CJAR Seminar TOMORROW On Supreme Court's Judicial Administration & Management And Its Trend On Cases Involving Civil Liberties & Political Rights
Aiman J. Chishti
23 Feb 2024 3:39 PM GMT
Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms in partnership with The Wire and LiveLaw is organizing seminar on "Supreme Court Judicial Administration & Management- Issues & Concerns" and "The Supreme Court's recent trend on cases involving Civil Liberties & Political Rights" on February 24 at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi.To discuss these twin issues...
Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms in partnership with The Wire and LiveLaw is organizing seminar on "Supreme Court Judicial Administration & Management- Issues & Concerns" and "The Supreme Court's recent trend on cases involving Civil Liberties & Political Rights" on February 24 at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi.
To discuss these twin issues of seminal importance, the seminar will bring together former judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, senior advocates and members of civil society. The following are the panelists:
Session 1: Supreme Court Judicial Administration & Management - Issues & Concerns; (10 a.m.-1p.m.)
Tribute to eminent jurist and senior advocate Mr. Fali S. Norman by Vipul Mudgal, Director Common Cause and member CJAR
Introduction: Cheryl Dsouza, Advocate and member, CJAR
Moderator: Alok Prasanna, Co-founder Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
1. Justice Madan B. Lokur, former judge, Supreme Court
2. Justice Kurian Joseph, former judge, Supreme Court
3. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court
4. Justice Rekha Sharma, former Judge, Delhi High Court
5. Justice Govind Mathur, former Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court
6. Kamini Jaiswal, Advocate, Supreme Court
7. Meenakshi Arora, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
8. Gautam Bhatia, Advocate, Supreme Court
9. Prashant Bhushan, Advocate and Convenor, CJAR
Session 2: The Supreme Court's recent trend on cases involving Civil Liberties & Political Rights: (2p.m.- 5p.m.)
Moderator: Anjali Bhardwaj, Right to Information activist, Satark Nagrik Sanghatan & CJAR
Introduction – Mr. Prsanna S. Article 21 Trust and member, CJAR
1. Justice AK Patnaik, former Judge, Supreme Court
2. Justice Indira Banerjee, former Judge, Supreme Court
3. Prof Mohan Gopal, former Director, National Judicial Academy
4. Trideep Pais, Senior Advocate
5. Kapil Sibal, Senior Advocate
6. Chander Uday Singh, Senior Advocate
7. Mihir Desai, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court
8. Warisha Farasat, Advocate, Delhi High Court & Supreme Court
Session 3: Resolutions and way forward (5 - 5:30p.m.)
Moderated by: Indira Unninayar, Advocate Supreme Court & Amrita Johri, RTI Activist, SNS, members CJAR working committee.
LiveLaw And The Wire are the Media Partners of the event.
