'No harm in revisiting Constitution & State-Centre Relationships' | Justice Kurian Joseph Exclusive On Stalin's 'State Autonomy' Committee

DMK's Federalism Push Through Kurian Joseph Committee: Stalin's Soft Secessionist Gambit Disguised As Constitutional Reform? - The Commune

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin recently announced the formation of a high-level committee headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph to examine state autonomy and center-state relations. The panel includes former bureaucrat Ashok Vardhan Shetty, economist M. Naganathan, and official T.S. Tirunavukkarasu. Ostensibly created to “safeguard the rights of states” and “rebalance” India’s federal structure, the move reveals more about t…

'No harm in revisiting Constitution & State-Centre Relationships' | Justice Kurian Joseph Exclusive On Stalin's 'State Autonomy' Committee

Justice Kurian Joseph, in an exclusive interview with NewsX, shed light on Stalin’s ‘State Autonomy’ Committee. When asked how this idea was floated to him, what meetings happened and why was this needed, he revealed, “Now, I don’t have much background about this. In fact, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu enquired whether I would be willing to be part of—or rather, heading—a committee which would look into relationships and unrelated mat…