Dr. Surja Kanta is currently working as an Assistant Professor with a specialisation in victimology and criminal laws at the WBNUJS.
Prior to joining WBNUJS, he served as an Assistant Professor of law at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, between 2021 and 2023 and Amity University, Kolkata, between 2018 and 2019. He has also worked at Surendranath Law College as a Guest Lecturer in the year 2018 and Research Assistant (Law) at WBNUJS between 2015-18.
Prestigious organisations have invited him to deliver lectures, such as Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI), Kolkata; Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA), West Bengal; University of North Bengal; JIS University, Kolkata and Human Rights Lawyering Network, Kolkata (HRLN), Administrative Training Institute, West Bengal.
Dr. Baladhikari has also organised and participated in several workshops, training programs, and faculty development programmes.
Before joining academics, he also practised in criminal and civil jurisdiction in the High Court at Calcutta and District Courts of West Bengal.
Interests: Access to Justice, Victimology, Criminal laws, gender Justice, Procedural laws, and Research methodology.
1. Published paper titled ‘Access to Justice with Reference to Judicial Process in Criminal Justice System’ in Annual International Journal on Analysis of Contemporary Legal Affairs (AIJACLA), ISSN (Online): 2583-1437, Vol. 3, (2023).
2. Published short article titled ‘Locating the Victim of Crime in the Indian Legal System’ in the Newsletter titled ‘The Investigator’ published by Central Detective Training Institute, MHA, GOI (2023).
3. Co-authored & published book chapter titled ‘Intersecting Ecology, Climate Change and Women: Revisiting the Indian Women’s Environmental Movements’ in Edited Book titled ‘Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Human Rights: Issues and Challenges in India’, ISBN: 978-81-19119-21-9, Satyam Law International (2023).
4. Published book chapter titled ‘The Status of Victim Compensation in India with Reference to Child Victims of Crime’ in the Edited book by WBNUJS titled ‘Criminal Justice Administration in India: The 21st Century Perspective’, ISBN: 978-93-81513-24-8, Segment Books (2023).
5. Co- authored & published book chapter titled ‘The Unheard Voices of Women in the Indian Criminal Justice System as ‘Victims’ in Edited Book titled ‘Sustainable and Strudy Developments in India: Challenges and Strategies’, ISBN: 978-93-90462-20-9, Manav Prakashan (2021).
6. Published paper titled ‘Tracing the Victim of Sexual Harassment at Workplace: A Review in India’ in Noida International University International Journal of Human Rights,; ISSN no. 2394-0298, Volume 8, Issue November, 2021, PP. 62-80 (UGC Care).
7. Co-authored & published as book chapter titled ‘Arrest and Seizure under Narcotics Drugs Law’ in Ed. Book titled ‘Arrest and Detention in India: Law, Procedure and Practice’; ISBN: 9789354792441, Sage (2021).
8. Co- authored & published paper titled ‘Looking at The Victim through Human Rights lens’ in Calcutta Law Times Journal, R. Cambray and Co. Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, ISSN no. 0971-748X, Vol. XI, No. 1 & 2, Jan-Dec 2020, PP. 1-12 (UGC Care).
9. Published paper titled ‘Victim: A forgotten story in the Criminal Justice System in India’ in Vivekananda Journal of Research (VJR); ISSN no. 2319-8702, Vol. 9, Issue – 2, July – December, PP. 29-48(UGC Care).
10. Published paper titled ‘Use of Technology in Access to Justice’ in the Indian Journal of Law and Justice special issue on “Law as An Instrument of Social Change: Issues, Challenges and Emerging Trends”; ISSN no. 0976-3570, Vol. 11, March 2020, PP. 269-289 (UGC care).
11. Co- authored book chapter titled “Women Indigenous Groups, Gender and Ecological Interface Women” in Ed. Book titled “Natural Resources and their Ecosystem Services, ISBN no. 978-81-947216-7-3, Calma Expeditions Inc. USA & Lions club International, Rabindra Sarovar India, (HSRA Publication 2020).
12. Published paper titled “Rape Survivor: A Victim Based Approach!” in the Indian Journal of Law and Justice; ISSN no. 0976-3570, (UGC Care).
13. Published book review ‘Victim justice – A paradigm shift in the criminal justice system in India’ written by G S Bajpai and Shriya Gauba’ in the NUJS Journal of Regulatory Studies; Volume 1 Issue 2 (December 2019) available at ISSN 2456-4605.
14. Co-authored paper titled “Provisions of Proactive Disclosure under the Right to Information: An Assessment of its implementation in the State of West Bengal” in the CMR University Journal for Contemporary Legal Affairs Vol. 1, Issue 1 (August, 2019) ISSN: 2582-4805.
15. Published paper titled “Corporate Governance in Public Sector Unit and Banking Sector with Reference to Companies Act of 2013” in Journal of Business Law and Corporate Governance Issue 1 of Volume 2 (March 2017) ISSN: 2537-6675.
16. Co-authored paper titled “Reservation & Justice: A Public Policy Approach” in the Second Edition of VBCL Law Review ISSN No. 2456-0480.
17. Co-authored paper titled “Access to Justice: A Human Rights Perspective” for publication in the Journal of West Bengal Human Rights Commission, 2016 ISSN No-2456-3536 of 2015.
Worked as a ‘Co-Principal Investigator’ in the following projects/positions:
1. Project titled ‘Study on the Implementation of Victim Compensation Scheme for the Women victims in the State of Gujarat’ funded by WBNUJS on 18th August, 2022 – September, 2023.
2. Project titled ‘Evaluation of Victim Compensation Scheme on Crime against Women: An Empirical Study in State of West Bengal’ funded by WBNUJS on 10th June, 2022 – May, 2023 permitted by WBSLSA.
3. Project titled ‘Crime. Reporting In India’ funded by WBNUJS between May, 2021-August, 2022.
Worked as a ‘Researcher’ in the following projects/positions:
1. Project titled ‘Juvenile Justice Assessment’ aided by Calcutta High Court and UNICEF at WBNUJS.
2. Project titled ‘Judicial Trends in Cyber Law with special reference to West Bengal’ aided by The West Bengal Judicial Academy at WBNUJS.
3. In Centre of Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy supported by Government of West Bengal at WBNUJS projects on
i. Project titled ‘An Assessment of the Changing Rile of Executive Magistrates in the Districts of West Bengal’.
ii. Project titled ‘Revamping the preventive provisions of Bengal Excise Act’.
iii. Project titled ‘Trend Analysis of RTI applications in the Gram panchayats and Panchayat Samitis in West Bengal’.
1. Presented a research paper in the 43rd All India Criminology Conference on Reimagining Criminology and Criminal Justice in the Context of Changing Paradigms in Science and Technology held by ISC and WBNUJS titled “Locating the position of under trials in the Criminal justice system of India” between 17th – 19th December, 2022.
2. Presented a research paper held UILS, Punjab University in a National online Seminar on “Reparative and Restorative Justice for the victims of Crime: Issues and Solutions” titled ‘Victim Compensation a half-baked right: A critique’ on 4th April, 2021.
3. Presented a research paper held by Centre For Research And Innovation Geeta Institute of Law in an International E-Conference On Contemporary Issues In Indian Legal System: Exploring The Problems And Solutions titled ‘The Status of Victim Compensation In India’ on 25th June, 2020.
4. Presented a research paper in National Law Conclave held in North Bengal University on Law as an Instrument of Social Transformation: Issues, Challenges And Emerging Trends New Paradigms in Management titled ‘Use of technology in Access to Justice’ on 30th November & 1st December 2019.
5. Presented a research paper in Adamas University Kolkata titled ‘Judicial process in India with reference to criminal law amendments of 2013 & 2018’ in National Conference on “Relevance of the Criminal Law Amendments from 2013 to 2018 in eliminating Discrimination against Women in India” on 20th October 2019.
6. Presented a research paper in AIIMS Eastern Regional Conference on New Paradigms in Management titled ‘An analysis of corporate environmental responsibility of corporate in India’ on 24th August 2019.
7. Presented a research paper in one-day national seminar titled ‘Impact of atrocities on victims with reference to weaker sections in the society’ on Human Rights and Administration of Justice in Amity Law School, Kolkata on 13th April 2019.
8. Presented a research paper in two-day national seminar titled ‘Gender and Identity: An Interdisciplinary Perspective and its Repercussion in the Education Industry’ in Loreto College, Kolkata sponsored by ICSSR on 15th-16th February 2019.
9. Presented a research paper in two-day national research colloquium titled ‘Impact assessment study on victim compensation scheme: A study!’ held in IIT, Kharagpur on 15th-16th March, 2019.
10. Presented a research paper titled ‘The ‘victim’ of sexual harassment in workplace’ in one day national seminar on “Better and Fair Environment for Women at Workplace” in Chanakya National Law University on 20th January, 2019.
11. Presented a research paper titled ‘Access to justice: with special reference to victims of crimes in the Indian legal system’ in 40th All India Criminology Conference on “Dimensions of Crime and Criminal Justice System: Contemporary Issues and Challenges” organized by Gujarat National Law University in collaboration with The Indian Society of Criminology on 19-21st January, 2018.
Compulsory courses:
1. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – B.A. LL.B. (H)
2. Victimology – LL.M
Optional courses:
1. Judicial Process and Access to Justice – B.A. LL.B. (H)
2. A Comparative Study of Women under the Criminal Justice System of India – B.A. LL.B. (H)
3. Privilege Class Deviation – LL.M
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