India's Legal Crisis: Why Justice Delayed Is Destroying Economic Growth | Book Launch| #sangamtalks

Former Chief Justice AK Patnaik talks about Adv. Anand Prasad’s book “Unshackling the Elephant” and reveals the catastrophic breakdown of India's judicial system and its devastating impact on economic growth. The panel discusses the case backlogs, broken bail systems, and perverse incentives that are crippling India's development potential, while exposing systemic failures that threaten India's rise as a global power. Essential viewing for policymakers, legal professionals, and citizens seeking urgent judicial reforms. Key Points: • Issues in contract enforcement and ease of doing business • Broken incentive structures benefits lawyers and guilty parties over justice • The economic cost of judicial delays on India's growth trajectory About the Speakers: Justice AK Patnaik is an Indian jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He served as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh High Courts before his elevation to the Supreme Court (2009–2014). He has also headed key legal bodies and was part of landmark rulings on electoral disqualification, governance, and institutional accountability. Anand Prasad is an author and corporate/ commercial lawyer with 30+ years’ experience advising domestic and international clients. He is the co-founder of Trilegal. In 2019, he founded AP & Partners and was recognized by Legal 500 and Chambers as a market leader in corporate and commercial law in India. Justice Siddharth Mridul is an Indian jurist who served as the 7th Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court and earlier as a judge of the Delhi High Court. He is known for his expertise in criminal, civil, and constitutional law. S. Niranjan Reddy is a senior advocate practicing before the Supreme Court of India and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, and a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament since 2022 from Andhra Pradesh. He is known for his active parliamentary role. Apoorva Mandhani is a Senior Assistant Editor at ThePrint, reporting on crime, justice, politics, and policy. She has authored 1,500+ articles, previously worked at LiveLaw, and co-hosts #ShekharSeSawaal. Shweta Rajpal Kohli is the President & CEO of the Startup Policy Forum (SPF), representing over 60 of India’s leading new-age startups. She has held senior policy roles at Peak XV, Salesforce, and Uber. Rahul Ahluwalia is the director of Foundation for Economic Development, and author of ‘Makings of Miracles in Indian States’. He also serves as Associate Project Director for Governance at Central Square Foundation. Moksha Bhat is the first Managing Partner of AP & Partners. A co-founder of the firm, he leads its operations and strategic direction. Topics Covered: 00:00 Introduction: Issues of Legal System in India 01:01 Former Chief Justice AK Patnaik's Judicial Experience 07:55 Legal Reforms Required in India 15:37 Courts, Decay of Rule of Law and Reforms 23:54 Anand Prasad – The Man Behind the Book 27:24 Issues, Delays and Consequences in Justice System 30:39 Need of Changes in Legal Structure in India 36:41 Can Shortfall of Judges be Addressed by Technology 40:33 Management Skill and Need in Judicial System 46:28 Measures to Speed-Up the Court System 50:10 Judicial Crisis as India's Biggest Growth Vulnerability #IndianJudiciary #LegalReform #EconomicGrowth Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nhAUpe7aBm1rFCBgoWWcA/join Join our YouTube channel to get updated on new video releases: SangamTalks : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalks SangamTalks Hindi : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksHindi SangamTalks Business : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamBusiness SangamTalks Punjabi : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksPunjabi SangamTalks Tamil : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksTamiz SangamTalks Malayalam : https://www.youtube.com/@sangamtalksmalayalam SangamTalks Bangla : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksBangla SangamTalks Marathi : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksMarathi SangamTalks Kannada : https://www.youtube.com/@sangamTalkskannada SangamTalks Bhojpuri : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksBhojpuri SangamTalks Religion : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksReligion SangamTalks History : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksHistory SangamTalks IKS : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksIKS SangamTalks Media : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksClips SangamTalks Shorts : https://www.youtube.com/@SangamTalksShorts For updates, you may follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sangamtalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sangamtalks/ Telegram: https://t.me/sangamtalks Twitter /X : https://twitter.com/sangamtalks WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va95hH77z4kb3h4JaD1s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sangamtalks Website: https://www.sangamtalks.org Donate: https://www.sangamtalks.org/donate