Posted by: pooj33 May 15, 2008
Indians help to draft Nepal’s new constitution
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Hyderabad: The principal of Andhra University’s Dr B R Ambedkar College of Law, Professor Y Satyanarayana has been invited to Nepal to give suggestions and inputs in drafting the new Constitution of Nepal. He is among three experts invited from India by the Nepal government. Former Chief Justice of India Justice JS Verma and senior advocate R Venkataraman are the two other invitees for the three-day intellectual session titled ‘Towards a Constitution in Nepal - Choices and options’ at Dhulikhel from May 14.

Nepal is going to have a new Constitution with the restoration of parliamentary democracy. Satyanarayana was invited to share his expertise in federalism, delineating the Indian experience and keeping the perspective of Nepal in focus.

The conference aims at deliberating on different issues that require to be incorporated in the new Constitution.

Having done his doctoral thesis in federalism, Satyanarayana is an acknowledged expert in this area. “They are interacting with a cross section of the people with knowledge and background of different legal and democratic systems. It is an honour for us to be invited to give feedback before the Constitution is drafted,” Satyanarayana said.


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