OP-EDS ⁞ 08 March 2025

Stop Creating Outlaws by Oversight

True decriminalisation, whether to improve ease of living or ease of doing business, requires a clear, principled stance on what we, as a state, deem worthy of criminalisation and why.

Naveed Mehmood Ahmad

Jan Vishwa... Decriminal...

OP-EDS ⁞ 25 June 2025

Investigative agencies summoning lawyers violates the lawyer-client privilege

Lawyers are not above the law. But accountability must be balanced by institutional safeguards that protect the lawyer’s role as a facilitator of justice

Shailee Basu

Due proces...

OP-EDS ⁞ 20 May 2025

Privacy cannot shield marital rape

By confusing privacy with secrecy, the law protects the institution over individuals, violates the promise of consent.

Shailee Basu

Crimes aga... Rape laws

OP-EDS ⁞ 07 June 2025

A Weakened Constitutional Guarantee to Free Speech

The courts must uphold Article 19(1)(a), not episodically but through consistent, principled enforcement.

Naveed Mehmood Ahmad

BNS Arrest

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MEDIA MENTIONS • 09 October 2025

Why Dowry Deaths Still Plague India: Harsh Laws, Hollow Justice

The rise in cases shows that without reforms in how cases are investigated, prosecuted, and prevented, India risks repeating the same tragedies year after year.