(il)legality - a podcast on law in India: Recent Episodes
CU Dept. of Law Journal & Seminar Committee
(il)Legality is the official podcast of the Journal and Seminar Committee of the Department of Law, University of Calcutta. The title of the podcast reflects how often questions involving the legitimacy of law are subjected to differential incontrovertible opinions both in favour and against of said law, with often equally merited stances. The podcast, not unlike others, offers substantive and authoritative opinions that do both, however unlike others, providers listeners with both of such opinions so that the finality of such a discussion is left to the listener and the listener alone.
In the fifth and final episode of the first season of (il)Legality, Committee General Members Ahana Bag and Dhiman Banerjee conduct an analysis into the use of police brutality as a means of enforcing the lockdown, the legal sanctions involved therein and the repercussions of the usage of colonial laws in combating the present pandemic. Additionally, they have outlined a roadmap to the lifting of lockdown.
The present pandemic and consequent lockdown has adversely affected the field of education and learning. In the fourth episode of (il) Legality, Committee General Members Swati Banerjee and Zeeshanuz Zaman discuss the evolution of Right to Education as a Fundamental Right and the impact of the present pandemic on such right.
In the third episode of (il)Legality, co-hosts Atreya Chakraborty and Samriddha Sen discuss the legal framework supporting the Central and State Governments' COVID-19 response policy, the lockdown orders passed therunder and the constitutionalities thereof. The episode provides some concluding insights on the need for balancing public health objectives and civil liberties.
In the second episode of (il)Legality, Journal and Seminar Committee General Members Anogh Chakraborty and Shubhayan Chakraborty discuss the ethical role of medical professionals during a pandemic influenza when it exposed themselves to a significant risk of physical harm and even death and how far shall the discretion of doctors, during such medical emergency, be kept out of legal check.
In the maiden episode of (il)legality we discuss constitutional incompatibilities and consequences of politically imposed socialism, the binding nature of the ICJ's recommendations or directions upon the Indian Supreme Court in light of the Nirbhaya Case, and an exhaustive discussion on the value, validity of Death Penalty.