Two Day Online National Conference on Criminal Justice Administration in Modern India- Challenges and a way forward by Mitra Mandal's Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune on 25th and 26th June, 2021: Submit Abstract by June 5, 2021

About Marathwada Mitra Mandal:

‘Marathwada Mitra Mandal’, the charitable trust is established in 1967 in Pune with the objective of providing accommodation facilities to the students. Being established through an inspiration of socially and educationally charged personalities, it serves with a motto ‘Yethe
Bahutanche Hit’ (Welfare of Masses). At its various educational campuses, excellent facilities of education are provided to more than 12000 students pertaining to Architecture, Management, Law, Commerce, Pharmacy and Engineering etc. Recently, the Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s four colleges are accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC, Bengaluru.

About Shankarrao chavan Law College:

‘With the objective of nurturing future lawyer with deals and values required for playing constructive role to create a better world, in 2003, Shankarrao Chavan Law College is established. In an attempt to impart quality legal education, the college organizes wide range of co-curricular activities such as Justice P. B. Sawant National Moot Court Competition, Late Shri Shankarrao Chavan Memorial Elocution Competition etc. The college has also established Centre for Advanced Legal Research & Training and Centre for Academic Research, Publication and E content in Law (CARPEL) for training the students on various legal issues and to inculcate various set of skills among students.

Centre for Criminal Justice Administration:

To promote the study and research with respect to criminal justice administration including all its stakeholders i.e. Investigation (Police), Prosecution, Court, and Prison Administration Investigation the SCLC has established the Centre for Criminal Justice Administration (CCJA). The Centre intends to perform a wide range of activities such as organizing awareness programmes in the form of conferences, seminars, undertaking research projects in collaboration with various agencies, critical evaluation of laws, Government policies and judgment of constitutional courts, etc.

About the Conference

The Criminal justice system is the set of agencies and processes established by the government with the objective of controlling the incident of crime in a society and penalizing the violation of the law. Criminal justice prevailing in any society can be considered as the reflection of society’s cherished values and policies, in substance the level of civilization attained by it. In the last few decades, globalization and technological advancements have posed particular challenges to criminal justice systems in terms of investigation of crime and question of jurisdiction.

Many committees and commissions have underlined the various shortcomings of Indian Criminal Justice in the form of procedural victimization, less conviction rates, and inadequacy to address the issues of vulnerable sections of the community such as women, children, and scheduled caste and scheduled tribes. In addition to these pre-existing shortfalls lockdown imposed due to covid 19 has underlined the inadequacies of our criminal justice system and its inability to deal with the new situation efficiently. It has worked as an eye-opener necessitating the need to introspect and find out new modalities and solutions to deal with the problems persisting in the system. Further, even though the pandemic has aggravated some of the problems regarding criminal justice administration, it is an undeniable truth that many problems such as procedural victimization, the hostility of witnesses, and the inability to address the needs of vulnerable section of the society which affected significantly the efficient administration of the criminal justice were and are prevailing.

It is with this objective, the Centre for Criminal Justice Administration of our college considered it necessary to have a brainstorming discussion regarding various problems prevailing in our criminal justice system and to find out solutions to deal with them in these changing times. With this objective, this conference is organized in which expert judges, lawyers, police officers, academicians in short various stakeholders of the system will give their insight to have a fruitful discussion.

Sub themes of the conference:

Technology and Criminal Justice Administration
Procedural Victimisation and Criminal Justice Administration
Vulnerable and Criminal Justice Administration
Witness Protection and Criminal Justice Administration
ADR and Criminal Justice Administration

Important Dates:

Last Date for Abstract Submission- 5 June, 2021
Notification of Selection of Abstracts – 7 June, 2021
Last Date for Full Paper Submission- 20 June, 2021
Last Date for Registration- 20 June, 2021

Registration fees:

Students of SCLC- No fees
Law students and Research Scholar other than of SCLC (only participation)- 100
Law students and Research Scholar other than of SCLC (Research
paper presentation)- 300
Academicians, Lawyers and other professionals (only participation)- 100
Academicians, Lawyers and other professionals (Research paper
presentation)- 300

Note: – Registration fess includes only participation/paper