Maya Nirula

All humans, judges included, suffer from some inherent bias. The key determination remains which bias disallows judges from discharging their duty of appropriately administering justice.

Maya Nirula examines how much the recognition by the Supreme Court of India of the right to protection against the adverse effects of climate change as a fundamental right is enforceable and what are the likely outcomes.

Part II of our two-part special on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation explores how India is in violation of domestic, international and universal law on the issue of FGM.

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Part I of this two-part series explores how international law recognizes FGM as torture—and why, as a jus cogens norm, the prohibition against torture cannot be derogated from under any circumstances.

Partiality and bias in judicial decision-making does not always manifest in overt forms. Often, the jurisprudential school judges subscribe to - whether naturalist, positivist or realist - shape judicial outcomes.