Blog Posts

  • 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…

  • Greenwashing Unmasked: India’s Regulatory Leap Towards Transparent Sustainability

    By: Advait Sharma and Bhadra Anil* Introduction The most surprising facet of the human race is that Man sacrifices his health to make money and then sacrifices money to recuperate his health. These words of the Dalai Lama describe, in essence, the current relationship of humankind and the environment. While decades of battles to create…

  • The Kautilya Society has been at the forefront of legal and policy research, and its latest report on Digital Data Protection Rules offers a comprehensive analysis of India’s evolving data governance framework. With the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 shaping the landscape, this report delves into the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025,…