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'''Kaleeswaram Raj''' is an Indian lawyer practising in the [[Supreme Court of India]] and the [[Kerala High Court|High Court of Kerala]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/india-court-adultery-idINKCN1M71FY|title=Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in landmark judgment|date=2018-09-27|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/paperback-pickings/cid/1457669|title=PAPERBACK PICKINGS|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Declare-moratorium-on-agri-land-diversion/articleshow/14877202.cms|title='Declare moratorium on agri-land diversion' - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> He has successfully argued for decriminalisation of the offence of [[Adultery law in India|adultery]] in India.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404927|title=Adultery no longer a crime in India|last=Biswas|first=Soutik|date=2018-09-27|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHZL_enIN760IN760&q=%22The+hindu%22++Adultery+argued+kaleeswaram+raj|title="The hindu" Adultery argued kaleeswaram raj - Google Search|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/barandbench/status/1024912875012452353|title=#Adultery: It conceives women as a chattel incapable of decision making. It is a kind of paternal protectivism, Kaleeswaram Raj.|last=Bench|first=Bar &|date=2018-08-02|website=@barandbench|access-date=2019-02-08}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Legal career ==<br />
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabrangindia.in/interview/meet-lawyer-who-successfully-fought-decriminalise-adultery-india|title=Meet the lawyer who successfully fought to decriminalise adultery in India|date=2018-10-12|website=SabrangIndia.in|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> Before the Supreme Court of India, in ''Joseph Shine v Union of India'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2017/32550/32550_2017_Judgement_27-Sep-2018.pdf|title=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)|website=Sci.gov.in|access-date=4 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715194520/https://www.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2017/32550/32550_2017_Judgement_27-Sep-2018.pdf|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<br />
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He also appeared before the Supreme Court of India in the Government advertisements case (2015),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/news_sections/2653|website=thenewsminute.com|access-date=2019-02-06|title=Government ads should not project political leaders, panel tells SC|date=2015-02-25}}</ref> Kerala Liquor Policy case<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/liquor-policy-caused-drastic-drop-in-crime-rate-kerala-mla-tells-sc/article7580349.ece|title=Liquor policy caused drastic drop in crime rate, Kerala MLA tells SC|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|date=2015-08-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sc-upholds-kerala-liquor-ban-sets-precedent/article8041258.ece|title=SC upholds Kerala liquor restrictions|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|date=2015-12-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sc-lobs-rohatgi-row-to-centre-court/cid/1512656|title=SC lobs Rohatgi row to Centre court|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> and National Highway liquor ban case (2017).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-ban-on-liquor-sale-covers-hotels-bars-too/article17753447.ece|title=SC: Ban on liquor sale covers hotels, bars too|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|date=2017-04-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was appointed as ''[[Amicus curiae]]'' in various cases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Speedingby-private-buses-Amicus-curiae-files-report-with-Kerala-HC/articleshow/50458063.cms|title=Speeding by private buses: Amicus curiae files report with Kerala HC - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/supreme-court-pulls-up-kerala-for-denying-relief-to-endosulfan-victims/article28306516.ece|title=Supreme Court pulls up Kerala for denying relief to Endosulfan victims|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|date=2019-07-06|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-08|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>He has also argued in the Maratha reservation case in which the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court set aside the reservation as excessive, illegal and unconstitutional.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhardwaj|first=Prachi|date=2021-05-06|title=Maratha Reservation unconstitutional{{!}} The timeline of the case and the 3 questions that received unanimous opinions of all 5 judges|url=https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2021/05/06/maratha-reservation-unconstitutional-the-timeline-of-the-case-and-the-3-questions-that-received-unanimous-opinions-of-all-5-judges/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=SCC Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court Observer -|url=https://www.scobserver.in/court-case/maratha-reservation/maratha-reservation-day-10-cb-arguments|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.scobserver.in}}</ref> <br />
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== Writing ==<br />
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''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} He has also written in the law journals.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
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His published works in English include "Commentaries on [[Marumakkathayam]] law",<ref>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</ref> (1995, along with Ms. K.P. Suchitra) "The Spirit of Law" (2012)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Declare-moratorium-on-agri-land-diversion/articleshow/14877202.cms|title=Medha patkar: 'Declare moratorium on agri-land diversion'|date=14 July 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> and "Rethinking Judicial Reforms: Reflections on Indian Legal System" ( 2017).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-quality-of-justice/article17752462.ece|title=The quality of justice|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|date=2017-04-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/paperback-pickings/cid/1457669|title=PAPERBACK PICKINGS|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><br />
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