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Revised waqf law raises constitutional red flags

India, Nov. 19 -- A waqf is, at its heart, a gift to God, a property dedicated in perpetuity for religious or charitable purposes. Scholars note that the concept of waqf, over 1,000 years old, shows s... Read More


Basic structure touchstone for anti-conversion laws

India, Nov. 5 -- As of August 2024, four years after Uttar Pradesh enacted its anti-conversion law, 1,682 people have been arrested and 835 criminal cases filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of ... Read More


Refugees in India: Rohingya case points to legal vacuum

India, Oct. 22 -- True character is revealed not in comfort, but in crisis. And India has passed that test before. Our tradition of sheltering the persecuted is neither recent nor accidental. In 1959,... Read More


How Puttaswamy exorcised the ghost of ADM Jabalpur

India, Sept. 10 -- In the long journey of India's constitutional democracy, few moments have tested its spirit as severely as the Emergency of 1975-77. And within that dark chapter, no judgement casts... Read More