An essay in The Hindu on new amendments to the Right to Information Act: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/incisive-interventions-that-blunt-the-rtis-edge/article28968907.ece
Tag: Constitution
An exercise of executive whim
A piece in The Times of India on why the negation of Article 370 is unconstitutional: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/a-plainly-illegal-order-why-the-overturning-of-article-370-in-jk-doesnt-stand-up-to-constitutional-test/
Reversing the scale of priorities
An essay on an important Madras High Court judgment that places the environment in a position of primacy: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/reversing-the-scale-of-priorities/article27943292.ece
Why Electoral Bonds Are Unconstitutional
A piece for BloombergQuint on the dangerous electoral bond scheme: https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/why-electoral-bonds-are-unconstitutional
Trickeries of the money bill
An essay in The Hindu on why a judgment in the tribunals case could have a profound bearing on India’s constitutional arrangements: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/trickeries-of-the-money-bill/article26799226.ece
An abhorrent and unjust device
An essay on the death penalty for The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/an-abhorrent-and-unjust-device/article26537190.ece
Not without an explanation: when judges recuse themselves
A piece on why judges must give their reasons in writing when they recuse themselves from hearing a case: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/not-without-an-explanation/article26305917.ece
Legitimacy of the basic structure
An essay in The Hindu defending the basic structure doctrine: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/legitimacy-of-the-basic-structure/article26168775.ece
Towards a genetic panopticon
An essay in The Hindu on a frightening new bill which will give the state untrammelled access to deeply personal and penetrating material: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/towards-a-genetic-panopticon/article25791126.ece
An invitation to corruption?
An essay in The Hindu on how the government’s electoral bond scheme impedes the citizen’s capacity to meaningfully participate in political and public life: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/an-invitation-to-corruption/article25692841.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 