Explainers

Explainers

India’s new Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025: A Detailed Reading
Judgment Summary: Surendra Koli’s acquittal in Nithari killings after 16 years on death row, and why curative jurisdiction remains crucial
Judgment Summary: SC rules written grounds of arrest ‘must’ be furnished if police already in possession of documentary material establishing cogent basis for arrest
Supreme Court’s Zainul judgement evolves the standards of conviction under Unlawful Assembly
An exhaustive takedown of Karnataka HC’s decision upholding Sahyog portal in X Corp v. Union of India
A complete judgment summary: Supreme Court lays down safeguards against summoning lawyers representing accused by investigating agencies
A snapshot of how India treats juveniles accused of criminal offences
How Karnataka’s draft bill on Domestic Workers defines employment relations in a rather unrecognised workspace
Decoding the proposed IT Amendment Rules, 2025
The longer the wait, the weaker the Watchdog: Why the upcoming hearing on challenges to the 2023 Election Commission Act matters
Why Karnataka HC’s refusal to stay SIC’s order banning individual from future RTI requests unsettles a constitutional guarantee
Sonam Wangchuk’s detention: Unpacking detention under the NSA and the jurisprudence on grounds of detention
How West Bengal’s resolution on Bengali migrant safety underscores the constitutional acrimony against India’s interstate migrants
Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California.
A deep-dive into India’s legal regime on political accountability and the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill
How the new Motor Vehicles Aggregator Guidelines’ “light touch” approach sidesteps gig workers' interests
Why India needs to fill the legal vacuum on social media shadow banning
“When you make fun of people with disabilities, there’s breach of sensitivity”: Why did the SC order Samay Raina and comedians to issue apology?
Why did the top Court refuse to gag mediain the Dharmasthala case?
Did Vice President Dhankar’s resignation open the lens to a constitutional ambiguity?
What is the Kerala HC’s new AI policy all about? And what more is needed?
Jamia, Aligarh and the complex legacies of India’s Muslim institutions: Laurence Gautier’s new book tackles it all
From Baghdad to Gaza, legal storytelling as a strategic power in international law
In the Andhra Pradesh HC’s recent decision on transgender women’s rights in marriage, a reaffirmation of their legal identity as women
World Organization Against Torture flags India as “high risk” country for police torture: Some reflections
How provincial and princely politics around language and sovereignty shaped Indian Constitution’s making: A multi-part series
Madhya Pradesh’s death penalty proposal for forced conversions shuns the judiciary’s principled stand on both capital punishment and conversions
In its verdict on taxing entertainment in the digital age, the top Court clarifies a complex area of law
Making sense of India’s global standing on conjugal visitations and progeny rights of prisoners
What are the options before CJI Sanjiv Khanna as the ‘Justice Verma’ in-house committee finally submits report?
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