An edit-page article for The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s promising verdict in the Singur land acquisition case: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-salience-of-the-singur-verdict/article9193546.ece
Category: Law
Republic of Unreason
An edit-page article for The Hindu on surrogacy laws: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/republic-of-unreason/article9056339.ece
To be equal before the law
An edit page article in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court needs to expedite its rehearing of petitions challenging the law that criminalises homosexuality in India: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/supreme-courts-next-step-on-section-377-and-lgbt-rights/article8824834.ece
Imposing an inequality
A piece for The Hindu on a new Supreme Court order that seeks to reinforce a scheme of classism in access to justice: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/imposing-an-inequality/article8607958.ece
Not a court of everyday appeals
An article in The Hindu’s editorial page on the proposed National Court of Appeal: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/national-court-of-appeal-not-a-court-of-everyday-appeals/article8452264.ece
Sedition and the government
An edit page article for The Hindu on the unconstitutionality of sedition laws: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/sedition-and-the-government/article8241312.ece
The basics for free speech
For The Hindu, a piece on how the Indian judiciary abuses its power to punish for contempt of court: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/arundhati-roy-and-hc-hearing-the-basics-for-free-speech/article8168835.ece
All in the spirit of equality
A piece in The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding a patently discriminatory Kerala liquor law: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/keralas-liquor-policy-all-in-the-spirit-of-equality/article8061657.ece
For a morally conscious government
An op-ed in The Hindu on the need for greater governmental accountability for losses caused due to the floods in Chennai: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/tn-governments-role-in-flood-relief-during-chennai-rains/article7958670.ece
An anti-constitutional judgment
A critique of a Supreme Court judgment that found unconstitutional the National Judicial Appointments Commission: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/njac-verdict-an-anticonstitutional-judgment/article7819287.ece