NALSAR Holds 1st IHL & Child Rights Competition

To mark the 30th year of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research's (NALSAR) Centre for Child and Youth Justice, in collaboration with UNICEF and Enhelion (academic sponsor), organized the first International Humanitarian Law and Child Rights Competition to encourage students to deliberate on the intersection between these two areas. With an overwhelming number of applications for the assessment rounds, the top 15 teams...

GLC Mumbai Holds 3rd Dr. Y.P. Trivedi National Tax Moot Court Competition

The 3rd Dr. Y.P. Trivedi National Tax Moot Court Competition was held at Government Law College, Mumbai, on 29th and 30th March. It was hosted by the Government Law College in association with The Chamber of Tax Consultants. The moot proposition was a combination of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988. There were 18 teams from all over the nation, and each team comprised two speakers and a researcher. The final round of arguments and valedictory...

2nd Edition Of Model Youth United Nations Concludes At Seedling School Of Law And Governance

The second edition of Model Youth United Nations concluded with the valedictory ceremony at Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University, on Sunday (April 14). The 2-day event saw the participation from almost 200 students from across India. The Chief Guest for the opening ceremony IAS officer Mr. Alex Paul Menon, CEO ChiPs, emphasized upon the contribution of such sessions to improve the debating and negotiation skills of students. These skills play a vital role at the...

RGNUL Wins 1st RGNUL Sports & Entertainment Law National Mediation Competition

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Cell (ADRC) of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, in association with the Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution Team (PACT), Delhi, organized the first edition of RGNUL Sports & Entertainment Law National Mediation Competition from 12 to 14 April. The event was supported by the Punjab State Legal Services Authority and Punjab & Haryana High Court Mediation Centre, Chandigarh; Krida Legal; Legacy Law Offices, New Delhi; Markanda Advocates;...

NLU-Delhi Opens First Of Its Kind Clinic For Assistance In Labour Laws (CALL)

The Legal Services Committee of National Law University, Delhi inaugurated the 'Clinic for Assistance in Labour Laws' (CALL). The Clinic was inaugurated by the workers of the University. The Clinic is the first in a network of various mobile 'CALL Points' to be established at various workplaces and establishments in and around Dwarka initially, and later in different parts of Delhi. CALL Points are intended to be resource points on all matters pertaining to labour law. The Clinic aims at...

SC Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju Named In Time's List Of 100 Influential Persons For Legal Battle Against Sec.377 IPC

In the Time Magazine's list of 100 influential persons, the names of Supreme Court lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju are included, in recognition of their contribution in the Navtej Johar case in which the Supreme Court had decriminalised homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code."Arundhati and Menaka have helped take a giant step for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's largest democracy. In their committed fight for justice, they have shown us that we as a society...

Nishant Gokhale, NUJS Batch Of 2011, Bags Gates Cambridge Scholarship For Ph.D. At Cambridge

Nishant Gokhale, alumnus, NUJS Class of 2011 has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship for pursuing a PhD in law at the University of Cambridge. Nishant Gokhale was a member of the NUJS Legal Aid Society during his college days and was the convener for the same from 2010-11. He then did a judicial clerkship, followed by a few years of working as an associate at the Law Chambers of Kapur and Trehan and at Project 39-A at the National Law University, Delhi (then the Centre on the Death...

NLUD Registrar Prof. Bajpai Elected As VSA Vice-President

Prof. Dr. G.S. Bajpai has recently been elected as the Vice-President of Victim Support Asia (VSA), Asian region, recognizing his consistent contributions towards reforms in victim justice, research in criminal justice and his academic, published, and professional accreditations in the ambit of victim Justice.It is a progression to his roles and responsibilities as presently the President of Indian Society of Victimology (ISV) and the elected Executive Member of World Society of Victimology...

Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik Delivers Lecture At DNLU On Careers In Law

Dharmashstra National Law University (DNLU) on Tuesday conducted a guest lecture where the 'Dharmashastra Law Lecture Series' was inaugurated.The event was graced by Hon'ble Shri Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik, former judge, Supreme Court of India.The lecture was on the topic of 'Study of Law & Career Options for Law Graduates.'Hon'ble Justice Shri AK Patnaik briefed the students about the career options available for the law graduates. His emphasis was on quality education by judicious...

IFIM Law School Hosts Nat'l Seminar On Issues And Challenges In Consumer Laws

IFIM Law School, Bengaluru, hosted a national seminar on 'Deliberations on Consumer Laws: Issues and Challenges in the Global Market' at their Electronic City Campus. As many as 73 participants from all across India participated in the seminar, who presented their research papers during various technical sessions. The event was inaugurated by Justice N Kumar, former Judge, High Court of Karnataka; Dr. R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU, Bangalore; and Arnaud Raynouard, Professor of Law,...

JGLS & WWF-India Launch One-Year LLM Programme in Environmental Law, Energy & Climate Change

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of OP Jindal Global University (JGU), in association with WWF-India, has launched a Master's Programme in Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change, a first of its kind to be taught in India.The two institutions have together launched a one-year LLM programme in a niche and futuristic area relating to environmental justice and climate change, which are critical to our existence on the planet. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between...

ILNU Conducts ICJE Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Institute of Law, Nirma University, recently organised an International Conference on Justice Education on the theme of Artificial Intelligence and its Legal Implications. The conference witnesses a plenary session on 'Global treaty for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence'. The key speakers were Ms. Komal Gupta, Head, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at Cyril Amarchand MangalDas, Ahmedabad, and Dr. Pawan Duggal, founder and chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security...