O.P. Jindal Global University Hosts a 2 day Conference on Law and Liberty

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) and Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP) at the O.P. Jindal Global University jointly hosted the International Conference on “Law and Liberty”. The convention was organized in collaboration with The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order and justice, a public interest legal advocacy initiative of the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) aiming at...

Winners of Aditya Birla Scholarships 2015 Announced

The winners of the prestigious Aditya Birla Scholarships has been announced recently in which fifteen students from law stream has been conferred this scholarship. Amongst 15 students, 7 students was from National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 5 students from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, 2 from the WB National University of Juridical Sciences and one from National Law University, Jodhpur.The Aditya Birla Group Scholarship Programme which was instituted in the year 1999 and...

Centralized Admissions for law courses from academic year 2016-2017 in Maharashtra

A centralized process which is most likely to be based on a common entrance test (CET) will be conducted for admissions to three and five-year law degree courses at government-run, aided and unaided law colleges Maharashtra, from academic year 2016-17.On June 6th the State Government decided to accord professional status to law studies along the lines of engineering and medical education.The Department of Higher Education is framing rules and regulations for the proposed centralized...

Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer inaugurates the IP Clinic at Institute of Law, Nirma University

Former MHRD IPR Chair Professor at WBNUJS, Kolkata and Founder, SpicyIP   Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer inaugurated the IP Clinic under the aegis of Centre for IPR under Institute of Law, Nirma University on September 26, 2015.The inauguration function of IP Clinic was also graced by Mr. Jatin Trivedi Partner, Y.J. Trivedi & Co., Ahmedabad, Ms. Nilam Gadani, Patent Attorney, M/s. H.K. Acharya & Company, Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhariyal, Director and Dean, ILNU. Shri K.K.Patel, COO, Nirma...

RGNUL, Punjab wins NUALS Kochi’s National Securities Law Moot Court, GLC Mumbai finishes as runner up

Centre for Law and Development (CLD), National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), recently organised the National Securities Law Moot Court Competition 2015 from September 25 – 27, 2015 in which team from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab (RGNUL) won the competition and Government Law College (GLC) Mumbai finished as runners up.The Final round was judged by the former judge of the Supreme Court Mr. Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan, Mr. Somashekhar Sunderasan who heads the...

NALSAR to host Institut De Droit International (Institute of International Law) in the Session of 2017

The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) will host the Institut De Droit International (Institute of International Law) in the Session of 2017 to assist the Indian National Group to make necessary preparations of this important meeting. The Institute of International Law (IIL) which was established in 1873, and also was the recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1904, took this decision in the latest session in Tallinn (Estonia). With this, NALSAR will become the first institute in...

National Moot Court Competition and Discussion on Securities Law relating to Companies at NUALS

The Centre for Law and Development, the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, Kerala is organizing the National Moot Court Competition on Securities Law focusing on the issues of Insider Trading and Takeover Code relating to companies. As a part of this event, a discussion led by the experts on the same theme will be held immediately after the Finals of the Moot so as to provide insight into this perennially dynamic field.Along with the Competition the Centre will release an...

Inauguration of IP Clinic at Institute of Law, Nirma University

Centre for IPR, Institute of Law, Nirma University  is inaugurating the IP Clinic on 26th September at 10:00 am in the ILNU Seminar Hall.Prof. Shamnad Basheer, Former MHRD IPR Chair Professor, WBNUJS, Kolkata and Founder, SpicyIP will be the key note speaker of the event. Recently Prof. Basheer has also consented to be the Honorary Research Chair Professor of the Centre for IPR, Institute of Law, Nirma University. The other honorable speakers for the ceremony will be Dr. Rajesh K. Acharya,...

Maharashtra National School of Law to start functioning in 2 years

On Thursday Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, in a press conference said,” The site for Maharashtra National Law University has been finalized, and it is a 54.17 acre land at Kaladongari village in the district. The building construction work of school might start soon.”Maharashtra Law University Act, 2014, came to be notified on 20 March 2014, and it is deemed to have come into force on 18 February 2014 (see here).On Tuesday, the government issued notification in this regard and has...

USLLS, Guru Govind Singh School, Indraprasth University wins 3rd Shri Mangilal Pagariya National Moot Court Competition on IPR

MATS Law School, MATS University recently organized the  3rd Shri Mangilal Pagariya National Moot Court Competition on Intellectual Property Rights (Traditional Knowledge) which was held from September 18- September 20, 2015 where USLLS, Guru Govind Singh School, Indraprasth University, Dwarka, Delhi  has won the competition and Symbiosis Law School, Pune, Maharashtra finished as runner-ups.The objective of the 3rd Shri Mangilal Pagariya National Moot Court Competition was to foster learning and...

NLU Delhi organizes a colloquium to celebrate Prof M.P. Singh’s 75 years of Journey "The Journey of Indian Constitution: We the People and Free Markets”

To celebrate 75 years of journey of Professor (Dr.) M.P  Singh  , a foremost constitutional law scholar the National Law University Delhi organized a one day Colloquium on the theme “The Journey of Indian Constitution: We the People and Free Markets” on Saturday 19th September 2015. Professor M.P. Singh is currently the Chair Professor at the Centre for Comparative Law at NLU DelhiThe colloquium was formulated and given shape by his former students from India and abroad among whom Hon’ble Mr....

NLU Jodhpur Organizes Two Day Work Shop on Elderly Abuse

Recently National Law University, Jodhpur organised a two day workshop on “Right to Dignity: Elderly Abuse in an Era of Social Progress and Urbanization” at the university’s convention centre. This workshop was organized in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission.The workshop was constituted into six sessions in which close to 50 papers were presented. The Session was chaired by some eminent faculty members of the university and also by key resource persons who had been invited for...