Towards the Rule of Law – 2017

Twenty-five legal reforms for India

The Puttaswamy Judgment: Exploring privacy within and without

A healthy dose of privacy

Explaining Origins: Dark matter and the constitution

Report on Ranking Lower Judiciary Appointments

Ranking the performance of states in appointing judges to their subordinate judiciary on pre-identified metrics

Systematizing Fairplay – Key Issues in the Indian Competition Law Regime

A case for revamping the extant competition law regime in India

Mediating Matrimonial Disputes in India Trends from the Bangalore Mediation Centre

A Womb of One’s Own: Privacy and Reproductive Rights

Submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development

Amendment of the No Detention Policy in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017

Organ Transplant Law: Assessing Compatibility with the Right to Health

Developing human rights indicators to evaluate the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act

Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies in India

An analysis of the adequacy of the regulatory framework governing credit rating agencies

Strengthening Mediation in India: A Report on Court-Connected Mediations

Report in collaboration with Department of Justice of the Ministry of Law & Justice on performance of court connected mediation programmes

Environmental Clearances and Monitoring in India

Report card for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Regulation of Private Schools in India

Proposing a roadmap for state-level model private school regulation

Grievance Redressal Mechanisms in Public Healthcare Establishments

Overview of the legal framework and recommendations for reform

Cleaning Delhi’s Air: Implementation Action Plan

Developing a legislative and executive roadmap for authorities to tackle air pollution in Delhi

Inefficiency and Judicial Delay: New Insights from the Delhi High Court

An empirical case study that demonstrate links between inefficiencies in court functioning and delay

Manual on Plain Language Drafting

How to draft laws in plain language

Making the Punishment Fit the Crime: How Do Lawmakers Decide?

Parliamentary Productivity Index – Measuring Disruptions in the Indian Parliament

Formulating a Parliamentary Productivity Index to capture the extent of Parliamentary disruptions

Analysis of the Medical Treatment of Terminally-Ill Persons (Protection of Patients and Medical Practitioners) Bill, 2016

Creating an effective and rights-respecting framework for end of life care

We the People: Reimagining Judicial Reform

Law in Numbers

Towards an evidence based approach for legal reform

Comments on the Draft Medical Devices Rules, 2016

Submissions to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Comments on the draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2015

Submissions to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Comments on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016

Submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on social justice and empowerment

Submissions to the Ministry of Human Resources Development on the New Education Policy

Emphasising the role of the state in providing education

Updating the Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 and the Chemical Accidents Rules, 1996

Submissions to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on modernising the regulatory framework on hazardous chemicals

Submissions to the Law Commission on Regulation of the Legal Profession in India

Paper analysing the regulatory overhaul that the legal profession requires

Supreme Court’s Schizophrenic Approach to Land Acquisition

The Law in Numbers

Policy Brief on Drug Addiction Among Street Children in Delhi

A look at how laws fail our most vulnerable

Strengthening Mediation in India: An Interim Report on Court Annexed Mediations

An interim report to formulate reform strategy for court annexed mediation in India

Securing Women’s Right to Free Speech on Social Media

Disruptions in the Indian Parliament

Probing disruptions in the Indian Parliament and proposing solutions to enhance productivity

E-Courts in India

A comprehensive assessment of the eCourts project

Uniform Civil Code: A Headless Quest?

The TDSAT Revisited

An in-depth look into the working of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal

Submissions to the Ministry of Home Affairs on the Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016

Protecting the right to access environmental Iinformation and participate in environmental decision-making

Social Boycott Act: Constitutional validity and Article 26

Who Will Bell the Cop?

Comments on the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994

Submissions to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Flailing and Failing at Self-regulation

Regulatory developments in the conduct of clinical trials in India

Absence of Diversity in the Higher Judiciary

Towards an Efficient and Effective Supreme Court

A glimpse into the functioning of the Supreme Court

Right to Education and Minority Rights

Towards a fine constitutional balance for the educational and cultural rights of religious and linguistic minorities

Judicial Primacy and the Basic Structure: A Legal Analysis of the NJAC Judgment

Death Penalty in India: Reflections on the Law Commission Report

Consultation Paper on the Supreme Court’s Burgeoning Backlog

Empirically assessing the functioning and accessibility of the Supreme Court in India

Cooperative Federalism: From Rhetoric to Reality

Towards realisation of the true spirit of cooperative federalism

Revamping Teacher Education

D(o) N(ot) A(nalyse) My DNA: Arguments against the Human DNA Profiling Bill 2015

Unconstitutionality of Anti-Terror Laws The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015

In Pursuit of Happiness: Towards Resolving the Land Rights Dilemma of Chit-Dwellers

Intervention Application on Advance Medical Directives in the Supreme Court of India

Legalising ‘Living Wills’

An Approach Paper to Drafting Labour Codes for India

Harmonisation and consolidation of labour legislations

Submissions to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, 2015

Clause-wise submissions to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Land Acquisition (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015

Anti Terror Law in India

A study of statutes and judgments, 2001–2014

Regulation of Clinical Trials and the Need for Comprehensive Reform

Comments on the draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2015

Submissions to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Halting Tribunalisation: Impact of the Judgment of the Supreme Court of India in Madras Bar Association v Union of India on Extant Tribunals

Judicial impact assessment on tribunal framework in India

Streamlining and Strengthening the Environmental Impact Assessment Process

Submissions to the High Level Committee constituted to review various environment Acts

Suggestions and Comments on the Proposed Amendments to the Child Labour Act, 1986

Issues in the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012

Towards the Rule of Law – 2014

Twenty-five legal reforms for India

Response to the SEBI Consultation Paper on Crowdfunding in India (July, 2014)

Vidhi’s response and policy suggestions offered to the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) consultation paper on regulating crowdfunding in India.

State of the Nation’s Tribunals II

Series on systemic issues affecting tribunals focussed on IPAB

The State of the Nation’s Tribunals I

Series on systemic issues affecting tribunals focussed on TDSAT

Concept Paper on Reforming the Corporate Insolvency Regime in India

This Concept Paper initiated the bankruptcy law reform process in India in 2014

Addendum to A Briefing Document on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010

Questions of constitutionality and legislative options open to Parliament | Pre-Legislative Briefing Service (PLBS)