Credence matters
This opinion was published in The Telegraph Online on February 10, 2026.
About the Authors
Lalit Panda is a Specialist (Rights and Regulation) at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi, having originally joined in 2017 after a brief stint in the 21st Law Commission of India. He has produced research and advised on a wide range of subjects in public law, technology law, and regulation, with core interests in equality and discrimination, data protection, and regulatory design. He maintains a deep interest in understanding the unique roles of legal, economic, and political theory in policy choice, and has written on a number of issues in law and policy for media outlets and academic journals. He holds an undergraduate and a postgraduate degree in law from Gujarat National Law University and Harvard Law School, respectively.