Sharunya

Published by Rajiv Malhotra

Published by Lok Sabha TV

TALK | Judicial Reforms' (February 17, 2013): Discussion of necessary reforms in India's judicial system, addressing backlog, access to justice, judicial appointments, accountability, infrastructure, and procedural reforms needed to make justice accessible, timely, and effective. Published by India Habitat Centre

Published by Konark Publishers, Bengaluru. pg 150-8

The review reads Terror and Performance as a probing exploration of terror’s banality, mediatisation, and everyday cruelties beyond “terrorism.” Through performance, law, memory, nonviolence, and sovereignty, Bharucha unsettles state, civil society, and legal certainties, foregrounding human suffering, ethical ambiguity, and interpretive pluralism. In Frontline

In The Indian Express.

This essay develops Baxi’s interest in the performative dimensions of rights. He examines how legal language, ritual, and symbolism shape human rights practice, emphasizing meaning-making processes alongside institutional enforcement. Published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute Vol 58 no. 1, pg 1-14.

This essay maps different forms of judicial activism across social and spatial contexts. Baxi explores how activism produces uneven outcomes, highlighting disparities in access, recognition, and justice while situating judicial intervention within broader constitutional geographies. Published by Oxford University Press and Indian Law Institute, Delhi, pg 156–209.

The Bhopal Award: Another Calamity for Gas Victims (Times of India, February 16, 1988): Baxi criticizes the inadequacy of compensation awarded to Bhopal gas tragedy victims, arguing the settlement represents another injustice. He examines how legal processes failed victims, inadequate compensation amounts, and systemic failures in providing justice for mass disaster victims against powerful multinational corporations. In The Times of India.