Pritthish Roy

Pritthish Roy is an Advocate practising before the Supreme Court of India and a graduate student in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. His academic interests lie at the intersection of law, ethics and the rights of minority communities, with a particular interest in questions concerning constitutional rights, religious practices and end-of-life ethics. He holds an LL.M. in Corporate and Commercial Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Before coming to Oxford, Pritthish developed a practice spanning commercial and arbitration disputes, criminal appeals, service law, medical negligence and litigation concerning equality, minority rights and constitutional freedoms. His work has included appearances before the Supreme Court of India in matters raising significant questions of constitutional and public importance. Pritthish previously served as a Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Pankaj Mithal of the Supreme Court of India. He was among the youngest advocates appointed as amicus curiae by the Supreme Court, assisting in family disputes that ultimately resulted in the reconciliation of the parties and withdrawal of cross-cases.

His legal work has also included a sustained commitment to access to justice. Through Mission Accessibility, he drafted and argued pro bono proceedings before the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court concerning the rights of persons with disabilities, including accessibility of digital platforms, discrimination in admissions and accountability of app-based service providers.

Pritthish has also published extensively on the constitutional and philosophical questions raised by gender-based developments, and on the deeper questions surrounding arbitration: its legitimacy, its effectiveness and the public's declining trust in it as a mechanism for fair dispute resolution. 

Email: pritthish.roy@reuben.ox.ac.uk

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