Prof Upendra Baxi

The words “enforceable order” are extremely crucial to any ongoing proceedings, especially regarding freebies. How legitimate and legal is the insistence by lawyers, litigants, media, and the activists that particular types of disputes and controversies shall always get a priority in the exercise of the prerogative of Master of Rolls exercised by the CJI or chief justices of the High Courts? Does jurisdiction of evasion exist in the first place, and second, if it does, how does it operate—within (or outside) the intricacies of discretion of the chief justice acting as a Master of Rolls?

A war-weary world questions the excessive pursuit of the prolonged self-defence war which admits of no-reasoned ceasefire and is wary of the mounting Palestinian casualties and war cruelties that do not take any account of age, gender and physical frailty. One hopes that the normative force of the ICJ opinion will advance the prospects of just peace in the region

R2P is a tentacular right that applies to all aspects of life. It took an unexpected turn recently in a case of religious rite, with the Madras High Court saying that the right also extends to one’s spiritual orientation 

In this landmark order, the Court accentuates the environmental rule of law and principles of sustainable development and lambasts officials of the State who abdicated their duty of protecting forests

Eminent lawyer and former parliamentarian Dr Ashwani Kumar’s book, calling for democratic renaissance in an India that is resounding with partisan voices, should be read by all for its fine balance and searching style

The Court is examining whether ordering an accused to drop his Google pin location to the Investigation Officer throughout the period of his bail is violative of his right to privacy

A judgment of the Court held that lawmakers don’t enjoy immunity for bribery, thus overturning an earlier decision which held that they need immunity against all civil and criminal proceedings that bear a nexus to their speech or vote

In a dramatic move akin to Kesavananda Bharati, Israel’s SC said the “unconstitutional constitutional amendment” to the basic law on adjudication which the Knesset had passed earlier was unreasonable

The former V-C of DU looks at an apex court ruling which quashed the reappointment of Kannur University V-C and said governors acting as chancellors are not bound by the advice of the council of ministers

The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill proposes substantial changes in the law pertaining to digital evidence, but does it help to decolonise the law and secure justice?