Blog Posts

  • Beyond Contract and Constitution: Reframing Employment Bonds through Indian Competition Law

    By: Ashish Chauhan and Nipun Sapru* INTRODUCTION There has been a visible shift in mature jurisdictions pertaining to the enlargement of assessment of competitiveness on the labour/employment side of the market. This is particularly important because anti-competitive practices on the labour side of markets undermine the allocative efficiency and welfare outcomes that competition law seeks…

  • Sanction for Prosecution of Public Servants: Shield of Integrity or Cloak of Impunity?

    By: Bhavishya Goswami* INTRODUCTION In a democratic society like India, public servants are granted multifaceted powers and responsibilities to enhance governance. However, public officials are still human beings inspired and motivated by their everyday surroundings and can make mistakes like ordinary citizens. Thus, public officials may misuse this power. To strike a balance between protecting…

  • FPM: Married Women in a State of Exception by Judicial Reinscription of Social Morality

    This piece examines the jurisprudence on rape under the false promise of marriage, with particular attention to how courts treat married women in this context. The author argues that the judiciary’s approach to this category of complainants effectively places them in a state of exception, and that the court’s interpretation with respect to married women…