DEMOCRATIC AWARENESS WITH LEGAL LITERACY (Your Laws, Your Rights)

This Course of B.A. (Hons.) POLITICAL SCIENCE entitled ‘Democratic Awareness with Legal literacy’ is a non-technical brief overview of different Laws (including Constitutional Law) operating in the personal, social, political and financial fields of individual and collective lives of the people of this country.In Unit I, the hierarchy of the regular courts-civil and criminal, their power, function and jurisdiction (including the quasi-judicial bodies, special courts, ADR), the system by following of which they operate justice delivery system, will be focused.Unit II covers a wide range of legal and Constitutional areas where fall the Fundamental Rights likes Article 14, Article 19, Article 21, Article 25, Constitutional Jurisprudence of Fundamental Rights, emerging and emerged dimensions of FR, Constitutionally permitted limitations over them, the analysis of personal laws in the backdrop of Fundamental Rights, the Fundamental Duties and their scope and ambit.Basic substantive laws of crime including anti-terrorism laws or cyber crimes and the procedural laws i.e. pre-trial stage, trial stage and appellate/revision stage are also covered in this Unit. Laws enacted for the protection of women, children, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and their implementation are not left out in this Unit. Some elements of Contract and Transfer of Property related laws are also incorporated over here which have vital importance in the economic activity of the people.Unit III basically deals with how does the legal system work, people’s access to judicial, quasi-judicial process and ADR and implementation/application part of laws and Constitution, enforcement of rights i.e. Article 32 and Article 226 of Constitution of India through which the doors of the higher judiciary are knocked at for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights. Most importantly this unit is touches the origin and development of Public interest Litigation (PIL). While teaching this course, the leading judgments of various High Courts and Supreme Court of India will be highlighted.This 30 modules of this course will be delivered over a period of 8 weeks roughly covering the working days of a semester.

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Title of Lecture

Resource Person

WEEK 1

1

A brief overview of the legal system of India

Prof Gangotri Chakraborty

University of North Bengal

2

System of Courts- Civil and criminal, jurisdictions of courts- Specialized courts

Mrs. Mellissa Gurung

Additional District & Sessions Judge, District of Hoogly

3

Role of the police and executive in criminal justice administration

Hon’ble (Retired) Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag

High Court of Calcutta

4

Law & its different theories- Understanding of the laws operating in India

Prof Gangotri Chakraborty

University of North Bengal

WEEK 2

5

Concept of State - Pre and Post Constitutional Laws (Part III of Constitution)

Dr. Sanjit Kumar Chakraborty

NUJS-WB, Kolkata

6

Right to Equality

Dr. Prem Kumar Agarwal

Hoogly Mahasin Law College, West Bengal

7

Right to Freedom

Mr. Rajdeep Ghosh Rashtrita Raksha University, Gandhinagar

8

Right to Life & Personal Liberty and procedure established by law (Article 21)

Dr. Partha Pratim Paul

Assam University, Silchar

WEEK 3

9

(Article 25) Freedom of Religion

Dr. Partha Pratim Paul

Assam University, Silchar

10

Cultural and Educational Rights, Minority Educational Institutions and related matters.

Mr. Rajdeep Ghosh

Rashtrita Raksha University, Gandhinagar

11

Article 51 & Fundamental Duties

Dr. Indra Nath Dey

Amity School of Law, Kolkata

12

Enforcement of Fundamental Rights - Writ Jurisdiction and PIL

Dr. Prem Kumar Agarwal

Hoogly Mahasin Law College, West Bengal

WEEK 4

13

Personal laws in India: Pluralism and Democracy-Uniform Civil Code.

Prof Gangotri Chakraborty

University of North Bengal

14

Contract Laws & Transfer of Property Laws (including Premises Tenancy)

Dr. Indrani Kundu

Jogesh Chandra Law College, Kolkata

15

Contempt of Court.

Hon’ble (Retired) Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag

High Court of Calcutta

16

Laws relating to consumer protection- Consumer Dispute Redressal Bodies.

Dr. Ranjeeta Mukherjee

St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata

WEEK 5

17

Criminal Justice administration: Pre-trial stage

Mrs Mellissa Gurung

Additional District & Sessions Judge, Hoogly, West Bengal

18

Criminal Justice administration: Trial stage

Mrs Mellissa Gurung

Additional District & Sessions Judge, Hoogly, West Bengal

19

General Exceptions to Criminal Liability- Abetments & Conspiracy

Dr Samraggi Chakraborty

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Sciences, Bangalore

WEEK 6

20

Offences against Human Body (Part I)

Hon’ble (Retired) Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag

High Court of Calcutta

21

Offences against Human Body (Part II)

Dr. Zubair Ahmed

Department of Law, Alliah University, Kolkata

22

Offences against Individual Property: Theft - Extortion - Robbery etc.

Dr. Zubair Ahmed

Department of Law, Alliah University, Kolkata

23

Laws relating to cyber crime.

Prof. Anirban Mazumdar

WB-NUJS, Kolkata

WEEK 7

24

Anti-terrorist laws: implications on National Security and Human Rights- Offences against State- Offences against Public Tranquility- Sedition

Mr. Subhrajit Roy

Legal Advisor, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India

25

Legal Services Authorities Act and ‘Right to Free Legal Aid.’

Dr. Jhimli Bhattacharjee

Assam University, Silchar

26

Prevention of Atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Dr. Ponkhi Borah

Assam University, Silchar

27

Laws relating to dowry and various forms of violence and criminal offences against women.

Dr. Ruchira Goswami

WB-NUJS, Kolkata

WEEK 8

28

COLLEGIUM SYSTEM

Dr. Prem Kumar Agarwal

Hoogly Mahasin Law College, West Bengal

29

RTI

Dr. Shameek Sen

National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

30

PIL

Dr. Partha Pratim Paul

Assam University, Silchar