Teaching
Courses
Jul 2024
Mar 2024
Nov 2023
July 2023
Education
B.A., L.L.B. (Hons.), NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
LLM, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Ph.D, NALSAR University of Law (Ongoing)
Profile
Pranav was previously an Assistant Professor at NALSAR University of Law where he taught core courses on ‘Law of Evidence’ and ‘Administrative Law’, apart from two elective courses on ‘The Death Penalty in India’ and ‘Jurisprudence and the Paradox of Wicked Laws’. During his time at NALSAR, he also coordinated the University’s flagship Lecture Series on Constitutionalism, and organized guest lectures from distinguished speakers.
His academic interests lie in public law and criminal law. These interests are also reflected in his ongoing research and publications. Currently, he is part of an ongoing research study on extra-judicial killings in India.
Pranav is is currently pursuing his doctoral studies from NALSAR as part of which he is investigating the Chief Justice of India’s administrative discretion of constituting benches and allocating subject-matters to them, in the specific backdrop of cases perceived to be politically sensitive.
Research interests
His research interests lie in constitutional law and criminal law. He explored the practice of death sentencing in India as part of his Master’s programme and is currently studying the CJI’s administrative discretion to set up benches and allocate cases to them as part of his doctoral work.
Publications
Journal articles
Pranav Verma, ‘The Fate of Essential Religious Practices in India’s Constitutional Courts‘, Journal of Asian Studies (Duke University Press), Vol. 83.3, August 2024 [accepted paper]
Pranav Verma, ‘COVID-19 and Rule by Decree – A Case Study of The NCT of Delhi’, Indian Law Review (Taylor and Francis), Vol. 7, Issue 1 (February, 2023), 118-136, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24730580.2023.2177813.
Faizan Mustafa and Pranav Verma, ‘Assessing Justice N V Ramana’s Term as CJI’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 57, Nos 44 and 45, 14-17, https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/44-45/commentary/assessing-justice-n-v-ramanas-term-cji.html.
Pranav Verma, ‘National Capital Territory of Delhi’ in NALSAR’s ‘Annual Survey of State Laws in India – 2020’ (ed Amita Dhanda and Faizan Mustafa), 183-193, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MhyzUnV8IoRMiou9xxLMcuKELhvwOdVp/view.
Pranav Verma, ‘The Inevitable Inconsistency of the Death Penalty in India’, published in the Cambridge Law Review (2021) Vol VI, Issue ii, 24-61, available at: https://www.cambridgelawreview.org/issues-volume-vi.
Arpita Chanana and Pranav Verma, ‘Critiquing the Corporate Social Responsibility Provisions Under the Companies Act, 2013’, N.L.U. Odisha Student Law Journal, ISSN 2350-062X, Vol. 2, (2014).
Book Reviews
Pranav Verma, ‘Slipping into Judicial Barbarism?’ Book Review of ‘Unsealed Covers’, Biblio: A Review of Books, 29(1-3) January-March 2024, p. 17.
Opinion Pieces
TheWire.in; ‘Brokering Justice in Uttarakhand’, http://thewire.in/36629/brokering-justice-in-uttarakhand/.
TheWire.in; ‘Delhi Power Tussle: LG is Flirting Dangerously Close to Contempt of Court’, https://thewire.in/law/delhi-power-tussle-lg-is-flirting-dangerously-close-to-contempt-of-court;
‘Law and Other Things’; ‘Of Law and Politics in Delhi: A Recipe for Contempt of Court’’, https://lawandotherthings.com/2018/09/of-law-and-politics-in-delhi-a-recipe-for-contempt-of-court/.
TheWire.in; ‘The Lathi and India’s Colonial Cure for the Coronavirus’ (co-authored), https://thewire.in/law/police-lathi-coronavirus-lockdown.
The Hindu (Op-ed), ‘Reaffirm Cooperative Federalism’ (co-authored), 13 May 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/reaffirm-cooperative-federalism/article31567966.ece?fbclid=IwAR1OuP1puuaCIQZaRIpgbPQserxxyYOpD1ECTpVvzMlsvswpribWnr_mU54.
TheWire.in; ‘The State Can’t Ignore Legal Safeguards Meant to Protect Citizens from Itself’, https://thewire.in/law/vikas-dubey-encounter-killings-rule-of-law.
Deccan Chronicle, and The Asian Age (Op-ed), ‘A Controversial Judge with A Tumultuous Legacy’ (co-authored with Faizan Mustafa), 7 September 2020, http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=15087033 and http://onlineepaper.asianage.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=15087210
The Hindu (Op-ed), ‘An Unconstitutional Harvest’ (co-authored), 06 October 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/an-unconstitutional-harvest/article32776048.ece.
TheWire.in; ‘Supreme Court’s Role Is to Dispense ‘Justice’, Not to Arrive at Negotiated Settlements’, https://thewire.in/law/supreme-courts-role-is-to-dispense-justice-not-to-arrive-at-negotiated-settlements
The Hindu (Op-ed), ‘Master and roster’, 02 March 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/master-and-the-roster/article33965207.ece
Blog Pieces
Pranav Verma and Anupama Sharma, ‘Bharatiya Sakshya Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, NLS Blog, Link: https://www.nls.ac.in/blog/bharatiya-sakshya-bill-implications-of-proposed-changes-to-the-indian-evidence-act-1872/