An essay in The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s poor record in protecting basic civil liberties: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-top-court-and-a-grave-of-freedom/article29533727.ece
Tag: Democracy
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
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
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
Hindutva at the hustings
For The Hindu, an edit-page essay on why the Supreme Court should re-visit its definition of Hindutva, rendered more than 20 years ago: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/hindutva-at-the-hustings/article9272291.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
Democracy versus majoritarian will
An op-ed in The Hindu on why democracy demands more than a mere commitment to majoritarian will: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/democracy-versus-majoritarian-will/article5733360.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 