The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026: What can State Governments Do?

How can State Governments use their executive powers to recognise and protect transgender rights in their States in light of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.

QUERY

A Framework for the Periodic Review of Legislation to Assess Quality, Effectiveness, and Relevance

Procedure in Practice

This report examines key procedural reforms under the BNSS through practitioner perspectives. It highlights the gap between legislative intent and on-ground implementation, and identifies structural challenges in criminal justice reform.

The Green Hour Volume 3 Issue 2 | Monsoon Session 2025

Launching ‘The Green Hour Online Bulletin’

A fortnightly newsletter on environmental regulations

Measuring Transparency in the Indian Judiciary: The Judicial Transparency Index

The Constitution Catalogues

The Green Hour Volume 3 Issue I | Winter Session 2024 and Budget Session 2025

Report on The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025

History, Constitutionality, and Suggestions

A Park for All

Planning and Governing Green for Urban Karnataka 

Re-Startup India

The Green Hour Vol. 2 Issue II | Monsoon Session 2024

Where Do We Draw the Line?

A primer on the delimitation process

From Barriers to Bridges

A Roadmap for Inclusive Education in India

Addressing Regulatory Frictions in Cross-Border Payments

The States in Parliament

Delimitation and Reconciling Political Equality with Indian Federalism

The Green Hour Vol. 2 Issue I | Winter Session 2023 & Interim Budget Session 2024

The Green Hour traces environment-related proceedings during each parliamentary session. Issue I of Volume II covers the Winter Session 2023 and the Interim Budget Session 2024.

How India Punishes

Third in the series

The Model Code on Indian Family Law

A gender-just and queer inclusive family law Code

Court Design Handbook

Design Guide for User-Centric Court Complexes

Repealing Obsolete Laws in Maharashtra: Part II Post-independence laws (1947-1960)

Repealing Obsolete Laws in Maharashtra: Part II Post-independence laws (1947-1960)

Participatory AI Approaches in AI Development and Governance

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy in collaboration with the Centre for Responsible AI at IIT Madras

Disabled Friendly Consumer Protection

Towards an Early Start: Mapping Inclusion in Early Childhood Education in India

Maximising efficiency in summons delivery: A blueprint for process re-engineering and tech-innovation

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Decoding Delays: The Role of IAs and measures to streamline them

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Strategies for Effective Case Management

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Data Management for Efficient Civil Litigation

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

User-centric e-filing system for the District Judiciary

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Civil Litigation Process for the Digital Age – Introduction

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Sitting in judgment: Issues and solutions for efficient judgment delivery

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Reforming the Art of Oral Advocacy: Mitigating delays during final arguments

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Framing of Issues and Evidence

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Rediscovering Discovery and Inspection

Consultation series to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary

Holding Healthcare Providers Accountable: Regulation of Healthcare Facilities

Holding Healthcare Providers Accountable: Consumer, Civil, and Criminal Mechanisms

Holding Healthcare Providers Accountable: Regulating Practitioners Through Medical Councils

The Green Hour Vol. 1 Issue III | The Monsoon Session 2023

The Green Hour traces environment-related proceedings during each parliamentary session. Issue III of Volume I of The Green Hour covers the Monsoon Session, 2023 (July- August)

Anatomy of India’s Anti-Defection Law

Towards Better Criminal Law Making

Second in the series

Criminal Law that Ought to Be

First in the series

Repealing Obsolete Laws in Maharashtra

Pathways for legislative interventions for protecting platform-based gig workers in India

Working Paper II – Timing Oral Submissions: A way forward

Differentiated Case Management for Indian Judiciary

Inclusive Urbanism

वन (संरक्षण) संशोधन विधेयक 2023 पर उच्च स्तरीय कार्य-समूह की रिपोर्ट

Hindi Version of Vidhi's High-Level Working Group's Submission to The Joint Parliamentary Committee on The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023

Model Code on Indian Family Law, 2023

The Model Code, along with the accompanying commentary, provides the first glimpse of what a comprehensive, gender-just, and inclusive family law regime in modern India could look like.

The Green Hour Vol. 1 Issue II | The Budget-Session 2023

The second edition of The Green Hour provides an in-depth analysis of the discussions surrounding environmental issues during the Budget Session (2023) of the Indian Parliament.

The State Shall Not Discriminate

A Roadmap for the Right Against Discrimination in India

Nurturing a User-Driven Governance Entity (N.U.D.G.E.) for the Account Aggregator Ecosystem

Report of the High-Level Working Group on the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023

Submission to The Joint Parliamentary Committee on The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023

Tax Carve Outs Under Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements

A review

Impact and Incidence of Tax Evasion

How poor tax morale and tax evasion impacted Government's spending ability during the pandemic

Impact and Incidence of Tax Evasion

How poor tax morale and tax evasion impacted Government's spending ability during the pandemic

Draft Report submitted to the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission- II on Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike litigation

Recommendations to improve the overall dispute management systems of BBMP

The SARAL Manual

A principle-based approach to plain language drafting in India.

Guide to Admissions in Elementary Schools in Karnataka

A guide to equip stakeholders with necessary information about admissions, entitlements of children and available grievance redressal processes under the current legal framework.

The Green Hour Vol. 1 Issue I | The Winter-Session 2022

A report on Parliamentary proceedings on environmental matters in the Winter Session 2022

Making the Digital Eco-System Disabled Friendly

An evaluation of the accessibility of ten widely used apps in India

(De)Regulating the Environment?

An Analysis of Regulatory Changes Introduced during COVID-19 in India

(De)Regulating the Environment?

An analysis of regulatory changes Introduced during COVID-19 in India

Learnings from District Administrations

Studying the role of district administrators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Data Speak

A look at District Courts' performance during the pandemic

Data Speak

A look at District Courts' performance during the pandemic

A Decade of POCSO: Developments, Challenges and Insights from Judicial Data

The largest study of the performance of POCSO courts in 486 districts in India

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Women in Delhi

Immunisation programmes need to be tailored to address health concerns of women

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Women in India

Immunisation programmes need to be tailored to address health concerns of women

Penalising Before Providing

A study of enforcement of COVID-19 related norms in Delhi

Penalising Before Providing

A study of enforcement of COVID-19 related norms in Delhi

Clearing the Air

A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)

Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)

Financial Inclusion of Women during the Pandemic

The Role of Jan Dhan accounts and Cash Transfers

Financial Inclusion of Women during the Pandemic

The Role of Jan Dhan accounts and Cash Transfers

COVID-19, Persons with Disabilities and an (Un)Inclusive Healthcare System

Advocating for systemic change to ensure an accessible 'human' healthcare system

COVID-19, Persons with Disabilities and an (Un)Inclusive Healthcare System

Advocating for systemic change to ensure an accessible 'human' healthcare system

Early Childhood Care and Education: ‘The Elephant in the Room’ No More

Vulnerable Children of Maharashtra

A report on the status of children orphaned by COVID-19

Vulnerable Children of Maharashtra

A Report on the Status of Children Orphaned by COVID-19

Beyond Reasonable Accommodation

Making Karnataka’s Cities Accessible by Design to Persons with Disabilities

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महाराष्ट्रातील सार्वजनिक ग्रंथालयांच्या प्रशासनाची पुनर्रचना