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A budget for cities without people

Evita Das·September 4, 2024

Aparajita Bill: Unveiling a new shield for the innocent

Shravan Anande·September 4, 2024

Trading freedom for security: Aftermaths of the Kolkata rape and murder case

Manika Kamthan·September 3, 2024

Why the transfer of dormant commercial bank accounts to the RBI is arbitrary and unprincipled

Romar Correa·September 2, 2024

The President of the republic must remain above partisan politics and commentary

S.N. Sahu·September 2, 2024

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Rahim Ali: A therapeutic judgment

Talha Rahman·September 15, 2024

Can restoration of the citizenship of a dead man act as a therapeutic balm for people facing similar challenges?

Obiter dicta View More

Courtesy: S. Devika, a Chennai-based lawyer

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Saif Mahmood

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Courts, couplets and the decoupling of law and complex, tangential language

Anand Teltumbde

Indian scholar, writer, and civil rights activist

Subcategorisation verdict: India needs a reservation model solving the problem of caste, not perpetuating it

Vernon Gonsalves

trade unionist, activist and academic

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Ravi Nair

executive director, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre

UNHRC’s examination of India’s periodic report after 28 years: Part 8

Dr. Ayaz Ahmad

Fulbright visiting scholar, Columbia University

The Calcutta High Court’s flawed judgment on OBC reservations for Pasmanda Muslims sets a dangerous precedent

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Visa vertigo: Australia and Canada’s new immigration blues

Anuraj Singh and Tridivesh Singh Maini·September 16, 2024

A close dance of executive and judiciary is dangerous for democracy

Rohin Bhatt·September 16, 2024

Is the separation of power an obstacle to remove which Lord Ganesha can be summoned?

Sreejayaa Rajguru·September 15, 2024

Aparajita Bill: The inadequacy of rape law reform

Jhuma Sen·September 14, 2024

Should sexual harassment protection not be extended to gig work?

Lakshita Handa·September 14, 2024

Featured

Rahim Ali: A therapeutic judgment

Talha Rahman·September 15, 2024

Can restoration of the citizenship of a dead man act as a therapeutic balm for people facing similar challenges?

Top StoriesView More

Visa vertigo: Australia and Canada’s new immigration blues

Anuraj Singh and Tridivesh Singh Maini·September 16, 2024

A close dance of executive and judiciary is dangerous for democracy

Rohin Bhatt·September 16, 2024

Is the separation of power an obstacle to remove which Lord Ganesha can be summoned?

Sreejayaa Rajguru·September 15, 2024

Aparajita Bill: The inadequacy of rape law reform

Jhuma Sen·September 14, 2024

Should sexual harassment protection not be extended to gig work?

Lakshita Handa·September 14, 2024

Obiter dicta View More

Courtesy: S. Devika, a Chennai-based lawyer

Editor's Pick

Saif Mahmood

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Courts, couplets and the decoupling of law and complex, tangential language

Anand Teltumbde

Indian scholar, writer, and civil rights activist

Subcategorisation verdict: India needs a reservation model solving the problem of caste, not perpetuating it

Vernon Gonsalves

trade unionist, activist and academic

Tomorrow

OpinionView More

A budget for cities without people

Evita Das·September 4, 2024

Trading freedom for security: Aftermaths of the Kolkata rape and murder case

Manika Kamthan·September 3, 2024

Why the transfer of dormant commercial bank accounts to the RBI is arbitrary and unprincipled

Romar Correa·September 2, 2024

The President of the republic must remain above partisan politics and commentary

S.N. Sahu·September 2, 2024

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: Impacts and challenges—Part 2

Amit Desai·August 31, 2024

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Explained: The Arvind Kejriwal Supreme Court bail judgment

The Leaflet·September 13, 2024

Inflation targeting: Deconstructing the two views about it

Arun Kumar·September 13, 2024

Anticipatory bail available to a person under arrest in a different matter, holds SC

The Leaflet·September 9, 2024

Presumption of innocence under UAPA: Meaning of ‘prima facie’ case

Lakshmi Devi·September 7, 2024

SC rules that a recommendation of its collegium cannot be reconsidered by an HC Chief Justice acting alone

The Leaflet·September 6, 2024

Leaflet Specials View More

A strong Opposition is the most reliable guarantor of freedom

S.N. Sahu·August 15, 2024

The lifeless clause: Refugees and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution

Douglas McDonald-Norman·August 15, 2024

Much cause for introspection: Independence Day musings

Ravi Nair·August 15, 2024

Courts, couplets and the decoupling of law and complex, tangential language

Saif Mahmood·August 15, 2024

Is the ground more fertile or does it produce a better yield because of its caste?

Akshat Jain·August 15, 2024

Leaflet ReportsView More

Delhi High Court hears arguments in favour of 33 percent reservation for women in Bar associations

The Leaflet·September 12, 2024

R.G. Kar murder and rape case: SC issues slew of directions, some missing from the written Order

The Leaflet·August 20, 2024

SC intervenes in a case where even anticipatory bail granted by it was not enough to save a man from Gujarat police and magistrate

The Leaflet·August 9, 2024

Bangladesh people’s protest demanding an anti-communal Constitution and conduct of free and fair elections offers lessons for India

S.N. Sahu·August 6, 2024

Monsoons set to add the torment of high humidity to the woes of intense heat of prisoners

Gursimran Kaur Bakshi·July 25, 2024

“Sorry state of affairs”, says SC while quashing Delhi HC interim Orders staying bail for more than a year

The Leaflet·July 24, 2024

How has the composition of the Supreme Court changed under CJI Chandrachud’s leadership?

The Leaflet·July 16, 2024

Leaflet InterviewsView More

Incarceration of Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj has made human rights work in Kashmir extremely difficult, FIDH’s Juliette Rousselot

Arif Ayaz Parrey·June 19, 2024

Interview with Adila Hassim, counsel for South Africa versus Israel before the ICJ

Anand Grover·February 5, 2024

“Liberticidal laws have tightened government control over the media narrative in India,” RSF’s Célia Mercier

Arif Ayaz Parrey·January 26, 2024

Courage’s counsel: An interview with Bilkis Bano’s lawyer Shobha Gupta

Arif Ayaz Parrey·January 26, 2024

A Hard Year For Federalism— Part 4 of the interview with P.D.T. Achary

Aakritee Raj·January 16, 2024

Videos & PodcastsView More

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The Leaflet·June 27, 2024

What are the three new criminal laws all about? Part 2

The Leaflet·June 26, 2024

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The Leaflet·June 25, 2024

Article 32: History and the Future

The Leaflet·April 22, 2024

Law and Disorder: Episode 25

Manu Abhishek Bhardwaj·March 4, 2024