Elected Representatives v/s Eminent Representatives from the Civil Society
Centre for Law and Policy Research jointly with the Bangalore International Centre and the Oxford and Cambridge Society for Bangalore, India organised a talk on “Elected Representative v/s Eminent...
View ArticleRound Table Discussion on the RTE Judgment
National Law School of India University’s research centre, Centre for Child and the Law in collaboration with the Law and Society Committee invited Centre for Law and Policy Research for a round table...
View ArticleDiscussion: Resisting Internet Censorship
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Foundation for Media Professionals are organising a discussion on ’Resisting Internet Censorship: Strategies for Furthering Freedom of Expression in India‘...
View ArticleCLPR discussion on the RTE judgment – 27 April
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court passed a landmark judgment on the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. The petitions leading to the judgment...
View ArticleSeminar – Constitutional protection of social rights: Comparative perspectives
Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Jayna Kothari are participating in a Seminar on Constitutional Protection of Social Rights: Comparative Perspectives organised by the CHR Michelsen Institute on 8 May. Sudhir...
View ArticleInternet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics
Digital Empowerment Foundation and Association for Progressive Communications are organising a National Consultative Workshop on Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation and Ethics. The...
View ArticleSuchitra Seminar: Copyright, Culture, Media & Identity
The Parliament has recently passed the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2012 and it is now pending for the President’s assent. The Bill was discussed at the Seminar on Copyright, Culture, Media &...
View ArticleDirective Principles and The Changing Economic Constitution
Professor John O’Dowd will present a paper titled “Directive Principles and The Changing Economic Constitution”. The talk will focus on Directive Principles under the Irish Constitution in the context...
View ArticleLok Sabha passes the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill
The Lok Sabha on September 3rd, 2012 passed the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012. The Bill was introduced by Krishna Tirath, the Minister of...
View ArticleHindu Business Line: Folly of Mandating spectrum auctions
CLPR’s Jayna Kothari comments in the Hindu Business Line on the ‘Folly of Mandating Spectrum Auctions’ where she discusses the legality of the order of the Supreme Court in the 2G case (CPIL &...
View ArticleThe Economic Times: Why the Supreme Court is not the Bulwark of the...
Sudhir Krishnaswamy from CLPR and Abhayraj Naik from the Law, Governance and Development Initiative of the Azim Premji University, jointly authored the article “Poke Me: Why the Supreme Court is not...
View ArticlePresentation and Discussion on the Gandhian Praxis of Freedom by Rajeev Kadambi
CLPR organised an event on January 11, 2013 to discuss the ongoing work of Rajeev Kadambi on the Gandhian Praxis of Freedom. The working paper explores the relationship of Gandhi with the concept of...
View ArticleKarnataka High Court issues notice on vacancies in Consumer Forums
The Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the State government, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and the Karnataka State Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission in a public...
View ArticleSeminar Magazine: The Supreme Court on 2G: signal and noise
Volume No. 642 of ‘Seminar’ published in February 2013, featured an article “The Supreme Court on 2G: signal and noise” written by CLPR’s Sudhir Krishnaswamy. The edition contained pieces relevant to...
View ArticleHC grants interim stay on the Upper Bhadra Project (CLPR Litigation)
The High Court of Karnataka today granted an interim stay in a petition filed against the Upper Bhadra Project – a project touted to replenish agricultural lands in Chitradurga and Kolar districts of...
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How do the UID and NPR impact citizenship?
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Say NO to UID Campaign are organising a discussion on ‘The present state of UID and NPR schemes’ on Saturday 2nd March, 2013, from 10.30 am to 2.00 pm at...
View ArticleGender Justice and India’s Obligations Under International Conventions
A brief of the most important international rules in the matter of male/female equality. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, is not a treaty in itself but defines ‘fundamental freedoms’...
View ArticleSexual Harassment at the Workplace in the view of the Justice Verma Commitee
In the Vishakha Judgment the petitioner sought to enforce the fundamental rights of working women. The said petition wanted an enforcement of Article 14, 19 and 21 ‘in view of the prevailing climate in...
View ArticleKarnataka HC recognises the adoptee’s right to know the identity of their...
On March 21, 2013 the Karnataka High Court directed the Ullal police to assist Ms. Maria Chaya Schupp in her search for her biological mother and to investigate the conditions under which she was given...
View ArticleGerman national hopes to find her biological mother
Police asked to help her, she suspects she was a child trafficking’s victim Chaya Maria Schupp is a 36-year-old resident of Dieburg, 30km from Frankfurt in southern Germany, was adopted by a...
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