An edit-page essay for The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the linking of Aadhaar with PAN: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/legislation-and-legality/article19104955.ece
Tag: Constitution
Modi Government’s Cattle Slaughter Ban Is Brazenly Unconstitutional
A piece for The Wire on how the central government’s new rules go against federal values and infringes a number of fundamental rights: https://thewire.in/143561/modi-cattle-slaughter-ban-unconstitutional/
PIL: In the Name of Law
A review of Anuj Bhuwania’s book on public interest litigation, for Open Magazine: http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/pil-in-the-name-of-law
Clarity and facts on the ground
A piece for The Hindu on why it’s essential that the Supreme Court speedily hears the Aadhaar petitions: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/clarity-and-facts-on-the-ground/article17898242.ece
What exactly is a money bill?
An edit-page article for The Hindu on how the government was dishonest in introducing the Aadhaar law as a money bill: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/what-exactly-is-a-money-bill/article17372184.ece
Looking beyond our own species
An edit-page essay for The Hindu on why India needs a more robust animal protection law: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Looking-beyond-our-own-species/article17284857.ece
Why Allowing Corporates to Invoke Criminal Defamation Against Critics is a Bad Idea
A piece for The Wire on how the Supreme Court missed a chance to bring the criminal defamation law within the frameworks required of a liberal, egalitarian state: https://thewire.in/100836/priya-pillai-criminal-defamation-supreme-court/
2016: The Supreme Court’s report card
A year-end essay on the Supreme Court and its lack of moral courage: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/2016-The-Supreme-Court%E2%80%99s-report-card/article16965545.ece
Contours of a challenge
An edit-page article in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court has an important role to play in reviewing India’s new demonetisation policy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Contours-of-a-challenge/article16737935.ece
Blocked out
A piece for The Caravan Magazine’s November issue on the dangers of allowing corporations to invoke criminal defamation laws: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/blocked-out-corporations-defamation
Suhrith Parthasarathy 