2ND ALL INDIA LEGAL HISTORY CONGRESS (A VIRTUAL PROGRAMME) 21st & 22nd May, 2021
Organised by TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
Funded by
GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
Theme: PURSUIT OF LEGAL HISTORY OF INDIA IN THE 21st CENTURY
TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY NAVALURKUTTAPPATU DINDIGUL MAIN ROAD TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620027 TELEPHONE: +91 431 2692101 / 2692111 www.tnnlu.ac.in
PROGRAMME & TECHNICAL SECTIONS
DAY - 1 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY)
Time: 09.30 AM - 11.00 AM
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98523462714?pwd=UUtuQkZGdldtR1FPRkJ4bzlnWXVEQT09
INAGURAL PROGRAMME
Thamizhthai Vazhthu
Dr. M. Britto Stalin Welcome Address Assistant Professor of History & Convenor of 2nd AILHC, TNNLU Background to the All-India Legal History Dr. Richa Sharma Congress and the Indian Association of Assistant Professor of History Legal History GNLU, Gandhinagar Release of Edited Book of Select Papers Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjib Banerjee of 1st AILHC (2020) and Chief Justice of Madras High Court & Address by the Chief Guest Chancellor of TNNLU Prof. (Dr.) Anthony Musson Key Note Address Head of Research at Historic Royal Palaces & Formerly Director of the Bracton Centre for Legal “MAKING LEGAL HISTORY IN INDIA” History Research at the Law School, University of Exeter, England Prof. (Dr.) V.S. Elizabeth Presidential Address Vice-Chancellor, TNNLU
Ms. K.R. Leela, Vote of Thanks Registrar (Senior Civil Judge), TNNLU National Anthem
Date: 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY) Time: 11.30 AM - 01.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/98847700581?pwd=YnMvU0lNZTVVTjMwYUFoWEJuTktGdz09 TECHNICAL SECTION - IV A LEGAL HISTORY FROM 1700 AD TO 1947AD
Lead Speaker
Dr. Santhosh Abraham Assistant Professor of History IIT Madras
Title: MOMENTS OF NEW LEGALITIES IN BRITISH COLONIAL INDIA
Chairperson Prof. (Dr.) Anindita Mukhopadhyay Department of History University of Hyderabad, Telangana
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Associate Professor of Establishment of the Rule of Law in 1 Dr. Bikramjit De LHC21S401 Legal History, NUJS, Early Colonial India (1600-1861) Kolkata Assistant Professor, Department of History, Genesis of Judiciary in Dr. K. Rajesh 2 LHC21S402 Thiruvalluvar College, Tiruchirappalli District under the
Babanasam, Colonial Rule (1801 – 1858) Tirunelveli Assistant Professor, Dalits and Restricted Democracy: P.Sadasivam Department of History, Role of Madras Presidency 3 LHC21S403 Madras Christian Legislative Council in Colonial Tamil College, Chennai Nadu Assistant Professor, Sedition Law in India - Origin and 4 Asmita Jataria LHC21S404 DNLU, Jabalpur Evolution
PG Students, Indigenous Legal Systems in Safna V, Ajitha K Calicut University Malabar: Tracing the Colonial 5 & LHC21S409 Campus, Calicut, Transformations and R Sreelakshmi Kerala Institutionalisation of Judicial Sphere
Student, 2nd Year, Yashawardhana BA.LL.B. (Hons), Codification and Evolution of Land 6 LHC21S410 OP Jindal Global Laws University, New Delhi Student, 2nd Year, Lord Cornwallis: Judicial Reforms of 7 Radhika P LHC21S411 B.A.LL.B. 1787, 1790 and 1793 MNLU, Nagpur
Date: 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY) Time: 02.30 PM - 03.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/96915240034?pwd=OFNaNS9senBBbHpEVU9ZV1BBVjkyUT09 TECHNICAL SECTION - II
LEGAL HISTORY FROM 600 AD TO 1200 AD
Lead Speaker
Prof. (Dr.) S. Chandnibi Professor Department of History Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, UP
Title: CHOLA'S JUDICIARY: SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONING - A REVIEW
Chairperson
Prof. (Dr.) N. Rajendran Vice Chancellor, Alagappa University Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of History, Court Procedure under the Imperial 1 Brinda S LHC21S201 Bharathi Women’s Cholas College, Chennai Student, 5th Year, Court procedure under Imperial Chola B.A.LL.B, Empire: Comparison with the prevalent 2 Pooja LHC21S202 Ramaiah Institute of criminal punishment and subsequent Legal Studies, rulers Bangalore Student, Tracing the footprints of Judicial 2ndYear, Systems in the Linguistic Region of 3 Valan A LHC21S203 B.A.LL.B.(Hons), Tamil in South India - A Historic TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli. Review
Date: 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY) Time: 02.30 PM - 03.30 PM
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98670169925?pwd=TkhiZ1pCTlRlWDAyQTR5RDRxVW5KUT09 TECHNICAL SECTION – IV B LEGAL HISTORY FROM 1700 AD TO 1947AD
Chairperson Prof. (Dr.) Anindita Mukhopadhyay Department of History University of Hyderabad, Telangana
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Assistant Professor Public Health in British India: A Brief Department of History, Account of the History of Medical 1 Dr. A. Adaikalam LHC21S405 Thiruvalluvar College, Services and Disease Prevention in Papanasam, Colonial India Tirunelveli Dr. Hemalatha Assistant Professor of A Sociological Discourse of Territory 2 Bhat LHC21S406 Sociology, TNNLU, and Citizenship in French India of Tiruchirappalli Pondicherry Vinudeep R Students, Senior Advocates: History and & 5th Year, 3 LHC21S407 Relevance of the Elite Class of Ashwin Bala B.Com.LL.B.(Hons), Advocates Someshwerar TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli Students, Remnants of Colonial Legal Indumugi C. 5th Year, Responses to Public Health Crises: 4 & LHC21S408 B.A.LL.B.(Hons), Identifying Symmetries and Gayathri Devi P. TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli Congruences
Student, 1st Year, Consolidation of Alternative Dispute 5 Ifham Aqdam LHC21S412 B.A.LL.B. (Hons), Resolution in the Indian Legal System NUSRL, Ranchi
Student, 1st Year, B.A.LL.B. Symbiosis Infanticide and Feticide from Ancient 6 Ishika Busi LHC21S413 Law School, to Modern India Hyderabad *Student, 1st Year, B.A. LL.B., Arupa Malla* A Rule Followed by the Thugs with ** Research Scholar 7 & LHC21S414 respect to Woman and the Act that in History, Pooja Rhine** brought their end Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad MPhil student of 'To serve the ends of justice': Debates Modern History, 8. Rashmi Banerjee LHC21S415 on the Jury System in Colonial Bengal, Jawaharlal Nehru C. 1861-1893 University, New Delhi.
Date: 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY) Time: 05.00 PM - 06.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/95881973768?pwd=M3JsdU1JKzZjc2JhKzliOTYrR0pFUT09 TECHNICAL SECTION - VI
LEGAL HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA
Lead Speaker
Dr. Kalyani Ramnath Lecturer of History & Economics Harvard University, USA
Title: LEGAL HISTORIES AND AFFECTIVE GEOGRAPHIES ACROSS THE BAY OF BENGAL
Chairperson
Dr. Julia Stephens Associate Professor, Department of History Rutgers University, USA
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Director, Maritime Security Framework : Dr. Odakkal Maritime History 1 LHC21S601 Evolution of India's Legislative Johnson Society, Approach Mumbai. Student, 2nd Year, LL. B. 2 Sangeetha K LHC21S602 South Asian Legal History Government Law College, Chengalpattu Student, The genesis and the nemesis of the 2nd Year, B.B.A.LL.B. 3 Soumya Sakshi LHC21S603 legal development of South Asian School of Law Christ History University, Bangalore Student A Socio-Legal History of 1st Year, Bharatanatyam in South India and its 4 Niharika Ravi LHC21S604 B.A.LLB.(Hons), Relevance to Intersectional Issues in SVKM’s MIMS School South Asian Legal History of Law, Navi, Mumbai
Date: 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY) Time: 05.00 PM - 07.00 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/97870232169?pwd=cjZiL3g5MGJGTC8zcjZ1N2diaWxKdz09
TECHNICAL SECTION - I LEGAL HISTORY FROM 600 BC TO 600 AD
Lead Speaker
Prof. (Dr.) Donald R. Davis Professor & Chair, Department of Asian Studies University of Texas at Austin, USA
Title: THE HISTORY OF LAW AND THE HISTORY OF JURISPRUDENCE IN CLASSICAL INDIA
Chairperson
Prof. (Dr.) Kumkum Roy Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Assistant Professor, S Ananda Krishna VIT School of Law, The idea of Justice – A comparison 1 LHC21S101 Raj VIT University Chennai of ancient Tamil and Sanskrit Texts Campus, Chennai Ph.D., Research Gendering Sexual Laws: A Case Aradhana Singh 2 LHC21S102 Scholar, Study of the Ethico-Legal Codes in JNU, New Delhi the Manusmriti Student, Akalya LL.M., TERI School of The Principles of Justice in 3 LHC21S103 Ravichandran Advanced Studies, Tirukkural New Delhi Student, 5th Year, Silappathikaram: The Mother of 4 Aishwarya R LHC21S104 B.A.LL.B.(Hons), Principles of Natural Justice TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli Student, 1st Year, LL. B. (Hons) Idea of Justice in the Sangam 5 Senthil Kumar LHC21S105 SOEL, TNDALU, Literature Chennai
Student, The Concept of Justice and The 1st Year, Administration of Justice with 6 Vaigai Ratna LHC21S106 B.A.LL.B. (Hons), Special Reference to Sangam TNNLU, Literature Tiruchirappalli.
Date: 21.05.2021 (FRIDAY) Time: 05.00 PM - 07.00 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/98106867188?pwd=Q2d4SUphOG9YdDlXeDJlQmlKSnNWQT09
TECHNICAL SECTION - V CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY
Lead Speaker
Dr. Rohit De Associate Professor of History, Yale University, USA
Title: CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY THROUGH TIME AND SPACE: THE CASE OF HYDERABAD
Chairperson
Prof. (Dr). V. Vijayakumar Vice-Chancellor, NLIU, Bhopal
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Associate Professor, Nehru Report 1928: Its role in the 1 Shilpi Sharma LHC21S501 AURO University, Gujarat process of Constitutional Development Assistant Professor, Rule of Law and Constitutional Dr. Mirza Juned Faculty of Law, 2 LHC21S502 Development: A Conceptual Beg Integral University, Analysis Lucknow *Ph.D., Scholar, Achintya Arora* ** Assistant Professor, Dynamics of Liquor Policy and & 3 LHC21S503 School of Law, Prohibition: Understanding its Oly Roy** Bennett University, New Historicity and Morality
Delhi Assistant Professor Constituent Assembly of India: An Marilyn Gracey Department of History, 4 LHC21S504 Epitome of Political Culture in Law Augustine Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai making Senior Research Associate and Editor, Puzzles in B.R. Ambedkar's States 5 Vineet Krishna LHC21S505 Centre for Law and Policy and Minorities Research, Bangalore.
Student, Chronicle of the Making of India's 3rd Year, B.A.LL.B. First Indigenous Constitution by 6 Samraggi Debroy LHC21S506 ILS Law College, Pune Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao Student, 7 Komal Kaushal LHC21S507 B.B.A.LL.B.,(Hons), Indian Constitutional History Amity Law School, Noida
DAY - 2 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY)
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 07.30 AM - 09.30 AM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/95023239182?pwd=WlNVZFkrVXJSWjkxR25tSm1TWnRwQT09
TECHNICAL SECTION -VIII
WORKSHOP ON TEACHING METHODS IN LEGAL HISTORY
To be conducted by
Dr. Aparna Balachandran
Assistant Professor of History Department of History University of Delhi, Delhi.
Dr. Kalyani Ramnath
Lecturer of History& Economics Harvard University, USA &
Dr. Rohit De
Associate Professor of History Yale University, USA ************************
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 10.30 AM - 12.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/99018320738?pwd=L05kKzYveUFUVzcxcUphN2pHMDBvQT09
TECHNICAL SECTION - III
LEGAL HISTORY FROM 1200 AD TO 1700 AD
Lead Speaker
Dr. Mahmood Kooria Researcher, University of Leiden Netherlands Visiting Faculty, Ashoka University
Title: COSMOPOLIS OF LAW: DISPUTES AND NEGOTIATIONS IN AN INDIAN PORT TOWN, Ca., 1500 – 1700
Chairperson
Prof. (Dr.) Farhat Hasan Department of History University of Delhi, Delhi
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No.
Assistant Professor, Historical development of wife’s Mrunmayi M. 1 LHC21S301 V.M.Salgaocar maintenance right under the Muslim Vaidya College of Law, Family Law Panaji, Goa Students, Sanjana and 5th Year, B.A.LL.B. Assessing the Judicial System of the 2 LHC21S302 Shrirang ILS Law College, Marathas Pune *Student, 1st year, B.A.LL.B. Apsaraa* Crimes and Punishments through **Research Scholar, 3 & LHC21S303 the Eyes of Duarte Barbosa Symbiosis Law Pooja Rhine** and Francois Bernier School, Hyderabad
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 10.30 AM - 12.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/91456621134?pwd=TWNvVS9vMnQxbWYwOU55SXB5WVRLUT09 TECHNICAL SECTION - VII A
HISTORY OF WOMEN & LAW IN INDIA
Lead Speaker
Prof. (Dr.) Janaki Nair Former Professor of Centre for Historical Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Title “LANGUAGE OF LAW AND DISCOURSE OF TRADITION”: FEMINISM'S AMBIGUOUS LEGACIES
Chairperson
Prof. (Dr.) S. Anandhi Professor Madras Institute of Developmental Studies, Chennai
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. *Professor of Law, Prof. Dr. Kota Osaka University, Female’s advancement of legal Fukui* & Japan 1 profession: comparative research Dr.Richa Sharma** & **Assistant Prof. of LHC21S701 between India and Japan History, GNLU, Gandhinagar Assistant Professor, V.M.Salgaocar College 2 Pearl Monteiro LHC21S702 Women's Rights in Goa of Law, Panaji, Goa Faculty of Law, Labour Legislations in protecting 3 Ved Pal Singh LHC21S703 Maharishi Dayanand Women’s Rights University, Rohtak Assistant Professor of Law, Baba Farid Law Women’s Rights and Legal Reforms 4 Pankaj Kumar LHC21S704 College, in India: An Appraisal Faridkot, Punjab Assistant Professor of Law, 5 Nousha Rani LHC21S705 History of Women and Law Sree Narayanaguru College of Legal
Studies, Kollam Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Women Rights under Ancient Indian Humanities and Social 6 Ashutosh Pande LHC21S706 Texts and Sustainable Development Sciences Rashtriya Goals Raksha University, Gujarat Rajetha Shuklaa Students, & 1st Year, 7 LHC21S714 Women’s Rights and Legal Reforms Suhasini B.A.LL.B.(Hons), Chowdhury TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli Students, Shreya Bajpai ‘After All, Tomorrow Is Another Day’ 2nd Year, 8 & LHC21S715 – Women Through The Vedic Period B.A.LL.B.(Hons), Vrinda Jain To The 21st Century MNLU, Nagpur.
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 01.30 PM - 02.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/96631172968?pwd=N2YvMmtHbGo4R1dxNFpucXBRbGlvQT09
MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF LEGAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION ************************
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 02.30 PM - 04.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/91549773789?pwd=a1dFc3B5d28wOEF2N3doZE5DUjFCQT09 TECHNICAL SECTION - VIIB
Chairperson
Prof. (Dr.) S. Anandhi Professor Madras Institute of Developmental Studies, Chennai Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Assistant Professor, 1 Sudha Jha Pathak LHC21S707 Bennett University, Age of Consent: The woman question Greater Noida, Noida Assistant Professor, Women’s Rights and Legal Reforms: VIT School of Law, An Equilibrium Approach from Past to 2 Rajasathya K R LHC21S708 VIT University Present towards the Future – A Critical Chennai Campus, Analysis Chennai Assistant Professor Women and Patrilineal Inheritance: 3 Dr.Priya Darshini LHC21S709 (Legal History), Change or Continuity CNLU, Patna Assistant Regional Violation of Women’s Right : 4 Dr.Shailini Dixit LHC21S710 Director A Retrospect IGNOU, Patna Teaching Assistant, Department of Legal status and rights of women in 5 T.Balasubramaniam LHC21S711 History, Alagappa Indian Constitution University, Karaikudi Student, 3rd Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons), Gender and Colonization: how 6 Chhavi Sompura LHC21S712 Faculty of Law, colonization affected the socio-legal Maharaja Sayajirao status of women in India? University of Baroda, Gujarat Students, 4th Year, Pradhyuman B.B.A.LL.B., Historical analysis of Rape laws in 7 & LHC21S713 The Northcap India Muskan University, Gurgaon, Haryana Debashree *Asst. Prof of Law Chatterjee *(Author) ** Dean, Dept. of Law Women and Law in India: A Historical 8 Dr.JK Patel ** (Co- LHC21S714 Dr.CV Raman perspective author) University, Kargi Kota
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 02.30 PM - 04.30 PM
Meeting Link : https://zoom.us/j/99354674915?pwd=cjArR3d1R1NpSk1ncEtPdG1KcDczdz09 TECHNICAL SECTION - IX
TEACHING OF LEGAL HISTORY
Lead speaker
Dr. Richa Sharma Assistant Professor of History GNLU Gandhinagar
Title: LEGAL HISOTRY DISCIPLINE AND PEDAGOGY IN INDIA: A STUDY ON CARDINAL ISSUES OF IGNORANCE AND UNDERESTIMATION
Chairperson
Dr. Aparna Balachandran Assistant Professor of History University of Delhi, Delhi
Sl. Author’s Name Code No. Designation Title of the Paper No. Assistant Professor, Why do history of Law? - 1 Aman Kumar LHC21S901 IFIM Law School, Understanding recent writings on Bengaluru, Karnataka Indian Legal History Pedagogy of Legal History: Faculty of History, 2 Sreemoyee Sarkar LHC21S902 Dismantling the Colonial NUSRL, Ranchi Hangover Graduate Research Immersion Programme Yashowardhan Legal History as a Mobilizer of 3 LHC21S903 (GRIP) Scholar, Jindal Tiwari Decoloniality Movement Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University Research Scholar School of Law, Christ (Deemed to History of Clinical Legal 4 Shibu LHC21S904 Be) University, Education in India Bengaluru, Karnataka Student, LL.M., Environmental Law then and now: 5 S. Saba LHC21S905 TERI School of Advanced A historical perspective Studies, New Delhi Student, “Impact of Legal Literature on 2ndYear, B.A.LL.B., 6 Rishi Raj LHC21S906 Contemporary Indian Legal Symbiosis Law School, System” Noida
Date: 22.05.2021 (SATURDAY) Time: 05.00 PM - 07.30 PM
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/93430967953?pwd=MHhIYjFRaGVvRFM1WnFCenp6WURpdz09
VALEDICTORY PROGRAMME
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Dr. S. Subba Rao Welcome Address Assistant Professor of Political Science, TNNLU
Dr. Hemalatha Bhat Report of the Congress Assistant Professor of Sociology, TNNLU
Prof. Bhavani Raman Valedictory Address Associate Professor of History, University of Toronto, Canada.
Special Address by Prof. (Dr).Radhika Singha Centre for Historical Studies, Chief Guest Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Announcement of Best Prof. (Dr.) V.S. Elizabeth Paper Award Vice-Chancellor, TNNLU. Dr. M. Britto Stalin Vote of Thanks Assistant Professor of History & Convener of 2nd AILHC, TNNLU National Anthem
ORGANISING COMMITTEE Prof. (Dr.) V.S. Elizabeth Vice-Chancellor & Patron
Ms. K.R. Leela Registrar
Dr. M. Britto Stalin, Convenor Dr. S. Amirthalingam, Member Dr. S. Subba Rao, Member Dr. Hemalatha Bhat, Member Mr. A. Nirmal Singh Heera, Member