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- Long ArticleVol. 2 · Issue 1 · 2026 · pp. 1–38
The Basic Structure Doctrine Forty Years On
Ananya Raghavan — Centre for Constitutional Studies
A doctrinal reassessment of the basic structure doctrine, tracing its migration from constitutional amendment review into ordinary administrative adjudication and asking whether the doctrine retains determinate content.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v2i1.basic-st
- Short ArticleVol. 2 · Issue 1 · 2026 · pp. 39–61
Arbitral Autonomy and the Public Policy Exception
Devanshi Kapoor & Rahul Mistry — Commercial Arbitration Forum
An examination of how courts have narrowed the public policy ground for setting aside awards, and the residual uncertainty for foreign-seated arbitrations.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v2i1.arbitral
- Case CommentVol. 2 · Issue 1 · 2026 · pp. 62–74
Case Comment: State v. Mehra and the Limits of Preventive Detention
Imran Sheikh — Fort Legal Society
A critical comment on the Court's treatment of the sufficiency of grounds in preventive detention, and the practical erosion of the representation right.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v2i1.comment-
- Legislative CommentVol. 1 · Issue 3 · 2025 · pp. 180–202
Legislative Comment: The Data Protection Act's Consent Architecture
Sneha Balan — Institute of Legal Studies
A clause-by-clause reading of the consent provisions, with attention to the exemptions available to the State and their compatibility with the privacy judgment.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v1i3.data-pro
- Book ReviewVol. 1 · Issue 3 · 2025 · pp. 203–212
Book Review: The Jurisprudence of Emergency
Vikram Suri — Government Law College
A review of a comparative study of emergency powers, praising its archival work while questioning its treatment of post-colonial constitutions.
ISBN 978-93-6019-441-2 · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v1i3.review-o
- NoteVol. 1 · Issue 2 · 2025 · pp. 121–133
Note on Third-Party Funding in Commercial Disputes
Meera Iyer — Meridian Law Chambers
A short note on disclosure obligations, champerty concerns and the regulatory gap surrounding litigation funding.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v1i2.note-on-
- EssayVol. 1 · Issue 2 · 2025 · pp. 134–146
Essay: On the Craft of Dissent
Kabir Anand — The Advocacy Collective
An essay on dissenting opinions as a form of legal writing, and on the audiences a dissent is actually addressed to.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v1i2.essay-on
- Student SubmissionVol. 1 · Issue 1 · 2025 · pp. 58–79
Municipal Liability for Infrastructure Failure
Tanvi Deshpande — National Law University
A student submission mapping the tort and constitutional routes to municipal liability, with an empirical account of compensation actually recovered.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v1i1.student-
- Long ArticleVol. 1 · Issue 1 · 2025 · pp. 1–41
Federalism and the Politics of Fiscal Transfers
Rohit Varma & Aisha Qureshi — Centre for Policy Research
A study of the justiciability of fiscal transfer disputes and the institutional alternatives to adjudication.
ISSN 3049-1187 (Online) · DOI 10.59321/mlr.v1i1.federali