Guest Post: The Hijab Case – Justice Gupta and the (Mis)Interpretation of Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution | BeingBrief



[This is a guest post by Nidhi Agrawal and Sukarm Sharma.]

Aishat Shifa v. State of Karnataka delivered a split verdict, with Justice Gupta upholding the impugned order dated 5.02.2022 while Justice Dhulia considered the same unconstitutional. This post examines the holding of Justice Gupta with respect to the applicability of Article 19(1)(a).…

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Guest Post: ‘Trans’itioning POSH – Is the Act Fit to Protect Trans Women? | BeingBrief



 [This is a guest post by Soumya Ghosal.]

The Government of India enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act [POSH] in 2013 with the aim of defining what constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace, to lay down the necessary procedures for filing a complaint and how the…

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Guest Post: Scheduled Castes as the “Central Case” of Reservation Policy | BeingBrief



[This is a guest post by Anant Sangal.]

In this article, I argue that owing to the philosophical design of the Equality Code [Articles 15(1), 16(1), 16(2), 16(4), and 17] of the Indian Constitution, the affirmative action for Scheduled Castes [SCs] has a premier status in the sprawling range of ‘special provisions’ the…

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A Review of the International Economic Consensus to combat Climate Crisis | BeingBrief



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This piece examines the importance of global consensus to combat the Climate Crisis by arguing that the cost of inaction exceeds far more than the cost of immediate, intensive, and coordinated action to mitigate the climate crisis through a global economic consensus by treating the ecosystem as a ‘global…

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Aishat Shifa: Decoding Justice Gupta’s Opinion in the SC’s Hijab Decision | BeingBrief



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The Supreme Court recently delivered a split verdict on the constitutionality of the Karnataka Government’s Order proscribing the use of religious identities as part of the school uniform. Justice Gupta decided in favour of the Government. In this post, I analyze his opinion and argue that it misapplies several…

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Preventive Detention, State Abuse, and an Unconstitutional State of Affairs: The Madras High Court’s Judgment in Sunitha vs Additional Chief Secretary | BeingBrief

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Proportionality Under Article 25?: A Response to Kartik Kalra [Guest Post] | BeingBrief

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Guest Post: Pension Cessation and the Rekindled Framework under Article 15(3) [Part II] | BeingBrief

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Guest Post: Should the Doctrine of Repugnancy Apply to Delegated Legislation? | BeingBrief

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Same-Sex Marriage Before the Supreme Court: Three Issues | BeingBrief

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Meta Merger: ‘Big Data Sets’ Evading Sphere of Privacy and Competition Law | BeingBrief

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Guest Post: Rekindling the Proportionality Test for Protective Discrimination under Article 15(3) [Part I] | BeingBrief

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The ‘Hinduization’ of Tribes: Examining the Application of the Hindu Code Bill to Scheduled Tribes | BeingBrief

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Guest Post: Schrodinger’s Substantive Equality – Conceptual Confusions and Convenient Choices in Justice Maheshwari’s Plurality Opinion in the EWS Case | BeingBrief

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Guest Post: Escaping the Basic Structure Dilemma – On the Majority Judgement(s) in the EWS Reservations Case | BeingBrief

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Guest Post: Equality as Non-Exclusion: Justice Bhat’s Dissent in the EWS Case | BeingBrief

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“The Freedom of One Single Human Spirit”: On the Legacy of Chief Justice UU Lalit | BeingBrief

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THE PALGHAR REPORT – Project by National Law University, Mumbai | BeingBrief

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“The Palghar Report” focuses on the assessment of the conditions of project affected families residing in the villages of Navi Akarpatti and Navi Popharan. These villages were created as a result of the separation of Dahisar Tarfe Tarapur, which occurred due to the establishment of the Tarapur Power Plant as a development…

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THE PALGHAR REPORT – Project by National Law University, Mumbai | BeingBrief

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“The Palghar Report” focuses on the assessment of the conditions of project affected families residing in the villages of Navi Akarpatti and Navi Popharan. These villages were created as a result of the separation of Dahisar Tarfe Tarapur, which occurred due to the establishment of the Tarapur Power Plant as a development…

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THE PALGHAR REPORT – Project by National Law University, Mumbai | BeingBrief

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“The Palghar Report” focuses on the assessment of the conditions of project affected families residing in the villages of Navi Akarpatti and Navi Popharan. These villages were created as a result of the separation of Dahisar Tarfe Tarapur, which occurred due to the establishment of the Tarapur Power Plant as a development…

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