Kaleeswaram Raj

Kaleeswaram Raj is an Indian lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Kerala.[1][2][3] He has successfully argued for decriminalisation of the offence of adultery in India.[1][4][5][6]

Kaleeswaram Raj
Born
Kerala
NationalityIndian
OccupationLawyer
Years activePresent
Known forCivil, criminal and constitutional law

Raj practices in the fields of civil, criminal and constitutional law. There are about five hundred reported judgments on which he is counsel of record.[7] Before the Supreme Court of India, in Joseph Shine v Union of India,[8] he appeared as the lead counsel for the petitioner. In that case, the top court of India struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalised adultery, as unconstitutional.

He also appeared before the Supreme Court of India in the Government advertisements case (2015),[9] Kerala Liquor Policy case[10][11][12] and National Highway liquor ban case (2017).[13] He was appointed as Amicus curiae in various cases.[14] He appeared for the victims of the endosulfan tragedy in the Kasargod district in Kerala. In that case the Supreme Court of India directed the Kerala government to pay compensation to the child victims.[15]

Writing

Raj has written articles appeared in leading newspapers in India, including The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Times of India, Deccan Herald and The Statesman, as well as journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Frontline and Mainstream Weekly. He has also written in the law journals.

His published works in English include "Commentaries on Marumakkathayam law",[16] (1995, along with Ms. K.P. Suchitra) "The Spirit of Law" (2012)[17] and "Rethinking Judicial Reforms: Reflections on Indian Legal System" ( 2017).[18][19]

References
  1. "Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in landmark judgment". Reuters. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. "PAPERBACK PICKINGS". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. "'Declare moratorium on agri-land diversion' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. Biswas, Soutik (27 September 2018). "Adultery no longer a crime in India". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. ""The hindu" Adultery argued kaleeswaram raj - Google Search". Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  6. Bench, Bar & (2 August 2018). "#Adultery: It conceives women as a chattel incapable of decision making. It is a kind of paternal protectivism, Kaleeswaram Raj". @barandbench. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. "Meet the lawyer who successfully fought to decriminalise adultery in India". SabrangIndia.in. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. "IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA : CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 194 OF 2017 : Joseph Shine …Petitioner(s) VERSUS Union of India …Respondent(s)" (PDF). Sci.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. "Government ads should not project political leaders, panel tells SC". thenewsminute.com. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  10. Rajagopal, Krishnadas (26 August 2015). "Liquor policy caused drastic drop in crime rate, Kerala MLA tells SC". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  11. Rajagopal, Krishnadas (29 December 2015). "SC upholds Kerala liquor restrictions". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  12. "SC lobs Rohatgi row to Centre court". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  13. Rajagopal, Krishnadas (1 April 2017). "SC: Ban on liquor sale covers hotels, bars too". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  14. "Speeding by private buses: Amicus curiae files report with Kerala HC - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  15. Rajagopal, Krishnadas (6 July 2019). "Supreme Court pulls up Kerala for denying relief to Endosulfan victims". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  16. Thaniya Kaliyanthil Leela, MASTER THESIS, 'Goddesses of North Malabar An Anthropological Study on Kinship and Ritual in North Malabar', Submitted in partial fulfilment of the MPhil degree Department of Social Anthropology University of Bergan, 2016
  17. "Medha patkar: 'Declare moratorium on agri-land diversion'". The Times of India. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  18. Rajagopal, Krishnadas (1 April 2017). "The quality of justice". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  19. "PAPERBACK PICKINGS". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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