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An Undertaking of S.D.College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt

(Under VedaVyaas Restructuring Sanskrit Scheme) Dept of Sanskrit, Political Science, SDHDR&T Center, S D College, GMN College, SD Adarsh Skt College, Ambala, MPN College, Mullana, RKSD College, Kaithal jointly organized a *National Webinar * on the topic – *“Critique Of Idea & Concept Of Justice In Indian & Western Tradition” “ भारतीय एवम् पाश्चात्य परम्परा में न्य ाय के ववचार एवम् अवधारणा की मीमाांसा* in which 39 scholars, teachers & students participated. Dr. Chiman Lal, HOD, Pol Sc welcome the resource person Dr. Ashutosh Dayal Mathur, Head, Department of Sanskrit, St. Stephen College, Delhi University, Delhi who talked about the various aspects of the western tradition of justice along with the idea of Nyaaya as Dharma in Sanskrit Dharma- Shaastra tradition. He referred to different sources of dharma- shastras regarding the various aspects of justice including issues of social justice. Dept of Sanskrit initiated the discussion by raising the following issues by a PPT presentation – What justice is? What constitutes justice? What is the difference between Greek, Roman, Biblical, Islamic, Indian constitutional ideas & concepts of justice along with the Sanskrit Shaastrik concept of justice? NEETI & NYAAYA – both stand for justice in classical Sanskrit, but both have been used in many different senses in different philosophical and legal discussions in ancient India. Among the principal uses of the term, NITI is organizational propriety and behavioral correctness whereas the term Nyaaya stands for a more comprehensive concept of realized justice. Moreover, Dharma is a more appropriate concept rather than justice or Nyaya. Dept of Skt shared four short stories to easily understand the concept of Justice from Greek, western, Jew & Sanskrit tradition. It was decided to hold one more such open house discussion soon on this issue. Dr. Vinay Singhal proposed the vote of thanx to all the participants and the resource person for their valuable contributions.
You can watch the proceedings by clicking YouTube Link given below-