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Madhav Chandavarkar

Madhav Chandavarkar
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Indian National Interest

Law 101: Criminal Law

OK, this is probably the part of law most people are scared of (goodbye freedom, hello jail), but as usual, very little is understood by…

6 min readNov 24, 2017

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Law 101: Criminal Law

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

Law 101: The Constitution of India

Legal systems and laws are frequently misunderstood by non-lawyers. This situation is helped, in no small part, by the fact that it is hard…

6 min readOct 12, 2017

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Law 101: The Constitution of India

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

I agree... to what exactly?

The assumption that people should read Terms & Conditions before clicking ‘Yes’ needs to be re-examined

5 min readFeb 9, 2017

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I agree... to what exactly?

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Madhav Chandavarkar

Legal checks to political vandalism

If there is a constitutional assumption that party members must follow the party line inside Parliament, it is not unreasonable to extend…

4 min readFeb 9, 2017

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

The porn ultimatum

The porn ban is a worrying sign that the safeguards declared sufficient in the Shreya Singhal case have so obviously failed

4 min readFeb 9, 2017

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The porn ultimatum

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

How the Una protests reflect Ambedkar’s great wisdom in the Constituent Assembly

The Dalit icon had said that continued marginalisation would lead to class struggle and noted that fraternity was integral to…

5 min readFeb 9, 2017

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How the Una protests reflect Ambedkar’s great wisdom in the Constituent Assembly

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

Beyond vacancies — judicial reforms in India also need to look at creating witness-friendly systems

Delhi operates special deposition courts for children and victims or witnesses for serious crimes and sexual assaults. Why haven’t other…

5 min readFeb 9, 2017

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Beyond vacancies — judicial reforms in India also need to look at creating witness-friendly systems

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

In the interests of public order

Systemic flaws enable political parties to selectively enforce fundamental rights to further their own interests

5 min readFeb 9, 2017

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In the interests of public order

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

The ‘Udta Punjab’ verdict both chastises and upholds censorship

The judgment upholds the power of the CBFC to request cuts (but does attempt to limit it) and also shows an affirmation for censorship in…

5 min readFeb 9, 2017

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The ‘Udta Punjab’ verdict both chastises and upholds censorship

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Madhav Chandavarkar
in
Indian National Interest

The need for reform of defamation laws

Manasa Venkataraman and I write in LiveMint on how India’s defamation laws have a chilling effect on free speech.

4 min readFeb 9, 2017

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The need for reform of defamation laws

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Madhav Chandavarkar

Madhav Chandavarkar

Policy Researcher @TakshashilaInst. Escaped lawyer, epicurean, fantasy fanatic, sarcastic and a Marxist (of the Groucho variety)

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