A piece in The Hindu on the anti-exclusion test and its importance to the development of religious freedom jurisprudence in India: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/balancing-faith-dignity-and-constitutional-rights/article70676047.ece
In The Hindu, a piece on how, for an institution that has pioneered environmental protection, the Supreme Court’s review of its judgment in Vanashakti marks a disquieting step backwards: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-dismantling-of-the-base-of-environmental-regulation/article70354391.ece
A piece in The Hindustan Times on why India’s law on citizenship needs to be just and fair, and treat every person with equal care and concern, regardless of their faith: https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-citizenship-act-and-its-discontents-101710337996284.html
In The Hindu, a piece on why the provisioning empowering searches under the Income Tax Act is potentially unconstitutional: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/i-t-searches-a-form-of-extra-constitutional-power/article67702915.ece
A piece in The Hindu on a judgment of the Supreme Court, which while falling just short of bestowing any explicit rights to the unborn, suffers from errors: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/impacting-a-womans-freedom-to-reproductive-choices/article67485727.ece
A piece in The Hindu on how a ruling of the J&K High Court on preventive detention stands as an antithesis of the Constitution’s basic function: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/liberty-at-the-governments-whim/article30785807.ece
An essay on the death penalty for The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/an-abhorrent-and-unjust-device/article26537190.ece
A piece in The Hindu on why allowing private entities to use Aadhaar poses huge dangers: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-renewed-attack-on-privacy/article25943864.ece
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
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
Suhrith Parthasarathy 