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.

Lianne Lucia D'Souza

December 30, 2025
  • Arbitration

The Elusive Meaning of ‘Person Claiming Through or Under a Party’: Contractual v. Statutory Privity

Chiranth Mukunda

December 12, 2025
  • Criminal Law

Parity in Criminality: A Case Against Distinction in Criminalising the Consumption of CSEAM and NCII

Rishit Jain

November 10, 2025
  • Arbitration

Regrettable or Fatal? Arbitrator Non-Disclosure Before the Delhi High Court

Viraj Thakur, Nida Adeel Mohammed

October 13, 2025
  • Arbitration

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

Arnav Mathur

October 2, 2025
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Diluting Security: Part of the IBC’s Wise Design to Break Contracts

Yash Sinha

August 27, 2025
  • Arbitration
  • Corporate Law

Attributing Personal Liability to Drafters: A Doctrinal Incompatibility

Shubhankar Sharan, Arima Kaushal

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
  • Arbitration

Section 34 Powers: Modify, Set Aside, or Confuse?

Kedar Manoj Ammanji, Chiranth Mukunda

May 19, 2025
  • Arbitration

Modifying Awards without Overreach: Balaswamy’s Overlooked Balance

Prem Vinod Parwani, Pranshu Gupta

May 17, 2025