The Longest Constitution with Priya Mirza Podcast
1) Maneka Gandhi’s Passport
The Longest Constitution examines what due process really means, as well as look at why 1971 was a year that set several things into motion, such as the passage of the Maintenance of Internal Security...Show More
2) The Constitutionality of Sedition
This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at the constitutional provisions for constitutional amendments. We also look at the fate of thousands of Indians since 1962, when the Supreme Court uphel...Show More
3) Freedom from Surveillance
This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at how courts interpreted Article 21. Just as a reminder: in the AK Gopalan case, the state upheld the preventive detention law under which Gopalan was d...Show More
4) Indira Gandhi and Privy Purses
In this episode of The Longest Constitution, we look at how the Indira Gandhi government tried every unconstitutional means to abolish the privy purses in 1970.
5) The Freedom to Fly!
This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at the expansion of the freedom to movement, as well as the consequences of a majoritarian government driven by a socialist vision in the 1970s, under In...Show More
6) A little more Goondagardi
This episode of The Longest Constitution wraps up by looking at the Goondas Act, by discussing the increasing instances in which it is used.
7) Acting like a ‘Goonda’?: The Goondas Act
This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at this act as well as examines the consequences of the Golaknath case (1967).
8) Who appoints Supreme Court judges?
This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at the most recent effort of the government to control judicial appointments - the 99th amendment, 2014 and its aftermath
9) Kashmir Internet Shutdown
Is accessing the Internet a fundamental right? A recent judgment affirmed that since so many essential services depend on the internet, shutting down access to the internet is tantamount to a violatio...Show More
10) The Fundamental Right to Property
In this episode, Priya takes us through the fundamental right to property.