Brief Contents

Brief Contents

FRONTMATTER

Justice Madan B. Lokur

About the Editors

About the Contributors

SECTION 1: THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION: DEMONSTRATING CITIZEN-CENTRIC JUSTICE

1. The Indian Supreme Court's Use of Dignity in Constitutional Reasoning

Vikram Aditya Narayan

2. Judicial Conceptualisation of Equality

Anindita Pattanayak and Harish Narasappa

3. Evolution of Jurisprudence on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace with Reference to Constitutional Values

Anagha Sarpotdar

4. Regulation of Speech and Expression in India: From the First Amendment to the Heckler's Veto

5. Judicial Approach to Free Speech in Contempt of Court Cases

M.V. Sundararaman and Varsha Manoj

SECTION 2: GROUP IDENTITIES: BALANCING RIGHTS IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY

6. A Study of Caste-Sensitive Judicial Reasoning in Interpreting Article 17

Anindita Pattanayak

7. Women, Religious Freedom, and the Indian Constitution

8. Environmental Jurisprudence and Expansionary Views on the Right to Life

G.R. Swaminathan

SECTION 3: SYSTEMIC CONUNDRUMS: REIMAGINING RIGHTS

9. Court-Led Development of Participatory Democracy

10. Emerging Fault Lines between Parliament and Judiciary

Nikhil Majithia

11. Constitutional Conundrums Involving Corporate Insolvency

Umakanth Varottil and Rahul Sibal

12. Judicial Engagement with Dissent in the Preventive Detention Era

Sithara Sarangan and Anindita Pattanayak

SECTION 4: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES: CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES IN FLUX

13. Challenges to Fundamental Rights in the Context of Globalisation and Liberalisation of the Indian Economy

Aakanksha Mishra

14. A Critical Examination of the Discourse of Indian Courts On (De)criminalisation

Shraddha Chaudhary

15. Upholding Constitutional Values During COVID-19

S.S. Naganand and Sharada Naganand

16. Administering Virtual Justice in Times of Suffering During COVID-19

Varsha Mahadeva Aithala and Siddharth Peter de Souza