Alok Prasanna Kumar

Articles by Alok Prasanna Kumar

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  Apr 12, 2018

  PIL questions CJI Dipak Misra's powers as master of rosters: Supreme Court's judgment raises more questions than it answers

  All of this would have been a bit convincing if perhaps the Supreme Court had not itself expressed doubts about how the CJI can be placed above the Constitution.
  India Supreme Court ConnectTheDots Justice Chandrachud Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra CJI Dipak Misra #Jud#Lashkar-e-Taiba Master of rosters
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  Apr 03, 2018

  Supreme Court judgment on SC/ST Atrocities Act represents overreach, betrays Constitution itself

  The "acknowledged abuse" of the Atrocities Act stands on a somewhat flimsy factual footing
  CriticalPoint NCRB Supreme Court of India Dalits Indian Penal Code Constitution of India Scheduled castes Scheduled tribes adivasis Atrocities Act SC STs
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  Feb 23, 2018

  Three-judge Supreme Court flip-flop shows top court's credibility again under threat; CJI Misra must accept onus

  Dipak Misra's conduct as CJI has been far more damaging to the institution than any other threat the SC has faced in its history.
  Supreme Court ConnectTheDots CJI Land acquisition compensation convention Dipak Misra right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition relief and rehabilitation act judicial precedent judicial crisis
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  Feb 02, 2018

  Simultaneous elections in India: Hard to see tangible benefits, but list of drawbacks continues to grow

  Is India headed towards a system of simultaneous state Assembly and Lok Sabha elections every five years?
  Narendra Modi CriticalPoint Constitution of India Lok Sabha election Good Governance State Assembly Election Ramnath Kovind simultaneous elections
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  Jan 05, 2018

  FIR against Jignesh Mevani, Umar Khalid: Indian police system needs to break free from colonial hangover, political masters

  The FIR seems like an attempt at trying to change the well-documented sequence of facts of what happened on 1 January at Bhima Koregaon.
  Supreme Court InMyOpinion Freedom of Speech Indian Penal Code Constitution of India fundamental rights Umar Khalid Jignesh Mevani Maharashtra bandh Maharashtra violence
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  Oct 28, 2017

  Judiciary vs executive: Is the country's Constitution becoming a victim in this pursuit for supremacy?

  What the "debate" about "judicial overreach" actually obscures is this sorry fact: that increasingly, the executive and the judiciary find themselves on the same page when it comes to trampling all over the Constitution.
  HowThisWorks Supreme Court Judiciary parliament Indian Penal Code Constitution Section 377 National Anthem Executive triple talaq Standing Committees of Parliament Anuj Bhuwania
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  Aug 25, 2017

  Supreme Court verdict debunks view that technology has rendered privacy obsolete

  This argument, that technology has rendered privacy obsolete or less important, has been expressly rejected by the SC judges in their opinions.
  Technology Supreme Court ConnectTheDots Freedom of Speech Judiciary Centre Constitution fundamental rights Right to Privacy
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  Apr 14, 2017

  No democracy without the courts

  A democracy is more than that. It is first and foremost a system of government, and not just the whims of whoever enjoys political power. That means adherence to the procedures and principles enshrined of the Constitution of India while governing.
  Supreme Court Law CriticalPoint Aadhaar Courts Supreme Court of India privacy High Court Constitution Indian law National Anthem long-reads Letter of the law
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  Apr 03, 2017

  Supreme Court demand to record HC trials is a good first step, but a lot depends on implementation

  In the Indian context, the Supreme Court of India has just taken the first step towards making audio-visual recording of court proceedings the norm
  ConnectTheDots CCTV Supreme Court of India RTI Act Pradyuman Bisht
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  Feb 22, 2017

  Jayalalithaa DA case: Supreme Court judgment shows judges' tendency to be verbose in 'visible cases'

  While reading Justice Amitava Roy’s concurring opinion in the J Jayalalithaa DA case, one cannot help but think that it is some sort of an elaborate joke.
  India Supreme Court ConnectTheDots J. Jayalalithaa VK Sasikala Justice Krishna Iyer Justice Amitava Roy National Anthem row