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The Dilemma of Protecting Children’s Privacy in Sexual Abuse Cases

15 January 2025
Disclosing children’s identities in abuse cases raises crucial ethical questions, emphasising the importance of legal protections for minors.

In the Cradle of Justice: Reflections on a Legal Fellowship

07 January 2025
Recounting experiences of the Justice Leila Seth Fellowship: learnings through courts and advocacy and from society intertwined with law.

The Day I Learnt The Principle of Controlled Emotional Involvement

19 December 2024
The sweltering heat of Delhi’s summers was nearing its end that September afternoon as I waited for my friend at a local market complex. I was sitting in a tea shop which was adjacent to a busy road. It was … (Read More)

Displacement, Dignity, Development: Human Cost of Delhi’s Bastis

03 October 2024
Labelled as encroachers, dwellers of Delhi's informal settlements live under a risk of eviction
Juvenile Justice

Rethinking Life Sentences for Juvenile Offenders

06 August 2024
The 2015 Juvenile Justice Act presents unique challenges in sentencing juvenile offenders. There need to be clear guidelines for fair reform.
A child walking down a deserted lane in an Indian town.

Centering Children in India’s Mental Health Legislation

14 June 2024
Does the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, exclude children from a rights-based approach to care?

Legal Tangle: The Clash Between Reproductive Rights and Child Protection Laws...

17 May 2024
The contradictions between these key laws in India are affecting adolescents' access to safe reproductive healthcare.

From Theory to Practice: A Secondment Journey

09 November 2023
A personal reflection by a Justice Leila Seth Fellow on how her experience of secondment led to broadening perspectives in criminal law.
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