What will the Sup Ct's order on sedition mean on the ground? Lubhyathi Rangarajan of Article 14 spoke to Adrija Ghosh, drawing on research of how sedition has been used across India in the last 10 yrs. And if you haven't looked at that 10 yr data - sedition.article-14.com

The inadequacies in the capital sentencing framework are to be revisited by the Supreme Court in its recently instituted suo moto writ petition. Sakshi Jain explains the background and scope of the Suo Motu writ petition pending before the Supt. Court p39ablog.com/2022/05/19/exp…

President Kovind has rejected 6 mercy petitions during his tenure, while 4 remain pending with the Union Government. The data for the past seven presidents reveals no uniformity in either the rejection of mercy petitions or commutation to life sentences. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/out…

Today the SC will deliver a significant judgment on powers of Enforcement Directorate & various provisions of the PMLA. The P39A Criminal Law Blog will have a detailed engagement with the judgment in the coming days. First up, a take on what is at stake p39ablog.com/2022/07/26/pml…

On 28.07.2022, the SC dismissed 200 petitions challenging various provisions of the PMLA, 2022. Here’s a breakdown of the Court’s reasoning and findings. #pmlaexplainer p39ablog.com/2022/07/29/cha…

Anupriya Dhonchak & I talk about access to safe abortion in India in this @P39A_nlud podcast. The conversation is based on this 2020 study 👇🏾that I co-authored with Mrinal Satish shreya shree and @mini_s1992 in collaboration with Center for Reproductive Rights. nls.ac.in/publications/l…

Does the enduring criminalisation of abortion, and the exceptions-based framework permitting abortion in certain circumstances place undue burdens on women’s access to abortion services in India? Anupriya Dhonchak speaks to Aparna Chandra for P39A Podcast: p39ablog.com/2022/08/08/acc…

A Sup. Ct order in May 2022 recognises the rights to dignity, bodily autonomy & occupation for sex workers. However, the extent to which it decriminalises sex work remains unclear. Prabha Kotiswaran discusses possible consequences with Shardha Rajam. p39ablog.com/2022/08/30/bud…

Dear All, An excellent opportunity to work with @P39A_nlud (Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi known for their impressive research) for an empirical study on how custodial safeguards are ensured in magistrate courts in Delhi. Do check it out and apply. Please share.

In May 1980, 5 Sup Ct judges held the death penalty as constitutional. 42 yrs later, 5 judges will sit again to resolve the utter confusion in death penalty sentencing. Very satisfying that legal issues @P39A_nlud raised have traveled this far. barandbench.com/news/litigatio…

Signs of a mental health crisis—including attempted suicide—by people on death row call into question whether the state can be said to uphold the right to life & dignity of people on death row, @P39A_nlud research finds. Rukmini S reports #HumanRightsDay article-14.com/post/condemnin…

7th Edition of @P39A_nlud "Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report 2022" OUT NOW! The Indian Express The Times Of India How many people were sentenced to death in 2022? For what kind of crimes? What happened in the High Cts and the Sup Ct? Read here 👇🏻 lnkd.in/dQtUpmtG

For the past year, my friends and family have been asking me, "What exactly are you doing in the name of work?" I was pursuing the case of a Malayali serial killer. He was almost executed by the court. But has he murdered anyone? You decide. thenewsminute.com/article/seven-…

In today's post, Dimitrios Kagiaros and @inga_thiemann discuss the Court's recent ruling on the 'end demand' model of regulating sex work in France. For more see: strasbourgobservers.com/2024/09/03/m-a…

"For once, these women came out for justice &  democratic values, but now they have been pushed back forever" Poorvi پوروی گپتا 🌈 spoke to #Muslim women from low-income families accused in a Delhi riots case with specious evidence & living with the fallout article-14.com/post/how-a-del…

Former Project 39A colleagues, Adrija Ghosh and Zeba Sikora have been published in Indian Law Review. Their article focuses on the unprincipled nature of capital sentencing that exists in the Supreme Court. Find the abstract here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Civilising the Hindu Rashtra: Decoloniality’s Tryst with Nativist Palingenesis blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2025…

Excited to share my first solo authored article. I discuss how the food security regime in India treats women’s labour as a free resource to implement the state’s welfare agenda and what alternative feminist imagination of the law could be. Open access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…