Department of Laws Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in collaboration with ICSSR North-Western Regional Center, PU Chandigarh is organizing National Seminar On Enlivening Ambedkars Vision On Constitutional Morality And Constitutionalism
About Guru Nanak Dev University
Guru Nanak Dev University was established at Amritsar on November 24, 1969, to mark the 500th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is both a residential and an affiliating university. In conceiving the future course of the University, the objectives enshrined in the Guru Nanak Dev University Act 1969, emphasised that the new University would make provision for imparting education and promoting research in the humanities, learned professions, sciences, especially of applied nature and technology. University Grants Commission has granted “Category One” status to Guru Nanak Dev University, the only university to get this elite status in the region of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh. Ours is a premier university of North India with a score of 3.51 on 4.00 scale of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (accredited at highest level i.e. A++ as per the new modified criteria) and it has also been conferred with the status of “University with Potential for Excellence” by UGC. A prominent Department of the University is the Department of Laws. In addition to the Department situated in the main campus, there are 2 Regional Campuses in Jalandhar and Gurdaspur respectively, and 7 other affiliated Colleges offering courses in Law.
About The Department Of Laws
The Department of Laws at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar was established in the year 1972 having LL.B. Course and in 1983, the teaching of LL.M. was started. The Department now offers a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Three Years Course, B.A.LLB Five Year Course and Master of Laws (LL.M.) One-Year Course. There is also a provision for research leading to Ph.D. Degree. By now, more than four thousand students have obtained LLB. Degrees from the Department. Nearly five hundred students have completed LL.M. and more than 80 students have been awarded degrees of Ph.D. The department has produced alumni of great repute including judges, civil servants, vice-chancellors, law offñcers, jurists, academicians, and researchers.
About The Seminar
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar has been a beacon of light for millions of people not only in India but the world. Ambedkar is recognized by the world as a great radical, philosopher, and jurist par excellence. This influential leadership and contribution towards framing the Indian Constitution are tremendous. Dr. BR Ambedkar is the epitome of excellence who played an incredible role in drafting the constitution. Every principle and provision he wished and intended for Indian Constitution could not be penned.
One of the principles propagated by him was the ‘Constitutional Morality. He was the first man who vocally engaged with this concept. Babasaheb invoked the idea of “Constitutional morality” as-
” a paramount reverence for the forms of the constitution, enforcing obedience to authority and acting under and within these forms, yet combined with the habit of open speech, of action subject only to definite legal control, and unrestrained censure of those very authorities as to all their public acts combined, too with a perfect confidence in the bosom of every citizen amidst the bitterness of party contest that the forms of the constitution will not be less scared in the eyes of his opponents than his own”.
In a country like India with huge diversity in all forms, constitution and constitutional morality need to prevail over all other factors because there is actually no other choice. The need of the hour is reading and re-reading Ambedkar’s idea of Constitutional morality and paying heed to his warnings by taking some tangible actions to uphold democracy and instill the essence. Further, the Constitution is considered to be a unifying document that captures all social, cultural and economic legal, and political aspects of society. But the idea of constitutionalism is the manner in which different institutions of the nation conduct themselves to fulfill the very objectives of the Constitution. It is significant to mention here that the essence of constitutionalism, which gives immutable features and serves as a moral compass in the implementation as well as interpretation of the constitution, is the principles of “Constitutional morality”
Sub Themes
The seminar will provide a platform to deliberate and propose suggestions on the following issues:
- Panoramic Outlook on Constitutionalism
- Broad Spectrum of Constitutional Morality
- Varied Contours of Living Constitution of India
- Shielding the democratic edifice of the Indian Constitution
- Constitution Morality vis-à-vis Living
- Constitution Constitutional Morality as an essence of Constitutionalism
- Efficacy of Constitutional Morality
- Supreme Courts’s Jurisprudence on Constitutionalism
Any other themes connected/ related to the above issues are open to being deliberated upon.
Call For Papers
Research Papers are invited from the academicians, practitioners, research scholars, and students on the issues related to the theme. Authors of the selected abstracts will be given an opportunity to present their papers during the seminar.
Full papers submitted on or before the last date of submission shall be considered for publication. The quality-based selected papers will be published in the form of a Book bearing ISBN.
Submission Guidelines
Delegates are requested to adhere to the following guidelines to facilitate the submission process.
Abstract Submission: Authors are requested to send an abstract of about 200-300 words as an attachment in MS word format along with Registration Form (attached below) Latest by 22nd March, 2022 with the following information:
- Names of the Author(s)
- Designation and Institutional Affiliation
- Contact Address and Email Id
- Title of the Research Paper
- Abstract
Selected abstracts will be acknowledged by 24th March 2022 at the provided E-mail address.
Full-Length Paper Submission: Authors are requested to send their full papers. latest by 27th March 2022
All the abstracts & research papers shall be sent on- gnduambedkarseminar@gmail.com
Registration Fee For Tiie Delegates
Author and Co-Author: Rs. 500 each
Important Dates
- Abstract Submission: 22nd March, 2022
- Submission of Full Paper: 27th March, 2022
- Seminar Day: 30th March, 2022
Mode Of Payment
Details will be shared soon.
Contact Details
Faculty In-charges-
- Ms. Harkirandeep Kaur: 8427097790 Dr. Shikha Dhiman: 7837212744
- Dr. Manjit Singh: 9653844093
Student Organisers–
- Piyush Gulalia: 9463745677
- Divjot Kaur: 8373939079
- Sukhmandeep Singh: 7009233226
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Keywords
Constitutional Morality, Constitutionalism
