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B.A. LL.B. (JGU)

LL.M. (Queen Mary University of London)

Human Rights Law LLM/ Queen Mary University of London/ 2023

 

Ishan Vijay Avadhanam

Assistant Lecturer

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Key Expertise Queer Theory (currently working on an article on the legal ramifications of the same-sex marriage judgement. Child rights (including child labor and the misunderstandings surrounding it, children in politics, children and asylum, family law) Language rights and politics Intersectional feminism Constitutional law and Indian politics
B.A. LL.B. (JGU)

LL.M. (Queen Mary University of London)

Human Rights Law LLM/ Queen Mary University of London/ 2023

 

Biography

Ishan Vijay graduated with a B.A. LL.B. degree from O.P. Jindal Global University, in 2022. His interest in academia arose in the 3rd and 4th year of law school where he was exposed to multiple areas of law, both national and international. He pursued an LL.M. in Human Rights Law from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), on a Postgraduate Scholarship in Law.

He is interested in a variety of subjects, chief among them being child law, human rights, criminal law, constitutional law, and family law. During his time at QMUL he worked as a legal caseworker for the ‘Advice on Individual Rights in Europe’ (AIRE) Centre. He researched asylum and the right to have a family under the European Convention on Human Rights. He is currently working as a research assistant on a project about international child rights law. He is also interested in Jurisprudence and Sociology.

Presented the paper at the Crafting Critique Culture Conference, 2021 at the University of Iowa. Video Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16YvPV7gatG7vPc3N7QiEu6KiW0EaD7lN/view

Research Paper on the Bombay Beggary Act, 1960 and how it impacts the Street Magicians of Kathputli Colony, Delhi. Published in the famous Subversions Journal Volume 6, 2018: http://subversions.tiss.edu/vol-6/dikshit-bhagabati/

Presented the findings of the research paper in the 2nd Undergraduate Research Conference, 2018 which was hosted in O.P. Jindal Global University. This distinguished conference was attended by noted Sociologist Professor Dipankar Jain and had Professor J. Thomas (Tom) Cook as the Chief Guest, alongside university Vice Chancellor Professor C. Rajkumar.

Published a paper pursuant to this presentation at the University of Iowa website at : https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1575&context=ijcs

Article about the Supreme Court’s stay on recently publicised Bombay High Court case which held, ‘Skin to Skin’ contact was required for offence to constitute sexual assault of a child: published in Legal Services India: http://www.legalserviceindia.com/legal/article-4700-skin-to-skin-contact-temporary-relief-from-a-bad-precedent-and-conflict-of-laws.html .

Article on Copyright Law and how Coincidence should be introduced as a new exception for copyright infringement published in Legal Services India: http://www.legalserviceindia.com/legal/article-4833-coincidence-a-new-test-for-copyright-law-.html

Policy Analysis and critique of ‘Haryana official language amendment act 2020’ published at the NALSAR Langue Rights Blog at: https://thelanguagerightsblog.nalsar.ac.in/2021/09/14/a-conundrum-of-speech-the-language-before-the-courts-in-haryana/
Key Expertise Queer Theory (currently working on an article on the legal ramifications of the same-sex marriage judgement. Child rights (including child labor and the misunderstandings surrounding it, children in politics, children and asylum, family law) Language rights and politics Intersectional feminism Constitutional law and Indian politics
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