Note from Faculty Director
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Over the past few months, we have hosted a number of speakers and panels on timely topics that focus on India from a legal perspective. On February 7, guest speakers Dr. Abhishek Singhvi and Justice Arjan Sikri spoke at the Center’s launch event in New Delhi. The guest speakers spoke about the need to reform the Indian judicial system. Smita Narula, Professor at Pace Law School, and Joshua Castellino, Executive Director of Minority Rights Group, delivered lectures at Cornell Law School.
We hope that we will be able to resume our events when it is safe to do so. In the meanwhile, feel free to watch the video recordings of our events, which are available here.
Please see below for more details on our recent events, press coverage of the Center, and a case summary for the Indian Supreme Court case Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India.
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February 7, 2020: India Inauguration of the Cornell India Law Center
See news coverage of the event here.
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February 17, 2020: Joshua Castellino
Executive Director, Minority Rights Group
“The Threat to the Unity and Territorial Integrity of India: The Dangers and Implications of Unravelling the Constitutional Minority Rights Package”
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February 23, 2020: Students in Cornell's International Human Rights Law clinic conduct fieldwork in Assam, India
View the press news coverage here.
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March 5, 2020: Smita Narula
Haub Distinguished Professor of International Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
"India's Food Sovereignty Struggle"
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March 5, 2020: "The Idea of “Indian”: The Long History of Identity, Minority Rights, and Citizenship in Contemporary India," Panel Discussion
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Summaries of Indian Supreme Court Cases
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As part of our effort to make Indian Supreme Court decisions accessible and widely distributed, Cornell Law Center interns are writing short summaries of important Indian Supreme Court decisions. Cornell Law School student Olivia Rosen drafted a summary of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India. Please read the brief summary here.
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