Pritam Baruah
E-mail: pritam.baruah@gmail.com
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SCHOOL OR CENTER: School of Public Law and
Governance
Pritam practiced at the Supreme Court of
India before joining WBNUJS as an Assistant
Professor. As an advocate he represented clients
before various adjudicatory forums including the
Supreme Court of India and The Delhi High Court.
He also assisted senior lawyers in matters
before various High Courts across India. Pritam
has also been associated with public policy
making. He was a member of the legal team of the
Central Vigilance Commission on the Public
Distribution System set up by the Supreme Court
of India. He was also the Associate Project
Director of the project on 'Impact of Legal and
Jurisprudential Developments on Centre-State
Relations'. The project was carried out by
WBNUJS for the Commission on Centre-State
Relations, Government of India. Apart from his
courses in WBNUJS, Pritam has also taught as a
January Term Professor at the University of
Ottawa, Canada.
Pritam has a Masters Degree (BCL) from the
University of Oxford and an undergraduate
degree, B.A.B.L (Hons) from NALSAR University of
Law Hyderabad.
Teaching Interests: Jurisprudence,
Contracts, Torts, Constitutional Law
Courses Taught:
Postgraduate:
Legal Theory: The course involves
teaching on the nature of law, the relationship
of law with other disciplines and a close
analysis of Justice and Rights.
Undergraduate:
1. Property Law: The course focused on
the basic structure of property law and
principles of transfer of property.
2. Jurisprudence: The course covers the
major schools of thought in legal theory with a
focus on understanding them in relation to
concepts like Legality, Authority, Legitimacy,
Obligation, Adjudication and Legal Reasoning
3. Issues in Legal and Political Philosophy
(optional seminar course): The course
engages with foundational issues in legal and
political philosophy, particularly Justice,
Rights, Punishment and Responsibility. It also
closely examines the philosophical foundations
of tort law in order to understand how
philosophical foundations bear upon doctrines
developed by legal actors.
4. Constitutional law: I delivered
lectures on federalism as a part of the
undergraduate course in Indian constitutional
law.
5. Comparative Constitutional Law:
Nationalism, Nation Building and Constitutions:
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law , January
2010.
Publications:
- "Logic and Coherence in Naz Foundation: The
Arguments of Non-Discrimination, Privacy and
Dignity" 3 NUJS L. Rev (2009) 504 (available on
heinonline and at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505294)
- Book Review:
Mahendra P Singh
(ed.), VN
Shukla's
Constitution of
India, 11th
Edition, Eastern
Book Company,
Lucknow, 2008. 2
NUJS L.Rev
(2009) 351
- Book Review:
Kamala Sankaran
and Ujjwal Kumar
Singh (ed.),
Legal Literacy:
An Introduction
to Law in India,
1 NUJS L.Rev.
(2008) 379
- Memorandum by Oxford Pro Bono Publico:
Opinion evaluating the adequacy of UK law on
human trafficking (co-author and project
member), available at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200506/jtselect/jtrights/245/245we23.htm#note135
- "The Embarrassment of Poverty- A Critique of State Power and Responsibility" 2005 (1) NSLR 1, (Co-authored with Saurabh Bhattacharjee and Geetanjali Swamy)
Panels, Conferences and Seminars:
- "Delays in the Indian Legal System: Legal,
Judicial and Institutional Reform", OP Jindal
Global Unversity, February 19, 2010. Panelist
for the session on "Reforms to Ensure Timely
Delivery of Justice"
- Panelist for "Sexual Minority Rights in
Post-Colonial Contexts: A Panel on Transnational
Human Rights in Uganda and India", 22nd January
2010, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
- Coordinator and participant, workshop on
"The Nature of Indian Federalism" organised as a
part of the project on "Impact of Legal and
Jurisprudential Developments on Centre-State
Relations". 2nd August, 2009, WBNUJS, Kolkata
- Presented a paper on "Contextualising the
Discourse on the Right to Privacy" in a seminar
on The Right To Privacy organized by NALSAR
University of Law.
Administrative Positions Held:
- Warden, Boys Hostel, WBNUJS Kolkata: July, 2007- August, 2008
- Member, Library Committee, WBNUJS Kolkata: July 2007 till date: Responsibilities involve negotiating contracts with database providers, ordering books and journals and improving library facilities. During my tenure, the library timings have been increased till midnight and the proposal of having it open 7 days a week is being worked upon.
- Faculty Advisor, Moot Court Committee, WBNUJS, Kolkata
- Faculty Advisor, Sports Committee, WBNUJS, Kolakta
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