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...