Pranav Verma
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Asst. Prof. @NLSIUofficial. Alum - @cambridgelaw and @NALSAR_Official.
Bengaluru, India
Joined May 2010
Prof. Baxi has described administrative law as "the common law of the Constitution". I show that the TN Governor case captures this vividly: admin law standards of natural justice, relevant criteria, and mala fides become guardrails on powers to assent: https://t.co/t0OPOyS0JT
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This Case Comment argues that by prescribing timelines for the president and the governors to grant or withhold assent to bills in The State of Tamil Nadu v the Governor of Tamil Nadu, decided in...
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Timelines as criteria to guide discretion makes judicial review meaningful. That said, it would be far from uncontroversial and I welcome your thoughts! (5/5)
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I also defend the prescription of timelines. As the court says, their breach does not always lead to a deemed assent - a point missed by many critics of the judgment - but provides a verifiable measure to assess whether the delay was "reasonable". (4/5)
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The court has consistently imposed these standards on all high constitutional offices and on other powers of the president, governors, and even speakers too (excepting the CJI as the master of roster, of course!). (3/5)
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Even as the court doesn't say so, it has clearly applied administrative law standards to provide guardrails on the discretion of presidents and governors when it comes to assenting to bills: decide on relevant criteria; follow natural justice; and act without mala fides. (2/5)
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Coming up before the presidential reference in the TN Governor case, I argue that the Supreme Court would be well advised to stand by its earlier judgment. (đ§”: 1/5)
Ahead of the Presidential Reference, @pranavverma17 analyses the original judgment for the journal. He argues that the court strengthened the rule of law and recommends it stand by the standards of accountability it has imposed. Read here: https://t.co/6f84DJe8Tp
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Excited to share our article analysing the data on women in the higher judiciary and causes for their low numbers in the high courts and the Supreme Court - in the @SLR_NLSIU - with Nithya Rajshekhar and Naibedya Dash -
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As Chief Justice B.R. Gavai completes three months in office, @guavakashyap takes a closer look at some of his administrative decisions and utterances in our newsletter:
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In his term so far, B.R. Gavai has been at pains to stress equality between his office and puisne judgesâand between the SC and the HCs
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"Ten years have passed between 2015 and now, but that impulsive streak remains. J. Pardiwala, going by the rule of seniority, will become Chief Justice of India on May 3, 2028, and will hold office for two years and three months", reminds R. Ramachandran. https://t.co/jxGqsaelLI
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Top judges of the Supreme Court recently took âstrong exceptionâ to Justice Pardiwalaâs order âcastigatingâ Justice Kumar.
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A tale of judicial-administrative power conflation! 1. A SC Judge judicially dictates administrative decisions to a HC master of roster. 13 HC judges resist. 2. The SC master of roster in his administrative capacity successfully nudges the reconsideration of the Judge's order.
SC bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan deletes the offensive and demeaning observations rom its Aug 4 order against an Allahabad HC Judge. CJI had written a letter to Justice Pardiwala to reconsider the order regarding caustic observations against the HC judge.
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My legislative comment on the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 - replacing the Indian Evidence Act 1872 - is finally out in the @NLSIRev. It argues that the BSA is effectively an episodic amendment of IEA masquerading as an exercise in reform! Link:
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This legislative comment is a critical analysis of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (âBSAâ), which has replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (âIEAâ). It analyses the major changes brought in by...
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In this post, we develop an open and systematic ranking system tailored specifically for Indian law journals. Using this we rank 29 generalist law journals in India, including both faculty-edited and student-edited publications.
The scrapping of the UGC-CARE list has left a vacuum in how Indian journals are evaluated. A new index, the Indian Law Journals Ranking System, seeks to address this gap. Its developers write about the model for The NLS Blog. https://t.co/aSI9e48YFQ
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Law schools often, for good reason, invite industry experts to deliver orientation addresses. So it was refreshing to hear Justice Abhay Oka speak to the incoming students at NLSIU. Esp. since he encouraged students to pursue teaching & research - often unexplored in such forums!
#NewAcademicYearAtNLSIU Justice Abhay S. Oka was the special guest speaker at the orientation session for our incoming students. Justice Oka is a former Supreme Court judge of India, who also previously served as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court and as a judge of
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Fascinating to find this 1985 India Today piece by Prabhu Chawla (thanks to @scobserver). The SC here pulls up the govt for âflouting guidelinesâ by appointing "junior" Judges as High Court Chief Justices, through the practice of bringing outsider Judges as Chief Justices.
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#KnowOurFaculty "I completed my undergraduate studies at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and obtained my LLM from the University of Cambridge. My academic and research interests lie in administrative law, criminal law, and legal philosophy. At NLSIU, I teach the core
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My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Ahmedabad. The steady stream of deaths on our buses, trains, stadiums, and planes in India reflects a failure of political accountability. The partisan claim that a moment such as this is ânot the time for politicsâ is a convenient
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CJI Khannâs tenure was marked with a cash controversy and a bigger discussion on transparency in judicial appointments, lot of it initiated by the executive a relentless critic of the Collegium. I analysed his Collegium activity for @scobserver:
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Only six out of 51 recommendations for High Court elevation were women; no woman was proposed for Supreme Court elevation
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Latest on the #NLSBlog: In this episode of #ScholarsInConversation, Prof. Radhika Chitkara and Prof. @pranavverma17 speak to Justice(Dr.) S. Muralidhar (retd.) on criminal justice, prisoners' rights, and legal aid in India. Dive in at: https://t.co/ZusZmSOcxT
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My colleague Radhika and I sat down with Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar (retd) for a conversation on prisons, caste, judicial activism, and more! The conversation is now live on the NLS Blog:
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The âScholars in Conversationâ series features interviews with academics across diverse disciplines and geographies. Anchored by NLSIU faculty members, these conversations explore the work of leading...
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We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for Volume 21(2)! We seek research articles, case comments, and Notes from the Field based on the Special Issue Theme of Law and Culture. Deadline: May 31, 2025
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