Social Justice Week Organised at National Law University, Delhi

Dalit activism on university campus across India is a reality today. As an initiative to commemorate the pioneers of such social justice movements, the 3rd Social Justice Week was organised in NLU Delhi from 11th-20th April 2017.Dr. B.R.Ambdekar, Periyar, Mahatma Phule were some of the doyens in this area. Their entire movement was for empowerment of untouchables and depressed classes and to achieve the ideals of liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Unfortunately, the ideas of these pioneers are...

Nirma University Hosts its 23rd Convocation

Nirma University witnessed 23rd Convocation on its main campus lawn on Thursday, April 20, 2017. A total of 107 students of BA LLB (Hons), 65 students of B.Com LLB (Hons) and 46 students of BBA LL.B (Hons) graduated while proud parents, friends and relatives watched from the sea of audience members who turned out for the event.The Convocation was declared open by Dr. Karsanbhai K Patel, President- Nirma University. Dr. Patel delivered the welcome address and introduced the Chief Guest- Prof Ved...

BCI Appointed Fact-Finding Team Visits NUSRL

After a 75 hour lockdown of the campus of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, the protesting students and the representatives from the Hon’ble High Court and the State of Jharkhand agreed upon a mechanism to bring the protest to a halt.  The students ensured that this is merely a pause and the protest has not been called off. The form of the protest might have changed but it remains intact in its spirit. The newly appointed Acting Vice Chancellor In-Charge, Mr. Gautam Kumar...

Fourth Day of NUSRL Protest

75 hrs later, students withhold protest on concrete actions.The fourth day of NUSRL protest finally brought respite to the students sitting on the locked down gates for 75 hrs. Since morning, police forces were deployed outside campus. The students continued their peaceful protest by sitting inside sticking to their demands. Around 11:30 am, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor incharge came to the University along with S.S.P Ranchi, SP Ranchi (rural), Deputy Commissioner Ranchi division, A.D.M...

Law On Triple Talaq Is Already Settled And Clear: Ex-Law Commission Member Afzal Wani Opines While In ICFAI Law School

“I wonder why we keep saying there is a conflict herein when there are judgements from Supreme Court (the Shamim Ara case) and Delhi High Court stating clearly that triple talaq doesn’t amount to conclusive divorce. I don’t see why there’s further a need to put a ban on triple talaq when the precedents have done the needed.” expressed Prof. (Dr.) M. Afzal Wani while addressing the participants in the Inaugural Session of the ‘National Seminar on Personal Law Reforms: Problems and Prospects’...

More than 50 Hours Later, the Hon’ble Court Addresses the Students of NUSRL while the State Authorities Still Turn a Deaf Ear

The peaceful lockdown in National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi entered its 3rd Day today as the students continue sitting at the front gate in the scorching heat and shivering midnight chills. Read more about the Petition here.As the Faculty and the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor stood outside the lockdown gate, the students allowed the bank employees as well as the resident faculty members to enter the campus while peacefully holding out banners, demanding the resignation of the...

NUJS Emerges Runner Up in the 8th Leiden Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition

Furthering the NUJS tally of international mooting achievements this year, the University team comprising of Abha Nadkarni, Guncha Dhiman, Adya Jha and Parva Khare have emerged as the Runner Up in the 8th International Air Law Moot Court Competition held at Valletta in Malta this year from the 6th April to 9th April, 2017.Teams from 20 countries — India, Nepal, the USA, Australia, Indonesia, China, the Netherlands, Canada, Ukraine, New Zealand, Romania, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Serbia, Poland, the...

NUJS Student Launches Online Platform to Facilitate Mediation in India

In the most recent testimonial to the entrepreneurship culture at NUJS, a student from the University has launched a new platform 'ODRways DOMAIN' for facilitating mediation and online dispute resolution in India.ODRways, which seeks to work towards promoting mediation in India through its integration with technology, is a venture by Pranjal Sinha from NUJS and Vikram Kumar, an engineering graduate, both of whom are committed to bringing systematic technological reforms to the Indian justice...

Students of NUSRL, Ranchi Outraged Against Lack of Infrastructural Facilities, Started #saveNUSRL Campaign

NUSRL is now facing the prospect of being taken to arbitration by the Central Public Works Department in Ranchi. The University owes them Rs. 42 crore in dues for construction on the campus.The University, as Vice-Chancellor Dr. BC Nirmal reveals, is in no position to pay that amount. He adds that the Jharkhand government has not fulfilled its promise of funding the University. He says,“When NUSRL was first launched, the Chief Minister promised to give huge funds to make it a global standard...

100 Percent Placement for NALSAR's Batch of 2017

Maintaining its previous record of providing 100 percent placements ,  the Recruitment Coordination Committee (‘RCC’) at NALSAR accomplished the goal of  securing placements for all 58 of its subscribers with reputed domestic and international law firms, corporate houses and advisory firms by the end of March 2017 as mentioned in the press release by RCC.The RCC team of NALSAR   is comprised of Aishwaria Ramanan, Enakshi Jha, Eshwar R, Kartik Chawla, PSS Bhargava, Srimukundan R and Yugal...

NUJS theatre productions brings out its first Hindi play 'Gadau Gadar'

In the aftermath of the recent political upheaval in UP, the NUJS theatre team presents its first Hindi play गँड़ऊ ग़दर (Gadau Gadar), an adaptation of Kashinath Singh’s famed work ‘Kashi ka Assi’. Set at the turn of millennium in the year 1999, the play is a humorous take on the socio-political realities of India’s 'Cultural Capital' Banaras and some of its indomitable inhabitants- whose idea of democracy revolves around the Gadau Gadar, where they come together every day over tea and talk...

SILC Manual - Hard Copies handed over to Vice President of India Sri. Hamid Ansari

His Excellency, the Vice President of India Sri. Hamid Ansari accepted hard copies of Standard Indian Legal Citation at his official residence in Delhi from SILC Editor-in-Chief & Founding Editor Rohit K. Pothukuchi and SILC Advisor and Central Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu.Hard copies of SILC were launched after a strong demand from university libraries for hard copies of the citation manual. SILC was originally launched 3 years ago and now has users from over 250 law...