University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site Title DR. (Mrs.) First Name KIRAN Last Name GUPTA Photograph Designation Incharge, Law Centre-II, Associate Professor Department LAW CENTRE – II, FACULTY OF LAW Address (Campus) Law Centre – II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007. (Residence) 24, Babar Lane, Bengali Market, New Delhi – 110001. Phone No (Campus) 011-27667052, 011-24111491 (Residence)optional 011-23326585, 011-23710859 Mobile 9868886450 Fax 011-27667052 Email [email protected] Web-Page Education Subject Institution Year Details Ph.D. Faculty of Law, University 1990 Thesis topic: “Institution of of Delhi Polygamy in Modern India and Contemporary Islamic World” LL.M. Faculty of Law, University 1984 Subjects: LAW of Delhi LL.B. Faculty of Law, University 1982 Subjects: LAW of Delhi B.Sc. Daulat Ram College, 1979 Subject : Botany, Zoology, University of Delhi Chemistry Career Profile Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role Law Centre – II, Faculty of Incharge June 2014 Teaching, Research and Law Administration Law Centre – II, Faculty of Associate Professor January, 2006 Teaching & Research Law Law Centre – II, Faculty of Associate Professor January, 2006 Teaching & Research Law Law Centre – II, Faculty of Reader July,1998 Teaching & Research Law Law Centre – II, Faculty of Lecturer in Sr. August, 1994 Teaching & Research Law Grade Law Centre – II, Faculty of Lecturer August, 1992 Teaching & Research Law Law Centre – I, Faculty of Lecturer (Ad-hoc) August, 1991 Teaching & Research Law till July, 1992 Law Centres I & II, Faculty of Lecturer (Ad-hoc) August, 1986 Teaching & Research Law till November, 1986; Feb.- www.du.ac.in Page 1 1987 till Mar.- 1987; Research Interests / Specialization (i) 1985 to November, 1988 – Jamia Hamdard University, Research Fellow (ii) December, 1988 to July, 1991 – Indian Law Institute, Assistant Research Professor Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught) (i) 25 Years teaching experience in various subjects (in LL.B. Course) i.e. Family Law – I, Family Law- II, Law of Torts, Property Law. (ii) 17 Years teaching experience in various subjects (in LL.M. Course) i.e. Law of Specific Torts, Succession Laws. Honors & Awards i. Cherry Memorial Award for securing Meritorious position in LL.B. Course ii. UGC Fellowship for pursuing Higher Studies in Law Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS) Books / Monographs A- BOOK Revising Author of 4th ed. 1990, 5th ed. 1994, 6th ed. 1998, 7th ed. 2002, 8th ed. 2004 and 9th ed. 2009, 10th ed. 2014 of CHAWLA’S ELECTIONS LAW AND POLICY B- RESEARCH PAPERS:- (i) Rights in Water-based Resources: Fishery, Ferry and Navigation and Hydro-Electricity in C.P. Singh (ed.), WATER RIGHTS IN INDIA 33-88 [Indian Law Institute, 1992] (ii) Drainage and Sanitation : Law and Policy in 33:4 JOURNAL OF INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE 553- 588 (1991) (iii) Constitutional Law in Muslim Countries, in V:3 ISLAMIC AND COMPARATIVE LAW QUARTERLY 303-311 (Sept.-Dec.,1985) C- ARTICLES AND NOTES: 1. Standard of Care in Medical Profession : Shift from Bolam to Bolitho: in XIV National Capital Law Journal 1 (2011). 2. Proof of Medical Negligence: in Legal Perspectives in Medicine 1 (2011). 3. Tort Law: Annual Survey of Indian Law 2010, pp. 665-696. 4. Citizen - Centric Reform for Civil Service : in Journal of Administrative Reforms 37, April – June 2007. 5. Women’s Reservation Bill : Rhetoric or Reality: in XII-XIII National Capital Law Journal 48 (2007-2008). 6. Vice of Bigamy and Indian Penal Code: Ramifications of an Archaic Law in 32:3 JILI 386 (1990). 7. Writs Against, Rulings under and Suggested Amendments to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986: An Overview in VIII : 4 ISLAMIC CLQ 289 (Dec.1988). www.du.ac.in Page 2 8. A Review of the Hindu Succession (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act 1986 in VIII : 3 ISLAMIC CLQ 225 (Sept. 1988) 9. Iddat in Hindu Law : Need for Reform of the Law on Remarriage Among Hindus in V:2 ISLAMIC CLQ 135 (1985) 10.Constitution and the Law in the State of Kuwait: Highlights and Sidelights in VI:4 ISLAMIC CLQ 231 (Dec. 1986) 11.Women in Islam: Viewpoint of a Non-Muslim Student of Islamic Law in T.K. Sheriff (ed.) WOMEN AND ISLAM 29 (Madras 1986) 12.The Indian Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act 1988 : A study in Retrospect in VIII:4 ISLAMIC CLQ 337 (Dec.1988) 13.The Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Act 1984 - A Brief Historical and Comparative Study in VI:2-3 ISLAMIC CLQ 181 (June-Sept. 1986) 14. Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Act 1986 in VI:4 ISLAMIC CLQ 263 (Dec. 1986). 15.Polygamy under the General Civil Laws of India- Statutes of Civil Marriage and Rules of Civil Service in XIV DELHI LAW REVIEW 146 (1992) 16. The Quran on Polygamy : Seventh Century Religious Reform of a Socio-Legal Institution in I: 1 RELIGION & LAW REVIEW 71-99 (1992) 17. Polygamy Law Reform in Modern Muslim States: A study in Comparative Law in XII : 2 ICLR 114- 154 (1992) 18. Islamic law in the Indian Courts: 1987 in VIII : 2 ISLAMIC CLQ [ June 1988] 19. Muslim law in the Indian Courts: 1986 in VII : 1 ISLAMIC CLQ [ March 1987] 20. Indian Judicial Decisions on Islamic law: 1985 in V : 3-4 ISLAMIC CLQ [Sep.- Dec. 1985] D- CASE COMMENTS 1. Islamic law in the Indian Courts: 1987 in VIII : 2 ISLAMIC CLQ [ June 1988] 2. Muslim law in the Indian Courts: 1986 in VII : 1 ISLAMIC CLQ [ March 1987] 3. Indian Judicial Decisions on Islamic law: 1985 in V : 3-4 ISLAMIC CLQ [Sep.- Dec. 1985] E- BOOK REVIEWS 1. Zeenat Shaukat Ali, Marriage and Divorce in Islam: An Appraisal (Bom 1987] in VII : 4 ISLAMIC CLQ [ Dec. 1987] 2. M A H Ahanger, Customary Succession among Muslims [ Delhi 1986] in IX : 1 ISLAMIC CLQ 81 [ March 1989] 3. Safia Iqbal, Women and Islamic Law (Delhi 1988) in IX : 1 ISLAMIC CLQ 84 [March 1989] 4. Vijay Malik , Muslim law of Marriage , Divorce and Maintenance (Lucknow 1988) in IX : 1 ISLAMIC CLQ 88 [ March 1989] 5. Mohammad Shabbir , Muslim Perosnal Law and Judiciary (Allahabad 1988) in IX : 1 ISLAMIC CLQ 89 [ March 1989] 6. Arvind Jain, Aurat Honay Ki Saza [ Delhi 1995] in VIDHI BHARTI 94 (Jan. 1995) 7. Alexander M. Bickel, The Least Dangerous Branch -- The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics (Delhi 1998) in III NATIONAL CAPITAL LAW JOURNAL 170 [1998] 8. K.V. Swaminathan, An Introduction to the Guiding Principles in the Decisions on Patent Law (Delhi 2000) in V NATIONAL CAPITAL LAW JOURNAL 162 [ 2000] 9. M. R. Mallick, Mitra’s Co-ownership and Partition [Kolkata 2003] in XXVI DELHI LAW REVIEW 225 [ 2004] 10. Kusum , Cases and Materials on Family Law [ Delhi 2007] in XXVII-XXVIII DELHI LAW REVIEW [ 2005- 2006] www.du.ac.in Page 3 F- RESEARCH PROJECTS 1. Water Resource Management: Law and Policy (A Ford Foundation, U.S.A., Financed Project), at Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India. 2. Constitutional Law in Islamic Countries, at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. 3. Islamic Personal Law in the Indian Supreme Court: A Study in Judicial Activism, at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. 4. Women and Law, UGC sponsored project for e-pathshala for post-graduate courses (in progress) Papers Presented in Conference & Seminars:- (I) All India Seminar on Women’s Rights Organised by Tamilnadu Law Graduates Association 1985. (II) All India Conference on Cultural Diversity and National Integration: Legal and Social Responses 1986. (III) “National Conference on the Muslim Women Bill” Organised by Minorities Cell, All India Congress Committee 1986. (IV) “All India Seminar on Euthanasia, Organ Transplant and Right to Die” Organised by Hamdard University 1988. (V) “International Seminar on Constitution, Law and the Minorities in India” Organised by the Institute of Objective Studies 1990. (VI) “Seminar on Water Resource Management: Law and Policy” Organised by the Indian Law Institute 1990. (VII) “Seminar on Status of Religious Minorities in India” Organised by the Comparative Religion Forum 1991. (VIII) “Workshop on Study of Islamic Law at the Indian Law Schools” Organised by the Institute of Objective Studies 1991. (IX) “National Seminar on “Democracy, Political Stability and Electoral Reforms” Organised by Law Centre II, Delhi University 2000. (X) Status of Women in India at Indra Prastha College, Delhi, 2005. (XI) Property Rights of Women at Laxmi Bai College, Delhi, 2006. (XII) Reservation of Seats for Women in Legislature at Shivaji College, Delhi, 2006. (XIII) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence at Indra Prastha College, Delhi, Feb 2007 (XIV) Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place, Organized by women’s studies Research Centre, Kurukshetra University, 2007: In Feb, 2007 at Kurukshetra University in a Legal Literacy Workshop for women. (XV) Rights of Girl Child at Daulat Ram College, Delhi, Dec 2007. (XVI) “National Dialogue on Containment of Violence”. Organised by Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, Feb., 2008. (XVII) “Changing Dimensions in Family Law” Organised by Law Centre II, Faculty of Law, Delhi University, in 2009. (XVIII) “National Conference on Emerging Trends in Family Laws in India”. Organised by Law Centre – II, Faculty of Law, Delhi University, March, 2010. (XIX) “Workshop-Cum-Conference on Information Technology Laws and Related Intellectual www.du.ac.in Page 4 Property” Organised by Law Centre – I, Faculty of Law, Delhi University, March, 2010. (XX) “Medical Negligence: State of Negligence and Remedies under the Consumer Protection Act, with particular focus on Rural India” Organised by Kalyani University, West Bengal Dec. 2010. (XXI) “International Conference on Human Rights in 21st Century” Organised by Faculty of Law, Delhi University, 2011. (XXII) “National Seminar on Consumer Protection in India: the way Forward” Organised by IIPA on 1-2 Feb.