Aditya Tiwari

Aditya Tiwari writes legal essays and analysis for LegalRepublic.in.

2 articles · The Republic

[ The Republic ]

Article 14's three tests don't add up

The Supreme Court reviews equality challenges through three different tests — classification, arbitrariness, and proportionality. They emerged at different moments and answer different questions. Half a century in, the Court still has not s

2026-05-12 · 23 min read

[ The Republic ]

Strict liability after Bhopal: what Rylands couldn't hold

M.C. Mehta gave India a rule of absolute liability that walked away from Rylands v Fletcher. Forty years on, the rule has no limiting principle, no statutory home, and an enforcement record that rides on it as if it were settled law.

2026-05-12 · 22 min read