In the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, 12 individuals were acquitted by a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court, which gave a detailed 667-page judgement. The Maharashtra government approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the high court’s final judgement. It contended that the observations made in the verdict could potentially affect other […]
Almost all questions in presidential reference have been answered in TN Governor Judgement – Published in The Supreme Court Observer
The reference to the SC amounts to relitigating questions on the scope of presidential and gubernatorial powers around assent to state Bills A month after the Supreme Court decided the dispute between the State of Tamil Nadu and the Governor of the state, the President of India referred 14 questions to the Court under its advisory jurisdiction in Article 143. […]
Amendments to Restrict Creating New Waqfs – Published in TheIndiaForum.in – Published in TheIndiaForum.in
The new waqf law is worrying because it grants unchecked administrative power without any clear standards for fair action. It applies unevenly across religions and provides a potentially biased bureaucracy with a tool to obstruct new waqfs. The second in a series on the 2025 amendment. In earlier articles in this publication, I touched on […]
Government’s Presumptive Claim on Waqf Properties – Published in TheIndiaForum.in
The Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025 has been challenged on constitutional grounds. In the first of a series of articles examining important issues raised by the amendment, a discussion here on the statutory powers that have been given to public authorities to intervene in the waqfs. The Lok Sabha approved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 […]
Wakf Reforms, or a Bid to Control Waqf Properties? – Published in TheIndiaForum.in
All faiths in India have institutions for charity, all are governed by unique laws, so too the Waqf. While waqfs need reform, the 2024 Amendment Bill, unlike past laws, seeks not to improve governance, but to facilitate government control — a case of discrimination in the present political milieu. What is a waqf? How can a […]
Homogeneity Under UCC Can Be Tricky Legal Terrain – Published in The Hindustan Times
The political push for UCC wants to create a homogeneous class of citizens in a diverse society. But such homogeneity is tricky legal terrain. With Kerala becoming the second state to pass a resolution against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after Mizoram, and the Law Commission of India sifting through roughly five million responses on the possibility […]