Tag: John Austin

  • Sovereignty on Trial: The Aftermath of Article 370

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    [By Harshita Saraf, third year B.A. LL.B. student at WBNUJS, Kolkata] I.      The Prism of Sovereignty: How Jurisprudence Shapes Legal Interpretation Perhaps, there is no single, objective reality to any fact; it is shaped by the narrative through which it is told. Law, too, exists in a similar interpretive space, where every legal event is…

  • Encounter Killings and the Erosion of Legal Authority

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    [By Apoorv Sonkar, Fourth Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at NLIU, Bhopal] Encounter killings in India frequently receive public approval, and the reasons for this reaction are not difficult to identify. The legal system often moves slowly, and justice delivered after prolonged delay rarely satisfies public expectations of accountability. Encounters, by contrast, appear to offer…