Shrutanjay Bharadwaj

B.A. LL.B. (H.), NLU Delhi (2017)
LL.M., University of Michigan Law School (2019)
UGC-NET (2021)

Shrutanjaya is a practising lawyer at the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi. His practice areas are constitutional law, criminal law, service law and arbitration law. On the academic side, Shrutanjaya researches and writes on issues of constitutional interpretation, judicial process, preventive detention, freedom of speech, reservations and religious freedom.

• *Rising Internet Shutdowns in India: A Legal Analysis – Indian Journal on Law and Technology, Vol. 16 (2021) · Jun 21, 2021
  
• *Precedent, stare decisis and the Larger Bench Rule: Judicial Indiscipline at the Indian Supreme Court – Indian Law Review · Jun 15, 2021
  
• Preventive Detention, Habeas Corpus and Delay at the Apex Court: An Empirical Study – NUJS Law Review · Aug 25, 2020
  
• Text misread, basic structure misapplied: The 100% reservations verdict – Indian Journal of Constitutional Law · Aug 18, 2020
  
• Courtroom Language and Article 19(1)(a) – Journal of National Law University Delhi · May 19, 2020 (SSRN link here)
  
• Individual Religious Freedom is subject to Other Fundamental Rights, (2019) 7 SCC Part-4 J-29 – The SCC Journal · Sep 1, 2019
• Freedom But Not Really: The “Unprotected” Zones of Article 19(1)(a) – Comparative Constitutional and Administrative Law Quarterly, Vol. 4.3 (2019) · Mar 29, 2019
  
• Obscenity in the Kiss – NLU Delhi Student Law Journal, Vol. 4 (2017) · Aug 1, 2017
  

• *Ignorance of law is a good excuse – RGNUL Student Research Review · Apr 1, 2022
  
• A fundamental right to virtual court hearings – CCG, NLU Delhi · Jan 27, 2022
  
• The Supreme Court’s Pegasus Order – CCG, NLU Delhi · Nov 23, 2021
  
• The Supreme Court’s Maratha Reservation Judgment – A Response [Guest Post] – Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy · May 19, 2021
  
• IT Rules, Intermediaries & Data-Sharing: Comparing India & China – The Quint · Mar 1, 2021
  
• Constitution Benches and Article 145(3): What if no reference is made? – The Charter, Centre for Constitutional Law and Governance, RGNUL · Feb 10, 2021
  
• “Balancing” Away Free Speech: Some Thoughts – Socio-Legal Review Forum (NLSIU) · Dec 12, 2020
  
• “Balancing” Dissent, Protest and Urban Mobility: The Shaheen Bagh Judgment – The Human Rights Blog (CASIHR, RGNUL) · Nov 23, 2020
  
• Against the use of English in district courts – Bar & Bench · Jun 11, 2020
  
• Supreme Court Verdict on 4G in Jammu and Kashmir Undermines the Rule of Law – The Wire · May 13, 2020
  
• *The publication of COVID-19 quarantine lists violates the right to privacy – The Caravan · Apr 5, 2020
  
• Constituting Constitution Benches: An Analysis – Bar & Bench · Sep 28, 2019
  
• Why the Government’s move on Article 370 is unconstitutional – LiveLaw.in · Aug 1, 2019
• Does the Constitution Protect Fake News? – LiveLaw.in · Feb 2, 2019