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Anup Surendranath
Surendranath teaches constitutional law at the National Law University, Delhi
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Harsher rape laws do little to prevent sexual violenceSubscriber Only
September 06,2024 07:45:22 AM
We require broader social reforms, sustained governance efforts, and stronger criminal justice institutions. The hollow tough-on-crime political agenda is nothing but a distraction
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
New criminal codes from July 1: A threat to citizen liberty, justice under the guise of a decolonisation projectSubscriber Only
June 27,2024 17:30:34 PM
The institutional readiness for these laws coming into force is a serious cause for concern. Some changes are alarming in the police powers they confer. Until the time of a full review of impact and preparedness, implementation should be halted
Sat, Jun 29, 2024
New criminal law Bills endanger civil libertiesSubscriber Only
December 14,2023 07:07:57 AM
Instead of decolonising criminal law, these Bills entrench colonial logic — where the state’s paramount interest is to control the people to the maximum extent
Thu, Dec 14, 2023
New criminal laws don’t deal with the real culprit – India’s institutionsSubscriber Only
September 25,2023 07:45:26 AM
Understanding the dynamics of the social production of crime raises difficult questions about the obsessive and singular focus of criminal law on individual criminal responsibility. What role and weight must we assign to environmental factors in engendering and perpetuating conditions that lead to crimes?
Mon, Sep 25, 2023
Expert Explains: What does the proposed legislation to overhaul criminal justice system mean?Subscriber Only
August 12,2023 07:07:28 AM
What does the stated effort, through the proposed legislation, to overhaul the criminal justice system really achieve — or not achieve? What must be done to bring about the critical changes that are needed?
Sun, Aug 13, 2023
The Supreme Court puts the spotlight on the mode of execution in death penalty casesSubscriber Only
March 27,2023 06:30:58 AM
The search for the “least painful method” is ultimately an endeavour in how much cruelty we are willing to tolerate. It is about our collective willingness to inflict cruelty on an individual while wanting to appear otherwise
Mon, Mar 27, 2023
EWS reservation: Supreme Court has not clarified tricky questions at the intersection of equality, non-discrimination, and affirmative actionSubscriber Only
November 17,2022 18:18:19 PM
It is constitutionally perverse that the compelling need for measures to address social backwardness has become a justification for the exclusion of backward classes from measures to address economic deprivation
Mon, Nov 21, 2022
Death penalty: Deciding the rarest of the rareSubscriber Only
September 27,2022 04:10:55 AM
The Supreme Court has done well to acknowledge that capital punishment needs closer scrutiny and referring the matter to a five-judge bench. The problem that the Supreme Court’s reference to a Constitution Bench seeks to remedy is the need to achieve consistency on the requirements of a fair, meaningful and effective sentencing hearing
Tue, Sep 27, 2022
There is a concerted effort to plug procedural gaps in death penalty sentencingSubscriber Only
June 17,2022 03:50:46 AM
Anup Surendranath writes: The attempts to bring about procedural coherence and integrity will face significant challenges in the trial courts and the high courts and it is far from certain that these reforms will be meaningfully implemented in those forums.
Sat, Jun 18, 2022
Anup Surendranath and Adrija Ghosh write: In a heavily flawed justice system, Perarivalan’s release is a rare successSubscriber Only
May 23,2022 04:02:02 AM
Others like him — who have fallen through the cracks of our criminal justice system, which fails to learn from its mistakes — might not be so lucky
Mon, May 23, 2022
An Expert Explains: Reforming death penaltySubscriber Only
April 04,2022 04:42:20 AM
Examining issues raised in a specific case, the Supreme Court has suo motu opened a review of the process by which courts award the death penalty. What is the procedure by which judges get the relevant information for the sentencing process, and why has the top court felt it necessary to intervene?
Tue, Apr 05, 2022
India’s broken criminal justice system cannot support the death penaltySubscriber Only
March 12,2019 00:03:01 AM
Three courts found six innocent men guilty of a heinous crime, brought them to the brink of execution. In this story, even our highest court upheld their guilt and death sentence and such a grave error must trigger the moral honesty to accept that we are playing with fire by keeping the death penalty in such a system.
Tue, Mar 12, 2019
Ball’s in Supreme CourtSubscriber Only
April 27,2018 00:24:00 AM
The manner and context in which the Supreme Court collegium’s recommendation on the appointment of judges has been treated by the executive poses a threat to the independence of the judiciary.
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
A constitutional misadventureSubscriber Only
May 30,2017 00:10:32 AM
The proposed ban on the sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter at agricultural markets violates fundamental rights of food and livelihood, and the spirit of federalism.
Tue, May 30, 2017
Except terrorSubscriber Only
September 04,2015 00:02:33 AM
Law Commission provides a frail reason for carving out the terror exception vis-a-vis the death penalty.
Fri, Sep 04, 2015
Set no barSubscriber Only
January 14,2015 00:42:42 AM
Denial of opportunities arising out of state failure, as in Rajasthan’s local election eligibility ordinance, must be subject to the strictest constitutional standards
Wed, Jan 14, 2015
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