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Ishika Saxena

April 12, 2024

Beyond Justice: Reading Coetzee’s ‘Disgrace’

JM Coetzee’s critically acclaimed novel Disgrace (Penguin 1999) explores, among other themes, the relationship between law and justice. This compelling work is focalised through its protagonist David Lurie, a white university professor in South Africa....

Aditya Balasubramanian, Kena Wani

March 29, 2024

Scholars in Conversation | Dr. Aditya Balasubramanian with Dr. Kena Wani

Faisal Devji, Karthick Ram Manoharan

March 22, 2024

Scholars in Conversation | Prof. Faisal Devji with Dr. Karthick Ram Manoharan

Salmoli Choudhuri

February 16, 2024

Where is the Public in the Republic of India?

Akhila Basalalli, Ashna Singh

January 31, 2024

Self-Defence under International Law: Lessons from the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Faculty Publications

Navigating the Conundrum of Mandatory Reporting under the POCSO Act: Implications for Medical Professionals

Nanditta Batra

Law-and-Economics of Business Judgment Rule in India

Rahul Singh

‘Dr BR Ambedkar: Now & Then’ Uses Bahujan Lens to Highlight Stories of Resistance

Ashna Singh

Research Projects

Project to Explore Digital Transformation of India’s Consumer Grievance Redressal System through GenAI

This project will assess how large language models (LLM) can be used for building public solutions for enhancing efficiency in India’s consumer grievance redressal system.

Issues in Pre-Trial Processes in India

This project aims to study issues relating to pre-trial processes from a jurisprudential and comparative lens, and also empirically document implementation of laws, thereby contributing to the literature and discussions on criminal procedure.

Pluralist Agreement and Constitutional Transformation

This project is aimed at creating an extensive digital record of the proceedings of the Indian Constituent Assembly (1946-1949) that led to the formation of the Indian Constitution.

Anushka Pandey, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, Mrinal Satish

January 25, 2024

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: Decolonising or Reinforcing Colonial Ideas?

Moiz Tundawala

January 19, 2024

Book Review | Why Not to Call the Constitution Colonial

Pranav Verma, Anupama Sharma

December 9, 2023

Bharatiya Sakshya Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Mrinal Satish, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, Anushka Pandey

December 9, 2023

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Penal Code

Manhar Bansal, Atreyee Majumder

November 28, 2023

Universalism and Belonging in the Logic of Blackness

Neetu Sharma, Jyotsna Sripada and Shruthi Raman

April 10, 2023

Hunger and Malnutrition in India after a Decade of the National Food Security Act, 2013

Devyani Srivastava

March 3, 2023

Police Stations: Lonely Workplaces for Women

Devyani Srivastava, Laksha Kalappa Baleyada

December 22, 2022

Blog Series: Dispatches from the Women in Police Project

Sharada R Shindhe

July 21, 2022

Time is of the Essence: Judicial Intervention in the Appointment of Arbitrators: Analysing the Order in ‘Shree Vishnu Constructions’

Trishi Jindal, Srijoni Sen

June 20, 2022

Government Transparency Needs a Public Records Makeover

Sony Pellissery, Sattwick Dey Biswas, Varun Panickar, and Saishree Priyadarshini

May 10, 2022

Exploring the ‘Credibility Thesis’ in Indian Informal Settlements

Mohan Mani

May 5, 2022

The Unequal Costs of the Pandemic: Analysing Industry and Employment in Two Sectors

Rashmi Venkatesan

April 20, 2022

To Ban or Not to Ban: How Head and Face Coverings are Treated under UN Human Rights Treaties

Varsha Aithala

January 17, 2022

Report of the Cross-Border Insolvency Committee, June 2020: A Primer

Rishika Rangarajan

January 6, 2022

Financial Autonomy of Independent Regulatory Authorities, Part 1: Analysing the Legal Framework

S Vivek

November 10, 2021

Zee-Invesco: An Analysis of the Bombay High Court Judgment

Dr. T. S. Somashekar

October 22, 2021

Apple to Face Competition Law Scrutiny in India – Towards a New Platform Pricing Paradigm?

Smitha Krishna Prasad and Madhavi Singh

October 22, 2021

Madras High Court’s Intermediary Guidelines Order: A Cause for Cautious Optimism

Kunal Ambasta

October 6, 2021

Of ‘Domain Experts’ and Perceived Inadequacies in the Law

Varsha Aithala, Rathan Sudheer & Dr. Nandana Sengupta

October 6, 2021

‘Justice Delayed: A District-Wise Empirical Study on Indian Judiciary’