Law – Page 2 – Suhrith Parthasarathy

Criteria for the courts: on the appointment of judges

An essay in The Hindu on why a discussion on the kind of judges that India needs must animate our political debates: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/criteria-for-the-courts/article25541336.ece

An essay in The Hindu on how the Supreme Court in decriminalising homosexuality has recognised the Constitution’s transformative power: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/drawing-a-curtain-on-the-past/article24937833.ece

An essay in The Hindu on why any move to do away with Article 35A damage the most solemn promises at the heart of the Indian federation: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article-35a-and-the-basic-structure/article24786741.ece

An article in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court needs to look beyond the essential practices doctrine in interpreting the Constitution’s religious freedom clauses: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-sabarimala-singularity/article24514458.ece

An essay in The Hindu on three central problems that strike at the Supreme Court’s independence: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/looking-for-a-new-clarity/article24017319.ece

An essay in The Hindu on why access to welfare cannot be conditional on a waiver of privacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/separate-freedoms/article23305615.ece

A long essay for the Economic and Political Weekly on the impact of the right to privacy on food choices: http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/51/privacy-after-puttaswamy-judgment/right-choice-food.html

An op-ed in The Hindu on why a recent move to bring greater transparency in judicial appointments scarcely achieves its supposed objectives: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/collegium-and-transparency/article19956961.ece

Deporting Rohingya refugees would run counter to India’s obligations under domestic and international law. My essay in The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/at-home-and-in-the-world-on-the-rohingya-issue/article19685778.ece

An edit-page essay for The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s momentous verdict recognising a fundamental right to privacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-constitution-refreshed/article19562577.ece