Committee Members
Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao
(Chairperson)
Prof. Rao was a Fulbright scholar in 2018, and visited 14 Institutions in the USA, on behalf of the Fulbright foundation. He has the distinction of working with five prestigious law universities in India spanning over the past three decades: National Law School of India University, Bangalore; NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad; Gujarat National Law University, Gandhi Nagar; National Law University Delhi; and National Law University Odisha.
Prof. Rao has contributed to the development of teaching, research, and institution building throughout his career. Recently. he received the highest award in the field of Criminology, ‘Kumarappa – Reckless Award’ for his outstanding contribution in Criminal Justice Education in India, by the Indian Society of Criminology (ISC), Chennai in February 2020.
Prof. (Dr.) G. S. Bajpai
(Member and Convener)
Prof. Bajpai serves as Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Chair Professor at K. L. Arora Chair in Criminal Law, Director at the Centre for Criminology & Victimology (CCV), and Registrar at National Law University Delhi. He has held many positions in his professional career spanning over three decades and has also previously officiated as the Director and Registrar, National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
Prof. Bajpai has authored 17 books and over 80 papers, 12 project reports, several monographs and over 30 articles in the leading dailies like the Indian Express, the Hindu, the Tribune, etc. He posits as an Editor to three prestigious International Journals, namely: Journal of Victimology & Victim Justice; Journal of National Law University Delhi; and Indian Journal of Criminology.
As the Director of the Centre for Criminology and Victimology, NLU Delhi he has undertaken research projects for various reputed Govt. institutions, especially in the fields of Criminology, Victimology, and Victim Justice.
He has been invited to deliver speeches, lectures and offer expert advice on various International platforms. He has travelled widely as a Post-Doctoral Fellow, Academic Visitor, Exchange Visitor and as an Expert to countries like U.K., U.S.A., Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, South Korea, Hongkong, Philippines, etc.
For his consistent efforts during for his contribution to academics and research, he has been conferred with several awards and honours. He been re-elected as President of the Indian Society of Victimology (ISV) and elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Indian Society of Criminology (ISC); both in February 2020. He has also been elected to the Executive Committee of the World Society of Victimology (WSV) in 2017.
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Prof. (Dr.) Balraj Chauhan
(Member)
Prof. Balraj Chauhan is the First Vice-Chancellor of Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur. Prior to joining DNLU, Prof. Chauhan has served as Director, Amity Law School, Lucknow; and Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow and of National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
He has also been a Member of the UP State Law Commission, Member of UP State Legal Services Authority, and Executive Member, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute New Delhi. Prof. Chauhan has special interest in the fields of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Clinical Legal Education.
Prof. Chauhan has completed several projects funded by the State and other National and International agencies. He is a distinguished scholar, who has been awarded the Dr. Kumarappa Reckless Award in 2009, for his contributions to the field of Criminology.
He has also received several prestigious fellowships, including the Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship 2011, and the Fellowship of Indian Society of Criminology.
He is visiting faculty to several National Law Universities, Judicial Training Research Institute, NIPCED, NJA, etc. He has been associated with the National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science of Bureau of Police and Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, and also visited various International Universities in USA, UK, South Africa, Italy, Uganda, Philippines and Canada as an invitee.
He is a prolific writer and has contributed several research articles in National and International Journals. He has authored two books and edited books on Human Rights. He has over 40 years of experience in teaching and research. Prof. Chauhan is well-versed with project formulation, financial planning, budgeting of proposals, resource management, monitoring and organising workshops, training programmes, and seminars. Several students have completed their LL.D. and Ph.D. under his guidance.
He is Convenor, CLAT 2020, Consortium of National Law Universities; and President, Indian Society of Criminology.
Shri. Mahesh Jethmalani
(Member)
An Oxford educated Barrister and a Senior Advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India, he is both a trial and an appellate court lawyer. He has appeared in many celebrated criminal trials and other proceedings in which he has acquired, over the years, a reputation for his forensic skills and his outstanding advocacy.
He commenced his practice in 1981 with the then high-profile prosecution of a sitting Chief Minister – A. R. Antulay in the Bombay High Court. Since then he has participated in innumerable landmark criminal trials such as the General Vaidya murder trial conducted in Yerawada Jail, the 1992 Securities Scam involving Harshad Mehta, 1993 Bomb Blast case, Nusli Wadia Murder trial, Tata Tea case involving ULFA, the 2001 stock market scam, Sadhvi Pragya, The Gujrat Riots cases, The Sohrabuddin case, David Headley’s deposition in the Bombay Sessions Court and Jack Dorsey CEO of Twitter. He has also appeared in prominent corporate legal battles on the civil side, the most prominent battles being the Indian Express Newspapers v Indira Gandhi Govt; the Birla-Lodha feud, the Natural Gas dispute between Ambani brothers and the recent Tata-Pallonji fallout. Presently he practices in the Supreme Court predominantly on the criminal side but also on civil and constitutional matters.
Shri. G. P. Thareja
(Member)
Shri G.P. Thareja graduated with degree of M.Sc. (Chem.) in 1965 and with a degree of LL.B. in 1967. He, subsequently, taught chemistry and law, as Lecturer at Kanpur University.
He served as a judicial officer in Delhi for 32 years before superannuation in 2004, in which time period he adjudicated upon several matters including Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case and Naina Sahni murder case. As a judicial officer, he was appointed by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to enquire into matter of hawkers & squatters etc., in area of New Delhi Municipal Corporation. While serving as a judicial officer, he obtained LL.M. degree from the University of Delhi, in 1979. Also, he presented papers at the ‘World Congress on Law & Medicine’ organised by the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi in 1985 and the Seminar on ‘Criminal Justice in India – Problems & Perspectives’ organised by the Law Commission of India in 1994.
Post retirement, he has donned the robes of an Advocate and appeared in several cases including Arushi Talwar murder case, CP Shootout case and Uphaar Tragedy case. Also, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has appointed him as Amicus Curiae in several matters and assigned him judicial work, including enquiry in relation to illegal appointments in Hardyal Municipal Public Library, Delhi. He is also on the panel of arbitrators at Delhi International Arbitration Centre and is often invited by the Delhi Judicial Academy and National Law University Delhi, as a resource person on procedural laws.
Shri Praveen Sinha
(Member)
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Dr. Padmini Singh
(Member)
Dr. Padmini Singh, Addl. Legal Advisor, MoLA, presently posted with CBI. She joined as a Public Prosecutor with CBI in the year 2006 and thereafter she was promoted to Sr. PP in the year 2015. Thereafter, in the year 2019 she joined Ministry of Law and Justice as an Addl. Legal Advisor.
Dr. Padmini Singh, ALA has conducted various sensitive and technical cases while holding the post of Public Prosecutor and Sr. Public Prosecutor in the CBI.
Dr. Padmini Singh, ALA conducted the trial of CBI V/s Sukh Ram former (Former Union Minister of State for Communications [MoS(C)], remained associated in CBI v/s Vidhyadhar and others. (JBT teachers Scam), trial of Co-operative Group Housing Scam (Hon’ble High Court of Delhi referred matter), trial of Tehlka cases i.e., CBI v/s Dilip Singh Judev, CBI v/s Narender Singh (official in the Ministry of Defence),CBI v/s Bangaru Laxman, CBI v/s Dilip Singh Judev and others (former Union Minister for State Enviornment and forest, Amit Jogi (M.P.), CBI v/s Jaya Jaitley (former M.P), CBI v/s M. Raghupathy (former M.P) and CBI v/s H.C Pant, CBI v/s P. Sasi, trial of CBI v/s Lalu Prasad Yadav & Ors. And CBI v/s M/s INX Media Pvt. Ltd. (Indrani Mukherjia Ex. Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram and others)
Dr. Padmini Singh also remained associated with Supreme Court monitored Coal Scam cases. She was appointed as a Legal advisor in Coal Scam cases by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Dr. Padmini Singh has also given lectures in Criminal Law in CBI Academy, Ghaziabad. She has been conferred with honours and awards for her contribution in the prosecution of cases in CBI.
