Ananthakrishnan G. is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express. He has been in the field for over 23 years, kicking off his journalism career as a freelancer in the late nineties with bylines in The Hindu. A graduate in law, he practised in the District judiciary in Kerala for about two years before switching to journalism. His first permanent assignment was with The Press Trust of India in Delhi where he was assigned to cover the lower courts and various commissions of inquiry....Read More
Ananthakrishnan G. is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express. He has been in the field for over 23 years, kicking off his journalism career as a freelancer in the late nineties with bylines in The Hindu. A graduate in law, he practised in the District judiciary in Kerala for about two years before switching to journalism. His first permanent assignment was with The Press Trust of India in Delhi where he was assigned to cover the lower courts and various commissions of inquiry.
He reported from the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India during his first stint with The Indian Express in 2005-2006. Currently, in his second stint with The Indian Express, he reports from the Supreme Court and writes on topics related to law and the administration of justice. Legal reporting is his forte though he has extensive experience in political and community reporting too, having spent a decade as Kerala state correspondent, The Times of India and The Telegraph. He is a stickler for facts and has several impactful stories to his credit.
Aug 25, 2017 05:14 IST
The orders — there were six in all — made it clear that this right could not be absolute and...
Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Aug 25, 2017 02:39 IST
The timing of the proceeding, perhaps, could not have been more off. The plea came before CJI J S...
Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Aug 24, 2017 13:56 IST
The apex court upholding privacy as a fundamental right has significant consequences for the common...
Thu, Aug 24, 2017
Aug 24, 2017 04:48 IST
The right to privacy question was referred to the nine-judge bench after a clutch of petitions...
Thu, Aug 24, 2017
Aug 23, 2017 05:44 IST
Maintaining that “personal law has constitutional protection”, the judges said: “This...
Wed, Aug 23, 2017
Aug 23, 2017 00:00 IST
The verdict was immediately welcomed by the government, political parties, activists and the...
Wed, Aug 23, 2017
Aug 22, 2017 13:31 IST
While three judges, Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit, of the five-judge Supreme...
Tue, Aug 22, 2017
Aug 22, 2017 04:47 IST
Triple Talaq verdict: The verdict by the bench comprising Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and...
Tue, Aug 22, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 03:59 IST
As soon as a bench of Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud took up the...
Fri, Aug 18, 2017
Aug 17, 2017 04:03 IST
Surender Kumar, who was a salesman at a footwear showroom in Shakthi Nagar — within the limits of...
Thu, Aug 17, 2017
Aug 17, 2017 00:00 IST
1984 riots: Two years after its formation, the SIT has managed to file chargesheets only in a few...
Thu, Aug 17, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 11:41 IST
Earlier, the apex court ordered the Kerala Police to assist NIA in submitting its report in the...
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 05:47 IST
The event was also attended by Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The CJI said he...
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
Aug 15, 2017 02:54 IST
The plea by Seema Razdan Bhargav and Charu Wali Khanna, which came up before a bench of Justices...
Tue, Aug 15, 2017
Aug 11, 2017 21:31 IST
On Friday, a three-judge bench of the court, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, fixed December 5 for...
Fri, Aug 11, 2017
Aug 04, 2017 03:13 IST
Questioning the party for not challenging this provision, which has been in force since 2014, the...
Fri, Aug 04, 2017
Aug 02, 2017 05:46 IST
During the course of his arguments in the Supreme Court, Tushar Mehta pointed out that many...
Wed, Aug 02, 2017Aug 02, 2017 03:21 IST
Mehta, who appeared on behalf of the Unique Identification Authority of India, the nodal agency for...
Wed, Aug 02, 2017Jul 28, 2017 03:17 IST
Venugopal explained that “even demographic data is protected in Aadhaar...One doesn’t have to...
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
Jul 27, 2017 04:40 IST
“There is a fundamental right to privacy. But it is a wholly qualified right,” Attorney General...
Thu, Jul 27, 2017
Jul 22, 2017 04:21 IST
The petitioners have challenged WhatsApp’s policy of sharing user data with its new parent...
Sat, Jul 22, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 06:02 IST
“State can’t be entrusted with citizens’ data without proper oversight being there. Declaring...
Fri, Jul 21, 2017
Jul 20, 2017 05:55 IST
Justice Chandrachud sought to know if the right to privacy would extend to one’s choice of family...
Thu, Jul 20, 2017
Jul 19, 2017 05:07 IST
Challenge to Aadhaar act: A five-judge Constitution Bench, which met to examine if the Aadhaar Act...
Wed, Jul 19, 2017
Jul 19, 2017 00:59 IST
A nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will decide whether privacy is a fundamental right. Indian...
Wed, Jul 19, 2017