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In Tamil Nadu case, SC right to curb governors' powers but went overboard with directions to president

14.04.2025 9

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

A G Noorani (1930–2024)

[Priyanka K Roy, an intern at Vidhi, provided research inputs for this article.] I first came across an article by A G Noorani as a law student. I...

27.12.2024 6

EPW

Alok Prasanna Kumar

On rediscovering an old love and learning to enjoy the journey

We need to finalise the subject for this week’s column. Any ideas? The winter session of Parliament is still more than a fortnight away, so the...

08.11.2024 6

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

SC has said that not all private property qualifies as ‘material resources of the community’

At the heart of the Supreme Court’s nine-judge bench decision in the Property Owners Association v State of Maharashtra (2024) case is an old...

08.11.2024 10

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

DY Chandrachud’s legacy is he put a fresh coat of paint on SC. It needed structural changes

Superficial steps that only burnish the CJI’s image has been a hallmark of DY Chandrachud’s changes on the administrative side of the SC.

30.10.2024 4

ThePrint

Alok Prasanna Kumar

DY Chandrachud ceded control to the govt. It took over judicial appointment process

During Chandrachud’s tenure, there was little, if any, resistance to the government’s control over the appointment and transfer process. Two major...

29.10.2024 5

ThePrint

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Making sense of DY Chandrachud’s legacy isn’t easy. It’s complicated, confounding

There are 3 broad categories of Chandrachud rulings: those where rhetoric matched impact, those that were high-minded but not too impactful, and...

28.10.2024 5

ThePrint

Alok Prasanna Kumar

The citizenship question in Assam is far from over

The Supreme Court did the right thing in holding Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, constitutionally valid. In doing so, it has also...

21.10.2024 10

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Judges seem to be under the impression that it is “safer” to simply deny bail and toe the government’s line in criminal cases

14.09.2024 5

Indian Express

Alok Prasanna Kumar