February 11, 2025

Genocide and its Loopholes: A Critical Examination of the Genocide Convention

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The origins of the word genocide date back to 1944, when Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin coined the term and proceeded to campaign for its codification as an international crime. This led to the ‘1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide’ – more commonly known as the Genocide Convention. Author David […]

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Reproductive Rights Across Borders: Comparing India’s Abortion Laws with the U.S. Post-Roe v. Wade

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There has been recent discourse in the United States on issues surrounding abortion in the run up to their presidential elections, this would be an interesting time to review what the laws around abortion and access to reproductive care in India look like, and the historical context they originate up in. Women’s reproductive rights have

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Can Statutory and non-constitutional bodies help prevent corporate fraud?

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Can Statutory and non-constitutional bodies help prevent corporate fraud? An Analysis of the Satyam Scam Case 2009 and the Companies Act of 2013 Can Statutory and Non-Constitutional bodies help make laws and influence the judiciary to plan and prevent such scams in the first place or detect them earlier? I believe this is true. This

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Chhattisgarh’s Security Act: Safeguarding Order or Silencing Dissent?

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On January 6, 2024, Ramlal Nureti, a 25-year-old government teacher, was apprehended in Karekatta village, Chhattisgarh, on charges of allegedly posting Maoist banners and posters in September of the previous year. He was detained under the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act of 2005. Meanwhile, villagers and schoolchildren from his village protested in

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Surrogacy regulations in India: Ensuring Child Welfare and Ethical Practices

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Surrogacy in India has been a topic of contention due to several viral cases of malpractice by centres, including exploitation of women as well as legal custody conundrums for infants of transnational clients. Given the several caveats of lack of assertion of agency by surrogate women and widespread scope of exploitation of both surrogate mothers

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