In a recent landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India underscored the importance of evaluating the impact of legislation. The case, Yash Developers v. Harihar Krupa Co-Operative Housing Society Limited, highlighted the necessity of assessing whether statutes achieve their intended purpose. The Court observed that this assessment “is the implied duty of the executive government,”…
Payal Chawla “Some how our youth have the habit of taking not-so desirable habits from the West. My request is that our youngsters must say – ‘This is my country. I want to work 70 hours a week’. This is exactly what the German and Japanese did after the Second World War.”. Mr. Narayana Murthy…
In the run-up to the repeal of the three farm laws, the debate has centred around the potential cost of MSP on the taxpayer. The numbers have ranged from “trillions of rupees” in the coming decade, to “Rs. 17 Lakh crores” to “Rs. 3.8 Lakh Crores” to “Rs. 1.4 Lakh Crores” to “Rs. 36 Thousand…
Payal Chawla No recovery of drugs was made from the person of Aryan Khan. There is no evidence of consumption. The entire case sought to be made out against Khan is on the basis of alleged WhatsApp chats. These are the facts, as we know them from publicly available information. In these circumstances Khan’s detention…
Meenakshi Arora, Payal Chawla This Article was first published in the Indian Express on 27.09.2020 and in Bar and Bench on 03.11.2020 10:47 am titled ‘Malicious Whistleblower’ Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven, two naval officers, witnessed the torture of British prisoners of war at the hands of their commanding officer, Esek Hopkins. Outraged by his action, they…
Misogyny, clamour for vigilante justice, mark discussions of Sushant Singh Rajput case What the investigation holds tomorrow no one can say, but to condemn a person without conviction, seeking vigilante justice is reminiscent of “dunking” — you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Meenakshi Arora & Payal Chawla The recent debate has…
Honorable Justice Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Tom Ginsburg, and Arvind Datar in conversation with Payal Chawla Tom Ginzburg and Aziz Haq are the authors of the book – ‘How to save a Constitutional Democracy’
Payal Chawla This article was first published in BusinessWorld in 2015 Forty years ago, members of the armed forces were promised One Rank-One Pension (OROP). Simply put, OROP means uniform pension to all military personnel retiring at the same rank with same length of service, irrespective of the date of retirement. By way of an…