A piece in the Mumbai Mirror on why the amendments made to the Citizenship Act are unconstitutional: https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/cab-violates-text-and-spirit-of-constitution/articleshow/72448921.cms
Tag: Constitution
A revival of battles already fought and lost
An essay in The Hindu on how the Supreme Court went beyond its narrow capacity to revisit its own orders in the Sabarimala case: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-revival-of-battles-already-fought-and-lost/article30099889.ece
A monumental litmus test
An essay in The Hindu on why it’s imperative that the Supreme Court intervenes in the cases concerning Article 370 of the Constitution: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-monumental-litmus-test/article29271701.ece
Incisive interventions that blunt the RTI’s edge
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
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
Suhrith Parthasarathy 