Workshop on
“Socio-Economic Rights in India with Comparative
Constitutional Law Perspectives”
Date: 26-27 July 2013
Venue: The Imperial Hotel
Janpath, New Delhi - 110001
Organised by
The International Association of
Constitutional Law
in Collaboration with
Jindal Global Law School
O.P. Jindal Global University
RSVP: Lt. Dr. Mamta Sharma, Deputy Registrar, JGU, Tel.:
91-8930110713, 0130-3057862
Fax: 0130-3057808; Email: msharma@jgu.edu.in
Friday, 26 July 2013
Welcome Speech
Inaugural Address
Keynote Address
Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:10 am Professor Dr. C. Raj
Kumar, Vice
Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
(JGU) and Dean, Jindal Global Law
School (JGLS)
Professor Upendra Baxi, Professor Emeritus, University of
Warwick & Former
Vice Chancellor, University of
Delhi
Professor Stephen P. Marks, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor
of Health and
Human Rights, Harvard School of
Public Health
Professor David Bilchitz,
Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of
Law, City University of Hong Kong
9:10 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am – 9:45 am
9:45 am – 10:00 am Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of Johannesburg;
Secretary General, International
Association of Constitutional Law (IACL)
INAUGURAL SESSION
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Moderator: Dr. Shivprasad Swaminathan,
Associate Professor and Executive Director, Centre on
Public Law and Jurisprudence, JGLS
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm:
Lunch
l Professor M.P. Singh, Chairperson, Delhi Judicial
Academy
l Professor R. Sudarshan, Dean, Jindal School of Government
and Public Policy (JSGP), JGU
l Dr. Anup Surendranath, Assistant Professor, National Law
University, Delhi
DEFINING THE CONTENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
RIGHTS:
THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
[DRAFT PROGRAMME (as on 9 July 2013)]
Moderator: Professor M.P. Singh,
Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
11:15 am – 11:45 am:
Tea Break
l Professor George Katrougalos, Professor of Public Law,
Demokritos University, Head of Project on Socio-
Economic Rights, IACL
l Professor David Bilchitz,
l Ms. Clara Elana Reales, Former Judge, Constitutional Court
of Columbia
Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of Johannesburg; Director, South African
Institute for Advanced
Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC)
DEFINING THE CONTENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
RIGHTS:
DOCTRINES AND THEORIES IN COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
SESSION I
SESSION II
Moderator: Professor R. Sudarshan, Dean,
Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP),
JGU
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm:
Tea Break
l Professor Dr. C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, JGU and Dean,
JGLS
l Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist, Founder, Bonded
Labour Organisation
l Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Advocate, Supreme Court of India;
Managing Partner, Enviro Legal Defence Firm
OVERCOMING GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES:
CORRUPTION, ENVIRONMENT,
AND BALANCING DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMUNITY
RIGHTS
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Moderator: Professor David Bilchitz,
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
Keynote Address
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Dinner
l Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of
Law, City University of Hong Kong
l Monsanto representative
l Ms. Kathleen A Modrowski, Assistant Dean and Director of
Global Studies, Long Island University
l Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Associate Professor and Executive
Director (Clinical Programmes), JGLS
Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
[TBC]
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
CIVIL SOCIETY IN REALISING SOCIO-ECONOMIC
RIGHTS
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Saturday, 27 July 2013
THE ROLE OF JUDICIARY, SEPARATION OF
POWERS AND REMEDIES
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Moderator: Ms. Justice Ruma Pal, Former
Judge, Supreme Court of India & Chancellor, Sikkim
University
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
11:00 am – 11:30 am:
Tea Break
l Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, High Court of Delhi
l Ms. Justice Gita Mittal, Judge, High Court of Delhi
l Ms. Clara Elena Reales, Former Judge, Constitutional Court
of Columbia
l Mr. Rehan A. Abeyratne, Assistant Professor and Assistant
Dean (Research and Global Initiatives) and
Executive Director, Centre for
Public Interest Law, JGLS
[DRAFT PROGRAMME (as on 9 July 2013)]
SESSION III
SESSION IV
SESSION V
[DRAFT PROGRAMME (as on 9 July 2013)]
Moderator: Professor Dr. C. Raj Kumar,
Vice Chancellor, JGU and Dean, JGLS
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm:
Lunch
l Mr. R. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of
India, Member, Law Commission of India
l Dr. Aman Hingorani, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
l Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist, Founder, Bonded
Labour Organisation
l Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of
Law, City University of Hong Kong
REALISING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS THROUGH
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Moderator:
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm:
Tea Break
Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor,
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
l Mr. Keshav Desiraju, Secretary, Health, Government of
India
l Dr. Uday Shankar, Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi
School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur
l Professor David Bilchitz,
l Ms. Menaka Guruswamy, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of Johannesburg; Director, South African
Institute for Advanced
Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC)
LOOKING AT SPECIFIC RIGHTS: FOOD, WATER,
HEALTH AND HOUSING
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Moderator:
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
Keynote Speaker
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Dinner
Dr. Arun Thiruvengadam, Assistant
Professor & Editor, Asian Journal of Comparative
Law, Faculty of Law, National University
of Singapore, Singapore
l Professor George Katrougalos, Professor of Public Law,
Demokritos University; Head of Project on Socio-
Economic Rights, IACL
l Mr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, National
University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
l Ms Sumeeta Banerji, Assistant Country Director &
Head (Democratic Governance), UNDP
l Dr. Rituparna
Majumdar, Lecturer,
Department of Social Work, Gautam Buddha University
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Dr. Justice Dhananjaya
Y. Chandrachud, Judge, High Court of Bombay
LOOKING AT SPECIFIC RIGHTS – EDUCATION,
CHILD LABOUR,
LIVELIHOOD, AND SOCIAL SECURITY
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
SESSION VI
SESSION VII
SESSION
VIII
