THE GREAT BETRAYAL
The govt has, for all practical purposes, final veto over the appointment of judges.
Mumbai Mirror / March 2017
Writer, Lawyer.
The govt has, for all practical purposes, final veto over the appointment of judges.
Mumbai Mirror / March 2017
A lot of things have remained unchanged between the last Women’s Day and the one that just went by: marital rape, triple Talaq…
Mumbai Mirror / March 2017
Gender gap in courts only reflects the prejudice against women in the profession.
Mumbai Mirror / February 2017
Kalikho Pul's suicide note and the failure of the media and the judiciary.
The Quint / February 2017
The home ministry seems intent on identifying every anti-national in India, even as police reforms gather dust.
Mumbai Mirror / March 2017
Lipstick under my Burkha is about four independent-minded women with sexual fantasies. It was a good decision to ban it. (Satire)
Mumbai Mirror / March 2017
The 2013 gang-rapes of Muzaffarnagar have proved what Milan Kundera once said: the struggle of man against power is struggle of memory against forgetting.
Mumbai Mirror / February 2017
What is the difference between Indian and American patriotism?
Mumbai Mirror / February 2017
Yakub Memon’s Mercy Petition: How the Supreme Court’s Late-Night Hearing Left Several Questions Unanswered
The Caravan / August 2015
Marital Rape should be criminalised
The Mumbai Mirror / February 2016
Kanhaiya Kumar's bail order contains scary sermons on nationalism.
The Mumbai Mirror / March 2016
Our domestic help continue to live as a voiceless underclass.
The Mumbai Mirror / March 2016
Nisar Ahmed spent two decades in prison for no fault of his. He's only one part of a trend.
The Mumbai Mirror / June 2016
I am not ashamed to accept that the nation I belong to perpetrated atrocities
DailyO / April 2016
I discuss the Maratha 'Protests' against Dalits in Maharashtra
Mumbai Mirror / October 2016
We must keep women away from temples.
The Mumbai Mirror / May 2016
Sushma Swaraj takes on Amazon.
Mumbai Mirror / January 2017
If you want to stay updated about what you can do with your money, check the news every three minutes. Achhe din aa chuke hain.
DailyO / December 2016
No one has the right to compel Karan Johar to 'come out'.
The Wire / January 2017
It's not always black and white.
Mumbai Mirror / July 2016
Our netas' — and society's — usual response of outrage to acts of consensual sex reeks of hypocrisy
Mumbai Mirror / September 2016
The Poetry of Justice
www.arre.co,in / July 2016
The Supreme Court says wives are expected to live with her in-laws after marriage. I disagree and say the SC has no business getting into this.
Mumbai Mirror / October 2016
Hatred in the air
Mumbai Mirror / October 2016
The one day ban on NDTV - illegal, hypocritical and oppressive.
The Quint / November 2016
The remedy of 'restitution of conjugal rights' needs to be struck off the books.
Mumbai Mirror / October 2016
There's nothing good about encounter killings
Mumbai Mirror / November 2016
Stop saying it isn't as bad as the emergency.
Mumbai Mirror / November 2016
The law of contempt and the haze of glory around courts.
Mumbai Mirror / November 2016
There's a lot that the government could have done if it really wanted to curb black money- but did not.
Mumbai Mirror / December 2016
I discuss the Supreme court's order making standing up to the national anthem mandatory.
Mumbai Mirror / December 2016
They have a right to dignity and a safe work environment just like you and I.
Mumbai Mirror / December 2016
Adultery needs to be decriminalised
The Mumbai Mirror / June 2016
We Indians claim to be fighting the 'begging mafia' by simply looking the other way.
The Mumbai Mirror / September 2016
The tyranny of opinion has made it near impossible to raise questions in cases related to terrorism and sexual violence. It shouldn't be so
The Mumbai Mirror / September 2016
Udta Punjab and and the government's clever hatchet job on the freedom of expression
The Mumbai Mirror / June 2016
We need to stop hitting to children and the government has a role to play
The Mumbai Mirror / July 2016
AFSPA is supposed to shield the army charged with guarding us. But who will watch the watchmen?
The Mumbai Mirror / April 2016
Criminal defamation laws, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, have a 'chilling effect'—freezing the ability to speak truth freely.
The Mumbai Mirror / May 2016
What lawyers won't offer counsel on is how little they are liable to you and the limited legal recourse you have.
The Mumbai Mirror / April 2016
How doctors in India are able to get away with Medical negligence.
The Caravan / January 2016
Why is a citizen's ability to buy or lease housing still dependent on discriminatory criteria?
The Mumbai Mirror / March 2016
The national emergency response number is only as useful as the police personnel on the other end of the line.
The Mumbai Mirror / May 2016
Were the words chanted by the JNU students an attack on the nation, or the blows rained upon them?
The Mumbai Mirror / February 2016
Section 377, IPC: If the Supreme Court of India wants to do justice no technicality will stand in its way
The Mumbai Mirror / February 2016
Trial by media, mob justice and the intricacies of the law
The Sunday Guardian / September 2015
Challenges faced by first generation litigating lawyers.
legallyindia.com / March 2015
This overarching narrative of the judiciary taking over the domain of the executive and/or the legislature is a phantom.
The Mumbai Mirror / May 2016
The uneven court order on the Art of Living event upsets both ecological and judicial principles
The Mumbai Mirror / March 2016
The Jat community does not deserve reservation, but many sections of the society do. Here's why.
The Mumbai Mirror / February 2016
An analysis of the NJAC Act.
youthkiawaaz.com / April 2015
When elected governments are deposed and President's rule imposed it's time to put the vote on the floor.
The Mumbai Mirror / April 2016
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