In this article, published on Consitution Day 2018, Vineeth Krishna warns against assuming that India will always remain a constitutional democracy. He argues for viewing the Constitution as a ‘civic’ and emphasises the need to create a popular constitutional culture in India.
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India’s Supreme Court is making landmark judgements in social change
In this article Jayna Kothari argues that – In the last few years, public interest litigation at India’s Supreme Court has brought significant wins for human rights—but success is best assured when litigation is linked to broader mobilization.
ThePrint asks – Bigger hurdle for Indian democracy: Unchecked institutions like courts or autocrat leaders?
While unchecked institutions can pose a hurdle for constitutional democracy in India, autocrats with their ability to subvert the entire institutional landscape are far more dangerous
ThePrint asks: CJI Gogoi’s no leave formula for judges: Fighting backlog in courts or mere rhetoric?
Sudhir Krishnaswamy argues that the no leave policy for judges is a partial and incomplete way to understand delay and congestion in the court system. He puts forth three ways in which this problem could be tackled.
Sumitra Hooda Pednekar & Ors. vs Life Insurance Corporation & Ors
This public interest litigation has been filed by Ms. Sumitra Hooda Pednekar and 6 other…
Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
In 2014 there was a second constitutional challenge to the RTE Act before a 5-judge…
Ghodawat Pan Masala Products and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
In the interest of public health, and pursuant to the Regulations of 2011 issued by…
Society for Un-aided Private Schools of Rajasthan v. Union of India and Anr.
Soon after the RTE Act was enacted, several private schools challenged its constitutional validity in…
23rd
Nov 2018
National Constitution Society Convention 2018
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Venue IIHS, 16th Cross Rd, Sadashiva Nagar, Armane Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560080.
Time 8.30 A.M to 7.15 P.M
11th
Oct 2018
Shaping Law. Shaping Gender – Experiences from India
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Venue Humboldt University of Berlin
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28th
Sep 2018
South Regional Round of ConQuest 2018 in partnership with School of Law, Christ Bangalore
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Venue School of Law, Christ, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029
Time 10 A.M to 1 P.M
28th
Sep 2018
National Finals of ConQuest 2018
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Venue School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru
Time 2 P.M to 4 P.M
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End of ‘face value’ in senior designation, towards transparency in legal elevation
The Karnataka High Court example amply demonstrates that the new process of senior designation gives confidence to the young lawyers without ‘connections’ in the legal profession. It gives them hope that if they are deserving, no one can take away their opportunity to be one day considered for the senior designation. Conferral of this distinction has been duly democratised
Noted women rights and child rights lawyer Jayna Kothari — who has worked with Jaising in the past — has also been designated as a senior advocate.
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Gujarat and Delhi students emerge winners in ConQuest national quiz finals
We conducted the South Regional Rounds and National Final Rounds of ConQuest 2018 on 28th September 2018. ThePrint carried a report on these rounds.
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ConQuest defending champions continue their winning streak by acing western region round
ThePrint’s report on the West regional rounds of ConQuest 2018.
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ConQuest 2018 finalists from eastern region were chosen in Kolkata
ThePrint carried a report on the East Regional Round of ConQuest 2018.
Constitution Day Lecture on the ‘Construction of Exclusion under the Indian Constitution’
In her Constitution Day Lecture on 26 November 2018, to an intimate group of lawyers and members of civil society, Dr Amita Dhanda, professor of law at NALSAR University, spoke on the ‘Construction of Exclusion under the Indian Constitution’. She argued that legal education and training must inculcate a sense of injustice and pay greater attention to groups and communities that are excluded by constitutional text.
CLPR | First National Constitution Society Convention 2018 | Summary of Proceedings
On 23rd November 2018, the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) organised the National Constitution Society (NCS) Convention 2018. The one-day Convention took place at the Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bangalore.
CLPR | First National Constitution Society Convention
On 23rd November, the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) organized the First National Constitution Society (NCS) Convention at the Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bangalore.
First National Constitution Society Convention 2018
On 23rd November, the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) will organize the First National Constitution…