Judicial Developments
Verdicts, referrals, and the reasoning that shapes how rights are read — and whose claims the law agrees to hear.
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Reading the Exception: Marital Rape and the Limits of Judicial Restraint
Two High Courts, one split verdict, and a constitutional question the Supreme Court can no longer defer. What the 2026 referrals reveal about consent within marriage.
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Beyond the Binary: Identity Documents and the Reach of Administrative Law
Recognition on paper, and the gap between a judgment and a form at the counter.
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Consent, Capacity, and the Mental Healthcare Act
The statute presumes capacity; practice too often presumes its absence. On the gendered weight of that gap.