Ms Shraddha Chaudhary

Articles/Chapters/Reports

• Law Commission of India and the Debate on Age of Consent (2024) 59(6) Economic and Political Weekly.
• A Critical Examination of the Discourse of Indian Courts on (De)criminalisation in Vidyasar, Pattanayak and Narasappa (eds.), Constitutional Ideals: Development and Realisation through Court-led Justice (Oakbridge Publishing, 2023).
• Criminalisation without an Object: Critical Reflections on the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, (2022) 17(2) Socio-Legal Review.
• The Compelling Public Interest in Testimonial Compulsion: A Critique of the Supreme Court of India's Decision in Ritesh Sinha v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2020) 20(2) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.
• Reforms to the Legal Framework for Child Sexual Abuse in India: Legislative Band-Aids on Systemic Wounds, (2020) 41 Statute Law Review (OUP).
• Navtej Johar v. Union of India: Love in Legal Reasoning, (2019) 12(4) NUJS Law Review.
• Reconceptualizing Rape in Law Reform ,(2018)13(2) Socio-Legal Review, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
• “Love”, Consent and the POCSO in Centre for Child and the Law (ed.), Implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012 by Special Courts: Challenges and Issues 125 (National Printing Press, Bengaluru) (2018).
• Charges and Sentencing Patterns under the POCSO Act, 2012 in Centre for Child and the Law (ed.), Implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012 by Special Courts: Challenges and Issues 51 (National Printing Press, Bengaluru) (2018).
• Access to Legal Aid among Children in Conflict with the Law in Karnataka (Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore) (2018) [co-author].
• The Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, Reports on the Working of Special Courts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (August-November, 2017) [co-author].

Book Reviews:

• Iyiola Solanke (ed.), On Crime, Society and Responsibility in the Work of Nicola Lacey (Review), 2021 Modern Law Review.
• Love, Labour and Law: Early and Child Marriage in India edited by Samita Sen and Anindita Ghosh (Review), 2021, 35(1), International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family.

Blogs and Editorials:

• The Delhi High Court's Split Verdict on Marital Rape Needs Resolution, The Hindu (May 16, 2022)
• Decriminalising Sexual Contact with Minors? Notes for a Conversation, Project 39a (November 26, 2021).
• Marital Rape: An Indignity to Women, The Hindu (August 31, 2021).
• Criminalising Welfare Issues, The Hindu (August 3, 2021).
• Weaponising Criminal Law as Political Rhetoric: The Menace of Unprincipled Criminalisation, RGNUL Student Research Review's Excerpts from Experts Blog Series (May 6, 2021).
• The Limits of POCSO, The Hindu (March 16, 2021).
• Putting Victims on Trial, The Hindu (July 16, 2020).
• The Right to Love and the Right to Leave- Recognising Autonomy through Unilateral No-Fault Divorce, Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy (April 6, 2020) [co-author].
• A Marriage Story for Everyone, The Hindu (February 14, 2020).
• Live and Let Live In, The Hindu (September 26, 2019).
• The Supreme Old Boys’ Club, Socio-Legal Review Forum (June 15, 2019) [co-author].
• “Section 377: The Supreme Court’s expanding LGBT Rights Jurisprudence”, Criminalisation and Privacy: Examining the State’s Right to Interfere in the “Private Sphere” through Imposition or Lifting of Criminal Sanction in International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL-AIDC) Blog Symposium (September 19, 2018).
• Tougher isn’t better, The Indian Express (April 24, 2018).
• Independent Thought v. Union of India and the Unconstitutionality of Marital Rape, Socio-Legal Review Forum (November, 2017).
• The Child’s Right to Dignity, The Hindu (August 15, 2017) [co-author].

Podcast

• Should the Age of Consent be Revised in India, The Hindu Parley Podcast (August 4, 2023)
• Should the Age Criteria for Consensual Sex be Lowered in India, The Hindu in Focus Podcast (November 21, 2022).
• Why hasn't Marital Rape Been Criminalised Yet?, The Hindu Parley Podcast (September 9, 2021).