Leah Verghese, Author at Daksh https://www.dakshindia.org/author/leah-verghese/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:54:48 +0000 en-IN hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://www.dakshindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-daksh-logo-32x32.png Leah Verghese, Author at Daksh https://www.dakshindia.org/author/leah-verghese/ 32 32 National Judicial Reforms Commission: A proposal we ignore at our peril [Part II] https://www.dakshindia.org/national-judicial-reforms-commission-a-proposal-we-ignore-at-our-peril-part-ii/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:30:18 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=40927 The fundamental flaw is the absence of an institutional home for reform: a body empowered to take a comprehensive, long-term view of judicial transformation.

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]]> National Judicial Reforms Commission: A proposal we ignore at our peril [Part I] https://www.dakshindia.org/national-judicial-reforms-commission-a-proposal-we-ignore-at-our-peril-part-i/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:28:50 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=40922 For core and essential functioning, the judiciary must be treated as one unified system, not a federated coalition of wildly individualistic sub-systems.

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]]> The Rule of Law https://www.dakshindia.org/rule-of-law-podcast/ Tue, 21 May 2024 02:05:32 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=23920 Facebook-f Linkedin-in Twitter Youtube Instagram  /  The DAKSH Podcast /  The Rule of Law Our guest for this episode is Justice (retd.) S Muralidhar, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Orissa and former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Delhi High Court. In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that’s... Read More

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]]> The Model Code of Conduct https://www.dakshindia.org/the-model-code-of-conduct/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 02:30:00 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=23792 Facebook-f Linkedin-in Twitter Youtube Instagram  /  The DAKSH Podcast /  The Model Code of Conduct In this episode, the second in our series on elections, Leah Verghese discusses the Election Commission’s Model Code of Conduct. Learn about what role the Model Code of Conduct plays in the conduct of free and fair elections, the effectiveness of... Read More

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]]> Election Commission https://www.dakshindia.org/election-commission-india/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:25:24 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=23737 Facebook-f Linkedin-in Twitter Youtube Instagram  /  The DAKSH Podcast /  Election Commission In this episode, the first in our series on elections, Leah Verghese discusses the Election Commission, the institution that oversees the mammoth task elections in the world’s largest democracy. Learn more about this significant public institution, its origin, evolution, and the important personalities who... Read More

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]]> The End of the Electoral Bond Era https://www.dakshindia.org/the-end-of-the-electoral-bond-era/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:00:17 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=23065 Facebook-f Linkedin-in Twitter Youtube Instagram  /  The DAKSH Podcast /  The End of the Electoral Bond Era This episode is a collaboration with Grand Tamasha, an excellent podcast on the latest developments in Indian politics, economics, foreign policy, society, and culture.Milan Vaishnav, the host of Grand Tamasha, joins us for this bonus episode. On 15 February... Read More

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]]> ಚರ್ಚೆ | ಕೊಲಿಜಿಯಂ: ಮಾದರಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯೇನೂ ಅಲ್ಲ https://www.dakshindia.org/%e0%b2%9a%e0%b2%b0%e0%b3%8d%e0%b2%9a%e0%b3%86-%e0%b2%95%e0%b3%8a%e0%b2%b2%e0%b2%bf%e0%b2%9c%e0%b2%bf%e0%b2%af%e0%b2%82-%e0%b2%ae%e0%b2%be%e0%b2%a6%e0%b2%b0%e0%b2%bf-%e0%b2%b5%e0%b3%8d%e0%b2%af/ Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:12:14 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=18904 Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud on November 15 said that he is keeping a “very close watch” on the listing of cases, bringing to the fore again the debate over the process by which matters are scheduled for hearing.

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]]> A Marketplace of Hurt https://www.dakshindia.org/a-marketplace-of-hurt/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:06:33 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=15465 The public prosecutor has an ethical obligation to balance the interests of the victims, the accused, and society

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]]> ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್‌ ಕಾಲದ ಕಾನೂನು ಕೈಬಿಡಲು ಸಕಾಲ https://www.dakshindia.org/%e0%b2%ac%e0%b2%b0%e0%b2%9f%e0%b2%b7-%e0%b2%95%e0%b2%b2%e0%b2%a6-%e0%b2%95%e0%b2%a8%e0%b2%a8-%e0%b2%95%e0%b2%ac%e0%b2%a1%e0%b2%b2-%e0%b2%b8%e0%b2%95%e0%b2%b2/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 05:46:44 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=6499&preview=true&preview_id=6499 ನಿವೃತ್ತ ಮೇಜರ್‌ ಜನರಲ್‌ ಎಸ್‌.ಜಿ. ಒಂಬತ್ತುಕೆರೆ ಅವರು ಭಾರತೀಯ ದಂಡ ಸಂಹಿತೆಯ (ಐಪಿಸಿ) 124 ಎ ಸೆಕ್ಷನ್‌ನ ಸಾಂವಿಧಾನಿಕ ಸಿಂಧುತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿ ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್‌ಗೆ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ

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]]> Prosecutor, Not Persecutor https://www.dakshindia.org/prosecutor-not-persecutor/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 06:00:11 +0000 https://www.dakshindia.org/?p=6506&preview=true&preview_id=6506 The public prosecutor has an ethical obligation to balance the interests of the victims, the accused, and society

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