TODAY AT 10AM- CJAR & LiveLaw Seminar On Judicial Appointments And Reforms [WATCH LIVE]

India Society of International Law, New Delhi

Organized by: Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms

AGENDA

10-10:15a.m. - TEA

10:15-10:30a.m.- Introduction: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Advocate & Convenor, Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reform (CJAR)

SESSION 1: EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE IN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS 

10:30a.m.-12p.m.

(Moderator: Ms. Cheryl Dsouza, Secretary, CJAR)

1. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
2. Justice U.U. Lalit, Former Chief Justice of India
3. Dr. Faizan Mustafa, former Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR University, Hyderabad
4. Mr Aditya Sondhi, Sr. Advocate, Karnataka High Court
5. Dr Mohan Gopal, former Director, National Judicial Academy

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SESSION 2: BUILDING A TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE COLLEGIUM

12-1:30p.m.

(Moderator – Mr. Alok Prasanna, Co-founder Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

1. Justice Madan Lokur, former Judge, Supreme Court of India
2. Justice Deepak Gupta, former Judge, Supreme Court of India
3. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court
4. Ms. R. Vaigai – Sr. Advocate, Madras High Court
5. Dr C. Raj Kumar – Founding Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Jindal Global Law School

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SESSION 3: PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORK FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

(2:30-4p.m.)

(Moderators: Mr. Prasanna S. Advocate, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court & Ms. Amrita Johri, Right to Information activist, Satark Nagrik Sanghathan & CJAR)

1. Justice Indira Banerjee, former judge, Supreme Court of India
2. Mr. Sriram Panchu, Senior Advocate, Madras High Court
3. Justice Anjana Prakash, former Judge, Patna High Court
4. Ms. Anjali Bharadwaj, Right to Information activist, Satark Nagrik Sanghatan & CJAR
5. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Advocate, Supreme Court & Convenor, CJAR

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