In ruling against the public disclosure of chargesheets, the Supreme Court contradicts itself

The judgement incorrect in law and is yet another reminder of the apex court’s diminishing respect for its own precedents and jurisprudence.

Prashant Reddy T

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Chitrakshi Jain

· Feb 10, 2023 · 09:00 am

Privacy trumps transparency in the new data protection bill and that’s bad news for democracy

The public interest exception in the Right to Information act has deleted allowing information officers to deny all personal information in public records.

Prashant Reddy T

· Dec 01, 2022 · 09:00 am

‘Truth Pill’: This book examines how some Indian drugs get away without meeting quality standards

An excerpt from ‘The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India’, by Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T.

Dinesh S Thakur

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Prashant Reddy T

· Oct 11, 2022 · 08:30 am

India’s drug approval system is broken but a proposed new law does nothing to fix it

Despite the Drugs Controller General of India having functioned in a whimsical and opaque manner, the draft bill does not curb its vast discretionary powers.

Dinesh Thakur

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Prashant Reddy T

· Aug 06, 2022 · 09:00 am

Why India needs a new law to combat the deaths of workers in sewers and septic tanks

The prohibition in the 2013 legislation has been diluted while a confusing Supreme Court order makes it difficult to get compensation.

Prashant Reddy T

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Harsh Tripathi

· Jul 19, 2022 · 09:00 am

The TRIPs waiver and India: A misadventure and a compromise in Geneva by the government

The country has already exported millions of vaccines while more lie unused. Another reason may be that the Centre realised not much would change on the ground.

Yogesh Pai

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Prashant Reddy T

· Jun 29, 2022 · 07:30 am

How does the Aadhaar grievance redressal system function – and why is UIDAI being opaque about it?

Can a statutory authority granted powers by Parliament delegate its responsibility to a private company?

Prashant Reddy T

· Jun 04, 2022 · 03:38 pm

India needs judicial reforms – but granting more powers to the chief justice won’t solve anything

CJI NV Ramana’s proposal to establish the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India is entirely silent on the issue of financial accountability.

Prashant Reddy T

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Chitrakshi Jain

· Feb 24, 2022 · 09:00 am

Why the Indian government needs to make information about its own legal cases more transparent

The lack of accessible information is a hurdle to those who are attempting to understand the workings of the government through litigation data.

Prashant Reddy T

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Chitrakshi Jain

· Oct 25, 2021 · 06:30 am

Counterpoint: Solving India’s judicial backlog requires a nuanced conversation

Any long-term measures for judicial reform should revolve around increasing transparency and accountability of the system, especially of judges.

Prashant Reddy T

· Jul 16, 2021 · 06:30 am

Even if WTO waives IP on vaccines, India will face challenge translating this into mass production

The barriers are more practical than legal.

Yogesh Pai

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Prashant Reddy T

· Jun 01, 2021 · 07:30 am

Why Bollywood’s new-found love for the abolished Film Certification Appellate Tribunal is surprising

This is not a body known for its intellectual rigour or adherence to basic free speech principles.

Prashant Reddy T

· Apr 15, 2021 · 07:30 am