Dr Swapnil Tripathi leads Charkha, the Constitutional Law Centre at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. He specialises and regularly writes on issues of constitutional law and administrative law, with a particular focus on constitutional interpretation, judicial review, and comparative law. He read law at the National Law University, Jodhpur and thereafter, pursued the Bachelor of Civil Law and DPhil at the University of Oxford.

April 17, 2026 13:27 IST
Verbal commitments to the South offer no protection against a Delimitation Commission bound by statute; the government must move to amend the 131st Amendment Bill on the floor
Fri, Apr 17, 2026
April 13, 2026 11:55 IST
Since constitutionally, this process is largely insulated from judicial review, the result is an exercise with significant consequences for representation, but limited avenues for public scrutiny or accountability
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
March 21, 2026 12:55 IST
The provisions on void marriage, divorce, and remarriage closely track the language of the Hindu Marriage Act, while the chapter on live-in relationships is a replica of the Uttarakhand UCC
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
February 20, 2026 13:54 IST
The proliferation of poorly drafted petitions, excessive quotation without analytical synthesis, and routine invocation of precedents without contextual engagement are problems that predate generative AI. If anything, AI has merely exposed an existing weakness
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
January 29, 2026 11:17 IST
The violent clashes between federal agents and residents in Minneapolis, including the attack on Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar earlier today, along with Trump’s broader threat to deploy military forces, highlight a constitutional inversion
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
December 31, 2025 16:02 IST
The problem is reconsideration. It is the speed, manner, and route through which it is increasingly undertaken. This trend poses serious challenges to foundational principles that guide adjudication — consistency, predictability, and finality
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
November 12, 2025 11:47 IST
At present, India has no statutory scheme for compensating persons who are wrongfully prosecuted, convicted, or otherwise made to face adverse consequences due to official error
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
October 09, 2025 12:48 IST
It is a manifestation of a wider loss of faith. It represents the collapsing distinction between disagreement and distrust, between critique and contempt
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
September 11, 2025 14:43 IST
Law and institutions are not static artefacts but living projects. They succeed when the extraordinary energy of mobilisation is channelled into inclusive and enduring frameworks. The challenge for Nepal is whether its present unrest can be translated into such a settlement or whether it will remain an unfinished revolution
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
August 20, 2025 13:42 IST
Instead of disqualifying ministers just because they are arrested, we should focus instead on fast-tracking serious criminal cases against ministers, ensuring impartial investigations and swifter trials
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
July 03, 2025 18:39 IST
Since the adoption of the Constitution, high courts have often acted as first responders in constitutional litigation. This became particularly important during the Emergency
Thu, Jan 29, 2026




