Events Corner
Submissions open for the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono 2016
Submissions are open for the 3rd edition of the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono, the world’s leading global pro bono survey.The submission period runs between 11 April and 23 May 2016About TrustLaw: TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro bono service, which connects NGOs and social enterprises with free legal advice and research from the best law firms and in-house legal teams around the world. TrustLaw is a growing network of over 3,000 members in 170 countries, including 2,500 NGOs...
Vidhi 'Great Cases' Talk; Mr Arvind Datar on Sahara v SEBI case
The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy in association with CNBC TV 18 is presenting its ninth talk of the series of talks on GREAT CASES wherein they are inviting senior lawyers and retired judges to speak about their landmark cases. The programme is scheduled to take place on 8th April, 2016 at 5:30 pm at UChicago Centre, DLF Capitol Point, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi – 110001.One of...
Justice A K Patnaik launches LexisNexis’ book ‘Law and Sports in India" by Justice Mukul Mudgal & Vidushpat Singhania
LexisNexis®, a leading provider of content and technology solutions for legal, corporate, tax, academic and government markets, launched ‘Law and Sports in India-Development, Issues and Challenges, 2nd Edition’ by Justice Mukul Mudgal & Vidushpat Singhania at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on February 19, 2016. Hon’ble Mr. Justice A K Patnaik, Former Judge, Supreme Court of...
“Granville Austin, the American Biographer of Indian Constitution “-a Talk & “We” Thematic Classical Music Recital
Embassy of India, Washington D.C is organizing a cultural event on December 18, 2015 in which a Thematic Classical Music Recital by Deepa Divya sisters and a slide based talk on “Granville Austin, the American Biographer of Indian Constitution “ by Vikram Raghavan are included.Deepa Divya sisters will present the works of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee , Subramaniya Bharathi ,...
LexisNexis’s Convenient Action: Continuity for Change authored by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India Released
Convenient Action: Continuity for Change by Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, was released by Mr. Francois Hollande, President of France at COP21/CMP11 in Paris on 30 November, 2015. The book was released in presence of Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General, the United Nations and about 30 other Heads of States in the audience, during a house full event that was attended by...
O.P Jindal Global University celebrated its sixth anniversary as University Day on 30 Sep 2015
JGU began classes and the first academic session 30th September 2009. On that day, Jindal Global Law School had only four classrooms ready and operational. It did not have anything else built and running on our campus and the only infrastructure that was available were these four classrooms in the first floor of the academic block and a conference room, as faculty members...
Some Notes on Electronic Evidence in India Today
To their own surprise, the organizers of the recent one day workshop on electronic evidence at Delhi HC received an overwhelming response. They had sent messages to DHC bar members announcing it and hoped to get enough lawyers on board to make an easily manageable group of 40 participants. They actually got over 250 responses! This little statistic is clearly an indicator of the...
IDIA celebrates five years of creating CHAMPS
This year marks the 5th anniversary of one of the most noble ventures of recent times, IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education), the pan India movement to train underprivileged students and facilitate access to premier legal education.Marking five years of constant commitment to the cause, IDIA is organizing a two day event on 2nd and 3rd of October in Delhi. The...
NLU, Delhi organizes panel discussion on "Hatred & Dangerous speech Online: A Comparative Analysis”
The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi organized a panel discussion on “Hatred and Dangerous Speech Online: A Comparative Analysis” on 9th September 2015 at India International Centre. The panelists included Professor Susan Benesch, Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Mr. Manoj Mitta, Senior Journalist...
Biswamil Cultural Extravaganza
Jindal Global Law School is organizing the annual extravaganza called Biswamil , is a colloquial term for the 20th milestone, signifying University’s location, which is 20 miles from New Delhi. JGU believes that every university has a distinctive cultural setting and JGU location on the outskirts of N.C.R puts us in a microcosm of Indian rural life, with its rustic charm and local flavor. Besides celebrating the beauty of this vibrant lifestyle, JGU seek to send out a social message.THEME The...
Call for Papers: International Conference on Gender Equality
The Gender Park, Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala is organising an International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE-1), “Gender, Governance and Inclusion”.The conference aims to entail an informative and interactive program including plenary sessions, thematic paper presentations and panel discussions by the gender experts from around the world and poster presentations...
Jindal University to Host Times Higher Education Summit
O.P Jindal Global University on the fourth convocation ceremony announced that the University will host the Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies Global Academic Summit from December 1-3, 2015.University Chancellor Naveen Jindal announced that, “Times Higher Education has selected the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building (IIHED) of...