Our earlier article covered why Modi's government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the debate surrounding its stated purpose. This article focuses specifically on the law's…
Few questions in Indian criminal law remain as genuinely unresolved and contested as whether a husband can be criminally prosecuted for rape within marriage. This article…
In October 2023, India's Supreme Court delivered one of its most closely watched recent rulings, deciding whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. This…
Having covered nineteen distinct Centre-state flashpoints and coordination mechanisms across this category, from NITI Aayog's institutional redesign to Governor controversies to fund disputes, this final article…
Our earlier article explained how the One Nation One Election proposal works mechanically and where it stands legislatively. This article focuses specifically on the federalism dimension:…
When Jammu and Kashmir's special status was abrogated in 2019, the government made a specific commitment: full statehood would eventually be restored, even as the territory…
India's federal welfare system regularly produces genuine overlap: both the Centre and individual states run their own welfare schemes covering similar ground, from health insurance to…
India's northeastern states have historically faced both a distinct set of insurgency-related security challenges and a persistent infrastructure development gap relative to the rest of the…
India's rivers cross state boundaries, and disputes over how their water gets shared have been a recurring source of Centre-state and state-to-state friction for decades. This…