In the Economic and Political Weekly, my comment on the Supreme Court’s flawed death penalty jurisprudence: http://www.epw.in/commentary/law-commission-report-%E2%80%98death-penalty%E2%80%99.html
Category: Law
Delhi HC dismisses a petition about the deaths of 10,000 children in a government hospital
For scroll.in, a piece on a flawed Delhi High Court judgment: http://scroll.in/article/666642/Delhi-HC-dismisses-a-petition-about-the-deaths-of-10,000-children-in-a-government-hospital
The politics of quota and merit
My op-ed in The Hindu on policies of reservation and the state of political debate in India: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-politics-of-quota-and-merit/article5922949.ece
This Lethal Lottery
My article in The OPEN Magazine on the Supreme Court’s judgment commuting the death sentence awarded previously to three men for conspiring and murdering the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/this-lethal-lottery
Democracy versus majoritarian will
An op-ed in The Hindu on why democracy demands more than a mere commitment to majoritarian will: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/democracy-versus-majoritarian-will/article5733360.ece
The right judge for the job
For The Indian Express, a short piece on why the present system of selecting judges to India’s higher judiciary is a shambles: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-right-judge-for-the-job/99/
Condemned to die, but not to wait
An op-ed in The Hindu, co-authored with Goutham Shivshankar, on why those sentenced to death are also deserving of the due process of law: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/condemned-to-die-but-not-to-wait/article5653592.ece
And Justice for None
A piece for The Caravan on the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the constitutionality of Section 377, IPC, which effectively criminalizes consensual sexual acts “against the order of nature”: http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/and-justice-none#sthash.1XBMrath.dpuf
The Broken Estate
My piece in the December issue of The Caravan Magazine on how political ownership curtails press freedom in India: http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/broken-estate
Surveillance and its privacy pitfalls
My op-ed in The Hindu on illegal surveillance by the State of Gujarat and the slipping standards of privacy in India: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/surveillance-and-its-privacy-pitfalls/article5376464.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 