Great piece by Alok Prasanna Kumar on the Ayodhya judgment and the dichotomy between the principles it touts at length in an extended preamble, and the actual logic that informed the judgment (which is more candidly set out in the 'dissent') - https://www.firstpost.com/india/ayodhya-judgment-sc-using-faith-and-religion-to-settle-ramjanmabhoomi-title-claim-is-disingenuous-and-insincere-7633081.html

Shun the hagiography, here's a balanced assessment that doesn't whitewash bias & authoritarian tendencies displayed by ex CEC #TNSeshan, while also giving credit where credit is due - @jaffrelotc in the book edited by @DrSYQuraishi https://scroll.in/article/911757/how-former-chief-election-commissioner-tn-seshan-tamed-the-criminalisation-of-indian-politics