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Trapped in a disguised employment relationship, India’s platform workers deserve a new lease on social security
Gayatri Singh
13 Jun 2025
11 min read
What RTI data reveals about custodial torture, lack of CCTV facilities in Tamil Nadu’s police stations
Edgar Kaiser
12 Jun 2025
6 min read
Prison overcrowding in India is truly the story of overwhelming systemic apathy
Tanishka Goswami
11 Jun 2025
6 min read
Madhya Pradesh’s death penalty proposal for forced conversions shuns the judiciary’s principled stand on both capital punishment and conversions
Shivam Kumar Singh
04 Jun 2025
5 min read
In the age of algorithm, we must revitalise the conversation on the ‘freedom of thought’
Mahima Garg
02 Jun 2025
7 min read
Justice A.S. Oka: The judge known for taking suffering seriously
Mohammed Afeef
23 May 2025
11 min read
Demanding justice in “difficult times”: The Supreme Court’s ‘fanciful’ response to refugee protection as India allegedly abandons Rohingyas in the sea
Mohd Sikandar
23 May 2025
9 min read
Book review: Aditya Mukherjee’s new book on Nehru tirelessly ponders over the ‘Idea of India’
Naved Ashrafi
22 May 2025
7 min read
Supreme Court grants interim bail to Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad even as it restrains him from expressing opinion on Operation Sindoor
The Leaflet
21 May 2025
3 min read
Making sense of India’s global standing on conjugal visitations and progeny rights of prisoners
Harshita Sharma
15 May 2025
7 min read
Jai Bhim Nagar demolitions and the doctrine of unconstitutional state of affairs
Shivam Tyagi
15 May 2025
6 min read
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, reputed for notable decisions on personal liberty, sworn in as 52nd Chief Justice of India
The Leaflet
14 May 2025
7 min read
The courage of Gulfisha Fatima’s writings
Pratiksha Baxi
03 May 2025
5 min read
The gaping flaws in India’s long march to disability justice
Edgar Kaiser
30 Apr 2025
9 min read
The more they remain the same: Why protests against the new labour codes might be lacking popular grassroots support
Kingshuk Sarkar
19 Apr 2025
5 min read
Playing with immunity: Mired in illegalities, South Asian University harassed students and international staff as Hindu right-wing forces enjoyed free pass
Sushovan Patnaik
17 Apr 2025
15 min read
In Mizoram, effective implementation of the RPwD Act remains a pipe dream
Lawmsangpuia Ralte
15 Apr 2025
6 min read
From minority rights to autonomy under the Fifth Schedule, the Waqf (Amendment) Act fails the scrutiny of constitutional morality
Narender Nagarwal
11 Apr 2025
11 min read
At the core of the legal challenges surrounding the HCU land auction
Sumedha Edara
10 Apr 2025
5 min read
Does the data protection law adequately address the needs of persons with disabilities?
Mritunjay Pathak
09 Apr 2025
3 min read
Animal-rights advocates must reimagine their relationship with human communities for a better future for the nonhuman rights movement
Norma Alvares
06 Apr 2025
10 min read
A letter presses for reservation for SC and ST lawyers in SCBA Executive Committee elections
Anshika Bhatt
01 Apr 2025
3 min read
Could ‘compassionate release’ put a dent on the mental illness crisis in America’s prisons?
Samuel Chen
28 Mar 2025
11 min read
Allahabad HC’s stayed judgement on attempt to rape of minor is not only morally reprehensible but squarely wrong on the law
Prerana
27 Mar 2025
7 min read
Forty years after Olga Tellis, Mumbai’s Jai Bhim Nagar protests against Builder Raj reveal the unfulfilled promise of the right to housing in India
Raaz
24 Mar 2025
11 min read
Maruti workers’ protest demanding ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ can have long term repercussions
Kingshuk Sarkar
18 Mar 2025
4 min read
Dalit, Woman, Rebel: Why Dakshayani Velayudhan still matters
Grasim Soni
06 Mar 2025
5 min read
Ten years after the General Assembly resolved for 'Zero Hunger', where does India and the rest of the world stand?
Mohan V Katarki
06 Mar 2025
7 min read
Government claims that the 'decolonised' criminal laws, existing domestic violence, marriage laws sufficiently address marital rape. Here is why it is wrong.
Salony Kumari
05 Mar 2025
8 min read
In Taloja jail, interviews with over 300 undertrials show denial of right to counsel, fair trial due to video conferencing of trials
Hany Babu
02 Mar 2025
13 min read
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