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LL.M. in International Human Rights Law, University of Essex

B.A. LL.B., Institute of Law, Nirma University

Prof. Parkhi Saxena

Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean

Email parkhi.saxena1@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-1311-4061
Key Expertise family law, international human rights law, women's rights, minority rights, refugee law, migration studies.

LL.M. in International Human Rights Law, University of Essex

B.A. LL.B., Institute of Law, Nirma University

Biography

Parkhi Saxena is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal Global Law School. She is also an Assistant Dean in the B.A. LL.B. Academic Affairs and an Assistant Editor for the Jindal Global Law Review. She teaches courses on Family Law and is an Assistant Instructor in electives offered by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice U.U. Lalit. Parkhi has regularly published her work in leading international law journals and has also actively presented her research in international conferences. She pursued her Master's in Law (with Merit) from the University of Essex on the J.N. Tata Scholarship and Bachelor's in Law (with Distinction) from Nirma University.

Family Law- I

Family Law- II 

International Commercial Arbitration in India: Challenges and Opportunities (AI in the elective)

Press and Privacy: Evaluating the Indian Contours (AI in the elective)

Parliamentary Privileges and the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution (AI in the elective)

Illusory Justice: Women, Violence and the Law (AI in the elective)

Intersectional Feminism (AI in the elective)

J.N. Tata Scholarship (2021)

Essex Law School Bursary (2021)

Academic Excellence International Master's Scholarship (2021)
 

J.N. Tata Scholarship (2021)

Essex Law School Bursary (2021)

Academic Excellence International Master's Scholarship (2021)
 

Peer Reviewer (Journal of Indian Law and Society, 2024)

Peer Reviewer (International Journal of Refugee Law, 2024)

Peer Reviewer (Journal of Refugee Studies, 2024)

Co-authored a book chapter, "Strange Bedfellows: Indian Judiciary, Law Commission of India, and Gender-Just Family Law Reforms" with Prof. Saumya Uma, in an edited volume on Family Laws by Springer Nature (upcoming).

Published paper titled ‘Few hits, many misses: the role of the Law Commission of India in ushering gender-just family law reforms’ in Indian Law Review [2026]

Published paper titled ‘Climate-induced Migration in the Asia-Pacific: Need for a Regional Protection System for migrants’ in Brawijaya Law Journal (Volume 12 Issue 1) [2025]

Published Note titled ‘Analyzing the Reporting of the Maldivian, Indian and the Chinese Media of the India-Out Campaign’ in Janus.Net (Volume 16 Issue 2) [2025]

Published paper titled ‘The Need and Means for Pre-Legislative Consultation in India: Mygov and Beyond’ in The Theory and Practice of Legislation (Volume 13 Issue 1) [2025]

Published media review titled ‘India’s outreach to the Pacific Islands: From Indian media’s perspective’ in Asian Politics and Policy (Volume 15 Issue 4) [2023]

Published paper titled ‘Access to Justice for Women Litigants in Family Courts: A post-pandemic Study with special reference to Family Court in Ahmedabad district’ in Kathmandu School of Law Review (Volume 11 Issue 1) [2023]

Published paper titled ‘Social Workers and Protection of Human Rights of the Migrants: How the Impending Crisis of Climate-Induced Migration can be averted’ in the HPNLU Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (Volume I Issue 1) [2020]

Published blog titled ‘One step closer to gender justice: Equal inheritance rights to Hindu daughters’ in Oxford Human Rights Blog [2020]

Published blog titled ‘Solidarity in the times of pandemic: How the Rohingya Refugees can survive the COVID-19 and beyond through socio-economic inclusion’ in RLI Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration [2020]

Published blog titled ‘Climate migration in South-eastern Asia: An impending crisis’ in International Review of Human Rights Law [2020]

Published paper titled ‘The Growing Menace of Ragging in Indian educational institutions: An analysis through statistical data and judicial pronouncements’ in Indian Journal of Jurisprudential Studies (Vol I Issue 2) [2018]
Email parkhi.saxena1@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-1311-4061
Key Expertise family law, international human rights law, women's rights, minority rights, refugee law, migration studies.
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