Context: The article analyses the institutional design of legislative reservation for women and the census, delimitation and political reforms required to convert it into effective… Read More »Women’s Reservation: From Constitutional Promise to Implementation
Context: The articles examine how delayed disqualification decisions, engineered mergers and large-scale political realignments have weakened the anti-defection law and the representative character of the… Read More »Anti-Defection Law And The Integrity Of The Electoral Mandate
Context: The article examines the proposed statutory increase in Supreme Court judges and whether additional judicial capacity can reduce pendency and improve constitutional adjudication. Source:… Read More »Expanding The Sanctioned Strength Of The Supreme Court
Context: The article examines Maharashtra’s proposed review of whether members of Scheduled Tribes who adopt another religion should continue receiving constitutionally mandated reservation benefits. Source:… Read More »Scheduled Tribe Status And Religious Conversion
Context: The article examines NITI Aayog’s consultation on whether India’s intermediary obligations and shortened content-removal timelines can be simplified without weakening online safety and accountability.… Read More »Reviewing India’s Online Content-Regulation Framework
Context The article examines India’s fragmented public data ecosystem and argues that data standardisation is essential for accountability, welfare efficiency and evidence-based governance. Source: The… Read More »Data Standardisation And Governance Capacity
Context The article examines the Governor’s role in government formation after a hung Assembly and argues that majority claims must be tested through constitutional convention,… Read More »Hung Assembly And Governor’s Discretion
Context The article examines when a Chief Minister ceases to hold office and explains the constitutional link between the Governor’s pleasure, Assembly confidence, floor test… Read More »Chief Minister’s Tenure And Legislative Confidence
Context The article examines the anti-defection law, the legal distinction between a political party and legislature party, and the need to strengthen internal democracy within… Read More »Inner-Party Democracy And Anti-Defection Reform
Context The article argues that linking women’s reservation to delimitation would distort India’s federal balance and reopen deeper questions about representation, state equality, and the… Read More »Delimitation, Federal Balance And Democratic Representation
