Life and Liberty

Life and Liberty

Trapped in a disguised employment relationship, India’s platform workers deserve a new lease on social security
What RTI data reveals about custodial torture, lack of CCTV facilities in Tamil Nadu’s police stations
Prison overcrowding in India is truly the story of overwhelming systemic apathy
Madhya Pradesh’s death penalty proposal for forced conversions shuns the judiciary’s principled stand on both capital punishment and conversions
In the age of algorithm, we must revitalise the conversation on the ‘freedom of thought’
Justice A.S. Oka: The judge known for taking suffering seriously
Demanding justice in “difficult times”: The Supreme Court’s ‘fanciful’ response to refugee protection as India allegedly abandons Rohingyas in the sea
Book review: Aditya Mukherjee’s new book on Nehru tirelessly ponders over the ‘Idea of India’
Supreme Court grants interim bail to Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad even as it restrains him from expressing opinion on Operation Sindoor
Making sense of India’s global standing on conjugal visitations and progeny rights of prisoners
Jai Bhim Nagar demolitions and the doctrine of unconstitutional state of affairs
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, reputed for notable decisions on personal liberty, sworn in as 52nd Chief Justice of India
The courage of Gulfisha Fatima’s writings
The gaping flaws in India’s long march to disability justice
The more they remain the same: Why protests against the new labour codes might be lacking popular grassroots support
Playing with immunity: Mired in illegalities, South Asian University harassed students and international staff as Hindu right-wing forces enjoyed free pass
In Mizoram, effective implementation of the RPwD Act remains a pipe dream
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At the core of the legal challenges surrounding the HCU land auction
Does the data protection law adequately address the needs of persons with disabilities?
Animal-rights advocates must reimagine their relationship with human communities for a better future for the nonhuman rights movement
A letter presses for reservation for SC and ST lawyers in SCBA Executive Committee elections
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Allahabad HC’s stayed judgement on attempt to rape of minor is not only morally reprehensible but squarely wrong on the law
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
Maruti workers’ protest demanding ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ can have long term repercussions
Dalit, Woman, Rebel: Why Dakshayani Velayudhan still matters
Ten years after the General Assembly resolved for 'Zero Hunger', where does India and the rest of the world stand?
Government claims that the 'decolonised' criminal laws, existing domestic violence, marriage laws sufficiently address marital rape. Here is why it is wrong.
In Taloja jail, interviews with over 300 undertrials show denial of right to counsel, fair trial due to video conferencing of trials
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