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Insiyah Vahanvaty

Insiyah Vahanvaty

The Asian Age

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Refugees in India: Rohingya case points to legal vacuum

Refugees in India: Rohingya case points to legal vacuum

Although many Rohingya persons hold UNHCR-issued identity cards, they face significant legal challenges due to this absence of a formal protection...

23.10.2025 10

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

A resilient judiciary will help realise Viksit Bharat

A resilient judiciary will help realise Viksit Bharat

A strong, independent judiciary is essential for investor confidence, contract enforcement, social justice, and the protection of fundamental rights

09.10.2025 20

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

Address inconsistencies in India’s green jurisprudence

India has robust environmental laws. But, decisions where economic development trumps ecological safeguards reflect a troubling pattern

25.09.2025 10

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

How Puttaswamy exorcised the ghost of ADM Jabalpur

Puttaswamy’s true triumph was moral. In overturning ADM Jabalpur, it reaffirmed that privacy and liberty are inviolable rights, not State favours

11.09.2025 10

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

The Lal Babu touchstone for the Bihar SIR exercise

Making clear distinctions between new and existing voters, the court ruled that ECI may demand proof of citizenship from the former, but not from the...

29.08.2025 10

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

Unfinished business of gender justice in India

The 1980s and 90s were the decades of dowry deaths, bride burnings and misogyny. Women across India were fighting back, protesting and picketing on...

14.08.2025 20

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

Courts and the making of transgender rights

Until the late 1990s, voter registration forms did not provide an option beyond male or female, effectively disenfranchising transgender citizens.

01.08.2025 20

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

Bommai judgment draws the line for democracy

The Bommai judgement, being a constitutional firewall against arbitrary dismissal of elected governments, was a landmark ruling.

18.07.2025 10

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

How basic structure doctrine protects constitutional rights

The Emergency was more than a political crisis, as the Constitution’s basic structure was once again under siege.

05.07.2025 10

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

Light in darkness: At last, there is hope for Indian secularism

By staying suits on ownership and title of religious places of worship, the Supreme Court has shielded the Places of Worship Act from subversive...

20.12.2024 10

Indian Express

Insiyah Vahanvaty

Strong institution or hand? Lessons from Seshan case

How can a balance between strong leadership and institutional accountability be struck?

21.10.2024 20

hindustantimes

Insiyah Vahanvaty

The Long List of Checks a Former CJI Put in Place When His Daughters Began Practising Law

The following is an excerpt from The Fearless Judge, a biography of former CJI Justice A.M. Ahmadi, by his granddaughter. While Justice Ahmadi was...

30.09.2024 10

The Wire

Insiyah Vahanvaty