Mathew Idiculla

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TN Governor Judgement: Constitutional history as an interpretive device

The SC relied on ‘gradual dilution’ of Governor’s powers in legislative texts but stopped short of articulating the role of drafting history

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Maharashtra Political Crisis: The Limits of Supreme Court’s Expiations

While on substantive legal questions the SC made a legally cogent decision, its effect on the ground is limited.

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Editorial on the Criminalisation of Politics: ‘Don’t look to SC to do it’

Mathew Idiculla writes to the Deccan Herald on the rising criminalisation of politics