In The Hindu, an essay on the absence of democratic guardrails in regulating artificial intelligence and the dangers this poses: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/ai-and-a-gathering-storm-of-unchecked-power/article70935775.ece
Tag: Law
Balancing faith, dignity and constitutional rights
A piece in The Hindu on the anti-exclusion test and its importance to the development of religious freedom jurisprudence in India: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/balancing-faith-dignity-and-constitutional-rights/article70676047.ece

Fencing out the voter in Bihar’s poll roll preparation
An essay in The Hindu on the Supreme Court and why it must intervene in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/fencing-out-the-voter-in-bihars-poll-roll-preparation/article69820024.ece

A verdict on the Money Bill that India awaits
In The Hindu, a piece on the use of money bills and how they upset India’s federal architecture: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-verdict-on-the-money-bill-that-india-awaits/article68474194.ece

SC upholds federalism in mining tax ruling
In The Hindustan Times, a piece on the ruling of a 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which upholds ideals of fiscal federalism: https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/sc-upholds-federalism-in-mining-tax-ruling-101722352509178.html

A chance to settle a constitutional clash
In The Hindu, a piece on a case in which the Supreme Court has a chance to resolve a long-standing clash between fundamental rights and Directive Principles of State Policy: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-chance-to-settle-a-constitutional-clash/article68154253.ece
I-T searches, a form of extra-constitutional power
In The Hindu, a piece on why the provisioning empowering searches under the Income Tax Act is potentially unconstitutional: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/i-t-searches-a-form-of-extra-constitutional-power/article67702915.ece
Are people in J&K citizens or subjects?
An op-ed co-written with Gautam Bhatia, in The Hindu, on the Supreme Court’s role in denying access to 4G Internet in Jammu and Kashmir: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/are-people-in-jk-citizens-or-subjects/article32165013.ece
The need for an anti-discrimination law
In The Hindu, a piece on how India is unique among democracies in that a constitutional right to equality is not backed by comprehensive legislation: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-need-for-an-anti-discrimination-law/article31828372.ece
Needed, greater decentralisation of power
An essay in the Hindu on how federal limitations are hampering the power of states to respond to Covid-19: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/needed-greater-decentralisation-of-power/article31293086.ece
