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
Tag: Constitution
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
Conversion and Freedom of Religion
A piece for The Hindu on why anti-conversion laws violate the right to freedom of religion: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/conversion-and-freedom-of-religion/article6716638.ece
Narendra Modi’s dangerously flawed ideas on compulsory voting
A piece for The Caravan Magazine’s Vantage on the new Gujarat law that imposes compulsory voting in local body elections in the state: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/narendra-modi-dangerously-flawed-ideas-compulsory-voting
Suhrith Parthasarathy 