JGU VC Prof. Rajkumar Delivers Lecture at ILNU on Combating Corruption

In a distinguished lecture series, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, conducted an expert lecture by Prof. Dr. C Rajkumar, Professor and Vice Chancellor, OP Jindal Global University, Haryana, on the topic ‘Combating Corruption: Challenges for Inclusive Development And Rule Of Law’.According to Prof. Rajkumar, corruption in India is a problem that has serious implications for protecting the rule of law and ensuring access to justice.  It is also pervasive in the system of governance...

Lloyd Job Fest Sees Participation From Around 60 Recruiters, 400 Job-Seekers

The Lloyd Job Fest was organized by Llyod Law College on 7th and 8th April 2018 in Greater Noida, with Siddharth Luthra as the chief guest.Siddharth Luthra, senior advocate, Supreme Court of India, while addressing the job seekers from across India advised them to “join as law teachers as there is dearth of good law teachers in the country”. He also recalled his days as a young lawyer before globalization and commented on how the profession has become monetarily beneficial today. Earlier, he...

TNNLS Holds First Habibullah Badsha Memorial Lecture

The Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS), Tiruchirappalli, under the aegis of Constitutional Law Society, conducted the first Habibullah Badsha Memorial Lecture on Saturday at its campus. The keynote address was delivered by senior advocate Arvind P Datar and the lecture was presided over by Chief Justice of Madras High Court and Chancellor of Tamil Nadu National Law School Justice Indira Banerjee. The lecture witnessed the participation of Justice TS Sivagnanam, Additional Advocate General C...

National Institute of Design Wins ILNU’s Chal Chitra

The winners of Chal Chitra, National Socio-Legal Film Making Competition, 2018, organized by the Legal Aid Clinic, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, have been announced.The winners are as under: 1st Prize: Naisargi – Devshree Nath, National Institute of Design 2nd Prize: Hello Dear - Cultural Committee, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur 3rd Prize: Ka Kaki and Ku - Smit Parekh & Team, Pravin Gandhi Law CollegeThe winners have won Rs. 10000, Rs. 5000 and Rs. 2500,...

KIIT School Of Law Won The 7th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab organized its 7th National Moot Court Competition from 30th March 2018 to 1st April 2018. A total of 64 teams participated in the competition. Participants from different National Law Universities and Law Colleges competed at various levels. The Moot proposition was on Competition Law. KIIT School of Law, Odisha won the first position. The competition was adjudged by eminent judges and academicians. The final rounds were adjudged by Dr. Vijay...

ILNU Conducts 7-day NSS Camp at Jamiyatpura, Gujarat

NSS Unit of Institute of Law, Nirma University, conducted 'Anubhooti', a 7-day residential camp at its adopted village Jamiyatpura, from March 10 to 16, to experience and realize the problems being faced by those residing in the rural areas of Gujarat State.A total of 18 students were part of the camp. Various social welfare activities were conducted in these seven days. The day used to start with ‘Shramdaan’ conducted daily for 2 hours in the morning. Volunteers used to generate awareness among...

ALS Noida Holds Financial Literacy Awareness Program FLAP 2.0

The Legal Entrepreneurship Cell, Amity Law School, Noida, on Monday organised FLAP [Financial Literacy Awareness Program] 2.0, a seminar on financial literacy, with special emphasis of stock market investment and market analysis.The speaker for the program, Mr. Varun Malhotra, Founder-Head, EIFS, is an IIT-CA-IIM alumnus. Mr. Varun Malhotra began investing when he was 17 years old and is committed to spreading the knowledge he has acquired over the years. He has several publications with respect...

NUJS Kolkata VC Resigns After Long-Searing Student Dissatisfaction Over Falling Academic Standards

Faced with mounting protest from students stirred by a review commission report on West Bengal’s National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Kolkata’s falling academic standards, its Vice-Chancellor Prof P Ishwara Bhat resigned on Wednesday.In his letter to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Bhat cited “health and family reasons” for his inability to continue to serve the varsity in the capacity of VC.“…It has been a great honour and privilege to serve this university which I have done...

Formal Collaboration Between Herbert Smith Freehills and IDIA

In furtherance of the Herbert Smith Freehills India Practice's wider commitment to give back to India, Herbert Smith Freehills has entered into a formal collaboration with Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education ("IDIA"), a leading charity that operates across India to provide financial and practical support to empower students from underprivileged and marginalised communities in India to attend law school and to qualify as lawyers.Through this formal collaboration, the firm...

GLC Mumbai Wins 3rd GD Goenka Moot Court Competition

The School of Law, GD Goenka University, organized the 3rd GD Goenka Global Antitrust and Competition Law Moot Court Competition 2018 from March 23rd to 25th.The moot proposition so drafted for this moot court competition was based on an issue revolving around Competition Law. A total of 24 teams from all around the nation had registered themselves to be a part of this Moot Court Competition.The 3rd GD Goenka Global Antitrust and Competition Law Moot Court Competition-2018 was inaugurated on...

NUJS Students Demand VC's Resignation After Review Commission Report Reveals Maladministration [Read Report]

After the revelation of the first ever Review Commission for the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), the NUJS Student Juridical Association (SJA) has called for the immediate ouster of Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof. Ishwara Bhat.In a release, SJA has called Prof. Bhat out for being "corrupt, nepotistic, undemocratic and despotic, incapable, and incompetent". Highlighting their disappointment with their VC, the  release states, "Our lived experiences show how several of us...

CLAT 2018 Registration Till 31st March

With only a few days remaining for the closure of application for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for admission to the undergraduate and postgraduate courses conducted in 19 National Law Universities, almost 44,800 candidates have already registered for the national level entrance test.The test is being conducted by National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), this year. It is the first time NUALS is conducting CLAT since the beginning of the test in 2008.Last year around 45,000...