Topic: *Minority Rights

Fear of the BJP’s appeasement narrative has effectively foreclosed political advocacy from the very parties that would nominally support such measures

Where there is no inconsistency between an international norm and domestic law, and where there is a void in domestic law, international conventions must be regarded in judicial construction

The systematic and demonstrable underrepresentation of a community constituting approximately 14% of the Indian population in legislative bodies constitutes, in combination, a violation of democratic basic structure as informed by binding India’s international obligations.

A state that invests in bollards to prevent violence values life. A state that deploys bulldozers to raze the historic and sacred spaces of its minority citizens has abandoned the idea of justice.