Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's Podcast

The growing rift between big tech and free media has often been seen as killing print journalism. What does the future hold for news in India in the times of Facebook domination? Is this a point of no return for print media?

In the third episode of Justify Season 2, Dr Arghya Sengupta discusses these questions and the possible reforms with Vidhi's Jai Vipra and Aniruddh Nigam.

Watch out for Vidhi's legal quiz, CLATTR, at the end of the episode, and stand a chance to win an Amazon voucher. Write in your answer and feedback on the episode to [email protected].

In the podcast series, The Feminist City, we think about the city, explore our relationships with it and examine exclusions within it from a feminist perspective. In paying attention to the big, small and mundane aspects of urban existence, we hope to centre the everyday lives of women, gender and sexual minorities in critically engaging with the city. This is an attempt to delve into what it means for a city to be built on feminist principles, to cultivate feminist imagination and explore pathways to realise it collectively. In this series, we speak to people who think about cities, are invested in feminist politics, and engage themselves in the never-ending task of imagining and realising equitable cities. This is based out of Bangalore, Karnataka.

The Feminist City is hosted by Sneha Visakha, Research Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, Karnataka. Sneha has a background in law and liberal arts, and is interested in cities, feminist politics and strongly believes in (inter)disciplinary convergences. You can write to her at [email protected] or reach out to her at @magicanarchist (Twitter).

Live reporting of court cases has become a common practice by Indian media today. Reporting from courts can only be a good thing given how little people understand about courts; but what if the reporting itself is inaccurate? How do we balance the fairness of the hearing with the requirement of free reporting and live tweeting? 

In the second episode of Justify Season 2, Arghya Sengupta speaks with Karan Tripathi of Live Law, and Apurva Vishwanath of The Indian Express on these topics.

Watch out for Vidhi's legal quiz, CLATTR, at the end of the episode, and stand a chance to win an Amazon voucher. Write in your answer and feedback on the episode to [email protected].

The correct answer for the CLATTR question in the episode 'Free Speech in India' is the phrase 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' in 'Friends of Voltaire' by Evelyn Beatrice Hall. The winner is Lekhashree LK from NIT Durgapur.

Is speech in India actually free? - In the first episode of Season 2 of Justify, Vidhi's podcast on law and politics in India, Dr Arghya Sengupta discusses this question with Justice Jasti Chelameswar, former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and Tripurdaman Singh, author of 'Sixteen Stormy Days: The Story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India'.

The episode looks at the historical attitude of governments towards free speech and explores whether its restriction through bans, censorship, and criminal cases is a recent phenomenon. Also discussed is India's law on hate speech and whether it is adequate.

Watch out for Vidhi's legal quiz, CLATTR, at the end of the episode, and stand a chance to win an Amazon voucher. Write in your answer and feedback on the episode to [email protected].

Tune into a conversation between Dr. Arghya Sengupta and Kevin James and Akshat Agarwal, research fellows at Vidhi, as they discuss the legal intricacies of the abrogation of Article 370 and why the eventual judgment by the SC will possibly be the most landmark constitutional law judgment in the last 15 years.

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Tune into a conversation between Dr. Arghya Sengupta and Vidhi's Research Fellows Jinaly Dani & Pranay Modi as they discuss the legal aspects of Kashmir's exercise of autonomy. Participate in the quiz to win a gift voucher.

Listen in for succinct and well-researched perspective on the state of our courts - what they did in 2019, what are the challenges it faces and what is the way forward!

Tune into a conversation between Dr. Arghya Sengupta and Bibek Debroy as they critically analyse the federal structure of India in terms of tax and revenue; and discuss the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Planning Commission, Seventh Schedule and the possibility of reorganisation of states.

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Justice Gautam Patel joins us for a very special episode this week. Tune in to hear what he means by 'institutional autonomy' and why it is central to liberal democracies. Also, understand why he feels that the judiciary must develop a new standard for judicial review.

On the tenth episode of Justify: A PIL too far? ft. Anuj Bhuwania

Round Up the procedural aspects of the Nirbhaya case. Why have the convicts not been hanged yet? What is the cause of this inordinate delay? [starts at 1:08]

Deep Dive into Public Interest Litigation jurisprudence in India. What was the genesis of this novel form of adjudication? Where is it headed? A critical analysis awaits. [starts at 11:28]

Listen in to a Tete-a-tete with Anuj Bhuwania, the author of “Courting the People”, the seminal treatise on PILs. The conversation focuses on Mr. Bhuwania’s experiences while writing the book and his opinion on the present status of PILs. [starts at 15:58]

As always, write to us at [email protected] with the answer in our weekly legal quiz CLATTER, and stand a chance to win a thousand rupee Amazon voucher. Last week’s winner was Pankaj Yadav and the right answer was the Gilgit Scouts from Jammu and Kashmir.