SC Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju Named In Time's List Of 100 Influential Persons For Legal Battle Against Sec.377 IPC

In the Time Magazine's list of 100 influential persons, the names of Supreme Court lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju are included, in recognition of their contribution in the Navtej Johar case in which the Supreme Court had decriminalised homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code."Arundhati and Menaka have helped take a giant step for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's largest democracy. In their committed fight for justice, they have shown us that we as a society...

Nishant Gokhale, NUJS Batch Of 2011, Bags Gates Cambridge Scholarship For Ph.D. At Cambridge

Nishant Gokhale, alumnus, NUJS Class of 2011 has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship for pursuing a PhD in law at the University of Cambridge. Nishant Gokhale was a member of the NUJS Legal Aid Society during his college days and was the convener for the same from 2010-11. He then did a judicial clerkship, followed by a few years of working as an associate at the Law Chambers of Kapur and Trehan and at Project 39-A at the National Law University, Delhi (then the Centre on the Death...

NLUD Registrar Prof. Bajpai Elected As VSA Vice-President

Prof. Dr. G.S. Bajpai has recently been elected as the Vice-President of Victim Support Asia (VSA), Asian region, recognizing his consistent contributions towards reforms in victim justice, research in criminal justice and his academic, published, and professional accreditations in the ambit of victim Justice.It is a progression to his roles and responsibilities as presently the President of Indian Society of Victimology (ISV) and the elected Executive Member of World Society of Victimology...

Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik Delivers Lecture At DNLU On Careers In Law

Dharmashstra National Law University (DNLU) on Tuesday conducted a guest lecture where the 'Dharmashastra Law Lecture Series' was inaugurated.The event was graced by Hon'ble Shri Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik, former judge, Supreme Court of India.The lecture was on the topic of 'Study of Law & Career Options for Law Graduates.'Hon'ble Justice Shri AK Patnaik briefed the students about the career options available for the law graduates. His emphasis was on quality education by judicious...

IFIM Law School Hosts Nat'l Seminar On Issues And Challenges In Consumer Laws

IFIM Law School, Bengaluru, hosted a national seminar on 'Deliberations on Consumer Laws: Issues and Challenges in the Global Market' at their Electronic City Campus. As many as 73 participants from all across India participated in the seminar, who presented their research papers during various technical sessions. The event was inaugurated by Justice N Kumar, former Judge, High Court of Karnataka; Dr. R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU, Bangalore; and Arnaud Raynouard, Professor of Law,...

JGLS & WWF-India Launch One-Year LLM Programme in Environmental Law, Energy & Climate Change

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of OP Jindal Global University (JGU), in association with WWF-India, has launched a Master's Programme in Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change, a first of its kind to be taught in India.The two institutions have together launched a one-year LLM programme in a niche and futuristic area relating to environmental justice and climate change, which are critical to our existence on the planet. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between...

ILNU Conducts ICJE Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Institute of Law, Nirma University, recently organised an International Conference on Justice Education on the theme of Artificial Intelligence and its Legal Implications. The conference witnesses a plenary session on 'Global treaty for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence'. The key speakers were Ms. Komal Gupta, Head, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at Cyril Amarchand MangalDas, Ahmedabad, and Dr. Pawan Duggal, founder and chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security...

Call For Proposals: NLU Delhi's Programme On Applied Research Methodology

Capacity Development Programme on Applied Research Methodology 18-24 May 2019 Organised By Centre for Transparency and Accountability in Governance (CTAG), NLUD In Collaboration with Internal Quality Assurance Cell & National Academy of Law Teachers, National Law University Delhi, India. NLUD has established National Academy of Law Teachers (NALT) to improve the quality of teaching and research in Law and other Social Sciences. Conditions for Participation A social science teacher or...

HSF-Oxford ILP Being Conducted At NLIU Bhopal

Herbert Smith Freehills and the University of Oxford are conducting the tenth edition of the International Lecture Programme (ILP) at National Law Institute University, Bhopal, from 18 to 22 March. ILP is a one-week course conducted by Chris Parsons (Chairman, India Practice, Herbert Smith Freehills) and Timothy Endicott (Professor of Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford) at top Indian law schools, covering cross-border M&A, English public law and common law and Indian constitutional...

NLIU Holds NLIU-India Foundation Constitutional Law Symposium

The NLIU-India Foundation Constitutional Law Symposium resumed on 17th March with the final paper presentation titled 'Sedition: The Victorian Era Tyrant', which examined the use of the sedition law to stifle criticism against the government and the branding of people as anti-national.The Symposium featured a special panel on 'The Aberrations in Principles of Separation of Power' chaired by Justice A.P Misra (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and Chairman, Legal Education Committee) with...

NLIU-India Foundation Constitutional Law Symposium Commences

The NLIU-India Foundation Constitutional Law Symposium commenced yesterday with paper presentations from students from all over India. Out of over 80 submissions received, the organizers shortlisted 8 outstanding papers to be presented at the Symposium via a thorough review process.The day began with an inaugural ceremony, graced by the chief guest, Prof N.L. Mitra (Former Director, National law School of India, Bangalore and Founder Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur), Major...

Conference On Consumer Laws Conducted By DNLU On World Consumer Day

To commemorate the World Consumer Day, which falls on March 15, the Dharmashastra National Law University conducted a conference-cum-workshop on Thematic Areas in Consumer Laws: Emerging Trends. The second day of the conference witnessed addresses by lawyers and practitioners and paper presentations by students and academicians.Advocate Shyamlal Narayan Shrivastava stated that consumerist society is materialistic and due to increasing consumerism and globalization, there arises a need of the...