Panel Discussion on ‘Changing Rights of Parents and Children: Comparative Perspectives on Family Law Reform from India and Europe’ | By Centre for Women and the Law (CWL), NLSIU, Freie Universität Berlin and ERC Research Group

The Centre for Women and the Law (CWL), NLSIU, in collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) and ERC Research Group, is organising a panel discussion on ‘Changing Rights of Parents and Children: Comparative Perspectives on Family Law Reform from India and Europe’ on December 8, 2025, at the Ground Floor Conference Hall, Training Centre, NLSIU.

Abstract

The panel explores the transformation of family law within a new Indo-German co-operation. It establishes comparative conversations on family law reform within case law, legal pluralism, and the European civil code tradition. Moreover, it opens an interdisciplinary dialogue between social historians, legal scholars and jurists. Family law reform has often been studied in the context of marriage and divorce, property and inheritance. While these remain crucial issues for the regulation of the family, for family courts, and diverse families, the panel foregrounds emerging research on child custody, contestations over parents’ rights, and the status and interpretation of the best interest of the child.

Panellists

1. Dr. Jana Tschurenev, Principal Investigator, ERC Consolidator Grant “Democratising the Family? Gender equality, parental rights, and child welfare after 1945” (DEMFAM) project, FUB
2. Dr. Razak Khan, Research Associate, DEMFAM, FUB
3. Dr. Aarti Mundkar, Assistant Professor of Law, NLSIU
4. Dr. Noor Ameena, Assistant Professor of Law, NLSIU

Collaboration Partners

• Centre for Women and the Law (CWL), NLSIU
• Freie Universität Berlin (FUB)
• ERC Research Group Democratising the Family? Gender Equality, Child Welfare and Parental Rights in Contemporary Global History (DEMFAM)

Registration

This event is open to the public. Non-NLS attendees are required to register here.