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The slow erosion of fundamental rights: How Romila Thapar v. Union of India highlights what is wrong with the UAPA (2019)
Journal Article
Suresh, M. (in press). The slow erosion of fundamental rights: How Romila Thapar v. Union of India highlights what is wrong with the UAPA. Indian Law Review, 3(2), 212-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/24730580.2019.1640593

This case note uses the recent Supreme Court decision of Romila Thapar v. Union of India to highlight how the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act slowly erodes fundamental rights. It argues that Romila Thapar shows how the police and prosecution use... Read More about The slow erosion of fundamental rights: How Romila Thapar v. Union of India highlights what is wrong with the UAPA.

The social life of technicalities: 'Terrorist' lives in Delhi's courts (2019)
Journal Article
Suresh, M. (in press). The social life of technicalities: 'Terrorist' lives in Delhi's courts. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 53(1), 72-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/0069966718812523

How do we imagine the place of courtrooms in relation to society? There have been two dominant ways that ethnographers have viewed trials. The first treats trials as ways of understanding social structures and political power. In relation to terroris... Read More about The social life of technicalities: 'Terrorist' lives in Delhi's courts.