Indira Jaising

It is not merely the remarkable collection of periodicals or archived volumes of Dr. Ambedkar’s argued matters that makes this library special. In the hurried, anxious life-world of the Supreme Court of India, the library sparks the possibility of an institution more democratised, more inclusive

The revival of the NJAC debate ten years after a Constitution Bench struck it down unravels more questions than answers. For one, it reveals the brazenly compromised personality of the Collegium and invokes us to collectively rethink what must a truly independent future for judicial appointments look like

On April 24, senior counsel Sanjay Singhvi passed away. He was among the last in a generation of lawyers who never, for a moment, faltered from their cause.

The year 2024 was of a few positives, some negatives and a change of guard at the top of the judiciary.

Concluding part of the two-part series by senior advocate Indira Jaising on rape, violence and power; and the possibilities and dimensions of gender justice in this context.

First part of the two-part series by senior advocate Indira Jaising on rape, violence and power; and the possibilities and dimensions of gender justice in this context.

On the top of our mind should be a sustained campaign for impeachment and prosecution, all through due process. But from a big picture perspective: how do we make sense of eroding public faith in the judiciary, and can we do so without bringing to question the wider conditions of democratic backsliding under this government?

Does the outgoing Chief Justice of India represent the emergence of a New Right in India, one that is modern and yet able to rely on a norm above the Constitution to perform the judicial function, writes Indira Jaising.

On the midnight of September 8, 2014, I waited on the pavement outside Justice H.L. Dattu’s residence, as the jailers in Meerut Jail made preparations for Surendra Koli’s hanging. It was a race against time, a struggle against an irreversible miscarriage of justice.

For the Indian woman, the family - the ‘man’s castle’ - has never been a safe harbour, never safe from violence. Twenty years ago, the DV Act was enacted, the ideas of which were sown many more years ago with Lawyer’s Collective, a manifestation of India’s women’s rights movement. But where has judicial culture taken us, and why, despite two decades, has a careful audit of the law escaped our government’s attention?

Over the past decade, the new normal has been an increasing decline in standards of judicial independence and integrity. As the 52nd chief justice retires, we reflect on his complicated legacy as a jurist, an administrator, and a Dalit chief justice in a withering democracy.