Progressive Constitutional Law Society HNLU

A student-run initiative at Hidayatullah National Law University to ignite conversations about the Constitution of India and values of constitutionalism

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Ishan Ashish and Shreeyaan Shrivastava discuss custodial torture from a constitutional perspective and highlight the lacunae that still exists in the system as well as the need for legislative reforms.

https://t.co/4knbbCjqOq

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Ravi Singh Chhikara and Monal Chugh, discuss the constitutional aspect of“The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021” and explain how this bill infringes various rights of sex workers who willingly want to carry sex work.

https://t.co/W7ZRuU90F7

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Jayalakshmi Sankar discusses India’s current linguistic policy and delves into the underlying issues with the 8th Schedule of the Constitution and the Central Government’s unchanged stance on the matter.

https://t.co/FGbtt1L4Xu

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Raghav Chandak discusses constitutional jurisprudence and the possible repercussions of an order issued by J&K’s General Administration Department invoking Article 311(2)c of the Indian Constitution.

Read to find out more about the order.
https://t.co/AktMPMOgtf

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Vaibhav Gaur discusses the status quo of same-sex marriage in India and the way forward. This piece bridges the constitutional and existential rights of citizens as protected under Articles 15, 19 & 21 of the Indian Constitution. 

https://t.co/9nQYFDZAQ9

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Ayush Raj critically analyses the constitutionality of the newly notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 and studies its effects on free speech and privacy :

https://t.co/4fuoBhUZAy

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Sanya Singh (NUSRL) and Mohammad Faisal Masood (Bharati Vidyapeeth) scrutinize #CAA and #NRC while asserting the unconstitutionality of the same. They further discuss the significance of protest against CAA and NRC under the Constitution of India.

https://t.co/YQUdg6lxAd

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Roshni Ghosh (Dept of Law, Univ of Calcutta) and Tapamoy Ghose (NUALS) write on the violation of #equality and cooperative #federalism caused by Center not including CM Relief funds under the CSR umbrella. Notably, the #PMCARES Fund was included. https://t.co/QgLFLZDpNF

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Raj Shekhar (NUSRL) and Ujjwal Singh (CNLU) critically examine the admissibility of illegally obtained evidence in the post-Puttaswamy era.

Read on to find out how lawyers love a good poisonous tree. https://t.co/NZLs6NspPS

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Roshni Mulchandani, a fourth year student at NALSAR University of Law wrote for us recently. She critiqued the Supreme Court ruling in Nergesh Meerza v Air India for its flawed understanding of #discrimination in #labourlaw: https://t.co/LrGNuWYE5S #constitution

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Sparsh Chavan, a 2nd year student at @JindalGLS has written the 55th post for our blog. He argues in favour of including @BCCI under the ambit of 'state' and calls for the use of RTI for transparency surrounding this 'cultural good': https://t.co/6A5qUXSCPz #cricket #bcci

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Nikhil Erinjingat, a third year student at Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru, has written an article for our blog arguing that truth should be considered a defense for religious blasphemy. https://t.co/iuaK80SO9I

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We held a discussion on intermediary liability last month. Neha Shetty and Shubham Singh have summarized it here. #Twitter et al often claim 'safe harbour' protection against liability - that might change soon but not for the better: https://t.co/vhFDMFju1Y #freespeech

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We heard there is a lot of constitutional law chatter here - so here we are with the 50th post on The PCLS Blog! Siddharth Shivakumar has written for us: 'Why Mr Salve is Wrong About the Citizenship Amendment Act'. https://t.co/wRv3JWAKGQ #lawtwitter #caa_nrc