Supreme Court’s recent hearings on Aligarh Muslim University’s (“AMU“) minority status. This article focuses on the jurisprudence on Article 30(1), specifically explaining the Azeez Basha case and its significance to the current proceedings. The next part of this article deals […]
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Summary: In this article, the arguments raised by the Petitioners and Respondents are summarized. The key contention here continues to remain whether AMU was both established, and administered by the Muslim minority. The first part of this piece dealt with the historical context and important precedents on this issue. Supreme Court hearings in the current […]
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Summary: In this article it is argued that public law remedies are unlikely to provide any relief to persons aggrieved by loss caused due to crashes of State-owned airborne objects. The first part of this piece dealt with the futility of seeking compensation through private law remedies. Introduction In the first part we had argued […]
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Summary: This article argues that in case loss to property is suffered by a person due to a crash involving a State-owned airborne object then such a victim will be hard pressed to obtain compensation in private law. The next part of this article deals with public law remedies. Introduction In recent years there […]
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Summary: In this article, the author argues against reverse onus clauses, both theoretically and pragmatically to establish that such clauses lead to some unimagined and undesirable consequences which do not actually reach the identified goals of these stringent special laws. Introduction The presumption of innocence (‘POI’) is one of the fundamental principles of procedural criminal law, […]
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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 The Law and Other Things Team will be hosting the Courts and the Constitution Conference, 2024 on March 30-31 in collaboration with its […]
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Summary: This post seeks to highlight the dichotomous relationship between UGC Regulations and National Law Universities. While the Courts have read the UGC Regulations to be mandatory through a constitutional interpretation, the national law universities have seemed to carve out an exception for themselves and have observed the UGC Regulations to be merely recommendatory. The […]
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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, 2023 Year in Review (examines events of importance for the beleaguered Legislature, the boisterous Executive, and the bewildered Judiciary in the […]
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