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Fencing out the voter in Bihar’s poll roll preparation

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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

August 2, 2024 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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

July 31, 2024 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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

May 9, 2024July 27, 2024 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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

Intra-group caste variances, equality and the Court’s gaze

March 13, 2024July 27, 2024 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

An essay in The Hindu on a pivotal case in the Supreme Court, which highlights the differing levels of development within SCs and STs, with some castes more discriminated against than others: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/intra-group-caste-variances-equality-and-the-courts-gaze/article67943938.ece

I-T searches, a form of extra-constitutional power

January 4, 2024July 27, 2024 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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?

July 23, 2020July 25, 2020 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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

An Equal Right to Freedom of Religion: A Reading of the Supreme Court’s Judgment in Sabarimala

May 26, 2020 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

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

The warp and weft of religious liberty

January 13, 2020February 8, 2020 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

An essay co-written with Gautam Bhatia on the freedom of religion clauses of the Constitution: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-warp-and-weft-of-religious-liberty/article30551695.ece

A revival of battles already fought and lost

November 28, 2019December 2, 2019 Suhrith ParthasarathyLeave a comment

An essay in The Hindu on how the Supreme Court went beyond its narrow capacity to revisit its own orders in the Sabarimala case: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-revival-of-battles-already-fought-and-lost/article30099889.ece

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