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
Tag: Fundamental Rights
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
The end of the origin
A review of Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s book on abolishing the death penalty: http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/The-end-of-the-origin/article16699829.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
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