The opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Janet Jeyapaul presents a clear shift in jurisprudence surrounding the treatment of educational institutions. Karan Trehan and Nishant Pande in their article “Application of Fundamental Rights against Educational Institutions in India: Moving beyond the State Action Doctrine” published in our Volume 4(4), advocate for alternatives to bring educational institutions within the ambit of fundamental rights. They start with th

“The office of the Governor has two facets, namely the occupant and the powers vested in them. Thus, any measure to reform the post must include changes to the appointment process as well as to the degree of powers vested with Governors.” Discussing recent instances of gubernatorial excess that occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Karnataka state elections in 2018 and the Maharashtra state elections in 2019, Surya Rajkumar, in his article titled “A Framework to R

Anant Sangal in his commentary on the landmark judgement of B.K Pavitra v. Union of India, titled “Whipping Up the ‘Cream’?- Indian Supreme Court and its Decision in B.K. Pavitra – II”, published in Volume 4(4) of our Journal, highlights major loopholes in the judgement while pointing out possible repercussions of the same. The author elaborates upon two shortcomings of this judgement, that analyses the position of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority Act

“You must make the Constitution flexible so that it is able to bend as per the social change, because if it does not bend, people will break it” Aakash Laad and Harsh Singh in their article, titled “Altering the Supreme Law of the Land: A Constitutional Dichotomy between India and Australia”  published in Volume 4(4) of CALQ balance out the procedures for constitutional amendments in India and Australia. The authors discuss the referendum approach laid down in the Austr

Sayantani Bagchi gives an informative account on the key concepts in Gautam Bhatia’s book "The Transformative Constitution", published in Volume 4(4) of our Journal. The review talks about the essential principles of Indian constitutionalism that the book seeks to highlight and explores themes of Equality , Liberty and Fraternity. Further, the review comments on the transformative techniques used by judges today and the transformative essence in the Indian Constitution

Ashutosh P Shukla offers an insightful account of the development of the Constitution of India by reviewing Rohit De's book “A People’s Constitution”, published in Volume 4(4) of our Journal. The review essentially aims at appreciating the basic premise of De’s book; that the traditional presumption of development of constitutional law in post-colonial India is mainly attributable to the political and legal elite is an incorrect presumption. Instead common, but not ord