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NLSUI Announces 17th Edition of Strawberry Fields
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru is all set to host the 17th edition of the music festival Strawberry Fields from November 8-10, 2013. The show is run with a twin mandate, of providing upcoming bands with a platform, and of providing audiences with free access to high quality music. Apart from having 40 bands participate in this grand melting pot of music, the festival has also traditionally played host to Special Acts and Headliners every year. The professional bands...
To Sir, With Love!
[box style="0"]There has been a viral increase in the number of clashes between the law university administrations and students off late, throughout India. Constant allegations of lack of rule of law and fair administrative practices in the way law school administrations are working are doing the rounds, even as the student community is being blamed for being oversensitive to the University exercising its legal rights by framing suitable rules. In the ensuing conundrum, we have put ourselves in...
Maharashtra State Cabinet approves the establishment of National Law School in Nagpur
After a prolonged wait the Maharashtra state government finally gave the nod to establish a National Law School in Nagpur. The national law school will be named as “Maharashtra National Law School”, reports TOI.Earlier there was uncertainty as to where the National Law School would be built and, Mumbai, Aurangabad and Nagpur were the three main places considered for housing the law school. Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Rajesh Tope said that, the Cabinet has allocated a budget of...
NLSIU to hold Strawberry Fields from 8th to 10th November, 2013
Deriving its name from one of the greatest songs ever written, Strawberry Fields started off as an attempt by the students of the National Law School of India University, back in 1997, to provide a stage to bands at a time when the country was just warming up to MTV. Geared towards promoting grassroots music, this has been the ideology behind this music festival for the last 16 years. Open to bands on a first-come-first-serve basis, it gives amateur bands an opportunity to perform at what has...
CUSAT not likely to be upgraded to IIEST if Prof. N S Gopalakrishnan is not reinstated
An application by the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is pending before the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to consider upgradation of CUSAT into an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) under the 12 Five Year Plan. Sources close to Live Law indicate that if Prof. N S Gopalakrishnan is not reinstated as the Ministry of HRD Chair Professor at School of Legal Studies, CUSAT; CUSAT’s application is likely to be dismissed.A senior...
NLSIU attempts to evade providing information under RTI
Initially on an RTI application filed by Prashant Reddy seeking reasons for Sidharth Chauhan's dismissal, the CPIO, National Law School of India University (NLSIU) had denied that Chauhan was ever dismissed from his employment at NLSIU. Reddy filed an appeal attaching a copy of Chauhan's dismissal letter and sought reasons for his dismissal. The Vice Chancellor replied stating that since the dismissal letter didn't use the word "dismissal" and hence no reasons were required.Reddy had earlier...
NLS Gangrape: Six persons convicted; Sentence to be pronounced tomorrow
Six persons accused for raping an undergraduate student of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore has been convicted by a Session’s Court. One accused is absconding and another, a juvenile, is facing trial before the Juvenile Justice Court.Sessions judge, Krishnamurthy B Sangannavar will pronounce the sentence tomorrow.The law student was gang raped by the accused eight men on October 13th last year at Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus. The incident led to...
Prof. N S Gopalakrishnan removed from Ministry of HRD Chair post; Academicians to protest
Professor N S Gopalakrishnan who was serving as Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Chair Professor at School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has been arbitrarily removed from his post. An order of the University Syndicate dated 30th July, 2013 has terminated his deputation and has asked him to join his parent department, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT without assigning any particular reason. According to many academics, this seems to be a...
Tamil Nadu National Law School inaugurated by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS) was inaugurated by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through video-conferencing in the presence of Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court, from Chennai.The law school, established at an investment of 100 crore, is located at Srirangam near Tiruchirappalli in a 25 acre campus. The Madras High Court Chief Justice will be the Chancellor and the Law Minister will be the Pro-Chancellor of the law school. Prof. N. Murugavel is the first...
Law Students/Interns will not be permitted to enter SC on ‘Miscellaneous days’
The Supreme Court has today issued a notice forbidding entry of law students and interns to Courts on Mondays and Fridays, popularly known as ‘Miscellaneous days’ for the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court hears regular hearing matters only from Tuesday to Thursday.The move has come after lawyers complained about overcrowding at the Court. A copy of the notice was served to the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association.Commenting about Miscellaneous days,...
Bail denied to NUJS Asst. Registrar, Siddhartha Guha in Sexual Harassment case
A Sessions Court at Barasat today denied anticipatory bail to Siddhartha Guha, Assistant Registrar at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). One of the staff at the Vice-Chancellor’s office has alleged that Guha was harassing her over a year by sending lewd e-mails and objectionable proposals.The victim had earlier filed an FIR with Bidhannagar South police station on July 26, alleging sexual harassment, physical assault and criminal intimidation in the form of acid attack...
NALSAR holds 11th Annual Convocation; CJI P Sathasivam delivers Convocation Address
The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad held its eleventh annual convocation on Saturday. Chief Justice of India, Justice P Sathasivam delivered the convocation address.The degrees were conferred by Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta, Chancellor of NALSAR and Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. More than 700 students received various degrees including PhD, LL.M. and B.A. LL.B. (Honours).Jagdish John Menezes and Poorvi Satija bagged 10 medals each in...