Policy making in India political in nature; good of the country not prime consideration: In Conversation with Prof. Homer D. Pithawalla of Government Law College, Mumbai

Prof. Homer.D. Pithawalla has been teaching in Government Law College, the oldest law college in India, for 41 years. His students include Supreme Court and High Court Judges, Attorney-Generals, Ministers and advocates all over the world. He is a life member of the Academy of American and International Law of the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas. He was also one of the two Indians selected to attend their Academy several years ago.Homer D. Pithawalla is a practicing Advocate of Supreme Court...

Call for Papers : International interdisciplinary seminar on human trafficking and exploitation of children-human rights dimensions

Department of law, University of Kerala is organizing an international interdisciplinary seminar on human trafficking and exploitation of children-human rights dimensions on January 16 -17, 2015 and invites contributions for the same. Academicians from other social science disciplines, administrators, young and upcoming research scholars, social...

V. M. Salgaocar College of Law establishes ILSA Chapter

The International Law Society , ILSA Chapter of V. M. Salgaocar College of Lawrecently conducted lectureson the topic of “The legal and political prospects of the proposed treaty to ban Nuclear Weapons” by Prof. Bharat Karnad, Senior Fellow (Research Professor) at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and formerly a Member of the Nuclear Doctrine...

Death Penalty – Is it ever Justified?

‘Every saint has a past and every sinner a future, never write off the man wearing the criminal attire but remove the dangerous degeneracy in him, restore his retarded human potential by holistic healing of his fevered, fatigued or frustrated inside and by repairing the repressive, though hidden, injustice of the social order which is vicariously...

Whistleblowers and Information Seekers should be protected. Prashanth Bhushan took the right decision not to disclose the name of Whistleblower before the Supreme Court: Prof. Madabhushi Sridhar (Central Information Commissioner)

Professor (Dr.) Madabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu is a noted intellectual and legal expert. He hails from Warangal district in Telangana.He has written extensively on various issues such as RTI, Media freedom, and Telangana statehood. He also writes regular articles in The Hans India, The Hoot, The Indian Express, Namasthe Telangana and The Metro India....

In Conversation with the Winning Team of 2nd KIIT National Moot Court Competition, 2014

Arjyadeep Roy (4th Yr), Aman Dwivedi (4th Yr), & Saloni Bhandari (4th Yr) of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur were the Winners at 2nd KIIT National Moot Court Competition, 2014. The Moot was organised by KLS, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.The Team won two titles in this Moot Court Competition:1)      Best ‘Team’2)      Best...

Czar Of the Bar ; A Six-minute documentary showcases the legal career of Senior Advocate Mr. Ram Jethmalani

Siddharth Acharya, an ex student of Government Law College, Mumbai who hails from Bikaner, Rajasthan is currently working as an Associate in Oasis Counsel and Advisory, Mumbai. `Cinema is my passion`, he says as he tells us about his recent inclination towards film-making. Recounting his latest mini-documentary Czar Of the Bar he says, `Czar of the...

In Conversation with Abhishek Dwivedi, Convenor of RMLNLU Journal Committee and student Editor-in-Chief of its Law Reviews

Live Law:  Being the Convenor of the Journal Committee of a National Law University must entail tremendous expectations. What is it like to manage it? Abhishek : It’s both challenging and exciting at the same time. You get to interact with prominent academicians all across the world, read unadulterated and superb research and work with some of the...

NLU awards first Cambridge LLM Scholarship

National Law University, Delhi yesterday awarded its first-ever scholarship for pursuing an LLM at the University of Cambridge, UK, with a view to encourage such bright minds to pursue further education in this field.The 'Pratibha M Singh Cambridge LLM Scholarship', which was announced in November, 2013, was awarded to Deepika Sriram, a law student...

JCSL: Research Associate Programme (RAP), Volume II: Call For Associates

Journal  on  Contemporary  Socio-Legal  Issue  (JCSL)  is  a  student-edited  peer  reviewed interdisciplinary  journal  published  online  half-yearly  by  the  JCSL  Team.  The Journal is expected to be a platform for the academicians and other experts from the legal fraternity to present their ideas. The Journal aims at addressing the current...

In Conversation with the Winning Team of 5th NLIU Juris Corp National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, 2014

Yash Bansal (2nd Yr), Vivek Hegde ( 2nd Yr), &Mohith Gauri (2nd Yr) of ILS Law College, Pune were the Winners at 5th NLIU Juris Corp National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, 2014′. The Moot was organised by NLIU Bhopal.The Team won two Citations in this Moot Court Competition:1)     Best ‘Team’2)     Best ‘Speaker’- Yash BansalLive Law:...

BCI sends circulars to law schools regarding internships

The Bar Council of India on September 11, 2014 issued a circular to all law universities and colleges in India.The circular states:“It is noticed that some of the Universities/Colleges are sending students for internship during academic session. The students can only take internship during the vacation (academic session is not on). The...