An article in the Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal on Justice DY Chandrachud’s opinion in the Sabarimala case and its radical and potentially transformative interpretation of the Constitution’s freedom of religion clauses: http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U-of-OxHRJ-J-An-Equal-Right-to-Freedom-of-Religion.pdf
Tag: Liberty
Liberty at the government’s whim
A piece in The Hindu on how a ruling of the J&K High Court on preventive detention stands as an antithesis of the Constitution’s basic function: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/liberty-at-the-governments-whim/article30785807.ece
The virtual effacement of civil liberty
An essay in The Hindu on the ongoing Internet ban in the Kashmir Valley and its impact on free speech and democracy: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-virtual-effacement-of-civil-liberty/article30362038.ece
Towards a genetic panopticon
An essay in The Hindu on a frightening new bill which will give the state untrammelled access to deeply personal and penetrating material: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/towards-a-genetic-panopticon/article25791126.ece
Separate freedoms
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
Aadhaar: Enabling a form of supersurveillance
An essay for The Hindu on how the Aadhaar programme aims to create a seamless police state: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/aadhaar-enabling-a-form-of-supersurveillance/article22444686.ece
The Right to Choice of Food
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
The Constitution, refreshed
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
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
What exactly is a money bill?
An edit-page article for The Hindu on how the government was dishonest in introducing the Aadhaar law as a money bill: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/what-exactly-is-a-money-bill/article17372184.ece
