An essay in The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Sabarimala temple entry case: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/an-ongoing-quest-for-equality/article25091730.ece
Category: Law
Aadhaar as a money bill
An op-ed in The Hindustan Times on why the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Aadhaar Act is productive of great public mischief: https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/aadhaar-act-as-money-bill-it-can-lead-to-a-great-deal-of-public-harm/story-Xu3TtHMSXyrrydO4VcBZgM.html
Section 377: Drawing a curtain on the past
An essay in The Hindu on how the Supreme Court in decriminalising homosexuality has recognised the Constitution’s transformative power: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/drawing-a-curtain-on-the-past/article24937833.ece
Article 35A and the basic structure
An essay in The Hindu on why any move to do away with Article 35A damage the most solemn promises at the heart of the Indian federation: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article-35a-and-the-basic-structure/article24786741.ece
The Sabarimala singularity
An article in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court needs to look beyond the essential practices doctrine in interpreting the Constitution’s religious freedom clauses: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-sabarimala-singularity/article24514458.ece
Looking for a new clarity
An essay in The Hindu on three central problems that strike at the Supreme Court’s independence: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/looking-for-a-new-clarity/article24017319.ece
The Hadiya caution
An op-ed in The Hindu on a case which showed us that courts too can be propelled by unconstitutional impulses: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-hadiya-caution/article23606517.ece
Separate freedoms
An essay in The Hindu on why access to welfare cannot be conditional on a waiver of privacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/separate-freedoms/article23305615.ece
United by a common purpose
An essay in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court must show us that it still respect rules of precedent: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/united-by-a-common-purpose/article22882621.ece
The jallikattu challenge
Why, for now, any effort at securing animal welfare may have to be grounded in our own rights as human beings. An essay for The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-jallikattu-challenge/article22734450.ece