GNLU invites Ambassadors, Judges and MP’s as ‘Scholars- in Residence’

The Gujarat National Law University has initiated a vibrant ‘Scholar-in Residence program’ which allows academicians, Senior Advocates, Foreign Service officers, Judges and Members of Parliament to come to the University to engage in research, teach, produce and publish research articles for in house journals during the semesters in GNLU. The program allows Professionals to explore new dimensions in their disciplines, to engage in intellectual exchange while making use of the facilities provided...

Legal academics faced massive manpower crunch; Arun Jaitley at NLU Delhi Third Annual Convocation

The third Annual Convocation of National Law University, Delhi was held on the 30th August, 2015. Sh. Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Minister of Finance Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting was the Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation address. Hon’ble Ms. Justice G. Rohini, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court & Chancellor of NLU, Delhi presided over the Convocation and conferred the degrees to 67 successful students of BA.LLB. (Hons.), 21 students of LL.M  &  three Ph.D scholars. ....

Prof. Shamnad Basheer appointed as Honorary Research Chair Professor of the Centre for IPR, at Institute of Law, Nirma University

A facebook page of the Institute of Law, Nirma University announced recently that the illustrious Prof. Shamnad Basheer was appointed as the Honorary Research Chair Professor of the Centre for IPR, at Institute of Law, Nirma University.When asked about this appointment, Prof Basheer confirmed it to us via email and noted: “It's a great honour to be appointed to this position. I've been to Nirma a couple of times in the past and was very impressed with their vision for legal education.”Prof Purvi...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: SC rejects Centre’s curative petition, upholds commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment

Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice F.M.I. Kalifulla, Justice P.C. Ghose, Justice A.M. Sapre and Justice U.U. Lalit has rejected the Centre’s curative petition against its verdict commuting the death sentence of three convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case to life imprisonment.The bench also upheld commutation...

Jammu and Kashmir set to have its first National Law University

The government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided  to establish  a National Law University  on the similar pattern of NLISU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad.Syed Basharat Bukhari , a high level  delegation of Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs has left for Bangalore and Hyderabad.  He would be appraising the  module of NLISU and NALSAR so that it is adopted for the proposed Law University in J&K.  The senior officer  of the State’s Law Department and Law Secretary  has also accompnied...

Knight in shining armor: NLSIU introduces one of the most progressive scholarship policies

Emerging as a knight in shining armor for the under-privileged and the under-represented class, National Law School of India University has adopted one of the most progressive scholarship policies.The lack of diversity of students who qualify for the National Law Schools of the country became the foundation stone for this scholarship policy.IDIA Diversity Survey studied the incoming group of students in the year 2013. The Of all the students who secured admission into the top 5 NLUs in the...

Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh takes over as President, Association of Indian Universities

Vice-Chancellor, of NLU-Delhi Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, has been elected as the President of Association of Indian Universities.So far in his legal journey he was the Vice President, AIU.The VC of the NLU-Delhi states that, “We need to churn out students who will be professionally competent, technically sound and socially relevant and those who will not only enter their respective professions but also be equipped to address the imperatives of the new millennium and uphold the promise which we...

Bombay HC orders constitution of expert panel for CLAT reassessment decision

While disposing the writ petition of an 18 year old CLAT candidate from Mumbai pertaining to reassessment of the impugned CLAT 2015 results and ranking of the candidates, the honourable Bombay High Court ordered an expert committee with the power to take a decision that could revise the “merit list of candidates if necessary”, making “the whole merit list and all subsequent process, will be subject to outcome of the Expert Panel/Comittee’s decision”.The judgment runs into 33 odd pages was...