How does one make a world-class city? By image management! And dislocating the poor. Between 1995 and the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi in 2010, the PIL went from being used for the poor, to against the poor. The building of malls and flyovers were prioritized over core municipal concerns: sanitation, health and education. How did this happen? By the judiciary turning into the executive and issuing orders. This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at slum eviction as well as how contempt of court has widened progressively over the years, severely crippling the freedom of expression.

On Sahara and contempt of court:


Bhatia, Gautam, 2016, Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution, (New Delhi: OUP). Chapter 9. 


https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/book/story/book-review-sahara-the-untold-story-42920-2013-12-05


https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158887669/

Slum eviction:


https://indiankanoon.org/doc/842898/


Ghertner, Ashner, T., 2015, Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class CIty Making in Delhi (Oxford University Press).


Bhuwania, Anuj, 2016, Courting the People: Public Interest Litigation in Post-Emergency India, (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press). 

Judicial independence: 


Sengupta, Arghya  and Ritwika Sharma, 2018, Appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of India: Transparency, Accountability and Independence (Delhi: OUP) 


Krishna, Justice B. N (retd.) 2016, “Judicial Independence”, in Choudhry, Sujit (et al), The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution, (OUP: New Delhi). 


https://thewire.in/law/aadhaar-verdict-money-bill-rajya-sabha

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How does one make a world-class city? By image management! And dislocating the poor. Between 1995 and the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi in 2010, the PIL went from being used for the poor, to against the poor. The building of malls and flyovers were prioritized over core municipal concerns: sanitation, health and education. How did this happen? By the judiciary turning into the executive and issuing orders. This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at slum eviction as well as how contempt of court has widened progressively over the years, severely crippling the freedom of expression.On Sahara and contempt of court:<ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted">Bhatia, Gautam, 2016, Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution, (New Delhi: OUP). Chapter 9. </li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/book/story/book-review-sahara-the-untold-story-42920-2013-12-05" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/book/story/book-review-sahara-the-untold-story-42920-2013-12-05</a></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158887669/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158887669/</a></li></ol>Slum eviction:<ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/842898/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/842898/</a></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted">Ghertner, Ashner, T., 2015, Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class CIty Making in Delhi (Oxford University Press).</li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted">Bhuwania, Anuj, 2016, Courting the People: Public Interest Litigation in Post-Emergency India, (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press). </li></ol>Judicial independence: <ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted">Sengupta, Arghya and Ritwika Sharma, 2018, Appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of India: Transparency, Accountability and Independence (Delhi: OUP) </li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted">Krishna, Justice B. N (retd.) 2016, “Judicial Independence”, in Choudhry, Sujit (et al), <a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</a>, (OUP: New Delhi). </li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><a href="https://thewire.in/law/aadhaar-verdict-money-bill-rajya-sabha" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://thewire.in/law/aadhaar-verdict-money-bill-rajya-sabha</a></li></ol>You can follow Priya on social media:Instagram: (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thelongestconstitution_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/thelongestconstitution_/</a> )Twitter: (<a href="https://twitter.com/fundamentallyp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/fundamentallyp</a> )Linkedin: ( <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-mirza-73666310/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-mirza-73666310/</a> )You can listen to this and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: <a href="https://ivm.today/ios" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ivm.today/ios</a>, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at <a href="https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured</a>Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @IVMPodcasts on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>, &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.Follow the show across platforms:<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/77OV5wa80oVebbHto6Okw1?si=1d2d4de2b5484b4b" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/search/the%20longest%20constitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-longest-constitution-with-priya-mirza/id1579232029" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://gaana.com/album/the-longest-constitution-with-priya-mirza-season-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gaana</a>, <a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/the-longest-constitution-with-priya-mirza/2/cUslBdpm1ME_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JioSaavan</a>, <a href="https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/cbdc4947-1bcc-4a42-84b0-38bed9e129fe/the-longest-constitution-with-priya-mirza" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amazon Music</a>

What did those three hundred individuals who drafted the Indian Constitution want India to be? How far or close are we to achieving that radical vision of liberty, equality, and freedom shown by BR Ambedkar? These ideas sound great but what does it really mean to us, what is a constitution and how does it affect us as we go about living our lives? 

The Longest Constitution podcast is about the people of India and their Constitution. And achieving the constitutional vision of freedom, equality, and dignity, doesn't come without a fight. This show is not about just leaders and prime ministers, but husbands and wives, feminists and forest dwellers, dissidents, and lawyers. And it is up to us Indians to fight, debate, argue, and achieve these visions. 

Every week, The Longest Constitution, gives a small peek into what the ideals, provisions, and laws of our constitution mean. From taxes to language, Government to workplace, reservations to religious freedom, host Priya Mirza looks at the machinery of the Indian constitution, public rights, and ‘we the people'.

What did those three hundred individuals who drafted the Indian Constitution want India to be? How far or close are we to achieving that radical vision of liberty, equality, and freedom shown by BR Ambedkar? These ideas sound great but what does it really mean to us, what is a constitution and how does it affect us as we go about living our lives? The Longest Constitution podcast is about the people of India and their Constitution. And achieving the constitutional vision of freedom, equality, and dignity, doesn't come without a fight. This show is not about just leaders and prime ministers, but husbands and wives, feminists and forest dwellers, dissidents, and lawyers. And it is up to us Indians to fight, debate, argue, and achieve these visions. Every week, The Longest Constitution, gives a small peek into what the ideals, provisions, and laws of our constitution mean. From taxes to language, Government to workplace, reservations to religious freedom, host Priya Mirza looks at the machinery of the Indian constitution, public rights, and ‘we the people'.

This podcast is about people and the Indian constitution. And achieving the Constitutional vision of freedom, equality, and dignity, doesn't come without a fight. In each episode, we look at what is constitution and how it transforms our lives.

The Longest Constitution with Priya Mirza

This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at slum eviction as well as how contempt of court has widened progressively over the years, severely crippling the freedom of expression