The Stronger Kolkata Initiative: WB Relief Efforts

Ankit Pal, student of NUJS, Kolkata, and Sayan Bhattacharya, student of NALSAR, Hyderabad have started The Stronger Kolkata Initiative. The initiative is a student collective which started off with the objective of reaching out to individuals, families and communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the super-cyclone Amphan, Bengal`s dual crisis. The initiative started with a targeted attempt to deliver relief to a small slum community in Beleghata which consisted of 14 families....

ILS Webinar: Revisiting Jurisprudence On Capital Punishment In India [11th July]

Indian Law Society's Law College, Criminal Law Cell is organizing a webinar on the "Revisiting Jurisprudence on Capital Punishment in India". The webinar aims to get insights on different aspects of the death penalty such as philosophies behind it, constitutionality, ground realities, and discussion on both abolition and retention of the death penalty in India. Day & Date: Saturday, 11th July 2020 Time: 4:00 PM Speakers & ModeratorDr. Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate...

ILSCA Webinar: Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Act [11th July]

The ILS Centre for Arbitration and Mediation is organizing its sixth webinar in the ILSCA Webinar Series, 2020. Topic: Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 - A Critical Analysis Date: 11th July, 2020 Time: 4:30 PM Speakers: Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, High Court of DelhiTejas Karia, Partner and Head - Arbitration, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co. Moderator: Avlokita Rajvi, Senior Associate, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. ...

ILS Webinar Series: 'The Crime Of Murder: De-Mystified' [10th-11th July]

Centre for Public Law, ILS Law College is organizing a two-part webinar on "The Crime of Murder: De-Mystified". Part I Date: 10th July 2020 Time: 5:00 PM Part II Date: 11th July 2020 Time: 11:30 PM Speakers: Justice N. Anand Venkatesh (Madras High Court)Mr. Sharath Chandarn (Advocate, High Court of Madras) Moderator: Dr. Sanjay Jain (Associate Professor and Additional Charge Principal, ILS Law College, Pune) The flyer for the link can be accessed...

RGNUL-Think India Webinar: Rights Of Migrant Labourers [6th July]

Centre for Advanced Studies in Labour Welfare (CASLW) and Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights (CASIHR), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab (RGNUL) in collaboration with Think India, are organizing an international webinar on the rights of migrant labourers. Theme: Human Rights of Migrant Labourers in COVID-19: Indian Scenario Date: 6th July 2020 Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM Objectives of the webinar: · To raise awareness on the issues of labour laws...

GLC Mumbai Wins ELSA WTO Moot

The final round of the ELSA WTO Moot Court Competition was recently concluded. A team from Government Law College, Mumbai participated in the Grand Finals of the World Rounds of the ELSA John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition. The team comprising Sharnam Vaswani, Urshila Samant, Drashti Gala and Niyati Karia and argued as Respondents. The Complainants were Katholieke Universiteit, Belgium. The GLC team won the competition. Additionally, Urshila Samant received the prize for the Best...

HNLU Launches Lex Osmose Online Courses

The Lex Osmose programme is a series of customized single and double credit courses which are optional for the under graduate and post graduate programmes and are outside the CGPA calculation. The Lex Osmose in its Phase I (June – December 2020) will offer single credit courses to students on various interfaces of law with social sciences, humanities and pure sciences apart from law subjects. Launching the new programme, the Vice-Chancellor of HNLU, Prof Vivekanandan said that Lex...

ILS' Online Discussion On Champakam Dorairajan [20th June]

Centre for Public Law, ILS Law College, is organizing an online session on the landmark Champakam Dorairajan case. Date: 20th June Time: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Theme: Champakam Dorairajan at 70: Defining Moment of Indian Constitution Speakers: Honorable Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, Chief Justice, Telangana High CourtDr. Gopal Guru, Retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Renowned Political ScientistDr. Sumit Baudh, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law SchoolDr. Sanjay...

Call For Applications: IDIA's Training & Materials Vertical

Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) is inviting a call for applications for the Training & Materials Vertical, in the capacity of Co-Team Leader, Deputy Team Leaders, or Members of the Vertical. The IDIA Project was initiated by Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer to reach out to the marginalized and under-represented groups, sensitize them to law as a viable career option and help interested students acquire admission in law schools, which are otherwise increasingly elitist ...

RMLNLU Students Come In Support Of Migrant Workers

Recognizing the role of active citizenry and civil organisations in helping the authorities combat the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis, the students of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow ("RMLNLU") have come together to extend help to migrant workers stranded across the country. The initiative titled "RML Corona Warriors" saw a group of students from the University organise ration donation drives in various parts of Lucknow, particularly targeting labour...

CLL, NLIU Launches Legal Aid Wing For Assistance To Migrant Workeres

The Centre for Labour Laws (CLL), National Law Institute University, Bhopal, has launched the CLL Legal Aid Wing to provide free legal aid to migrant workers and labourers affected due to the lockdown. The Covid-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on the livelihoods of many people and the ones that are most affected by it are the migrant labourers who have no fixed wages and who have had to travel back home, many a times on foot due to absence of work for them. As places of employment have...

QS WUR 2021: JGU Ranked India's Best Private University

Jindal Global University (JGU) has been ranked as India's Number 1 Private University by the QS World University Rankings (WUR) 2021. In the 2021 rankings, 21 Indian universities have made it in the top 1000, out of which 18 are public and 3 are private. JGU is the youngest, and the only university purely devoted to arts, humanities & social sciences and also the first ranked private university in India in these prestigious world rankings. The University displayed a 100-rank...