Institute of Indian Jurisprudence (www.iij.org.in) : Institute of Indian Jurisprudence was founded on 01-01-2014 in Guwahati. Justice Shrimoti Anima Hazarika, Retired Judge of the Gauhati High Court, D.C. Mahanta, Senior Advocate of the Gauhati High Court, Prof. R.C. Borpatra Gohain, now Dean of the Faculty of Law, Gauhati University, Dr. L.P. Thakuria, Advocate, Gauhati High Court and Dr. B.C. Barua, Principal, Tezpur Law College were the founding fathers of this Institute.
This is an institute which studies not only Indian Law and the Constitution, but also the Indian State System. So it is an unique institution of Indian State, Law and the Constitution. The Institute publishes a quarterly journal-“The Indian Jurist”. Dr. L.P. Thakuria is the Editor. The last issue of this journal was published in December, 2015 which was a special issue published on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer. The Institute, by a resolution adopted on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of Justice Iyer resolved: “Justice Krishna Iyer taught us to interpret the Indian Law and the Constitution with an approach of Socialist Humanism. This is his greatest and noble teaching and we solemnly resolve to follow his teaching in carrying out our day to day activities.” Justice Anima Hazarika, Chairperson of the Institute, in her column in the last page of the journal “The Indian Jurist” in its first issue in February, 2014, under the title “The Vision and Mission of Institute of Indian Jurisprudence” wrote-“The Institute shall particularly focus on Development Jurisprudence, though not to the exclusion or detriment of the other branches of jurisprudence. On December 1986, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Right to Development. The Government of India is a signatory to this declaration. The Supreme Court in two cases viz., Madhu Kishwar & others –Vs- State of Bihar (1996) 5 SCC 125 and Samathe –Vs- State of Andhra Pradesh and others (1997) 8 SCC 191, have declared the people’s right to development as a fundamental right. However, there is very little awareness among people and the government about the right to development in the present era of globalization. We, therefore, intend to carry out research and training on this new and exciting branch of Indian Jurisprudence in the near future.” D.C. Mahanta, Senior Advocate and a lawyer of 83 years of age, the present Chairperson, wrote in the 5th issue of the journal in its column on last page of the issue, April-August, 2015 of the Indian Jurist: “We oppose the Neo-liberal State vehemently. We disdain to conceal our views so far as the issue of globalization, liberalization and privatization are concerned. The Indian Neo-liberal State entails reverting back to the free market from welfare state even more forcefully. Today, the Neo-liberal State in India negotiates between predatory profits making interest of global financiers and legitimate right of the Indian citizens. The necessary metamorphosis of the Indian Neo-liberal State is the consequence of tensions and frictions of these two opposites and as the Neo-liberal Indian State undergoes the process of metamorphosis the “Structural Inequalities” get entrenched, permeated and engrossed favour of CLASS INTEREST OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CAPITALISTS. In this unequal fight, we side with the crores of poor Indian citizens by waging an ideological fight against the State power of Indian Corporate Bourgeoisie. This is our mission.” The “Development Jurisprudence” initiated by the Institute of Indian Jurisprudence is a new discipline based on the Economic Philosophy of the Constitution of India. It is a travesty of truth that the Constitution of India does not have an economic philosophy of its own. We will endeavor to prove that the Constitution of India does have an economic philosophy of its own and we will interpret the same in our present investigation in “Indian Development Jurisprudence”. Contact : Dina Prava Kutir, Harihar Path, House No. 49, N.E. Geetanagar, Guwahati-20, Assam Email : [email protected] Phone: 0361-2132772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ সমাজৰ কাৰণে ভাল কাম কৰাজনৰ পৰিচয় ৰাইজৰ আগত দাঙি ধৰিব লাগে আৰু ভাল খবৰবোৰ যিমান পাৰি ৰাইজৰ মাজত বিলাব লাগে। ---- বুলজিৎ বুঢ়াগোহাঁই _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
