And this is why one never gives up on India, because in the end, their thinking is way ahead of any of their regional neighbours and we’d suggest they tend to be better that the self satisfied smug lot, we are too.
Have you ever thought of rewriting some of the problematic judgments to come out of the Indian Supreme Court? Can academics write an alternative judgment in the cases of Tukaram v State of Maharashtra (Mathura rape case, 1978) or Suresh Kumar Kaushal v Naz Foundation (2013), which earned much opprobrium in the history of Indian Supreme Court? Well, these questions may be answered in the affirmative, when a new academic project, being carried on these lines, sees the light of the day. Jhuma Sen, who teaches law at Jindal Global Law School, and writes on gender and courts and is the Convener of the Feminist Judgments Project India, answers some of the questions posed by LiveLaw….
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