In The Hindu, a piece on how when it comes to issues concerning a matter of faith, courts have the unenviable task of acting as an expert — on law and on religion: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-hijab-case-and-the-essential-practices-doctrine/article65910967.ece
Author: Suhrith Parthasarathy
Suhrith Parthasarathy is a lawyer practicing at the Madras High Court.
PMLA verdict, an erosion of constitutional buffers
An essay in The Hindu on how a Supreme Court verdict enables the reintroduction of an ‘unconstitutional’ law: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-pmla-verdict-overlooks-constitutional-safeguards/article65707726.ece
In abeyance of Section 124A, a provisional relief
An essay in The Hindu on why the state mustn’t be allowed to replicate its invocation of the sedition law through other statutes: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/in-abeyance-of-section-124a-a-provisional-relief/article65417140.ece
A new road for India’s fiscal federalism
In The Hindu, a piece on why after the ‘Mohit Minerals’ judgment, States will now be free to exercise independent power to legislate on GST: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-new-road-for-indias-fiscal-federalism/article65457350.ece
Treating values of individual freedom as trifles
In The Hindu a piece on the judgment in The Hijab case: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/treating-values-individual-freedom-trifles/article65231863.ece
To the poll booth, with no donor knowledge
In The Hindu, an essay on the electoral bond scheme and why it befouls democracy: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/to-the-poll-booth-with-no-donor-knowledge/article38341198.ece
A false conflation between duties and rights
In The Hindu a piece on why conflating our rights with duties comes with dangerous consequences: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-false-conflation-between-duties-and-rights/article37963993.ece
The Court’s order on Pegasus still falls short
An essay in The Hindu on the limitations in the Supreme Court’s intervention in the case concerning the use of Pegasus: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-courts-order-on-pegasus-still-falls-short/article37274506.ece
This judicial selection needs more than a tweak
An essay on how the collegium system and the mysteries underlining its decision-making dilute the importance of the High Courts: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/this-judicial-selection-needs-more-than-a-tweak/article36619908.ece
Making welfare conditional is a stamp of coercion
A piece in The Hindu on a proposed law which, if enacted, will impinge on the right to reproductive freedom: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/making-welfare-conditional-is-a-stamp-of-coercion/article35330850.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 