TIME |
PANEL THEME |
SPEAKERS |
18 September 2015 | Friday |
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1100 -1115 hrs | Welcome address | Dr C Rajkumar, Vice-Chancellor, O P Jindal Global University |
1115 - 1130 hrs | Opening remarks | Dr Parth J Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society |
1130 – 1230 hrs | Key Note Address | Prof Michael C. Davis, Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong |
1230 – 1245 hrs | # Best Student Research Paper Award Announcement | |
1245 – 1345 hrs | Lunch | |
1345 – 1515 hrs | Liberty vs. Equality: Is precedence to Directive Principles of State Policy over Fundamental Rights judicial activism or constitutional mandate? | Prof Satya Prateek, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Centre on Public Law & Jurisprudence, Jindal Global Law School (JGLS); Prof Shruti Rajgopalan, Assistant Professor in Economics at Purchase College, State University of New York Prof Harsimran Kalra, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP) |
1515 – 1530 hrs | Tea/ Coffee break | |
1530 – 1700 hrs | License-Permit Raj to Competition Era: Competition law policy as it relates to reforming a burdensome regulatory legal system that interferes with free-markets in favour of one that promotes competition, entrepreneurship, and individual choice | Prof Avirup Bose, Assistant Professor (competition law and policy), Jindal Global Law School, (Former) Expert Consultant, Competition Commission of India; Dr Vijay Kumar Singh, Associate Professor and Head at the School of Corporate Law, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA); Former Deputy Director (Law), Competition Commission of India, India; Madhavi Divan, Advocate - The Supreme Court of India, Delhi; Prof Anna Lamut, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School |
19 September 2015 | Saturday |
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1030 – 1230 hrs | Separation of Powers: Judicial activism usurping executive powers, especially as it relates to interference with, and regulation of, commerce | Prof Saikrishna Prakash, James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor, University of Virginia, US; Arghya Sengupta, Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Law and Policy, Delhi; Shubho Roy, Legal Consultant – National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, Delhi |
1230 – 1330 hrs | Lunch | |
1330 – 1500 hrs | Individual Rights v. Minority Rights: The need to protect individual rights from group rights of minorities and other disadvantaged groups | Vikramjit Banerjee, Advocate – Supreme Court of India; Gautam Bhatia, Rhodes Scholar, Author and Advocate, Delhi; James Kelly, Director of International Affairs - Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, US |
1500 – 1515 hrs | Tea/ Coffee break | |
1515 – 1645 hrs | Right to Property: Protecting the right to property from legal and regulatory infringement at all levels of government | Prof James Huffman, Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law, Lewis and Clarke Law School; Prof Khagesh Gautam, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence, JGLS; Prashant Narang, Advocate - iJustice |
1645 – 1650 hrs | Vote of Thanks | Prashant Narang, Advocate - iJustice |