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On March 14th, 2020, Dr. A.M Singhvi sought to introduce the Population Control Bill, 2020 in the Rajya Sabha. However, this is not the first time when a National Population Policy has been proposed for the Indian demographic setup[..]

Last year, in his address to the nation on Independence Day, the Prime Minister expressed concern over the prospect of a ‘population explosion’ in India, and went as far as to say that keeping small families was patriotic. There has since been a renewed[..]

Hundreds of millions of Indians continue to have poor nutritional health despite the country being self-sufficient in a number of food crops. I argue that the shortcomings of the Indian food sector stem from limited ‘accessibility’ to food[..]

A decision of the Delhi High Court in Laxmi College of Education v. National Council for Teacher Education, has once again opened a pandora’s box with respect to the litigation surrounding regulation of teacher education institutions in the country.

The fiasco of financial service providers [“FSPs”], in particular, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services and Dewan Housing Finance Ltd., acted as a trigger for the government to bring these companies under the insolvency regime.

In Justice K.S. Puttuswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India and Ors., the oft-stated line that the Constitution ‘lives’ for its people was stressed upon (paragraph 31). The usage of the word ‘lives’ indicates that the reconceptualization of constitutional ideals in light of the ethos of each time period is the Constitutional function – essentially, it is a living and breathing document.

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the ‘A&C Act’) places responsibility for enforcement of foreign awards on High Courts.[1] If a High Court decides to enforce a foreign award, then such decision is not subject to appeal,[..]

Schedule V and VI read with Article 244 of the Indian Constitution contain provisions for control and administration of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Areas. Paragraph 5(1) of Schedule V gives power to the Governor to apply with modification[..]

Notwithstanding the many feminist struggles that have embellished Indian history, many precepts of personal law in India are defined in terms of male prestige and preserving the status quo in tradition, which is a masculine construct in several ways.[1] Since male preferences govern institutional structures/working and constitutional interpretations, gender neutrality is a far cry.

In 2017, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India in TRF Limited v. Energo Engineering Projects Limited (“TRF”) had the occasion to interpret the much-lauded Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015, incorporating the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest into Schedule V and Schedule VII of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”)