“Post Article 370” Kashmir on August 6, 2023What is the legal status of Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370? Has Kashmir now become a part of the Indian Union Territory just because India has revoked some parts of its domestic legislation? What about the UN Security Council Resolutions and the universally acknowledged right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir? Article […]
Can a Civilian be Tried under the Army Act? on June 23, 2023As the paranoid political-legal climate grows febrile, a crunch question to the fore: can a civilian be tried under the Army Act or there is an absolute prohibition for such a trial under the Constitution? To get a correct answer to this question we have to look at the matter from the following angles; What […]
Culling Judicial Activism on April 27, 2023The legislature and the judiciary are on bad terms only to plunge the country into a new abyss. One wonders if there could be a more chivalric way to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Constitution. Legislatures, in an unprecedented act of defiance, refuse to abide by the Court verdict and the Court, throwing down […]