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
Tag: supreme court
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
One down, more to follow
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
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