Akhilesh Sheshmani Dubey

Informing grounds of arrest: The measured power to arrest under PMLA

October 28, 2023

In recent rulings, the Supreme Court and the High Courts have criticised the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its cavalier approach to the rule of law while making arrests under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The courts lambasted the ED for its high-handedness, asserting that...

Why India needs a UCC now more than ever

July 4, 2023

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a proposed legal framework in India that aims to standardise personal laws for all citizens, irrespective of their religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Presently, personal laws in India are governed by the religious scriptures of various communities and are distinct from public law. These...

Movie ban calls threaten freedom of expression

May 8, 2023

India has a rich and diverse culture, where cinema is one of the most popular forms of entertainment and art. However, in recent years, many films have faced censorship, bans, protests, and even violence for depicting sensitive or controversial topics, raising the question: are movie bans in India justified, or...

National Security Act, 1950: Serves or fails India?

May 1, 2023

In the wake of farmers’ protest in India in 2021, an organisation called “Waris Punjab De” emerged as a pressure group to champion the rights of Punjab and highlight social issues. The organisation soon deviated from its stated mission and began to undermine the sovereignty and integrity of India by...

Behind the Politics of Legislating Fake News

April 10, 2023

Social media as a community-building tool? Many of us were drawn to the doors of social media owing to nostalgia. It was a revolution of a kind when Google introduced the popular social networking site “Orkut” in 2004. Social media became an innocuous tool for connecting ourselves to old friends...

Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha: The road ahead

March 27, 2023

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of the Congress party, was disqualified from Lok Sabha a day after his conviction by a Surat court in a defamation case filed by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi against Gandhi for his remark – “How come all the thieves have Modi...

Link between judicial delay, corruption is a complex one

February 10, 2023

The Chief Justice of India’s recent statement on the reluctance of judges in the lower judiciary to grant bail is noteworthy as it highlights a crucial issue of flooding of bail applications before the higher judiciary. The CJI recognised that the reluctance was not due to a lack of understanding...

Lack of OBC data: A threat to electoral plans of BJP

January 18, 2023

The Other Backward Classes (OBCs), who play a major role in caste-based politics, are a socially and economically disadvantaged group in India and constitute a significant portion of the country’s population. According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data for 2011- 2012, the OBC population in India is estimated...

Pros and cons of legislating online gaming in India

January 14, 2023

In recent years, the gaming industry in India has gained unprecedented leverage in the entertainment world. In 2021, almost 50% of the internet users in India played online games, totalling around 433 million out of the 846 million total internet users. Approximately 35% of the population became online gamers in...

Battle of power: Collegium vs NJAC

December 17, 2022

The tweet by the Vice President of India on 7 December 2022 stating that “the historic NJAC Bill, passed unanimously by the Parliament, was undone by the Supreme Court using the judicially evolved doctrine of ‘Basic Structure’ of Constitution. There is no parallel to such a development in democratic history...

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