Right To Appeal Against Acquittal Under Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 : The Rule Of Victim v. Complainant

Right to appeal in criminal law jurisprudence acquires a special position, since it draws upon the ideological base of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. As per Article 21 of the constitution, life and personal liberty of a person cannot be taken away by state except in accordance with the procedure established by law. The procedure established by law has been creatively interpreted by the Supreme Court to include within its scope the implicit guarantee of a fair, just and...

GNLU's Centre for Law and Society Assists Authorities In Bringing Back Migrant Workers Stranded In Maharashtra To Their Homes In Madhya Pradesh

The Centre for Law and Society (GCLS) of the Gujarat National Law University is taking crucial steps to safeguard the rights of migrant workers stranded in Maharashtra, due to the nation-wide lockdown. GCLS, in collaboration with the Zenth Legal Aid Clinic is ensuring that the stranded labours have access to food, shelter, and medical facilities. They are also helping the workers in getting the passes/ tokens, necessary for travelling back home. A team of over 100 volunteers is...

Women In Judiciary

The VIDHI report titled A Survey of Advocates Practicing Before the High Courts revealed some of the striking facts prevalent in some of High court (HC). It is to be pointed out as a word of caution that report doesn't represent a nationwide trend as the survey was restricted to only 8 HCs- Delhi, Allahabad, Bombay, Gujarat, Calcutta, Patna, Madras & Kerala. The survey is based on 350 odd samples from each of these HCs. The report covers lawyers practicing across these High Courts on...

In Open Letter, NALSAR Student Alleges Sexual Assault On Campus

An open letter written by an undergraduate student at Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, surfaced on Wednesday. The letter, shared on the Nalsar community Facebook page, is a personal account of sexual assault by an unnamed best friend on campus, revealing the distrust and the emotional turbulence that follows.The Nalsar Hyderabad Student Bar Council (SBC) has since issued an official statement, condemning any act of sexual harassment. It highlighted the importance of allowing the aggrieved to...

National Institutional Ranking Framework: National Law University, Delhi, and Indian Law Institute, Delhi only two law colleges on the list

National Law University, Delhi and Indian Law Institute, Delhi are the only two law colleges who have made it to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).NLU-D has been placed at the 71st rank, with a score of 54.17. ILI-D has been placed at the 99th rank, with a score of 47.19. You may view the institute data submitted by NLU, here and ILI, here. The table below shows the criteria-wise scoring of the two...

In Conversation with winners of 12th K.K Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition

K K Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition is one of the most prestigious moot in the country.Since 2005, the Competition has been held annually at the Campus Law Centre premises in the memory of Late Sh. K. K. Luthra, Senior Advocate, an eminent criminal lawyer, whose legal career spanned from 1949 till his demise in 1997.This is the only international Criminal Law moot court competition in India. The Competition has focused on topical legal issues and subjects ranging from medical negligence,...

Professor (Dr.) Yogesh K Tyagi has been appointed as Vice- Chancellor of Delhi University

Professor Yogesh K Tyagi, former Dean of the Law Faculty at South Asian University (SAU), has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Delhi University (DU) by the President of India on 15th February, 2016.This is indeed a great news particularly for legal academician in country. The appointment of law professors to such offices in traditional universities like Delhi University is a rare sight. This is only the second time that a professor from legal profession has occupied this designation...

Delhi HC to amend its RTI Rules bringing it in conformity with RTI Act, on law students’ petition [Read Order]

In a welcome step, Delhi High Court has decided to amend its Delhi High Court RTI Rules, 2006, to bring it in conformity with RTI Act, 2005. The decision was communicated to the division bench of the Delhi High Court, on a petition filed by law students, Aastha Sharma, Ishwin Mehta, Paras Jain and Kumar Shanu.A media report from July, 2015 had apprised the petitioners of the request by the Department of Personnel and Training to the Registrar of all High Courts to harmonize their RTI Fees in...

Law student wins 2 year legal battle after being illegally detained for 6 hours over argument with senior IAS Officer

Two years after being illegally detained due to an argument with a senior IAS Officer, 27 year old law student Ankita Shah has succeeded in freeing herself of all charges levied against her.The argument had begun in 2013, when Ms. Shah was stopped from taking part in a hearing at the Urban Development Department (UDD) over the cancellation of a permit of a cold storage unit in Nagpur that collapsed in January 2012, killing 18. Following the accident, local development authority Nagpur...

“You do the best, never mind about the success”; Justice Anil Dave to Law Students

“You do the best, never mind about the success” was the advice by Hon’ble Justice Anil R Dave to the practising lawyers while inaugurating the first N R Madhava Menon SAARC Mooting Competition (Indian round) that took place today at Lloyd Law College in Greater Noida under the technical support from MILAT – Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy. Citing an incident, Justice Dave recounted the event where he being a judge got mesmerized by the pleadings of a young lawyer who later on discovered to be...

Kerala HC asks campus politicians not to obstruct other students from attending classes during ‘strikes’ [Read Judgment]

No student has any sort of right to obstruct other eligible students from entering the class rooms or the portals of a college under the guise of strike, agitation, or 'dharna', Justice Chitambaresh said holding that Right to higher education is a Human right.Justice Chitambaresh of Kerala High Court has delivered yet another landmark judgment which has the potential to change the course of campus life in colleges in Kerala. The Kerala High Court has categorically held that no student has any...

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2016 Syllabus and Pattern is out

The Syllabus and Pattern of the Common Law Admission Test 2016 is published by the Organising Committee in the official Website. The CLAT is scheduled on May 8, 2016;Here is the Syllabus and PatternFor Undergraduate ProgrammeMaximum Marks     : 200Duration of CLAT-2016 Examination     : 02:00 HoursTotal Number of Questions     : 200Sr. No.SubjectsMarks1English including Comprehension40 Marks2General Knowledge and Current Affairs50 Marks3Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)20 Marks4Legal...