The current regime has a dual attitude towards international reports on India, whereby they adopt and highlight reports that show things in a good light but criticise reports for being an interference in the internal matters of India if they point out the problematic human rights record. The post International reports on India and the dual standards in India first appeared on The Leaflet .

Somalian pirates may have their nuisance value, but is the real game geostrategic control? The post Piracy blues: Understanding the resurgence of Somali maritime threat first appeared on The Leaflet .

Unable to stop Hindu fundamentalists from running amok in the country, Indian liberals sublimate their feelings of impotence by attacking the political leaders of other religions in the subcontinent, this time targeting bad Sikhs in the guise of celebrating the life and music of good Sikh Chamkila, writes Akshat Jain. The post Good Sikh, bad Sikh in Imtiaz Alis Amar Singh Chamkila first appeared on The Leaflet .

The black coats are happy A vacation is on the way A time when time seems lost Every day feels like Sunday Spoilsports got around to Phasing elections in this way When the heat is at its peak Even milords wish to run away Most gowns have got caught Between hard place and rock They now have to choose Between booth and Bangkok Most of my learned friends From juniormost to seniors Think that most contestants Deserve kicks on posteriors [] The post Vacation versus Election first appeared on The Leaf

There has been a gradual backsliding of abortion rights in India and despite the highest court employing progressive language in its judgment, their import leaves much to be desired. The post Supreme Courts recent decisions on abortion pregnant with semantics, not necessarily justice first appeared on The Leaflet .

A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice K.V. Vishwanathan, dealing with a matter involving the inclusion of the minor children of Aam Aadmi Party leader Amanatullah Khan in his history sheet, has expressed concern that the instrument is used to target specific communities mechanically and called for amendments to rectify this bias. The post Supreme Court directs states and Union territories to amend history sheet Rules to prevent mechanical entries first appeared on The Leaflet .

More than seventy years ago, Dr B.R. Ambedkar described people like the incumbent Prime Minister of India as diehards who had developed a kind of fanaticism against minority protection. Is there a way to escape such oppressive dogmatism? The post Modi has materialised Ambedkars fear of diehard fanaticism against minorities, but what can be done? first appeared on The Leaflet .

In a repeat of another such verdict last year, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that a husband having anal sex with his wife without her consent is not unnatural offence nor is it rape. The post Nothing unnatural about husband having non-consensual sex with wife, Madhya Pradesh HC first appeared on The Leaflet .

A Supreme Court Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, expressing concern that cases of cruelty by the husband are being filed on the smallest excuse, said Section 498A IPC cannot be applied mechanically and the legislature must look into the issue. The post Quashing a vague 498A IPC FIR, Supreme Court asks the government to relook at equivalent BNS provisions first appeared on The Leaflet .

THE late Justice S.K. Desai, a senior puisne judge of the Bombay High Court in the 1980s, hated bad drafting. And bad drafting in bad English was like pouring fuel into his fire. Then the firing would start! A well-known activist lawyer who had also been chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa had plenty of filings before the Bombay High Court. He dabbled in politics too. He was repeatedly re-elected to the Bar Council, mainly on the [] The post Dhobi Talao English first appeared on T

There is a risk of inadvertently fuelling illicit exotic pet trade due to a lack of enforcement capacity in India. How can it be countered? The post From policy to practice: Evaluating Indias approach to exotic wildlife trade under CITES first appeared on The Leaflet .

With so many calls for changing the Constitution made by people associated with the ruling regime at the Union level, civil society and opposition have come together to make it a major election issue, writes S.N. Sahu. THE issue of saving the Constitution from the relentless onslaught of the Modi regime has become a defining theme of the general elections that are underway right now. It has become a nationwide issue. In particular, people in states such as Madhya [] The post Saving the Constitu

Court judgments are informed by a wide variety of factors, and when the factors change, the judgments change too. Here, Prof. Arun Kumar hopes that the recent EVM judgment will change sooner rather than later. The post EVM judgment misses the crux: The democracy principle first appeared on The Leaflet .

As global discussions on climate change intensify, there is a growing emphasis on finding solutions to, adapt to and mitigate its impacts. Among the many variables causing climate change, the increasing waste crisis emerges as a significant threat. Nowhere is this more palpable than in countries such as India, where rising consumerism has caused an unchecked increase in waste generation that has resulted in the growth of landfills. On this Labour Day, as we reflect on the contributions and strug

Now is the time to revisit the message of the Haymarket Affair, which in essence is taking place every day everywhere in the country, writes Ishita Mukhopadhyay. The post Rethinking May Day in the current context of Indian capitalism first appeared on The Leaflet .

Men and transgender persons also face harassment at the workplace, but the solution is not to include them within the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, writes Dr Anagha Sarpotdar. VIOLENCE prevents employment and blocks access of women to financial resources as demonstrated by several international reports such as those by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [(2015) and 2022] and the World Bank (2018). As Bhuyan and Aggarwal (2017) and

A closer engagement with the new labour codes can reinvigorate Indias workers movement while providing much-needed solace to the unorganised sector, writes Shyam Sundar. GREAT episodes such as May Day reflect the actual and potential struggles for labour rights both at the macro-systemic level even as they define the polemic nature of capitallabour relations. For the working class movement, the State is at once a friend and a foe. It is essentially capitalistic yet is an agency for realising []

Not many people know that the first trade union movement in the world has origins in Kashmir dating back to 1865. The post Kashmir: Unsung heroes of the worlds first labour movement first appeared on The Leaflet .

The agents of such a holistic revolution to save Mother Earth are not simply the working class in a traditional economic sense, but also the ecological proletariat, a dedicated army of an ecologically conscious working class, writes Rana Mitra. The post Ecological crisis and the role of the working class first appeared on The Leaflet .

Hard-won labour rights have receded in the face of new labour laws to promote ease of doing business, informalisation of work, and the trappings of the start-up culture in India, writes Maya John. May Day began to be commemorated in India 101 years ago. The first programme, organised in the city of Madras on May 1, 1923 is credited to M. Singaravelu Chettiar, who was a towering nationalist figure, and an early communist associated with the anti-caste movement. By [] The post Return of May Day i

On Labour Day, we commemorate the historical struggles of workers movements in a world and country where labour rights are increasingly ceded to the interests of capital, writes Amala Dasarathi. The post Invisible labour, visible resistance: Domestic workers fight for rights first appeared on The Leaflet .

All the doublespeak in the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, the National Register of Citizenship and the so-called love jihad laws cannot hide the slow death of citizenship of Muslim Indians, writes Harsh Mander. The post In Modis India, are there echoes of Nuremberg? first appeared on The Leaflet .

The proximity of politics and the judiciary creates an unnecessary apprehension of osmosis. How can Indias judicial system allay this fear? The post Navigating the ethical divide: Judges, politics and public trust in the Indian judicial system first appeared on The Leaflet .

Can the test of proportionality, developed in detail by the Supreme Court of India over the years, be applied to the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act? The post Subjecting the CAA Rules to proportionality first appeared on The Leaflet .

When the words of a sitting Supreme Court judge begin to resemble those of lawyers and retired judges of a certain idealogy, who conflate accountability with anti-nationalism, it is a dangerous sign, writes Rohin Bhatt. The post Judiciary needs to dig its heels in on the slippery slope of ultra-nationalism to ensure accountability survives first appeared on The Leaflet .

You have a right to vote No doubt thats fundamental But wanting to check and verify Means you have a problem mental Presume constitutionality Trust all ministers and PM Doubt only the vested interests Spare the foolproof EVM Focus on growth of the nation Dont discuss this and that For benefit of those who doubt They have arranged the VVPAT EC is doing a marvellous job Keeping everything free and fair Those who mount challenges To cast votes may not [] The post Milords EVM first appeared on The L

Preliminary examination of electoral bonds data has revealed a strong possibility of quid pro quo. What are the legal dimensions of the issue? The post What is the PIL on the quid pro quo in the electoral bond scheme all about? first appeared on The Leaflet .