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Should Courts Review Delimitation?

Earlier this month, on June 4, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced that the next Census will be conducted in 2027. Article 82 of the Constitution mandates the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the most recent Census, and it is expected that such a delimitation exercise—entailing the redrawing of parliamentary constituencies—will follow. The most […]

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Distribution of Wealth: The Unfulfilled Vision of the Constitution’s Framers

The gap between India’s rich and poor continues to grow at an alarming rate. A recent report by Oxfam India, a non-governmental organisation committed to ending discrimination confirms this worrying trend. The report relies on data publicly available from the Union Government along with other economic data available from institutions like Forbes and Credit Suisse. […]

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How a 1934 U.S. Case Shaped the Press Freedom Debate in the Assembly

In 1934 the State of Louisiana introduced a law that imposed a tax on the income of newspapers with a circulation greater than 20,000 copies per week. Newspapers alleged that the U.S. Democratic Party Senator and former Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long, who enjoyed immense political influence in the State, was behind this law. They […]

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Should Minors Have the Right to Convert?

On 21 December 2021, the Union government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha seeking to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21. For now, the Bill has been sent to a parliamentary standing committee for discussion. Meanwhile, the Bill has reignited the long-standing public debate around adulthood. When does […]

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