An edit page essay for The Hindu on how the newly introduced Goods and Services Tax regime violates fundamental principles of federalism: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/taxing-times-for-the-states/article19346974.ece
Tag: Law
Clarity and facts on the ground
A piece for The Hindu on why it’s essential that the Supreme Court speedily hears the Aadhaar petitions: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/clarity-and-facts-on-the-ground/article17898242.ece
Why Allowing Corporates to Invoke Criminal Defamation Against Critics is a Bad Idea
A piece for The Wire on how the Supreme Court missed a chance to bring the criminal defamation law within the frameworks required of a liberal, egalitarian state: https://thewire.in/100836/priya-pillai-criminal-defamation-supreme-court/
The salience of the Singur verdict
An edit-page article for The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s promising verdict in the Singur land acquisition case: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-salience-of-the-singur-verdict/article9193546.ece
Republic of Unreason
An edit-page article for The Hindu on surrogacy laws: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/republic-of-unreason/article9056339.ece
To be equal before the law
An edit page article in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court needs to expedite its rehearing of petitions challenging the law that criminalises homosexuality in India: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/supreme-courts-next-step-on-section-377-and-lgbt-rights/article8824834.ece
Imposing an inequality
A piece for The Hindu on a new Supreme Court order that seeks to reinforce a scheme of classism in access to justice: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/imposing-an-inequality/article8607958.ece
Not a court of everyday appeals
An article in The Hindu’s editorial page on the proposed National Court of Appeal: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/national-court-of-appeal-not-a-court-of-everyday-appeals/article8452264.ece
Sedition and the government
An edit page article for The Hindu on the unconstitutionality of sedition laws: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/sedition-and-the-government/article8241312.ece
An anti-constitutional judgment
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