A piece for The Caravan Magazine’s November issue on the dangers of allowing corporations to invoke criminal defamation laws: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/blocked-out-corporations-defamation
Tag: supreme court
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 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
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
All in the spirit of equality
A piece in The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding a patently discriminatory Kerala liquor law: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/keralas-liquor-policy-all-in-the-spirit-of-equality/article8061657.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
A deeply flawed verdict
A piece for the Mumbai Mirror on a Supreme Court judgment that delivers a huge blow to the principle of seperation of powers: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-deeply-flawed-verdict/articleshow/49424953.cms
Final Word
A piece in the August issue of The Caravan magazine on how the judiciary has misappropriated the phrase “collective conscience” in death penalty cases: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/final-word-collective-conscience
Suhrith Parthasarathy 