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HNLU students overture Constitutional law via Bluetooth
With the resolution of spreading legal awareness among the masses, the students of Hidayatullah National Law University [HNLU] came up with an ingenious approach, to send the copy of Constitution through Bluetooth and by distributing hard copies from January 24 to January 26.While informing about the initiative Saurabh Chaudhary, Vice President Student’s Bar Association told TOI that, "It is a small effort to spread awareness about one of the most important aspects of our country which is the...
Nationwide Programme for Establishing Village Legal Service Clinics; NALSA's Initiative
Legal service authorities under the LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITIES ACT, 1987 has been constituted to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, to fulfill such objective National Legal Service Authority has been working since 1998 from when the NALSA became properly functional for the first time.To take the initiative to all the corners of...
Three National Law Universities Coming in Maharashtra.
In the row of establishing a National Law University in each State of India, Maharashtra Government yesterday clears the way for establishing National Law Universities at Nagpur, Aurangabad and Mumbai. With the nod by the cabinet Maharashtra became the first state in India to have three National Law Universities at Koradi near Nagpur, Shendra near Aurangabad, and Vasai near Mumbai. Till now only 14 states have one each National Law university in their state.This project was initiated by minister...
Law Students observe black day against course lag in University of Calicut
On Wednesday, around 100 students of the Government Law College, Kozhikode protested against the lagging of BA LLB and the BBA LLB (Honours) courses at various law colleges affiliated to the University of Calicut. These courses are of five years duration, but because of the course lag, they have become 6 year long courses.Students reached the college dressed in black to participate in an agitation programme, ‘Observance of a Black Day’, organised as part of the ongoing protest.The agitation...
Best Judgments of Supreme Court in 2013
Novartis A.G v. Union of IndiaDenying patent rights to Novartis, the Apex Court gave its verdict, countering the infamous ‘ever greening’ of patent rights, interpreting section 3(d) of the Patents Act, 1970. In this case, Novartis had patented imatinib, which was exemplified in Example 21 of the Zimmerman patent. Novartis argued that the claimed invention involved a twofold step over Zimmerman, firstly from imatinib to imatinibmesylate, the salt form; and secondly to the β crystalline form of...
Publication of results delayed by Calicut University: 400 Law Students affected
Delay in publishing results has come in the way of the prospects of about four hundred final-year Law students studying in Calicut University. Students of 2008 batch of the University are still waiting for their results of last two semesters. The delay is crucial as contemporaneous students of Mahatma Gandhi University and Kerala University have passed out and enrolled as advocates.Examination of 9th semester of 5 year LLB batch and 5th semester of 3 year LLB batch were held on July 2013, but...
Delhi HC dismisses the plea against BA LLB programme and fee structure of NLU Delhi
A plea of law student challenging rules of the recently established National Law University mandating its BA LLB programme to be residential and its fee structure has been dismissed by the Delhi High Court.Justice Manmohan rejected the contention raised by a Pulkit Khurana that the condition of mandatory residential five years stay at the campus, imposed by NLU, Delhi is not only financially onerous but also illegal and that the Bar Council of India has not...
CLAT 2014 registration Started; All you want to know about CLAT 2014 Online Registration
The online Registration for Common Law Admission Test [CLAT] has started in the official website yesterday. The CLAT-2014 Online Application Form will be accessible on the CLAT website between 1st January, 2014 and 31st March, 2014 along with the Information Brochure. No hard copy of the Application Form and Information Brochure will be sold this time. CLAT-2014 Information Brochure (not the application form) will also be accessible from the respective website of all the participating NLUs....
“Control students organization in Law Colleges”: Kerala High Court directs Government
Hearing a petition filed by a second semester B.A.LL.B (Hon) student N.Prakashan, a Division Bench of Kerala High Court directed the state government that the functioning of the college should not get affected by the demonstration of the student organizations in the college.The bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A.M. Shaffique observed that if the government fails to control the illegal activities of students’ organization then they should take relevant steps to halt such...
GLC – Kozhikode students petition Calicut University Vice Chancellor; seek to reduce semester lag
The Calicut University has introduced B.B.A-LL.B (Hons) course in all the law colleges under the Calicut University. This has been done to improve the quality of legal education by offering specialization in business law, thereby enabling law graduates to find better horizons in the corporate and other legal areas.The new course B.B.A-LL.B(hons),first introduced in 2011,bears some fundamental problems that are supposed to have great bearing on the competency and employability of the students...
All about Internships: The Basics (Part I)
When to StartGaining practical knowledge is highly regarded in the legal profession. This can only happen if you take up meaningful internships during your LLB course. When is the best time to start an internship? The decision to intern in the very first year of a law school may not be very useful. In order to be able to fully appreciate and gain from the experience, doing a stint from second year onwards is considered ideal. However, the “internship formula” prescribed by most law schools is...
GLC Thiruvananthapuram accorded research centre status
The prestigious and one of the oldest law institutions in India, Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, has been accorded with research centre status by the Academic Council of the University of Kerala.The resolution which was passed unanimously by the Academic Council of the University of Kerala fulfilled a long cherished dream of the college. Principal Dr. A Prasanna and Associate Professor Dr. P.C John have been named as Research Guides. The college has also requested for the formation...