The Leaflet

CJI Gavai’s speech last week urging students to reconsider the value of self-funded foreign law masters degrees was more than just financial advice. theleaflet.in/opinion/chief-…

I think I am still popular Must sponsor an event My plan is quite unique Without any precedent If I contest SCBA polls I can still be a President! theleaflet.in/miscellaneous/…

The absence of a timeline for the election of a Vice President following resignation under Article 68 and the unprecedented nature of Jagdeep Dhankar’s resignation require thoughtfulness on our constitutional framework’s future. theleaflet.in/governance-and…

A recent central government report finds, abysmally, that registration of cases under the Protection of Civil Rights Act fell down to only 13 in 2022, as several states said they had ‘NIL’ information of the law’s implementation. theleaflet.in/leaflet-report…

On July 21, VP and RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar resigned citing health reasons. From our archives, we revisit @BhattRohin's timely piece from last year analysing the emerging partisan nature of the presiding officers of India's Houses of Parliament. theleaflet.in/due-process/ha…

As tragic stories from Odisha to IIT Delhi fill our newspapers, the Supreme Court formed National Task Force on mental health and discrimination must treat these deaths not merely as administrative lapses, but as constitutional infractions. theleaflet.in/education/refr…

The Court noted that the severity of the torture shocked its conscience, and the case exposed deep institutional bias within the police institution. theleaflet.in/leaflet-report…

The new AI policy is rigorous, codifying AI’s use as an assisting tool in our courtrooms. But how far can India’s courts go without robust digital infrastructure, judicial education, and focussed investments by the Supreme Court and BCI? theleaflet.in/digital-rights…

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar submitted his resignation to President, citing medical reasons.

As Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s prosecution emerges as a test to India’s liberal commitments, the judiciary’s intervention, like many critical times in the past, must be looked at with calculated hope. theleaflet.in/freedom/free-s…

UN experts have recently stated that Palestinians are undergoing ‘annihilation’. The usage of this word is not merely rhetorical—it triggers a whole array of binding international legal obligations. theleaflet.in/conflict-in-we…

The Bombay High Court has acquitted all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. Of the 12, five were on death row. Of those five, one died during the pendency of the appeal.

The Bihar electoral revision, which will impact regions like Seemanchal the most, touches not only on the issue of domicile with impacts on the upcoming census but also illegal migration which will filter out non-citizens. theleaflet.in/governance-and…

A Constitution Bench will hear the President’s Reference on July 22 regarding whether the court can prescribe timelines and procedures for Governors and the President when handling State Bills sent to them for assent or reserved for consideration.

Tackling the perils of digital misogyny head on, the court’s decision acknowledges that gendered-abusive words, such as ‘r***i’, are a way to reassert male dominance. theleaflet.in/life-and-liber…

Despite progressive changes introduced by the MTP Act, procedural rigmarole and biases remain obstacles to access. A case study by CEHAT raises the most important questions. theleaflet.in/health/legal-b…

In post-Partition India, AMU and Jamia Millia Islamia rose as political and symbolic characters, submerging deep into the socio-political lives of India’s 200 million Muslims. theleaflet.in/explainer/jami…

The Andhra Pradesh HC’s recent circular, which directs judicial magistrates to comply with the SC decisions in Pratapgarhi and Arnesh Kumar, is a welcome move, but exposes faultlines. theleaflet.in/criminal-justi…