India's oldest student-edited law review
The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is a bi-annual, student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal published by the Student Advocate Committee at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. First published in 1988, it remains among India’s leading forums for rigorous legal scholarship.​
NLSIR has been cited three times by the Supreme Court of India, as well as by High Courts across the country and by courts in the wider Global South, including Sri Lanka and South Africa. Its work has also informed policy deliberations, including the Report of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India (chaired by Justice B.N. Srikrishna, retd.) and reports of the 21st Law Commission of India.
Faculty Board
Dr. Chandrabhan P. Yadav
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
Ms. Diya Deviah
Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Writing Centre, NLSIU
Mr. Kunal Ambasta
Assistant Professor of Law
Dr. Rahul Hemrajani
Assistant Professor of Law
Dr. Rinku Lamba
Associate Professor, Social Sciences
Dr. Sarasu E. Thomas
Professor of Law and Faculty-in-Charge, Centre for Women and the Law, NLSIU
AIMS AND SCOPE
NLSIR aims to:
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Publish scholarship of the highest calibre in all areas of Indian law, including comparative perspectives that examine Indian law,
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Promote accessibility to legal scholarship and discourse,
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Encourage deliberation among academia, government, industry and non-governmental stakeholders,
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Promote original legal writing among law students and young academics.
In furtherance of these aims, NLSIR publishes two issues in each annual volume. The General Issue welcomes submissions on any area of law, including interdisciplinary work, provided the analysis has clear relevance to India. Authors may draw on other disciplines to critique past or present legal developments. NLSIR accepts long articles, essays, book reviews, case notes, and legislative comments.
The second issue each year follows the annual NLSIR Symposium, the Committee’s flagship event on a topical legal question. Academics, practitioners, policy researchers, and students take part in structured dialogue, and the resulting scholarship forms the symposium-themed issue.
NLSIR Online, launched in 2018, publishes shorter commentary on current legal developments alongside the print journal. Readers can browse Advance Articles, symposium materials, submission guidelines, and policy documents from the menu above. For standard citation formats, see the How to Cite NLSIR guide. NLSIR also organises lectures, workshops, and the annual Symposium; details appear under the ‘Other Events’ tab.
Board of Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Barath Arjun B.K.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief (Journal)
Rushil Batra
Deputy Editor-in-Chief (Blog)
Saumitra Khullar
Editors
Aman Patidar
Anushka Kanabar
Arjun Harihar
Keshav Soni
Prabhat Rajagopalan
Priyam Mitra
Ratyansh Garg
Ritesh Raj
Ritwik Deswal
Saksham Agrawal
Sumukhi Subramanian
Varenya Singh
Citations by the Supreme Court of India
Gautam Bhatia, “State Surveillance and the Right to Privacy in India: A Constitutional Biography”, National Law School of India Review (2014), Vol. 26(2), at pages 138-139 has been cited in Para 64 of K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1
Arvind Datar, "Privilegle, Police Power and Res Extra Commercium - Glaring Conceptual Errors", National Law School of India Review (2009), Vol. 21(1), at pages 133-145 has been cited in Para 59 of Unaided Private Schools of Delhi v. Director of Education, (2009) 10 SCC 1
Alok Prasanna, "For a mess of Potage: The GST’s promise of increased revenue to states comes at the cost of the federal structure of the Constitution", National Law School of India Review. Vol. 28, No. 2 (2016), at pages 97-113 has been cited in Page 75 of Union of India v. M/s Mohit Minerals, Civil Appeal No. 1390 of 2022
Other Notable Citations
Robert A. Hillman, Consumer Internet Standard Form Contracts in India: A Proposal, 29(1) National Law School of India Review (2017) at pages 70-86 has been cited in Page 52 of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna.
Arvind Datar, "Privilegle, Police Power and Res Extra Commercium - Glaring Conceptual Errors", National Law School of India Review (2009), Vol. 21(1), at pages 133-145 has been cited in Page 41 of Report No. 246 of the Law Commission of India on Legal Framework: Gambling and Sports Betting Including in Cricket in India released on July 2018
Avinash Govindjee and Sairam Bhat, Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts: A Comparison between the legal positions in India and South Africa, 20(1) National Law School of India Review at pages 46-61 has been cited in Para 19 of Arteflex (Pty) Ltd. v. Frans Pieters and Anr., decided by the High Court of South Africa, Case No. 2023 - 024313
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