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LL.M. (National Law University, Delhi)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) (Amity Law School, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi)
 

Prof. Shashank Maheshwari

Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Lawyering, Excellency and Development (LEAD) Programme

Email smaheshwari@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-8455-7150
Key Expertise Public International Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Criminal Law.

LL.M. (National Law University, Delhi)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) (Amity Law School, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi)
 

Biography

Shashank Maheshwari is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, where he has taught since 2020, currently teaching Moot Court and Trial Advocacy, Legal Methods, and History of Courts, Legislature and Legal Profession. He holds an LLM from National Law University, Delhi, and a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Amity Law School. He has cleared the All India Bar Examination and UGC-NET. His scholarship spans peer-reviewed article in the Economic and Political Weekly, alongside frequent opinion pieces in The Indian Express, The Print, LiveLaw, and VerfBlog on constitutional and public law issues. He is particularly interested in research on Constitutional Law, Public International Law, with a focus on International Criminal Law and Terrorism. He is also working as the Faculty Coordinator of India Policy Forum and Model United Nations Society (JGU Wide Societies). 

Legal Methods

  • Moot Court and Trial Advocacy
  • History of Courts, Legislature and Legal Profession
  • Family Law-I
  • Law of Crimes
  • Law of Torts & Consumer Protection

Assisted in

  • Comparative Constitutional Law (Taught by Prof. Sarbani Sen)
  • International Criminal Law and International Law & Tribunals (Taught by Prof. Pierpalo Petrelli)
     

Centre for Constitutional Law

Shashank Maheshwari, 'Why Vande Mataram's Contested Past Complicates the Case for Criminalising Disrespect' ThePrint (24 July 2026) https://theprint.in/opinion/why-vande-matarams-contested-past-complicates-the-case-for-criminalising-disrespect/2995109/

Shashank Maheshwari, “By Refusing to Resign, Mamata Banerjee Isn't Resisting Authoritarianism—She Is Becoming It” (The Print, 7 May 2026)

Shashank Maheshwari, “The Essential Religious Practices Test Is a Doctrine in Search of Its Own Limits” (The Indian Express 30 April 2026)

Shashank Maheshwari, “Amendments to Trans Act Go Against Constitutional Rights. They Must Not Be Implemented” (The Indian Express 16 March 2026)

Shashank Maheshwari and Nayanika Majumdar, “India's IT Rules 2026: Deepfake Media Is a Problem but New 3-Hour Takedown Rule Will Restrict Free Speech” (The Indian Express 17 February 2026)

Shashank Maheshwari, “Kuldeep Singh Sengar Case Shows Why POCSO Must Recognise Legislators as Public Servants” (The Indian Express 25 December 2025)

Shashank Maheshwari and Anmol Jain, “Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Judgment: Governor Inaction” (The Print 24 December 2025)

Anmol Jain and Shashank Maheshwari, “A De Facto Union Veto: How the Indian Supreme Court Consolidated Federal Power Against the States”, (VerfBlog 5 December 2025) https://verfassungsblog.de/a-de-facto-union-veto-federalism-india-gubernatorial-powers/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Nithari Case Points to an Accountability Deficit’ (The Indian Express 15 November 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/nithari-case-points-to-an-accountability-deficit-10366396

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘State Responsibility and Causation of Terror: The Case Against Pakistan’ (Bar & Bench 24 October 2025) https://www.barandbench.com/columns/state-responsibility-and-causation-of-terror-the-case-against-pakistan

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Muttaqi in Delhi: Is India inching towards recognition of Afghanistan’s Taliban government?’ (Indian Express, 13 October 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/muttaqi-delhi-india-afghanistan-taliban-jaishankar-10303977

Shashank Maheshwari & Sankalp Guru, ‘Legitimacy in Limbo: Judicial Endorsement and Legislative Silence on CBI’ (LiveLaw, 10 October 2025) https://www.livelaw.in/articles/judicial-endorsement-legislative-silence-cbi-30646

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘The case for Palestinian statehood is stronger than ever’ (Indian Express, 25 September 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/palestinian-statehood-palestine-israel-united-nations-general-assemby-10270577/

Shashank Maheshwari and Anmol Jain, ‘Anti-defection law and Supreme Court’s order for Telangana speaker: When the custodian refuses to act’ (Indian Express, 21 August 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/anti-defection-law-supreme-court-telangana-assembly-defection-mlas-10202713/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Coercion by Design: The U.S. Strike on Iran and Strategic Silence of International Law’ (LiveLaw, 22 July 2025) https://www.livelaw.in/articles/us-strike-on-iran-nuclear-sites-and-internation-law-analysis-298445

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Centre says they can do nothing much — what Nimisha Priya’s case tells us about fate of Indian migrant workers’ (Indian Express, 9 July 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/nimisha-priya-who-is-nimisha-priya-indian-nurses-will-nimisha-priya-die-10115524/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Justice Yashwant Varma Case: Peer Review is the Proper Channel’ (Indian Express, 13 June 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/justice-yashwant-varma-case- peer-review-is-the-proper-channel-10063693/

Shashank Maheshwari and Animesh Bordoloi, ‘“We Worship Game, But Does It Mourn Us?” Chinnaswamy Stadium Tragedy Through A Legal Lens: Comparative Analysis With UK Football Law’ (Live Law, 12 June 2025) https://www.livelaw.in/articles/chinnaswamy-stadium-tragedy-comparative- analysis-uk-football-law-294744

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘SC Using Special Powers to Reverse POCSO Verdict Shows Its Moral Responsibility’ (Indian Express 3 June 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sc-using-special-powers-to- reverse-pocso-verdict-shows-its-moral-responsibility-10045643/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Operation Sindoor and the legal case for India’s right to self- defense’ (Times of India, 15 May 2025) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/operation-sindoor-and-the-legal-case-for-indias-right-to-self-defence/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Pendency has made justice a game of patience in India’ (Indian Express, 12 May 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pendency-has-made-justice-a- game-of-patience-in-india-9997761/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Supreme Court’s comments on obscenity in OTT make us think again: What is obscene?’ (Indian Express, 29 April 2025) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ott-obscenity-sc-jurisprudence-pil-

Shashank Maheshwari and Sofia Dash, ‘Pornography—The Digital Red-light District’ (13 July 2024) 59(28) Economic and Polity (Engage) https://www.epw.in/engage/article/pornography-digital-red-light-district\

Shashank Maheshwari and Priyanka Kushwah, ‘Child Soldiers: A Devil’s Choice or Are They Really Guilty?’ (2022) 15(3) Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 753 https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/4938/

Shashank Maheshwari, ‘Internet Never Forgets: Sexting between Minors & Right to Privacy’ in Cyber Delinquency: An Indian Perspective (Tarunoday Prakashan 2021) ISBN 978-81- 938973-5-5.
Email smaheshwari@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-8455-7150
Key Expertise Public International Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Criminal Law.
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