International Conference on Right to Privacy

The Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies (CPGLS), School of Law, The NorthCap University organised an International Conference on Right to Privacy – ICRP 2017 on 14 October 2017. The Conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr Salman Khurshid, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and the Guest of Honour Dr Manjula Batra, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia. Mr Khurshid gave enlightening legal insights of the recent Aadhar Judgement. He added that privacy as a fundamental right has far reaching implications for the democracy. “Celebrate the defeat of forces that wish to intrude in our lives,” he added. He further went on to say that it was time to address gender justice across the board. The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, declared on 24th August 2017, that Right to Privacy was a fundamental right and fell under the purview of Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Indian Constitution. The Right to Privacy, the Chief Justice said, was intrinsic to the right to life and was hence, a part of Article 21, Part III of the Constitution of India. He gave an analytical Jurisprudential view of the judgement and left open the platform for further debate, issues and challenges. 

A Compilation of Abstracts of the Conference in the form of a book with ISBN No: 978-164136210-8 was released at the Inaugural by Mr Khurshid.

The conference witnessed an overwhelming response. Papers were received from USA, UK, Nepal, SriLanka, Bangladesh and from all over the nation with around 100 participants.

 

Some of the Colleges which participated were:

• Chanakya National Law University, Patna.
• Delhi Metropolitan Education, Delhi.
• Univeristy of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.
• Llyod Law College, Noida.
• Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
• Central University of Bihar, Bihar.
• Jyoti Vidyapeeth Womens University, Rajasthan.
• Amity University, Lucknow.
• Symbiosis Law College, Pune.
• Jamia Milia Islamia.
• ICFAI Law School, Dehradun.
• Army Law College, Mohlai
• National Law Univeristy, Kolkata.
• National Law University Delhi.
• National Law Univeristy, Assam.
• Himcapes School of Legal Studies, HP.

The Conference included six parallel sessions followed by a panel discussion where the conclusion and suggestions given by the participants were discussed by the Chairpersons of all technical sessions. The themes of the sessions were: Right to Privacy and Aadhar Card, Right to Privacy: Intrinsic to Life and Liberty, Right to Privacy: A Fundamental Swift on Gay rights, Right to Privacy in Digital Era, Privacy: Citizen v. State and Privacy: Extent on Crimes. The Event was coordinated by Mr Bilal Ahmad, assistant Professor along with core students team of 4th Year BBA-LLB(H).
Three Best Paper awards were given at the valedictory session to Mr Janamejaya (Aligarh Muslim University), Mr Piyush Sharma, Aligarh Muslim University and Ms. Rhea Lobo, Symbiosis Law School, Pune.