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The Oxygen Divide: Why India’s Air Pollution is a Crisis of Inequality | Shivanshu K. Srivastava writes for Virtuosity Legal
Abstract Air pollution in India has transitioned from a seasonal environmental concern into a systemic violation of constitutional equality, where the “right to breathe” is increasingly determined by socio-economic status. While judicial interpretation has long recognised the right to a clean environment under Article 21, a significant jurisprudential gap persists regarding the disparate impact of…
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Constitution as a Proponent of Women Empowerment in India
The framers of our Constitution have incorporated certain provisions within the Constitution to ensure the enforcement of Fundamental Rights; the most important of which is the Right to Constitutional Remedies under Part III, which has been made a Fundamental Right. This is the most unique feature of our Constitution. A citizen has the right to…
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The Measure of Justice and the Question of Minority Rights in India
Before we delve into the discussion of rights of minorities in India, it is appropriate to understand what defines a minority. Internationally, there is no consensus upon the definition of a minority group. The United Nations has emphasized the rights of minorities and addressed the characteristics required for a group to be recognized as a…