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...

NLUs Popularity Index: Biggest Gainers NUSRL & CNLU, Biggest losers NUALS & NLU-O, NLIU bounces back and GNLU continues to grow

Many times it has been seen that whenever a ranking of Indian law schools is published, it has become controversial. This is why I say that cut offs decided by the CLAT takers provides us with the best ranking of law schools. Although this is a popularity ranking, the popularity among CLAT takers is what the best known reality is.One may complain that CLAT takers may not be well informed or they merely follow the list given in CLAT website. But whose fault is it? Should not CLAT provide more...

Bar Exam: BCI Declares 470 “Pass” Candidates of Fourth AIBE as “Fail”

The Bar Council of India notified yesterday that some candidates who appeared for the fourth All India Bar Examination (AIBE) and were earlier declared as “Pass” were originally “Fail”.The notification reads as follows:“Due to technical reasons we found discrepancies in the result of many candidates. We looked into this issue and rectified the error. After rectification we found some of the candidates who were previously declared as “Pass” were originally “Fail”. We verified it by manual...

Law Student's NGO "Dream Factory" creates wonders for children

Dream Factory, is an organization which helps in fulfilling the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Initially founded by law student Rizwana Mahamood and her friend Tijo Philip, the NGO which functions primarily in Cochin, now has about 60 volunteers, both in and around the city. Rizwana is a third year law student at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Cochin.Dream Factory stands for accomplishing the most cherished dreams of those children who...