Blow The Whistle, Milord: On Electoral Bonds
On the unconstitutionality of Electoral Bonds Scheme:
Kashmir Observer / April 2021
I regularly write on Constitutional Law and Economics.
On the unconstitutionality of Electoral Bonds Scheme:
Kashmir Observer / April 2021
A piece on why electoral bonds are unconstitutional.
TLRA / March 2021
On labour rights as fundamental rights:
Deccan Herald / March 2021
I comment on the UK Supreme Court's judgment on Uber.
Live Law / March 2021
My review of the UK Supreme Court's judgment on whether Uber cab drivers are "workers", or self-employed contractors in a relationship with Uber is out at SPERI blog.
SPERI, University of Sheffield / March 2021
A brief essay on the UKSC ruling on whether Uber drivers are "employees".
The Law Review Anthology / February 2021
I write: "The problem with giving 'substantive justice' without any 'procedural safeguards' is that you never know what will happen when the judges flap their 'wing of justice' next time."
The Law Review Anthology / February 2021
An Op-Ed article on how some special criminal legislation instill a regime where effectively the oft- quoted maxim tends to be reversed from “bail is rule and jail an exception” to “jail is rule and bail an exception”.
Kashmir Observer / February 2021
An abridged version of this article was first published on The Leaflet.
The Law Review Anthology / January 2021
Beyond the denial of access to 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir: my brief essay on the core issue, which is making our deterministic rights dependent upon probability.
The Leaflet / January 2021
In today's Millennium Post, I write a short essay on why the Indian Constitution is a de-facto charter of labour rights and freedom.
Millennium Post / January 2021
Cross-posted with permission - and with some editorial interventions - from The Leaflet
The Shillong Times / January 2021
National Herald cross-posted with some editorial interventions.
National Herald / January 2021
NewsClick cross-posted this article with permission from The Leaflet
NewsClick / January 2021
I write about the concomitant effects that follow when the scrutiny of Parliament's Upper House is bypassed.
The Leaflet / January 2021
For Eleventh Column, I write on how the Government's regular exercise of an executive whim to vote-out the checks of Rajya Sabha have a sweeping bearing on India's parliamentary custom.
Eleventh Column / January 2021
I have tried to highlight some of the standard issues around the journalist Arnab Goswami's arrest: in particular, the constitutional questions arose in the habeas corpus, the role of postage stamp magistrates, and the chilling effect on press freedom.
Eleventh Column / November 2020
A long essay on why, despite its best attempts at justification, the over-broad colonial-era legislation in force as an executive response to Covid-19 amounts to disproportionate force.
The Law Review Anthology / August 2020
An op-ed piece on the privatization of Air India.
Eleventh Column / April 2020
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