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
Tag: Constitution
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
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
A deeply flawed verdict
A piece for the Mumbai Mirror on a Supreme Court judgment that delivers a huge blow to the principle of seperation of powers: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-deeply-flawed-verdict/articleshow/49424953.cms
The flawed reasoning in the Santhara ban
For The Hindu, an op-ed on a Rajasthan High Court judgment, which substantially weakens the right to religious freedom: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-flawed-reasoning-in-the-santhara-ban/article7572183.ece
Emulating the U.S.’s rainbow moment
My op-ed in The Hindu on why Justice Kennedy’s opinion recognising a right to same-sex marriage ought to reverberate in India too: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/emulating-the-uss-rainbow-moment/article7368040.ece
Critical Judgment
A piece in The Caravan Magazine on how judgments of the Supreme Court are often muddled by vague prose: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/critical-judgment-courts-vague-prose
The judgment that silenced Section 66A
A piece for The Hindu on an excellent Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the value of free speech in India’s Constitution: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-judgment-that-silenced-section-66a/article7032656.ece
Unconstitutional exercise of power
My op-ed in The Hindu on the amendments to the land acquisition law, which run counter to the Constitution’s guarantee of equality: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/unconstitutional-exercise-of-power/article6963544.ece
BCCI monopoly and judicial review
An op-ed in The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s judgment holding the Board of Control for Cricket in India amenable to judicial review: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/bcci-monopoly-and-judicial-review/article6824141.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 