March 2026 Issue
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Waste Pickers, Labour Rights, and the Law: Analysing India’s New Waste Management Framework and Comparative Judicial Lessons from Colombia
Abstract “Informality is not an absence of law, but a reflection of how law chooses to exclude”.[i] This insight captures the paradoxical status of waste pickers in India, a group estimated at over four million who are indispensable to urban waste management yet remain legally invisible.[ii] Waste pickers contribute substantially to the economy and the…
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Default Bail as a Structural Constitutional Guarantee: Reclaiming The Indefeasible Right Under Article 21
ABSTRACT A concept of ‘statutory’ or ’default’ bail under the second provision of Section 167(2)(now reenacted as Section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) of the Criminal Procedure Code is traditionally characterized as an ’indefeasible right’, which arises in the face of investigatory delay. Barring a discussion of the underlying determinants of such…
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Unveiling The Depths: Scope And Implications Of Preliminary Inquiry Under BNSS
ABSTRACT The criminal Justice system adopts new procedures with the changing needs of society. With the revision of the new criminal laws, the concept of preliminary enquiry before the registration of FIR came to be codified under section 173(3) of BNSS. As the provision departs from the earlier concept enunciated in Lalita Kumari, it was…