Rohan Mehta

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear three high-stakes Constitution Bench cases amidst over 90,000 pending cases, it is worth revisiting long-standing proposals to clearly separate its constitutional and appellate functions.

CJI Surya Kant’s proposal misses the point that the 2023 Handbook could be made more accessible to trial judges, not through ‘fine-tuning’, but through supplementary training.

As actor Vijay swears in as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister following days of uncertainty, we look back upon whether the Governor can actually act as an authority certifying legislative confidence despite prima facie proof of majority support. Could statutory clarity on the sequence of government formation avoid future instances of such ‘receipt constitutionalism’?

Maamla Legal Hai’s second season moves through gendered harassment, LGBTQ+ succession, juvenile justice and capital punishment as variations on a single harder question of what we have quietly agreed to accept in place of laws that were never designed for everyone.