Education

• BCL, University of Oxford, UK
• BA LLB (Hons), National Law University, Delhi

Profile

John Sebastian’s general research and teaching interests cover the areas of legal and political theory, constitutional law, criminal law and administrative law. He has published on a range of issues in these areas.

His PhD research at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, focusses on the special rights of linguistic and religious minorities in the Indian Constitution, and analyses the manner in which the Constitution engages with the many conflicting interests and values underlying the legal recognition of these identities. 

Prior to joining NLSIU, John taught legal theory in the Juris Doctor programme at Melbourne Law School for three years. Before this, he was at OP Jindal University for over four years, where he taught constitutional law, criminal law and administrative law courses. Earlier, he worked as a law clerk and research assistant to Justice Madan B Lokur in the Supreme Court of India for a year. While doing his BCL from the University of Oxford, John was awarded the Tobias Law Prize.