Delhi Gang-Rapist Walks Free The youngest convict in a notorious 2012 fatal gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi has been released from a youth correctional facility. […]
Joint Statement by NILS Pakistan and NILS India: Heart of Asia Conference 2015
Joint Statement by NILS Pakistan and NILS India: Diplomatic Developments vis-a-vis Heart of Asia Conference 2015 On 11th December 2015 the Network of International Law Students […]
Kashmir Talks: A Legal Obligation
Kashmir Talks: A Legal Obligation The prime minister’s recent statement offering an unconditional dialogue with India is a positive political move to decrease the escalating tension […]
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh […]
India Claims Return Of The £100m Diamond Koh-i-Noor
India Claims Return Of The £100m Diamond Koh-i-Noor The Kohi-i-Noor which was once the world’s largest-known diamond, worth a reported £100m and weighing 105 carats, is currently part […]
Top Court in India Rejects Judicial Appointment Law
Top Court in India Rejects Judicial Appointment Law The Supreme Court of India decided that a new law which is to change the structure of judicial appointments […]
The Much-Needed Anti-Rape Bills
The Much-Needed Anti-Rape Bills In contradistinction to the legislature’s characteristic stalling on critical legal reforms, the Senate, last week, adopted the Anti-rape Bill proposed (over a year back) […]
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part II
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part II I have argued earlier (in Part I of this comment) that […]
PILDAT Legislative Brief on the Right To Information Bill 2014
PILDAT Legislative Brief on the Right To Information Bill 2014 This brief has been originally published by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) […]
Basic Structure & The 21st Constitutional Amendment
Basic Structure & The 21st Constitutional Amendment The article analyses the constitutionality of recently passed Twenty First Amendment (hereinafter the “21st Amendment”) to the Constitution of […]
Rights – Unknown
Rights – Unknown Prejudice which articulates itself in discrimination and oppression goes against the first two Articles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). According to […]
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part I
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part I The Judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan upholding the constitutionality […]
Indian Supreme Court Wants Lawyers To Pass Fitness Test To Appear In Court
Indian Supreme Court Wants Lawyers To Pass Fitness Test To Appear In Court The Supreme Court of India has said that the mental and physical fitness […]
Indian Supreme Court Stays Order Criminalizing Extreme Religious Fasting
Indian Supreme Court Stays Order Criminalizing Extreme Religious Fasting The Indian Supreme Court stayed an order from the Rajasthan High Court that would have made the […]
Alternative Methods of Resolving Disputes
Alternative Methods of Resolving Disputes: The Right Kind of Help for The Justice System Teaching law to students since last year, one thing most evident was their […]
Indian Brus Chambers Grows to 59 Professionals In The US
Brus Chambers from Mumbai is operating a 32-lawyer team in New York along with three other US offices, following its launch in the country in May. Brus Chambers […]
Malik Ishaq and The Due-Process Argument
Two lives: Yakub Memon and Malik Ishaq. One convicted of terrorism, with the conviction upheld by India’s top court. The other accused of being a terror […]