INBA “National Law Day “- International Conference on Law and Policy Issues

Indian National Bar Association proposes to organize a International conference, titled “National Law Day” coinciding with the law day celebrations at the Surya Hotel, New Delhi on November 26, 2014. The main goal of the conference is to provide platform for Legal Community in partnership with industry and to discuss and deliberate on several important national and international legal issues.The conference proposes to have participation from Hon’ble Judges, Legal Luminaries, Senior Government...

SiNApSE Law Student Blog Contest

SiNApSE an initiative of BananaIP which provides information on various aspects of IP viz. patents, trademarks, copyrights among others and brings forth Intellectual Property (IP) news, updates and insights for the benefit of IP professionals, attorneys, consultants, firms, corporate entities as well as any person being newly introduced to IP...

Tussle between Chair of VC, NLUO and Judiciary at Odisha, a Myth: In Conversation with Prof.(Dr.) Rao, New VC, NLUO

Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao is the current Vice-Chancellor of National Law University Odisha, Cuttack. Before joining NLUO, he was the registrar of NLU, Delhi since 2010. He was also the founding director of IGNOU’s school of law from May 2007 to 2010. He has worked with NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad and GNLU Gandhinagar (as its first Dean)...

I am not in the race for NUALS VC; NUALS runs like a private company except matters related to admission of students; Dr.Sheena Shukkoor

Dr.Sheena Shukoor is the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University as well as the Acting Vice-chancellor of National University of Advanced Studies (NUALS). Hailing from a humble background, she graduated from GLC Calicut and secured LL.M from Vanderbilt University Law School, United States of America. He did her PhD in Law on the scope and...

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,...

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...