Indian family is changing, the law must play catch-up

Aditya was a Senior Resident Fellow in the Research Director's Office at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. He graduated from the NLSIU Bangalore in 2021 with a BA LLB (Hons). His areas of interest include constitutional law, civil procedure, and dispute resolution. He has academic publications on constitutional law, legislative drafting, and arbitration law in journals such as Statute Law Review and Arbitration International. At Vidhi, he has been providing legislative drafting assistance to various Ministries, Departments, and Authorities of the Central Government and various State Governments.

Mayuri is a Milon K Banerji Senior Resident Fellow at Charkha, Vidhi’s Constitutional Law Centre. She obtained her Doctorate in Law from Gujarat National Law University in 2026. She completed her LL.M. in Constitutional and Administrative Law from Gujarat National Law University in 2017, graduating with the R. B. Mehta Gold Medal, and holds a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Amity Law School, Lucknow (2016). Her work lies at the intersection of constitutional theory and practice, with a focus on electoral reform, federalism, and local governance. At Vidhi, she has been closely involved in research and writing initiatives aimed at strengthening constitutional understanding, including her work on the Centrally Sponsored Schemes, the Anti-defection Law, Delimitation of Electoral Constituencies, and the Constitution Catalogues. She regularly engages with students across academic and professional forums and presents her research at national and international journals, seminars, and conferences. Prior to joining Vidhi, she served as an Assistant Professor of Law.