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Karuna Nundy, advocate at the Supreme Court of India
Chair: Christophe Jaffrelot, CNRS/CERI-Sciences Po
Discussant: Stéphanie Balme, CERI-Sciences Po

Karuna Nundy is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India, and legal policy adviser to governments and the United Nations. Ms. Nundy is representing the petitioner in the People’s Union of Civil Liberties vs Union of India, challenging as unconstitutional restrictions on online speech. She is on the Columbia University project committee for Freedom of Expression and adviser to the 35million member strong global advocacy organisation Avaaz (meaning ‘voice’).Ms. Nundy’s pro bono legal practise includes also leading the Supreme Court litigation arising out of the 1984 gas disaster and toxic waste dumps in Bhopal, she has argued cases involving the rights of alleged terrorists, mentally ill people and class actions on sexual harassment.Her governmental work includes contributions to the Nepal Interim Constitution; a workshop on legislation with the Senate of Pakistan; advice to the Government on Bhutan on its compliance with particular human rights treaties and legal reform in the Maldives with the Attorney General’s Office and the Chief Justice of the Maldives Supreme Court. In India, Ms. Nundy drafted contributions to the new “anti-rape” laws, the Right to Food Act among others.Ms. Nundy received a degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, her first law degree from the University of Cambridge. Her LL.M. is from Columbia Law School where she was also a Human Rights Fellow. Ms. Nundy is qualified to practise in India and NY, she contributes and comments on free speech, gender and other legal issues on the BBC, the New York Times, NPR, Le Monde and other media.

Responsable scientifique : Christophe Jaffrelot, CNRS/CERI-Sciences Po
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