S. Jyotiranjan

Partner

Experience at the Bar

Academic engagements

Editorial Assignment

Other Professional Engagements

Lectures Delivered

• Delivered talk in the prestigious MexTalks Series (Managerial Expertise Talks) (1st Session) at National Institute of Technology, Calicut as a Keynote Speaker on 14.08.2021.

• Delivered lecture on ‘Eminent Domain & Tribal Displacement in India’, as a resource person in a Seminar organised by Department of Anthropology, Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore on 19.02.2022.

• Invited as a judge to the National Policy Formulation Competition conducted Centre for Study & Research in Legislative Drafting (CSRLD), KIIT Law School (KLS) from 9th – 10th April 2022.

• Delivered talk on ‘Anthropology in Policymaking: Challenges and Opportunities’ as a resource person in a Webinar organised by Department of Anthropology, Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore on 07.08.2021.

• Conducted monthly training programme on “Medico-Legal Aspects of Practice of Medicine in India” for Medical Officers & Administrative staffs under District Ayurveda Medical Officer, Balasore Circle, Balasore, Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Odisha, from May, 2016 to December, 2016.

Successful in Odisha Judicial Service Examination-2014

Special Engagement:

Appointed on invitation as Honorary Advisor (Public Policy Advocacy) to Dalit Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (DICCI),

Odisha Chapter since 12th April, 2020. DICCI is the apex body of S.C/S.T Entrepreneurs with 26 state and 7 abroad chapters and it represents at premier national policy making bodies.

Experience:

Publications

• Have the privilege of writing weekly column titled, “CONTEMPORARIES”, for the print and online edition of ‘The Pioneer’ newspaper, focussing mainly on Law, Governance & Public Policy issues. (Since October, 2019)
(Some Recent Columns are as below)

•Depiction of Lord Ram’s paintings in Indian Constitution
•Ram idol consecration beginning of cultural renaissance
•India’s rising soft power and Qatari court verdict
•Impact of divergent SC rulings on ED’s powers of arrest
•The binary of UPI and rising menace of digital fraud
•An epistle from Dr Ambedkar on Constitution Day
•The story of Supreme Court’s Constitution Benches
•Any speculation to junk Constitution is a misinformed aberration
•Answering critics of Basic Structure Doctrine
•Rahul defamation case: Need to have ‘purity in politics’
•Imposition of Emergency was a historic blunder
•22nd Law Commission rightly seeks to study need for UCC
•India as most populous country: Prospects and challenges
•Legality of delimitation panel redrawing J&K constituencies
•What law says on Rahul’s disqualification
•Shiv Sena crisis and Rameshwar Prasad case
•Repealing obsolete laws means unburdening our lives
•Election Commission verdict: Crossing of Lakshman Rekha by SC?
•Is it necessary to have a menstrual leave policy?
•Its time reforms were made in SC-ST atrocity law
•Electricity Amendment Bill a progressive proposal
•It’s prudent to withdraw Personal Data Protection Bill
•Welfare of urban poor is at the root of economic growth
•Study of right to abortion in India and US
•WTO’s vaccine patent waiver too little, too late
•Digital tech essential for efficient justice delivery
•Move to change IPS deputation rules needs pragmatic federalism
•Letting students pursue two degrees simultaneously
•Augment good governance through social media
•Put Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill to test
•‘The Kashmir Files’: The suppressed truth pours out
•Tech-driven land resource mgmt must for economy
•Time to turn towards indigenous knowledge in disaster mgmt
—(Co-authored by
S. JYOTIRANJAN/
PROF. PRASANTA KUMAR SAHOO)
•Make more effective diplomatic move to save Indians
•Good governance through legal, policy reforms in 8 yrs
—(Co-authored by
S. JYOTIRANJAN/
P.K PARHI, ASGI, ORISSA HIGH COURT)
•Bold and time-appropriate Union Budget
•Let’s know the politics of global climate change
•Overhaul judiciary to protect Constitutional idea
•Think how to repair anti-defection law
•National growth without tribal dev is a myth
•Overhaul judiciary to protect Constitutional idea
•Right political will needed to implement FRA in letter and spirit
•Guvs must act as Govt’s conscience-keepers
•Dawning of a new era of data protection
•Judicial infra dev essential for justice delivery
•Reforming the Indian bureaucracy is much-needed
•Facebook story hints deep social-media conundrum on ethics and profit
•Time for implementing Gandhian idea of Khadi
•Police reforms needed to be implemented
•The sad fate of women prisoners in India
•Adhere to Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy
•Rethinking vaccine policy post SC view
•Calculating the economic denouement of pandemic
•Cooperative federalism is panacea for the pandemic
•No off-the-cuff remarks as SC stressed judicial sobriety
•Covid crisis: United we stand, divided we fall
•Migrants: Not an exodus but a planned exit now
•Overhaul Crisis Mgmt System as part of governance
•A revisit to National Education Policy needed
•BJP seems gaining ground in West Bengal
•GNCTD Bill revives Govt-LG fight over jurisdictions

•Court verdict on NCC: A new era of gender equality
•Haryana job reservation law constitutionally untenable
•Ramani case: ‘Injury to reputation’ not a saviour anymore
•Let’s say a big ‘no’ to online vigilantism
•Ensure transparency, curb misinformation on Covid vaccines
•Union budget needs to focus on social sector spending
•Message for 2021: Be realistic, learn from experience
•Engaging in a discourse on separation of powers
•A note on admn of justice, respect to freedom of expression
•Anti-‘love jihad’ law regressive, to prevent an imaginary issue
•Onus on CBI to keep its honour, autonomy intact
•News channels, don’t be an investigator, prosecutor & judge
•Growing polarisation: Democratic values fast shrinking
•Channels must stop this mad race for TRPs
•Hathras: Dalit atrocity or atrocity on women or both?
•Protests over agro reform laws are ill-informed
•Media’s insensible behaviour not acceptable
•Kesavananda known for ‘basic structure doctrine’
•Fix ‘cooling-off period’ before reappointing judges
•Respect freedom of speech while slapping contempt case
•This I-Day, let’s examine our strengths as a democracy
•Engaging in a discourse on separation of powers
•A note on admn of justice, respect to freedom of expression
•Anti-‘love jihad’ law regressive, to prevent an imaginary issue
•Onus on CBI to keep its honour, autonomy intact
•News channels, don’t be an investigator, prosecutor & judge
•Growing polarisation: Democratic values fast shrinking
•Channels must stop this mad race for TRPs
•NEP is wrong in ignoring English through primary school
•Guv-State Govt spat bad omens for democracy
•Dubey encounter: Mockery of rule of law?
•Agro market reform laws to be game changer
•Legal concerns over Patanjali’s Covid drugs
•It’s not wise to open public places of worship now
•Issue of crisis of migrants: SC intervention a relief
•Covid crisis:Real time data to help design public policy
•Implement NREGS in realistic way to tackle job loss
•Packages to MSMEs, NBFCs will revive economy
•Bail out MSMEs to put economy back on track
•Lockdown 3.0: How to chalk out exit plan
•Decentralisation, fiscal autonomy can do wonders
•It’s as much to fight corona as to fight economy
•Ensure lockdowns sans loopholes to curb Covid-19
•Don’t make corona a pandemic of hysteria!
•Defeating Corona, reviving economy: Challenges galore
•COVID-19 test strategy: Let India follow S Korea
•Poll reforms: What recent EC report lacks
•JNU Sedition: Delhi Govt’s Nod for prosecution flawed
• India needs stringent law to curb hate speech
• Dissent, dialogue key features of democracy
• Decriminalisation of politics: What SC has said
• Understanding delayed execution, mercy plea
• Let Govt handle water crisis more proactively
• This R-Day, think more of duties than of rights
• Let not curative petition be ground to delay justice
• JNU: Campus politics in ugliest manifestations
• India of engaged, enraged & indifferent
• Ant-CAA Stir: Rioting not good sign of democracy
• Is capital punishment enough deterrence?
• Nothing wrong in the new Citizenship Act
• ‘Zero FIR’ to help victim of out-of-jurisdiction crime• In
dia’s brush with coalition Govts betrayal of poll mandate
• Unregulated social media can pose a threat
• First Doon HM Foot’s letter to 3 alumni, now CMs
• Landmarks that make personal laws more benevolent
• Constitutional morality ingrained in Indian democracy

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Award and Recognition:-

Conferred with ‘Biren Mitra Yuva Prativa Samman-2019’ for contribution to Society as a Lawyer & Columnist at a programme jointly organised by I & PR Dept., Govt. Of Odisha and Biren Mitra Foundation, Cuttack.

Academic Qualification

Academic Qualification

B.A.LL.B(Hons)

Institution & University

University Law College, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar