Interview with Rangroot – Lallantop (04.08.2022)

कानपुर से ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड तक की मेरी यात्रा पर रंगरूट (लल्लनटॉप) के साथ मेरा साक्षात्कार ।My interview with Rangroot - Lallantop (India Today Group) on my journey from Kanpur to Oxford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVscp1vB5Ys&t=1409s

The times our Judges were attacked, physically

My first visit to the Supreme Court, left me perplexed. The security arrangements required an individual to obtain a pass, undergo frisking and scanning of bags, and keep her/his cell phone away or put it on silent mode. The arrangements made me wonder why heavy security is deployed in the Court. Research pointed out that...

The Governor should have consulted the Advocate General and not the ASG

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Governor Banwarilal Purohit [Image Credits - Scroll] The Governor of Punjab is at loggerheads with the state government. At this stage, this news is not shocking given the plethora of instances where the Governor of a state (appointed by the central government) has overruled or disagreed with a decision...

Section 354-C of the Indian Penal Code – Offence of Voyeurism

Image Credits - NDTV and Live Law The students of Chandigarh University are currently protesting after a female student allegedly leaked private videos of her hostel mates online. Allegedly, the student took private videos of around 60 girls taking baths in the hostel and shared them with a boy in Shimla, who posted them online....

Students of National Law Universities are protesting

Students of National Law Universities in Sonipat and Jabalpur sitting in protest. The students of premier law universities in the country are on ground protesting against their respective administrations. Students of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar National Law University in Sonipat, are protesting because they have been allegedly made to pay for facilities that have not...

75 years of Independence – A Letter to India

Image Credits - Latestly My beloved India, 76 years ago today, you made a tryst with destiny. While the world slept, you woke up to life and freedom. After years of colonialisation, you were free. In the process of moving from an enslaved to a free nation, you lost many of your brave children. Children...

The Constitution of India does not provide for Referendums

Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal has recently called for a referendum on the issue of freebies. India is currently debating the need for freebies/free benefits to its citizens. At the time of writing this article, the Indian Supreme Court is hearing a PIL seeking directions to regulate freebies/free benefits promised in the poll manifesto,...

The Solicitor General for India: Origin, Role and Limitations

The current Solicitor General for India - Shri Tushar Mehta (Image Credit- Bar & Bench) The Supreme Court of India has been in the news as of late. The Court has heard and continues to hear some interesting petitions and challenges. These include the petition by Alt News Founder Mohammed Zubair to quash the FIR...

Delhi HC needs to pay attention to the Supreme Court’s warning on PILs

Recently, the Delhi High Court heard an interesting Public Interest Litigation (‘PIL’) petition. The PIL was filed by politician and serial litigator Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and sought action against mass religious conversions. The content of the petition consisted of information and data procured from social media. The poor research forced the Court to remark, “Where...

When the Supreme Court sat outside New Delhi

The Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India recently upheld the constitutionality of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (Madhya Pradesh High Court Advocates Bar Association v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 433 of 2012). The petition had challenged the constitutionality of Section 14 read with Section 22 of the Act, which provided...