Updates from the last week: blogs, articles, opinions, editorials and journalism.
- Dr. Upendra Baxi (Warwick, UK) writes in the Indian Express on securing the Uniform Civil Code, arguing that alternative dispute resolution methods might be a first step towards it.
- Anumeha Yadav writes in Scroll on the background to a crucial hearing at the Supreme Court regarding evidence in a case against labourers protesting at Maruti’s Manesar factory.
- Anubhav Dutt Tiwari writes in Scroll on the Supreme Court’s interim order in a case concerning AFSPA and executions in Manipur, asking if the National Human Rights Commission has failed in its mandate to protect and promote human rights in India.
- Abhinav Sekhri writes about the Supreme Court’s judgment in Muthuramuralingam v Union regarding the legality of consecutive life sentences, on The Proof of Guilt
- Vinita Govindrajan writes in Scroll on a recent Madras High Court order calling on the state to consider affirmative action for transgender people, noting that judicial orders alone will be insufficient to remedy the problem of employment.
- Gautam Bhatia (advocate, Delhi) writes on the Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy blog on a recent Supreme Court judgment upholding affirmative action in promotions for disabled persons.
- Arun Mohan Sukumar (Observer Research Foundation) writes in The Wire on the possibility that India’s hasty response to the South China Sea verdict may have overlooked important implications.
- Sreeja Sen in Live Mint writes on the evolution of corporate litigation in India, noting governmental interventions to increase the speed of dispute resolution.
- Alok Prasanna Kumar (Vidhi Center for Legal Policy) writes in Economic and Political Weekly on the recent creation of a ‘cyber cell’ aimed at securing the right of women to free speech on social media.
- Menaka Rao writes in Scroll on a recent Supreme Court case concerning the rights of women to have abortions after a 20 week gestation period, which is the legal deadline under the MTP Act 1973.
- Anjali Mody writes in Scroll on how amendments to the Child Labour Act will continue to disadvantage the poorest of children. Shantha Sinha in The Wire argues that the amendments do not actually ban child labour because of significant loopholes.
- Chitragada Chowdhury and Neera Singh write in The Wire that the Compensatory Afforestation Bill ought not be passed in its current (flawed) form.
- Meher Dev writes in The Wire on legal hurdles to ensuring the welfare, rehabilitation and access to justice for women who have survived acid attacks.
- Shashank Reddy and Tarun Krishnakumar write in The Wire on the inadequacies of the DGCA’s proposed regulatory framework for drones in India.
- Rahul Unnikrishnan writes for Law and Other Things on the Supreme Court’s current nine-judge bench which is examining issues relating to entry taxes in India.
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