The Right to Breathe as a Constitutional ‘Essential’
The article argues that India’s constitutional recognition of the right to life has evolved to include a substantive right to breathe clean air, grounded in dignity, equality, and environmental justice. However, it contends that without clear standards, proactive state action, and attention to distributive justice and intergenerational equity, this right risks remaining normatively rich but practically ineffective.
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The Elusive Meaning of ‘Person Claiming Through or Under a Party’: Contractual v. Statutory Privity
Chiranth Mukunda
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Parity in Criminality: A Case Against Distinction in Criminalising the Consumption of CSEAM and NCII
Rishit Jain
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Regrettable or Fatal? Arbitrator Non-Disclosure Before the Delhi High Court
Viraj Thakur, Nida Adeel Mohammed
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The Arbitrator You Didn’t Choose: Party Equality and Joinder in Adavya Projects
Saarthak Agarwal, Praveen Kumar Yadav
October 8, 2025- Constitutional Law
- Technology Media Telecommunications
Thickening the “Chill”: Expanding the Chilling Effect Doctrine through Kunal Kamra v Union of India
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October 2, 2025- Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Diluting Security: Part of the IBC’s Wise Design to Break Contracts
Yash Sinha
August 27, 2025- Arbitration
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Attributing Personal Liability to Drafters: A Doctrinal Incompatibility
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August 22, 2025- Environmental Law
Environmental Impact Assessment & Solar Energy Projects in India: Solutions creating the same problems.
Chhaya Bhardwaj, Saksham Misra
July 28, 2025- Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis
Two Avenues for Loss and Damage
Anirudh Sridhar
June 23, 2025- Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis
From Prior to Post: A Shift to the Polluter Pays Principle Through Environmental Clearances
Ashwin Murthy
June 22, 2025- Interview
- Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis
NLSIR On Line#6: A Conversation with Arpitha Kodiveri on Governing Forests
June 20, 2025- Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis
Rivers in the Court: Legal Personhood and Nature’s Right in India
Rahul Ranjan
June 19, 2025- Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis
Courting the Climate Crisis: Legal Engagements with Climate Politics in India
June 17, 2025- Environmental Law
Orans and The Ongoing Colonisation of Commons through Forest Law: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s order in T.N. Godavarman
Raghav Srivastava
June 16, 2025- Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Respite To Operational Creditors by Inclusion of Solvent Entities in Group Insolvency
Debarchita Pradhan
June 2, 2025- Administrative Law
The Perils of Unlimited Review: Scrutinising The Court’s Suo Moto Power Over Delegated Legislation
Anshul Dalmia
May 23, 2025- Technology Media Telecommunications
Surveillance Backdoors and the Data Protection Regime in India
Siddharth Johar
May 22, 2025- Constitutional Law
Bangladesh at a Constitutional Crossroads: Reform or Overhaul?
Ridwanul Hoque
May 20, 2025