New on the MLR Forum, Martin Loughlin's 'Some Thoughts on Academic Writing' responding to Illan rua Wall and Daniel Matthews 'Sovereignty and the Persistence of the Aesthetic': modernlawreview.co.uk/sovereignty-pe…

How should we think about fraternity as a constitutional value? What are its moral underpinnings and its dangers? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… or tinyurl.com/35vue4ay. Preprint of my chapter in forthcoming Cambridge Companion edited Aparna Chandra Gautam Bhatia & Niraja Jayal

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A bit of unabashed cross-posting. Gratified to see my book in print after years of work. My thanks to my editor Karthik Venkatesh (‏‎‎ کارتِک وینکٹیش, ਕਾਰਤਿਕ) The link to pre-order online is in the comments, but if, like me, you’re more an indie store person, the book should be at bookstores by 25 July

Thesis submission done ✅

No sir, they do not. Just because there are a few bad apples in the system does not mean that genuine persons with disabilities do not require a leg up in an ableist world. I would have expected a senior government official like you to comment with more responsibility.

What is arbitrary power? My answer centres on the caricature of the tyrant, which I argue predisposes us to label disliked non-Western 'others' as arbitrary. I hope to help avoid ethnocentricism in identifying arbitrary power. Open access on Law&Phil: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In conversation with the indefatigable Aakar Patel ! Bangalore folks, if this be of interest this Independence Day

You know patriarchy can be gender-neutral when a woman party-in-person addresses a division bench headed by a lady judge as ‘Sir’

I paid the driver twice the amount that was due to him just to throw the money on his face and told him that I would prefer falling down than taking his help. He said why are you offended I was not even talking to you.I said exactly the point. You were treating me like a suitcase

So looking forward to this and indeed feeling right at home, as always, with our wonderful colleagues at Auckland law school. See you soon hopefully!

Happy to have been cited in the Supreme Court judgment on S 6A of the Citizenship Act. More importantly, glad that Chandrachud J accepts that "there is no general principle that the constitutional validity of under-inclusive provisions must be assessed with judicial deference".

soas.ac.uk/study/student-… On Ambedkar Jayanti, I'm happy to announce the Beena Sondhi Scholarship for an LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice SOAS University of London Instituted in memory of my late mother who passed away in 1986 , it covers the entire tuition fee and is open for 2025-26

Looking forward to be a mentor in Summer Certificate Course on Legal Research and Writing

Excited and privileged to hear Former Chief Justice of India, Hon'ble Mr Justice U.U. Lalit as he speaks tomorrow on "Legacies and Lessons from Justice Ahmadi's Era." The “Fearless Judge” relays tales from Justice Ahmadi’s time—periods of upheaval, pressure, and constitutional

Today in The Indian Express, I argued that the political branches (legislature and executive) must foster—(what I term as) ‘postadmission inclusion’—for transgender students by making school curricula inclusive. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…