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The evaluation is not an end in itself but a means to attract and keep the best legal talent in the judiciary

The Chief Justice of India, at a recent event, proposed an initiative to reward “super-performing” trial court judges as a way to incentivise...

20.03.2024 20

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Uttarakhand UCC gives live-in couples more burdens. There are very few returns

The UCC’s part on live-in relationships, added almost as an afterthought, introduces a novel unwanted concept of “parental consent” into...

07.03.2024 10

ThePrint

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Excluding STs from Uttarakhand UCC exposes a fundamental problem in its concept

ST communities in India are apprehensive about the UCC and its potential impact on land ownership among the community and it being a legal push to...

28.02.2024 10

ThePrint

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Uttarakhand UCC resembles colonial South African law. Kasturba Gandhi fought against it

Like the Uttarakhand UCC, the Esop judgment in 1913 South Africa was supremacist and demeaning to the customs and practices of minorities.

27.02.2024 8

ThePrint

Alok Prasanna Kumar

SC’s decision on Art 370 abrogation does not do justice to its record of upholding federalism

In an earlier article in this newspaper (‘Four years on, J&K questions,’ IE, August 7) I had said that the abrogation of Article 370 raises three...

13.12.2023 10

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Policy framework for water, sanitation, and hygiene services must take into account the impact of extreme climate events

Written by Akhila Sivadas, Rajib Das and Damodaran Koyyal At the recent G20 summit in New Delhi, world leaders reiterated their commitment to...

21.11.2023 10

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

The colonial institution of the governor needs to be brought in sync with the letter and spirit of a federal democracy

Governor of Tamil Nadu R N Ravi has once again reminded us of the constitutional folly of retaining the colonial institution of governor. After the ...

21.11.2023 20

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

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