Neha’s experience spans the courtroom and the research space, bringing together legal practice with a broader interest in rights, justice and the institutions that shape the legal profession. She has practised before the High Court of Karnataka, trial courts and various judicial and quasi-judicial forums, working across civil, commercial and criminal matters. Her work has also included research and litigation on gender justice, disability rights and access to justice.

Neha holds an LL.M. from the National Law School of India University, where she graduated as a Gold Medallist, and a B.A., LL.B. from Ramaiah College of Law, where she secured the eighth rank university-wide. She has previously worked as a Research & Litigation Associate at the Centre for Law and Policy Research, contributing to research, litigation and legal resources on disability rights and gender justice, including work relating to the POSH Act.

Her interests lie in understanding how law works in practice, particularly in relation to gender, access to justice and the legal profession. Having spent time on both sides of the research-practice divide, she is especially interested in questions that emerge from the gap between how the law is imagined and how it is actually experienced.