Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha Disqualification Stands on Shaky Legal Ground
If his sentence has been suspended by the trial court, are there still grounds for disqualification?
This opinion was published in The Quint on March 31, 2023.
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Alok Prasanna Kumar is a Co-Founder of Vidhi. His areas of research include judicial reforms, constitutional law, urban development, and law and technology. He graduated with a B.A. LL.B. (Hons) from the NALSAR University in 2008 and obtained the BCL from the University of Oxford in 2009. He writes a monthly column for the Economic and Political Weekly apart from media outlets such as Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Indian Express, Scroll, and Quint. He has practiced in the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court from the chambers of Mr Mohan Parasaran.
Naveed is Senior Resident Fellow and Lead with the Crime and Punishment Team at Vidhi. His work focuses on decriminalisation of India's legislative landscape and reimagining India's approach towards Crime & Punishment. Previously, Naveed has worked on criminalisation of drug use and evaluated the government response to increasing violence against women. Naveed holds an undergraduate degree in law from National University of Law, Punjab and a Masters in Law from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.