A piece (including a short video interview) on the verdict concerning corruption in the Indian Premier League by a Supreme Court-appointed committee: http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/898845.html
Tag: supreme court
Emulating the U.S.’s rainbow moment
My op-ed in The Hindu on why Justice Kennedy’s opinion recognising a right to same-sex marriage ought to reverberate in India too: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/emulating-the-uss-rainbow-moment/article7368040.ece
Critical Judgment
A piece in The Caravan Magazine on how judgments of the Supreme Court are often muddled by vague prose: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/critical-judgment-courts-vague-prose
The judgment that silenced Section 66A
A piece for The Hindu on an excellent Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the value of free speech in India’s Constitution: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-judgment-that-silenced-section-66a/article7032656.ece
Safeguarding judicial autonomy
My comment in The Hindu on the proposed National Judicial Appointments Commission: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/national-judicial-appointments-commission-bill-safeguarding-judicial-autonomy/article6347268.ece?homepage=true#comments
By Appointment Only
My essay in The Caravan Magazine on appointment of judges to India’s Supreme Court, and the need for greater judicial independence: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/books/appointment-only
Law Commission Report on ‘Death Penalty’
In the Economic and Political Weekly, my comment on the Supreme Court’s flawed death penalty jurisprudence: http://www.epw.in/commentary/law-commission-report-%E2%80%98death-penalty%E2%80%99.html
Democracy versus majoritarian will
An op-ed in The Hindu on why democracy demands more than a mere commitment to majoritarian will: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/democracy-versus-majoritarian-will/article5733360.ece
The right judge for the job
For The Indian Express, a short piece on why the present system of selecting judges to India’s higher judiciary is a shambles: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-right-judge-for-the-job/99/