Following the Delhi High Court’s judgement in the Unnao case, this two-part article traces how an ageing precedent from corruption jurisprudence, i.e., A. R. Antulay has come to cast a long and unintended shadow over the interpretation of law. Part
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When Procedure Becomes Policy A Constitutional Critique of Family Welfare Committees in Section 498A Cases
This piece analyses the constitutional validity of the recent endorsement of Family Welfare Committees and a mandatory 2-month cooling-off period for cases under Section 498A by the Supreme Court in Shivangi Bansal v. Sahib Bansal.
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Stray Dog Matter’s Suo Motu Cognisance & Limits of Judicial Intervention
By Pranav Saraf
Summary: The article critiques the Supreme Court’s 2025 suo motu intervention on stray dogs, analysing it through constitutional principles. It argues that while the Court was justified under Article 21 in addressing public safety failures, its initial operational directions risked overstepping…
India’s Illusory Autonomy: Why a Right to Palliative Care Must Precede Any Right to Die
This piece argues that India’s euthanasia framework rests on an illusory autonomy that does not meaningfully exist and contends that the State must guarantee access to minimally adequate palliative care as a constitutional prerequisite for valid end-of-life consent under Article…
India’s Illusory Autonomy: Why a Right to Palliative Care Must Precede Any Right to Die PART – I
Summary: This piece argues that India’s euthanasia framework rests on an illusory autonomy that does not meaningfully exist and contends that the State must guarantee access to minimally adequate palliative care as a constitutional prerequisite for valid end-of-life consent under Article…
Inheritance of Guilt: The Constitutional Infirmities of the Enemy Property Act, 1968
Summary: This article traces the evolution of India’s enemy property regime from Partition-era custodianship to the 2017 Amendment’s permanent confiscation model. It argues that extending “enemy” status to Indian heirs violates constitutional principles of equality, citizenship, and property, transforming temporary…
Litigation 101: Madras High Court Practice and Procedure Part-I
This new LAOT series seeks to demystify High Court procedure for young lawyers, litigants, and law students entering the profession. Through court-specific installments focused on different High Courts, the series aims to bridge the gap between written procedural rules and…
Lately in Public Law | November 2025
By LAOT Team
A fortnightly feature inspired by I-CONnect’s weekly “What’s New in Public Law” feature that addresses the lacuna of a one-stop-shop public law newsletter in the Indian legal space. What’s new at LAOT 1. Arima Kaushal & Shashyak Roy, Beyond Newborns:…
Breaking Barriers: Why Equal Access to Exams Matters
By Yash Dodani
In India, when someone asks a young aspirant, “Are you ready to appear for the exam?”, they rarely mean “Do you have the knowledge?”. What they really mean is: “Do you have the arrangements in place?”. For most students, that…
Beyond Representation: Reimagining the Rajya Sabha as India’s House of Expertise.
By Arihant Jain
The piece proposes that non-voting state appointed members to Rajya Sabha will enhance its role as a federal house that is also meant to serve as a house of expertise.
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