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: Religion
The Sabarimala singularity
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
Hindutva at the hustings
For The Hindu, an edit-page essay on why the Supreme Court should re-visit its definition of Hindutva, rendered more than 20 years ago: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/hindutva-at-the-hustings/article9272291.ece
The flawed reasoning in the Santhara ban
For The Hindu, an op-ed on a Rajasthan High Court judgment, which substantially weakens the right to religious freedom: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-flawed-reasoning-in-the-santhara-ban/article7572183.ece