Rishika Sahgal

@rishikasahgal.bsky.social & Gautam Bhatia have recently published a paper examining eviction cases in India focusing on meaningful engagement as a part of the right to housing.

Read in the latest issue of Comparative Constitutional Studies Journal: www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

New article co-authored with @gautambhatia88.bsky.social published in @compconstudies.bsky.social on the vastly divergent approach of Indian courts on the right to housing in cases about home demolitions and evictions. It's open access for 3 months!

www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

Starmer and Macron to announce ‘one in, one out’ migration deal Plan for Channel crossings marks forward step for the two leaders, though further UK funding remains a sticking point

As UK and France decide how many living, breathing, racialized human beings to allow across the channel in the most dehumanizing of terms (one in, one out!), its an apt moment to revisit Tendayi Achiume's brilliant piece on 'migration as decolonization'.

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Despite SC Ruling, J&K Authorities Demolish Homes of Pahalgam Suspects, Others, Without Notice The families of at least two of the suspects said they had been displaced as a result of the action.

The title of this article sums it up, 'Despite [Indian Supreme Court] Ruling, J&K Authorities Demolish Homes of Pahalgam Suspects, Others, Without Notice'

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Wrote a blog about a punitive demolition decision passed by the Indian Supreme Court. It views the demolition as inhuman punishment and not just a violation of housing rights.

Blog: indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/t...

Supreme Court judgment: api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt...

2/2 ethno-nationalist politics in education markets by Ritika Arora (LSE);

And revolutionary political consciousness among Sri Lankan Tamils by Aruni Samarakoon (Hull).

1/2 More fun, in many ways, was chairing the panel on ethno-nationalism in South Asia @psasouthasia.bsky.social!

Heard fantastic presentations on vigilantism and police violence in Uttar Pradesh by Nidah Kaiser (SOAS);

An image of Dr BR Ambedkar and the Constitution of India

An image of the Supreme Court of India in the foreground and a demolition in the background. Image credit: LiveLaw

Got an opportunity to talk about Ambedkar's constitution, courts, and punitive demolitions in India @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference yesterday!

Hi Liz, any chance you could add me? bsky.app/profile/rish...

3/3 - And in this regard cannot thank @livelawindia.bsky.social enough to open out the court to the world!

2/3 - Continues to highlight that we need to pay attention to interim orders and not just final judgments to understand the right to housing in India

'Shocks Our Conscience' : Supreme Court Asks UP Authority To Pay Rs 60 Lakh Compensation For Illegal Demolition Of Houses The Supreme Court has directed the Prayagraj Development Authority to pay Rs. 10 lakh each in compensation to six individuals whose houses were illegally demolished, calling the action “inhumane...

1/3 - Supreme Court of India passed an important order in a punitive demolition case - ordering compensation because the state did not follow required procedure before proceeding to demolish the homes of 6 people. www.livelaw.in/top-stories/...

We are delighted to let you know that we are hosting the 26th ESRAN-UKI workshop on Friday, 13th June 2025 - online only. This is to allow as many as possible to participate, even if time and budgets are tight. Members, please consider submitting an abstract by 22nd April.

The poem in full 💜

In Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leader | Ece Temelkuran The youthful energy of street protest is breathing life back into failing progressive parties – and it’s a model that could be applied everywhere, says Turkish journalist and political commentator Ece...

In the words of Benjamin Zephaniah, “these streets are full of heroes!”

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Spatial justice today includes defending our spaces to laugh! And subvert as we laugh! www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/b...

New article open access in @lawandhistrev.bsky.social //“Up with the Brave”: Gender, Transgression and Judges’ Use of Catholic Convents in England and Ireland, 1930–1959 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here are the #10KeyMessages of the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights review on the #costofliving #crisis. They address:
#minimumwage #energy #food #socialprotection #housing #PWD #olderpersons #children #participation #poverty #socialexclusion
rm.coe.int/prems-022125...

@surbhikarwa.bsky.social and I organised a workshop on ‘Contemporary issues in Indian Constitutionalism’ 🥳 An absolute delight: sharing our work and feeding back into each other’s papers. By some fortunate accident, it was an all women’s forum. As accidents go, I couldn’t have planned it better!

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@rupavardhini.bsky.social and I have put together a starter pack of scholars working on global south constitutionalism. Let us know if you would like to join us!

Headshot image of Ndjodi Ndeunyema.

💧Ahead of World Water Day, congratulations to #RhodesScholar Ndjodi Ndeunyema for winning the CJCA Thesis Prize 2024!

🏆His doctoral thesis explored a court enforceable human right to water in the Namibian Constitutional context through the African value of 'Ubuntu'.

Guest Post: Spatial Justice in Eviction Cases under the South African Constitution [This is a guest post by Rishika Sahgal.] Cases involving eviction from well-located land in the heart of cities and relocation to urban peripheries are common across the world, including in India …

New blog post:

"Spatial Justice in Eviction Cases under the South African Constitution" --

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[A guest post by Rishika Sahgal.]

Constitutional Law and Philosophy Issues in Contemporary Constitutional Law, with a Special Focus on India and Kenya

Wrote a blog about this fantastic judgment from the South African Con Court - holds that displacing people from the inner city to the peripheries compounds legacy of spatial apartheid.

Judgement: www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAC...

Blog: indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/g...