10 Nov 2014|Noida | F1 Seminar Hall
International Symposium on “Constitutional Parameters of Individual Freedom Secularity, Public Interest & Social Reform” at Amity
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Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (AIALS) organized a day long International Symposium on “Constitutional Parameters of Individual Freedom Secularity, Public Interest & Social Reform” at Amity Campus, Sector- 125, Noida. The event was organized jointly by Association of Scholars of Religion and Law (India) and International Centre for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, USA.
The Presentation was presided jointly by Judge Clifford Wallace, Chief Judge Emeritus, Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, US, and Justice DM Dharmadhikari, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India.
The eminent speakers across the globe highlighted the influence of religion upon the Constitution of various countries and the changing dimensions of the individual freedom in present time through leading judicial pronouncements.
The learned speakers included Professor W Cole Durham Jr, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU, USA, Professor Asher Maoz, Founder Dean, Peres Academic Center Law School, Israel, Professor Carmen Asiain Pereira, Professor of Law and Religion, University of Montevideo, Uruguay, Professor Tore Lindholm, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway, Justice Jaspal Singh, Former Judge, Delhi High Court.
Dr Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, during the occasion, expressed his pleasure in organizing an event of such a magnanimous stature in the campus. He felicitated the students and the faculty members with books for their curious responses in the open session.
The subsequent discussions were co-ordinated by Professor Cole Durham and Professor Dr Tahir Mahmood, Chairman AIALS wherein the participants deliberated upon the views expressed by the presenters such as Dr Manoj Kumar Sinha, Professor & Director, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, Dr Kiran Gupta, Professor of Law, Delhi University, Dr Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, Dr AK Merchant, Bahai Scholar & Trustee, Bahai House, Delhi, Dr MP Raju, Advocate Supreme Court of India besides other distinguished speakers from academia, judiciary and faculty, staff and students of AIALS.