Publications

Excerpt: ‘Kolkata witnessed two contrasting ‘carnival’ scenes on October 15, barely three kilometres apart. A human chain of the protesters on one side, barricades erected by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government on the other….

The Supreme Court of India, in the recent case of Knit Pro International v. State of NCT of Delhi, clarified that the offence under S. 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 is cognizable and nonbailable….

Should judges be obliged to disclose their financial status to the larger public? This article intervenes in the ongoing debate around this question and argues that a proactive disclosure of the financial status of serving…

Author: Mohan Mani, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Labour Studies, National Law School of India University With 93 per cent of employment in the informal economy, sector-specific social security schemes offer a pragmatic solution for progressive…

The Internet Archive’s efforts have democratised access to more than 835 billion web pages and 44 million texts for anyone with an internet connection. Two of IA’s techno-legal experiments prompted a major copyright tussle with…

The ongoing creative upscaling of AI at the behest of OpenAI and the advent of ChatGPT are both remarkable and alarming. As things stand, this lesser-understood and unregulated field is riddled with futuristic speculations. And…

Co-author: Madhulika T, research associate at the Centre for Labour Studies, NLSIU This article examines the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024, recently proposed by the state government. The authors discuss…

This essay is a meditation on the question of the soul as it may be approached in anthropology, through a close reading of Stefania Pandolfo’s work on Islamic healing in Morocco, Knot of the Soul.

Co-authors: Himanshu Payal, Chiranjib Bhattacharya Studies on court administration in India have so far focused their attention largely on caseload management and judge strength of the higher judiciary. In-depth investigations of the performance of India’s…

[Co-author: Moiz Tundawala] Generating considerable public debate, Yogendra Yadav has recently pronounced the demise of political thought in India [attributing this] to the complete absence of any new imagination in the field of politics. This…

Excerpt: ‘Ten years ago, the Supreme Court recognised transgender persons as a third gender beyond the male-female binary. In the National Legal Service Authority vs Union of India verdict in April 2014, the court upheld the fundamental…

Authors: Sairam Bhat and The Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research, and Advocacy (CEERA). This book focuses on administrative regulation in environmental law. It also focuses on climate change, and the push for sustainability. Covering…