Another Aberration, Another Overplay

January 2026 witnessed the Head of the State-Governors not delivering the Opening Address to the legislature and defiling the Constitution. Not to lag, in February we have another constitutional aberration, this time the head of the government- the Prime Minister not replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President for her address. There have been rare occasions earlier when the Prime Minister did not reply to the debate. But the reasons were genuine.Art 87 of the Constitution...

Kerala To Keralam: Decoding The Constitutional Process Of Renaming A State

The Constitutional Mechanism For Alteration Of State Names In IndiaThe Republic of India, as articulated in Article 1 of its Constitution, is a "Union of States." The territorial integrity of these constituent states, however, is not immutable. The Constitution of India confers upon the Parliament the power to reorganise the states, including the authority to alter their names. This power is a significant feature of India's quasi-federal structure, often described as an "indestructible union of...

Who Spoke First? Interpreting "Voluntarily Provided" Under Section 7(a) Of DPDP Act

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the DPDP Rules, 2025 together establish India's framework for the processing of digital personal data. The Act governs the relationship between Data Principals (individuals whose data is processed) and Data Fiduciaries (persons who determine the purpose and means of processing), with enforcement through the Data Protection Board of India. At the centre of this framework is Section 4, which permits a Data Fiduciary to process personal data only...

Recognition Of Menstrual Health As A Fundamental Right Under Article 21

“A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education.” When the Supreme Court uttered those lines on January 30, 2026, it wasn't just grand rhetoric, it marked an earthquake moment in Indian law. That ruling,Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Union of India, didn't simply nudge policy; it redrew the map entirely. In clear terms, the Court folded menstrual health and meaningful access to menstrual hygiene management (MHM) inside educational settings right into Article 21 itself, the very backbone of life and...

When The Law Knocks On Parliament's Door

The Kuldeep Singh Sengar case exposed the deep structural ambiguities in India's child protection jurisprudence. Contrary to the popular perception, the controversy was not primarily rooted in the disputed facts, but in a doctrinal mismatch between nineteenth-century statutory definitions and twenty first century demands of child centric criminal justice. This article examines the interpretative conflict arising from the Protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, specifically...

ESG And Competition Law In Cross-Border M&A: A Contemporary Shift In Corporate And Commercial Regulation

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) evaluations have been significantly altered due to the rise of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations. The integration of ESG considerations in M&A has scaled new height shaping global settlement and risk assessment. ESG factors are increasingly treated as inputs to and outcomes of competition analysis. They are no longer confined to voluntary commitments or investor reporting. To ensure merger clearances, the authorities are...

Insolvency, Sovereignty and Spectrum: Locating IBC Within Constitutional Order

Beyond a Sectoral DisputeThe Supreme Court's recent decision in State Bank of India v. Union of India [2026 Livelaw (SC) 152] will inevitably be described as a telecom ruling. It is more than that. At its heart lies a question that goes to the architecture of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC): when a corporate debtor enters the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), what is the juridical character of the rights it holds, and which of those rights constitute part of the...

Remembering Justice H.R.Khanna On His 16th Death Anniversary

February 25th is the 18th death anniversary of justice H.R.Khanna who name has become synonymous with a fervent apostle of human rights because of his brave and lone efforts to salvage the supremacy of the Constitution and the fundamental rights it contained during the period of political turmoil in the country in 1976 during the emergency. Many a time I have heard lawyers sitting in court no.2 in the Supreme Court exclaim, 'what an intrepid judge Khanna was!' gazing at the...

Supreme Court Of India - Far From The Constitution Of India And Its Spirit?

While refusing to entertain writ petitions under Article 32 against hate Speech against Muslims by Assam CM Mr Himanta Biswa, Chief Justice of India, speaking for the Bench, also comprising Justices Bagchi and Pancholi made surprising and somewhat shocking observations during the hearing, "Whenever election comes, this Court becomes a political battleground","Entire effort is to undermine the High Courts which is not acceptable to us","This is absolutely a disturbing trend that every matter...

Not A Trump Court, But The Supreme Court

The three-point framework issued by the scholarly Justice Robert Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Ltd. v. Sawyer, popularly known as the Steel Mills Seizure case (1952), resonates today with renewed relevance, as we pore over the pages of the judgment delivered on February, 20 2026, in Learning Resources, Inc., v. Trump, President of the United States, where the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the tariff orders of...

Constitution Of Collegium - A Case For Self-Correction ?

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama stood on the steps of the United States Capitol and prepared to take the oath of office as President. The words he was about to speak were not ceremonial fluff. They were set out verbatim in Article II of the US Constitution. Every syllable mattered.Chief Justice John Roberts began administering the oath. In the glare of cameras and before a sea of expectant faces, he misplaced a word. Instead of asking the President-elect to say he would “faithfully execute the...

The Architecture Of Uncertainty: Understanding "Blindspot" And Contractual Trap In 2025 Labour Codes

The formal announcement of India's four broad Labour Codes on November 21, 2025, was the biggest change in the country's industrial relations since the post-colonial legal framework was put in place. The State has completely rewritten the social contract between capital and labour by combining 29 separate central laws into the Code on Wages (2019), the Industrial Relations (IR) Code (2020), the Code on Social Security (2020), and the Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions (OSH) Code...