Surya Prakash, Author at Daksh

Open Courts and Media

Surya Prakash — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:06:57 +0000

Open courts are an important aspect of the justice system that engender trust in its functioning. Justice being seen to be done is as important as justice being done. The role of the media in this regard is significant.

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Building a Single Source for Laws in India – Approach and Ideas

Surya Prakash — Wed, 05 May 2021 11:05:06 +0000

A recent policy decision to allow the private sector into mapping is rightly hailed as historic. It reverses a policy position that was in practice for at least 250 years that allowed only the Survey of India to publish detailed maps of the territory of India.

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Leading By a Distance

Surya Prakash — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:51:32 +0000

Who amongst us has not been tracking the Corona virus related numbers – how many have tested positive, how many recovered and how many couldn’t make it, at a country level and state level? There has also been great interest in the number of people being tested and whether the level of testing in India has been sufficient to give us comfort that the pandemic is under control.

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Appointment of Judges to Higher Courts Governed by Instrument Lacking Democratic Scrutiny

Surya Prakash — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:11:00 +0000

A more widespread discussion on the Memorandum of Procedure is necessary because the process of appointment needs an overhaul.

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Revamping the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Surya Prakash — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:23:12 +0000

The debate since then has largely centered on the soundness of economic thinking behind the decision, the failure to plan its implementation properly, and the potential impacts, positive or negative, on 'black money' in the country.

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Timely Hindsight

Surya Prakash — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 09:51:47 +0000

The Karnataka Sakala Services Act, 2011 (‘Sakala’) was enacted to guarantee time bound government services to citizens of Karnataka.

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The Curious Case of ‘Case Management’

Surya Prakash — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:25:01 +0000

Recently there were reports of the announcement of a joint conference of the chief ministers and the chief justices of the various High Courts called by the Chief Justice of India.

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Are More Fresh Filings Causing Judicial Pendency?

Surya Prakash — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:38:13 +0000

Have the number of cases filed in courts gone up so substantially as to be the main reason for the backlog of cases in courts? In the opinion of Justice Gopala Gowda, that is indeed so.

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Quantitative Metrics in the ‘Collegium System’

Surya Prakash — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 07:54:58 +0000

The debate on the ‘collegium system’ of judges’ appointment needs to move towards discussing what quantitative metrics should be used rather than whether it should be adopted at all.

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Fast Track Commercial Courts

Surya Prakash — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:16:00 +0000

Recent developments seeking to set up fast track commercial courts are a good example of how our judicial reform process is hampered by lack of relevant data and clear reasoning.

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