Retrospective legislation poses risks to economic stability & individual rights. While aiming to protect sovereignty & democracy, such laws retrospectively undermine trust in legal systems, impacting private investment & job creation. Dr Prof. Shamika Ravi & Dr Mudit Kapoor write.

My article in FE with Aakanksha Arora on how India’s unduly prescriptive building codes have ended up dictating the urban form. Such codes should only guide structural and safety norms but in India they enforce drab architecture and wastage of urban land