Sahil Hussain Choudhury

CJI Gavai’s speech last week urging students to reconsider the value of self-funded foreign law masters degrees was more than just financial advice. For those living through the reality of his words, it was a testament to the structural inequities of India’s legal education spaces.

In practical terms, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mihir Rajesh Shah (2025) may slow down the mechanical pace of arrest - but that is the price of constitutionalism.