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CLPR is convinced that governance which results in sustainable living environments is integral to improving the quality of life of citizens in cities and urban areas.
We conduct research and collaborate with various state agencies to develop sound policies for the development of well-planned urban living spaces.
City Plights: Indian states’ tight leash on urban governance
Mathew Idicualla writes an essay in The Caravan on urban governance issues in India.
Castles in the air
Last week, Paul Romer (along with William Nordhaus) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on “endogenous growth theory”. Interestingly, Romer has also been championing the creation of Charter Cities – new cities with distinct laws that seek to attract investment and economic growth. In this op-ed, Mathew Idiculla critically examine the motivations and the realities of such an idea in the Indian context.
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.
Citizens Action Group vs State of Karnataka
The Citizens Action Group has filed the present petition by way of Public Interest Litigation…
Brigade Enterprises Limited & Anr v State of Karnataka & Ors.
This is a petition in which CLPR is representing a wildlife conservationist Mr. D.V. Girish,…
D V Girish & Ors. vs State of Karnataka & Ors.
This is an Appeal filed by the 4 appellants who are wildlife conservationists, against the…
08th
Dec 2018
Workshop on The Future of Urban Governance in India
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Venue Centre for Law and Policy Research D6, Donna Cynthia,35, Primrose Road,Craig Park Layout, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025
Time 9:30 A.M - 5:30 P.M
12th
Nov 2018
Looking Back at 25 years: A Review of the 74th Amendment
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Venue United Theological College, Bangalore
Time 11A.M to 12.30 P.M
15th
Oct 2018
Conversation on Governance: Decoding the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2018 By Mathew Idiculla
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Venue WRI
Time 3.30 P.M to 5.00 P.M
04th
Nov 2016
TheLeaflet
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.
Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group
Rethinking Urbanization and Right to the City
Mathew Idiculla was invited to speak at the “Rethinking Urbanization and Right to the City” Conference which was held on October 2nd, 2018 in the context of the World Habitat Day . “In the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhiji, it is only fitting that we talk about local self government, decentralization of governance”, he added while speaking on the 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India, 2018.
New Indian Express
Legal Aid? What’s that, ask prisoners
In our research, we have designed a qualitative study of court observations over a period of 45 days in lower criminal courts chosen randomly in three districts in Karnataka i.e. Bengaluru, Dharwad, and Tumakuru.
Constitutional Local Government @ 25 | The Future of Urban Governance in India | Agenda
Constitutional Local Government @ 25 The Future of Urban Governance in India Centre for Law…
Presentation at the IGSSS National Roundtable – “Looking Back at 25 years: A Review of the 74th Amendment”
(Mathew Idiculla gave a talk on 12th November 2018 at UTC on the 74th Amendment…
Forthcoming empirical study on Reducing Under Trial Detention in India
The ballooning under-trial population in India is widely acknowledged to be a serious challenge to the effectiveness and legitimacy of India’s criminal justice system. So far academic, policy and civil society work on this problem has focused on analysing the under-trial prison population after they are detained. In this study we engage with the problem at an earlier stage in the criminal justice process, i.e., the bail decision in the law courts.
Last Week at CLPR: 11th – 17th March 2018
Last week at CLPR: CLPR: On International Women’s Day 2018 (6th March) the United Nations…