Conference Organisers: Centre for Economy, Development and Law (CED&L), Government Law College, Thrissur, Kerala, India Conference Partners: Advocate Khoj (Associate Partner), Westlaw India (Knowledge Partner), LexisNexis (Research Partner), Inomics (International Promotions Partner), Elenchus Law Review (Official Journal Partner), CED&L’s Global Bulletin (Official Newsletter). CENTRE FOR ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT AND LAW (CED&L) Government Law College, Thrissur ALL INDIA STUDENTS CONFERENCE (AISC) 1st edition 8 – 9 November 2014 at Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur, Kerala. RESTRUCTURING INDIAN STATE, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY: An inquiry into today and tomorrow CONFERENCE BOOKLET 2014 -15 www.cedl.ac.in, www.glcthrissur.com, www.facebook.com/cedlconference2014?ref=hl ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All India Students Conference, 1st edition is a result of efforts from many arms. All the efforts wouldn’t have resulted into this success of the program without the support of our M.P Shri. C. N Jayadevan. Hon’ble Justice K T Shankaran and Prof. (Dr.) N R MadhavaMenon had been our guiding light from the inception of the program. The faculty and staff of Government Law College, Thrissur especially our beloved principal Dr. Mercy Thekkekara and Binu Poornamodan Cholayil, Director, Center for Business Laws, A Suhruth Kumar, Coordinator, Dr. A. T. Markose Chair on Advance Legal studies had been the greatest support in the effort. At this moment we remember the efforts put in by the conference mentors Prof. M P Singh, Prof. N K Jayakumar, Dr. Geetha Gopal, Dr. Geeta Mahavan, Dr. Bismi Gopalakrishnan, Dr. S S Girishankar, Dr. Mathew A Varghese, Dr. Dhanuraj and Mr. Antony Dawson D’Silva in gathering, articulating and inspiring the event. We thank Hon’ble Justice Muhhammed Mustaq for his kind words that encouraged us to this humungous task. We thank the Prof. K.C. Abraham, B.G. Harindranath, Dr. C.C. Babu and Dr. P. P. Balan whose august presence has made the conference an auspicious gathering. Further the conference owes a great credit to our benefactors who have shown generous support for the event. Miss. Kanika Dasan our good friend in Westlaw and Mr. Muhammed Mustafa and Mrs. Ishu Oberoi of LexisNexis for bringing the conference close to the wonderful enterprises Westlaw and LexisNexis. Also we thank Ms. Elizabeth Kuruvilla, Advocate Khoj, and Lucia Leguizamo, Inomics for helping out us in the promotions of this event worldwide. Mr. Rohit Thayyil, sub-editor of Deccan Chronicle, who took special interest in forwarding our talks with popular academicians, journalists and media elites, is to be specially mentioned. We thank the hospitality of our host Kerala Institute of Local Administration they have been courteous to all our needs. Dr. P. P. Balan, the director of the institute had been kind enough to accept our request and a lot us the space and logistics for this mega student gathering. Last but not the least it is the authors and paper presenters who have made a gathering into the celebrated All India Students Conference, 1st edition “RESTRUCTURING INDIAN STATE SOCIETY AND ECONOMY: An inquiry into today and tomorrow”. INDEX About the Conference......................................................................................... 5 About CED&L.................................................................................................... 5 About Government Law College, Thrissur…………………………………... 6 About Our Partners …………………………………………………………. 7 About the Venue and Directions ...................................................................... 10 Conference Officials………………………………………………………... 12 Our Team of Co-ordinators ………………………………………………… 13 Our Resource Persons……………………………………………………… 14 The Invited Guest of Honours…………………………………………….. 15 List of Sessions ................................................................................................ 18 Conference Schedule ....................................................................................... 19 Abstracts........................................................................................................... 23 Authors and Paper Presenters........................................................................... 37 Important Contacts …………………………………………………………. 45 AISC 1ST EDITION November 8 & 9, 2014 About the conference: ALL INDIA STUDENTS CONFERENCE 2014 – 1st edition A magnified view of the contemporary politics and its discourses shows a general incongruity existing, on the prospects of current policy design, institutional framework and state-society synergy, among the stake holders and policy makers. Centre for Economy, Development and Law holds the first edition of All India Students Conference takes this mace of incongruity to examine the current structure of Indian State, Society and Economy – whether there is need for restructuring or not? Is it enough, should we correct or adjust the current inefficacies and go ahead with the same structure? Or if we are quiet convinced about a redesigning then what should be the new model? Centre for Economy Development and Law, awaits answers from student policy advocates. The program is decorated with group discussions, paper presentation and one on one interaction with policy makers and academicians The Centre finds that India being a nation with largest youth population, the contribution and participation of students in planning process to be of utmost importance Hence the centre and the conference coordinators warmly welcome the young academicians to this intellectual rollercoaster. About the Centre: CENTRE FOR ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT AND LAW (CED&L) The Centre is an inter-disciplinary centre established under Government Law College, Thrissur, Kerala. The proposed centre envisages being a platform for academic discussion and as a creative think-tank for studying, analysing and interpreting various socio-economic and legal issues. This forum intends to generate perceptual framework to explore and understand social issues and events, thereby enabling the people and institutions to create best possible models in policy making and legal practices. Developing and disseminating knowledge on the cross-cutting areas of economy, development and law is the primary aim of this forum; and it is expected to make creative interventions in shaping progressive democratic practices. ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT Furthering development is the central concern of all organized economies. The qualitative and quantitative change envisioned by development of an economy, certainly requires a concerted effort from the policymakers and communities. Therefore, in a globalising world, the structures of economies may become defunct without effective institutional mechanisms. Such institutions would articulate a set of rules, which facilitates the activities in the economy both in terms of qualitative and quantitative change for progress. Nobel laureate Douglass North observed that institutions provide incentive structure to an economy; as that structure evolves, it shapes the direction of economic change towards growth, stagnation or decline. In Restructuring Indian State, Society and Economy: An inquiry into today and tomorrow Page 5 AISC 1ST EDITION November 8 & 9, 2014 other words, the institutions and the degree of its effectiveness determine the cost of transaction or the cost and benefits of exchange. It is no doubt that both institutions such as government and rule of law are essential to realise the motto of making economic activities sustainable. On the contrary, a central issue of development economics is the persistence of dysfunctional institutions over long periods of time. This of course demands attention on the relevance and effectiveness of law in the process of economic development. SIGNIFICANCE OF DEVELOPING CROSS-CUTTING KNOWLEDGE BASE Law has long been recognized as a reflection of the prevailing forces in a given society, and a potential instrument of change and progressive development. Society needs an efficient and effective legal system for the proper administration of law. Lack of sound legal and policy framework, and independent and effective judiciary may lead to obstacles in the path of progressive development. In this forum, we expect to develop cross- cutting knowledge base by bringing the academicians, legal scholars and other resources persons together to creatively engage, evaluate, and bridge such lacunas. ABOUT GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, THRISSUR GLC THRISSUR started in the year 1992. It is the fourth Government Law College in the State and is affiliated to the University of Calicut. The need for starting a Government Law College at Thrissur was deeply felt by the educationists, intellectuals, lawyers and other eminent personalities of Thrissur in 1970 itself. The first batch of Law Graduates came out in 1993-94 academic year. Sri. R. Muthukrishnan, Chairman, Bar Council of India and Sri Gopakumaran Nair, the Local Member visited the college on 27-3-1995 and affiliation of the college was approved by the Bar Council of India. The campus is situated at the outskirts of Thrissur town, the Cultural Capital of God’s Own Country, Kerala. The town as the history quotes has a well-planned township, completely prepared and executed by, King Shakthan Thampuran. The Thrissur GLC campus is widely acknowledged for its celebrated facilities like fully connected WIFI Network, endowed library, online database like Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, Manupatra, SSC Online, Inflibnet etc., conference and seminar rooms, smart class rooms, audio-visual