Publications

Journal Articles

• Idiculla, M. (2020). A Right to the Indian City? Political and Legal Claims for Urban Housing. Socio-Legal Review, 16(1), 1 – 25. https://​77c86aee​-837e​-44bb​-89c9​-565f7c248f89​.file​susr​.com/​u​g​d​/​d​5​6​a​a​6​_​e​a​3​e​1​f​0​5​9​d​6​d​4​9​e​1​a​c​1​5​9​a​0​c​e​4​f​f​6​5​f​1.pdf
• Idiculla, M. (2020). Unpacking Local Self-Government: The Uncertain Power of Cities in the Indian Constitution. VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (World Comparative Law), 53(2), 30 – 50. http://​dx​.doi​.org/​1​0​.​5​7​7​1​/0506 – 7286-2020 – 1‑30
• Idiculla, M. (2021). The Travails of India’s Urban Planning: An Examination of the Planning Law Régime of Bangalore. Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2021 (forthcoming)
• Idiculla, M. (2017). The Transformation of Governance in ​‘India’s Silicon Valley’, Seminar, 694, 17 – 21. https://​www​.india​-sem​i​nar​.com/​2​0​1​7​/​6​9​4​/​6​9​4​_​m​a​t​h​e​w​_​i​d​i​c​u​l​l​a.htm
• Idiculla, M. (2016). New Regimes of Private Governance: The Case of Electronics City in Peri-urban Bangalore. Economic and Political Weekly, 51(17), 102 – 110. https://​www​.epw​.in/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​2​0​1​6​/​1​7​/​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​u​r​b​a​n​-​a​f​f​a​i​r​s​/​n​e​w​-​r​e​g​i​m​e​s​-​p​r​i​v​a​t​e​-​g​o​v​e​r​n​a​n​c​e​.html
• Idiculla, M. (2014). ​“Decoding ​‘Public Authority’ under the RTI Act”, Journal of National Law University, Delhi, 2(1), 115 – 123. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2277401720140107

Book Chapters

• Basole. A., Idiculla, M., Narayanan, R., Nagendra H., & Mundoli S. (2020), Strengthening Towns through Sustainable Employment, in Reviving Jobs: An Agenda for Growth (ed. Mehrotra, S.) Oxford University Press, 2020 https://​tinyurl​.com/​3​j​c​78utr
• Idiculla, M. (2021). The Rise of Private Governance in Bengaluru’s Electronics City, in India’s Greenfield Urban Future: The Politics of Land, Planning and Infrastructure (eds. Kennedy, L. & and Sood, A.) Orient Black Swan, 2021 (forthcoming)
• Idiculla, M. (2021). Governing the City-Region: Rethinking Urban and Regional Governance in India, in Future of Cities: Planning, Infrastructure, and Development (ed. Kumar, A.,) Routledge 2021 (forthcoming)
• Gowda, M.V.R. & Idiculla, M. (2014). Integrating Information Disclosure with Indian Environmental Policy, in India’s Risks: Democratizing the Management of Threats to Environment, Health, and Values (eds. Moor, R. and Gowda, M.V.R.) Oxford University Press. https://​tinyurl​.com/​y​9​z​puy4m

Policy Briefs/​Working Papers

• Idiculla, M. & Madhav, R. (2021) The ​‘Right to the City’ and Emerging Indian Jurisprudence: Implications for Informal Livelihoods, WIEGO Law & Informality Insights, No 3. https://​www​.wiego​.org/​r​e​s​o​u​r​c​e​s​/​l​a​w​-​i​n​f​o​r​m​a​l​i​t​y​-​i​n​s​i​g​h​t​s​-​m​a​r​c​h​-2021
• Basole. A., Idiculla, M., Narayanan, R., Nagendra H., & Mundoli, S. (2019), Strengthening Towns through Sustainable Employment- A Job Guarantee Programme for Urban India, State of Working India 2019, Centre for Sustainable Employment, Azim Premji University https://​cse​.azim​premji​u​ni​ver​si​ty​.edu​.in/​w​p​-​c​o​n​t​e​n​t​/​u​p​l​o​a​d​s​/​2​0​1​9​/​0​4​/​S​W​I​2​0​1​9​_​U​r​b​a​n​_​J​o​b​_​G​u​a​r​a​n​t​e​e.pdf
• Krishnaswamy. S, and Idiculla, M. (2018) Who Should Plan for the City? — Briefing Note on the Constitutional and Legal framework for Urban Planning in, Centre for Law and Policy Research https://​clpr​.org​.in/​w​p​-​c​o​n​t​e​n​t​/​u​p​l​o​a​d​s​/​2​0​1​8​/​0​2​/​C​L​P​R​-​B​r​i​e​f​i​n​g​-​N​o​t​e​-​W​h​o​-​S​h​o​u​l​d​-​P​l​a​n​-​f​o​r​-​t​h​e​-​C​i​t​y.pdf
• Krishnaswamy. S, and Idiculla, M. (2015) Reforming Bengaluru’s Governance: Political Devolution and Democratic Accountability- Note to Expert Committee on BBMP Restructuring, Azim Premji University 

Conference Papers (Selected)

• Idiculla, M. (2020, 11 January) Governing the ​“City-Region”: A Multi-Tier Framework for Urban and Regional Governance, 68^th National Town and Country Planner Congress, Institute of Town Planners India, Navi Mumbai
• Idiculla, M. (2019, June) Unpacking ​“Local Self-Government”: The Incomplete Power of Cities in India’s Constitutional Scheme, Cities in Federal Theory Workshop, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
• Idiculla, M. (2019, April) The Travails of Urban Planning in India: An Examination of the Planning Law Régime of Bangalore, Workshop on Planning Law in Asian Cities, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Singapore
• Idiculla, M. (2018, February) Justifying Illegalities: The Adjudication of the Akrama Sakrama regulation in Karnataka, India Land and Development Conference, New Delhi
• Idiculla, M. (2016, June) An Ideal Scale of Governance? The Possibilities of Multi-tier governance in Bangalore, 3^rd Fordham Comparative Urban Law Conference, University of Hong Kong.
• Idiculla, M. (2015, October) Megaprojects, Governance Transformation and Multiple Suburbanisms in Bangalore, Workshop on Suburban Governance in an Era of Globalizing Urbanization, University of Montréal, Canada
• Idiculla, M. (2015, August) Who Governs the City: Powerlessness of City Government and the Transformation of Governance in Bangalore, RC21 International Conference on The Ideal City: between myth and reality, University of Urbino, Italy. https://www.rc21.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/G5.2‑Idiculla.pdf.pdf

Op-Ed Articles (Selected)

• Idiculla, M. (2021, June 12) Why the fight for upholding federalism should be extended to UTs like Lakshadweep, The News Minute, https://​www​.the​news​minute​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​w​h​y​-​f​i​g​h​t​-​u​p​h​o​l​d​i​n​g​-​f​e​d​e​r​a​l​i​s​m​-​s​h​o​u​l​d​-​b​e​-​e​x​t​e​n​d​e​d​-​u​t​s​-​l​a​k​s​h​a​d​w​e​e​p​-​1​50561
• Idiculla, M. (2021, March 28) Bill giving primacy to Delhi LG shows hollowness of Modi’s claims of co-operative federalism. Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​9​9​0​7​6​0​/​b​i​l​l​-​g​i​v​i​n​g​-​p​r​i​m​a​c​y​-​t​o​-​d​e​l​h​i​-​l​g​-​s​h​o​w​s​-​h​o​l​l​o​w​n​e​s​s​-​o​f​-​m​o​d​i​s​-​c​l​a​i​m​s​-​o​f​-​c​o​-​o​p​e​r​a​t​i​v​e​-​f​e​d​e​r​alism
• Idiculla, M. (2020, September 12) Smothering the housing rights of the urban poor, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​s​m​o​t​h​e​r​i​n​g​-​t​h​e​-​h​o​u​s​i​n​g​-​r​i​g​h​t​s​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​u​r​b​a​n​-​p​o​o​r​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​3​2​5​8​4​4​9​1.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2020, July 13) Hardly smart about urban health care, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​l​e​a​d​/​h​a​r​d​l​y​-​s​m​a​r​t​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​u​r​b​a​n​-​h​e​a​l​t​h​-​c​a​r​e​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​3​2​0​6​0​2​9​6.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2020, June 24) Reviving urban livelihoods post-lockdown through job scheme, Deccan Herald. https://​www​.dec​ca​n​her​ald​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​p​a​n​o​r​a​m​a​/​r​e​v​i​v​i​n​g​-​u​r​b​a​n​-​l​i​v​e​l​i​h​o​o​d​s​-​p​o​s​t​-​l​o​c​k​d​o​w​n​-​t​h​r​o​u​g​h​-​j​o​b​-​s​c​h​e​m​e​-​8​5​3​0​6​9​.html
• Idiculla, M. (2020, April 18) Institutional fixes and the need for ethical politics, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​i​n​s​t​i​t​u​t​i​o​n​a​l​-​f​i​x​e​s​-​a​n​d​-​t​h​e​-​n​e​e​d​-​f​o​r​-​e​t​h​i​c​a​l​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​3​1​3​7​0​4​7​5.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2020, February 22) AAP won Delhi on ​‘Deliverology’: Can the model work beyond city?, The Quint. https://​www​.the​quint​.com/​v​o​i​c​e​s​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​d​e​l​h​i​-​c​m​-​a​r​v​i​n​d​-​k​e​j​r​i​w​a​l​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​s​e​r​v​i​c​e​-​d​e​l​ivery
• Idiculla, M. (2019, September 24) Climate justice through judicial diktat, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​c​l​i​m​a​t​e​-​j​u​s​t​i​c​e​-​t​h​r​o​u​g​h​-​j​u​d​i​c​i​a​l​-​d​i​k​t​a​t​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​9​4​9​3​0​9​3.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2019, July 4) The primacy of the elected, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​t​h​e​-​p​r​i​m​a​c​y​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​e​l​e​c​t​e​d​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​8​2​7​5​5​6​5.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2019, April 4) Rahul Gandhi wants to directly elect mayors. But is it a workable idea for India?, The Print. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​r​a​h​u​l​-​g​a​n​d​h​i​-​w​a​n​t​s​-​t​o​-​d​i​r​e​c​t​l​y​-​e​l​e​c​t​-​m​a​y​o​r​s​-​b​u​t​-​i​s​-​i​t​-​a​-​w​o​r​k​a​b​l​e​-​i​d​e​a​-​f​o​r​-​i​n​d​i​a​/​2​1​6578/
• Idiculla, M., Basole, A. & Narayanan, R. (2019, March 29) The shape of an urban employment guarantee, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​t​h​e​-​s​h​a​p​e​-​o​f​-​a​n​-​u​r​b​a​n​-​e​m​p​l​o​y​m​e​n​t​-​g​u​a​r​a​n​t​e​e​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​6​6​6​7​3​6​0.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2019, February 13) CBI does not need to be saved from Narendra Modi. It needs to be dismantled, Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​9​1​2​6​5​2​/​c​b​i​-​d​o​e​s​-​n​o​t​-​n​e​e​d​-​t​o​-​b​e​-​s​a​v​e​d​-​f​r​o​m​-​n​a​r​e​n​d​r​a​-​m​o​d​i​-​i​t​-​n​e​e​d​s​-​t​o​-​b​e​-​d​i​s​m​a​ntled
• Idiculla, M. (2019, January 11) Let the grassroots breathe, The Hindu, https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​l​e​t​-​t​h​e​-​g​r​a​s​s​r​o​o​t​s​-​b​r​e​a​t​h​e​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​5​9​6​2​4​0​4.ece
• Idiculla, M. & Roy, M. (2018, November 26) Maharashtra has boldly expanded NOTA, with Haryana following suit. Will it pass legal scrutiny?, Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​9​0​2​7​1​6​/​m​a​h​a​r​a​s​h​t​r​a​-​h​a​s​-​b​o​l​d​l​y​-​t​a​k​e​n​-​t​h​e​-​n​o​t​a​-​i​d​e​a​-​f​u​r​t​h​e​r​-​b​u​t​-​w​i​l​l​-​t​h​e​-​m​o​v​e​-​w​i​t​h​s​t​a​n​d​-​l​e​g​a​l​-​s​c​r​utiny
• Idiculla, M. (2018, November 1) City Plights: Indian states’ tight leash on urban governance, The Caravan. https://​car​a​van​magazine​.in/​g​o​v​e​r​n​m​e​n​t​/​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​s​t​a​t​e​s​-​t​i​g​h​t​-​l​e​a​s​h​-​o​n​-​u​r​b​a​n​-​g​o​v​e​r​nance
• Idiculla, M. (2018, October 16) Castles in the air, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​c​a​s​t​l​e​s​-​i​n​-​t​h​e​-​a​i​r​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​5​2​3​0​2​8​9.ece
• Idiculla, M. (2018, September 18) Don’t look to SC to do it, Deccan Herald. https://​www​.dec​ca​n​her​ald​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​m​a​i​n​-​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​d​o​n​-​t​-​l​o​o​k​-​s​c​-​d​o​-​i​t​-​6​9​3​1​5​4​.html
• Idiculla, M. (2018, June 14) The Missing Tiers, The Hindu, https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​t​h​e​-​m​i​s​s​i​n​g​-​t​i​e​r​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​4​1​5​6​7​4​4.ece
• Idiculla, M. & Naik, A. (2018, April 17) Why are Indians immune to reckless police brutality against protestors?, Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​8​7​5​1​5​0​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​-​w​h​y​-​a​r​e​-​i​n​d​i​a​n​s​-​i​m​m​u​n​e​-​t​o​-​r​e​c​k​l​e​s​s​-​p​o​l​i​c​e​-​b​r​u​t​a​l​i​t​y​-​a​g​a​i​n​s​t​-​p​r​o​t​e​stors
• Idiculla, M. (2018, April 3) Federalism and Fairness, The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​f​e​d​e​r​a​l​i​s​m​-​a​n​d​-​f​a​i​r​n​e​s​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​3​4​1​7​8​4​3.ece