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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...
Workshop on Corporate Law as a Career Organized by NUJS & iPleaders’
To celebrate 5 years of their efforts to make practical legal education available to a wider audience & acknowledging industry experts for their contribution and giving a platform to students who have benefited out of the “NUJS Diploma Course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws” to share their experience National University of Juridical Sciences and iPleaders is organizing a workshop on charting a career in corporate law.Date & Time: February 25, 2016 from 9:00 AM to...
UILS Law Fest – ‘Arguend0-16’
University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) is organizing its Law Fest, “Arguendo: Conquer to Concur”. IMPORTANT DATE Last date for provisional registration- February 23, 2016 Final registration (soft copy only) - February 27, 2016. Law Fest- 17th March to 19th March, 2016. VENUE University Institute Of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh REGISTRATION The teams will be registered on „first come first served‟ basis. Participants are not allowed to take part in more than one event....
Punjab & Haryana HC issues notice on a Petition to make CLAT 2016 Offline
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Government, acting on a petition claiming difficulties for students in taking online Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), seeking directions to hold the CLAT-2016 in online as well as offline modes.The notice was issued by the Bench of Justice SK Mittal and Justice HS Sidhu on a petition filed by Hemen Aggarwal, an advocate, who had submitted to conduct offline examination, along with online examination, for admission to...
Law School Community extends support to #JNU students
The signatories have also condemned the action of lawyers who manhandled the students and faculty members of JNU present at the Patiala Court House premises on 15th February, 2016The Law school Community including students, alumni and professors of various law universities across the nation have published a statement against the police clamp down on University Spaces in the context of recent events which have unfolded at JNU, involving the arrest of the JNUSU President, Kanhaiya Kumar. The...
NLU Delhi Alumni issue statement in solidarity with #JNU Students
In solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) former students of National Law University have issued a statement.Here is the full text of the Statement;“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”— Martin Luther King, Jr.We, former students of National Law University, Delhi, choose to speak out in solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in such times, in the interest of upholding and protecting the...
Mats Law School holds International Seminar on Judicial Ethics
MATS Law School, MATS University Raipur (C.G.) successfully concluded the International Seminar on Judicial ethics on 14th Feb, 2016 at University Campus.The Seminar marked the presence of luminaries from different arena of law including Justice K.J. Thaker, Judge Gujrat High Court, Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao, Vice- Chancellor NLSIU, Bangalore, Prof. (Dr.) B.P. Panda, Vice-Chancellor MNLU Mumbai, Dr. Mohammad Sharif H.O. D PG Department Patna Law College, Patna University. Participants from...
Lords Universal Law College may lose its affiliation with Mumbai University
Lords Universal Law College, Gurgaon may lose its affiliation with Mumbai University. The University has directed the affiliation department to start the process in this regard on Thursday.The College runs three and Five-year law courses. Students had complained that the college was charging exorbitant fee at student’s grievance cell of the university in July last year. They had also alleged lack of infrastructure at the institution."We have initiated the de-affiliation process as the college...
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...
Institute of law, Nirma University wins the 31st All India Inter-University Moot Court Competition
Fairfield School of law in collaboration with Bar council of India Trust recently organized the 31st All India Inter-University Moot Court Competition at the campus of the institution from 5th Feb to 7th Feb, 2016 in which Institute of law, Nirma University bagged the competition and Chanakya National Law University, Bihar finished up as Runners up. The awards for best advocate (Female) went to MS. Tanya thakurf rom Chanakya National law University, Bihar and best advocate (Male) went to Bharat...
RMLNLU ‘AAVAHAN’ Inter-College Sport Fest
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow announces the second innings of 'Aavahan', a four day inter-college sport fest which is to be held from 18th February to 21st February. The fest saw huge turnout in the previous year and has been witness to healthy competition amongst the participants.Registration Fees: All participants would be required to pay hospitality charges amounting to ₹1200/- per head.Confirmation: To confirm participation at ‘Aavahan’, please email the...
