NewsletterSui GenerisNewsletterINSTITUTE OF LAW, NIRMA UNIVERSITY

Vol38January - March 2018

EDITORIAL BOARD

ADVISOR:Prof. (Dr.) Purvi PokhariyalDirector, IL-NU

EDITOR:Ms. Charu TakFaculty Coordinator

Mr. Rameshan V. M.Coordinator, ILNU Newsletter

Neha Vijayvargi Student Coordinator

Sui Generis

THIS ISSUE Annual Public Lecture 01

Panel Discussion / Workshop 01

Research Centres Activities 05

Distinguished / Expert Lectures 05

Faculty Corner 07

Legal Aid / Extension Activities 08

Alumni Corner 11

Students' Corner 12

Extra Curricular Activities 15

Placement Activities 15

What is happening @ Library 16

ILNU @ News 16

Forthcoming Events 16

Annual Public LecturethThe 10 Annual Public Lecture of the Institute’s Annual Public Lecture Series was

organized by the Institute on March 19, 2018. Shri Lalit Bhasin, President, Bar Association of India & Society of Indian Law Firms, Delhi delivered the Public Lecture on the topic “Entry of foreign law firms in India: Issues and Challenges”.

International Teaching weeks

As a part of international collaboration and relationship and with an aim to reach out at the international level, the Institute of Law, Nirma University celebrated international teaching weeks in January-February 2018. Foreign faculty members from various foreign universities visited the Institute and shared their experience with the students, in addition to teaching foreign law courses. Distinguished lectures of these foreign faculty members were organized at the Institute including sharing their professional experiences, talk on subject area and interaction with the students.

ILNU has been working actively to provide its students a conducive environment to learn and ignite their intellectual

engines. A plethora of in curriculum initiatives make the exchange of ideas and learning a continuous and on-going process.

You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society - C. S. Lewis

Shri Lalit Bhasin addressing the students

PANEL DISCUSSION / WORKSHOP

2 The law is reason free from passion –Aristotle

Panel Discussion Baptism by Fire: Trial of Speech, Democracy and

Media in India

ILNU organized a panel discussion on “Baptism by Fire: Trial of Speech, Democracy thand Media in India” on 17 January 2018. Prof. Raphael Cohen-Almagor (Director

MESG, School of Politics, University of Hull and Professor and Chair in Politics,

School of Politics, Philosophy and International Studies, University of Hull, U.K.),

Mr. Salil Tripathi (Contributing Editor, Mint and Caravan - Chair, PEN International’s

Writers in Prison Committee & Senior Advisor, Institute for Human Rights and

Business, U.K.) and Mr Ajay Umat (Senior Editor, Times of India) were the panelists

and shared their views on the topic and interacted with the students.

Prof. Raphael Almagor

Ms. Susie Muise with the students

Prof. Stephen Barnes with Students

Prof. Peter Schaefer

Judge Mel Flanagan with the students

Prof. Dunja Stadtmann

Experts on Dias during Panel discussion

Date/Period of lecture Lecture details Faculty details

02.01.2018 to 20.01.2018 Course on Freedom speech Prof. Raphael Cohen-Almagor (Director MESG,

School of Politics, University of Hull, U.K.)

01.02.2018 to 09.02.2018 Course on American Legal System Prof. Stephen G. Barnes

Professor, Penn State Law School,

Pennsylavania State University, USA

01.02.2018 to 09.02.2018 Course on Women and Law Judge Mel Flanagan

Circuit Court Judge and Adjunct Professor

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

01.02.2018 to 09.02.2018 Course on Fine Arts Ms. Susie Muise, Well known Painter, USA

20.02.2018 to 29.02.2018 Course on European Legal System Prof. Peter Schaefer

Professor, HoF University, Germany

20.02.2018 to 29.02.2018 Chinese Legal System Prof. Dunja Stadtmann

Professor, HoF University, Germany

WORKSHOP

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Panel Discussion Contentious Issues under

Companies Act, 2013: The Practice & Procedure

The Institute organized Expert Panel Discussion on

“Contentious Issues under Companies Act, 2013: The Practice th& Procedure” on 17 March 2018. Advocate Shri Saurabh N.

Soparkar, Senior Advocate, Gujarat High Court, Advocate

Pavan S. Godiawala, Advocate, Gujarat High Court, and Mr

Nagesh Sood, Visiting Professor & Advocate, Gujarat High

Court were the panelists and shared their experience and

interacted with the students.

Workshop on Mediation and Training

The Institute, in collaboration with CADR, Mumbai, organized two workshops on Arbitration Training as a part of the clinical paper of

ADR for the students of Semester VIII.

The first workshop on Mediation Training was conducted from January 29 – 31, 2018. Mr. Firdoshali Kassam Karachiwala (Master

Trainer, Supreme Court Committee on Mediation) conducted this workshop.

The Second workshop on Arbitration Training was organized on March 8, 2018 in collaboration with Kove Global Law Firm, Chennai.

Mr. Inbavijayan, Managing Director, Kove Global, a Senior International Arbitrator, Trainer & Advocate, Madras High Court conducted

the workshop.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law –Sophocles

Workshop on Speech, Democracy and

Liberalism by Prof Raphel Cohen Almagor

A Workshop on Speech, Democracy and Liberalism

was organized by ILNU on January 6, 9, 11 and 16,

2018. Prof. Raphel Cohen Almagor. Director MESG,

School of Politics, University of Hull, and Professor

and Chair in Politics, School of Politics, Philosophy

and International Studies, University of Hull, U.K

conducted the workshop.

Mr. Saurabh N.Soparkar address the students during the panel discussion

Prof. Raphael addressing the students during the Workshop

Mr. Firdoshali K. Karachiwala during the Workshop Mr. Inbavijayan address the students

WORKSHOP

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Workshop on Patent Drafting and Specification Drafting by Mr Sandeep Rathod

A Workshop on Patent Drafting and Specification Drafting was organized by ILNU for Semester VIII from January 8 to 10, 2018 and on

March 16 & 17, 2018. Mr. Sandeep Rathod. Assistant General Counsel (VP) - India & Emerging markets at Mylan Laboratories

Limited, Hyderabad conducted the workshop.

The law is reason free from passion –Aristotle

Workshop on Justice: Border, Frames and Negotiations

Clinical Workshop on Campus to Court Room: Clinical Pedagogy for Practice Ready Professionals

As a part of the course on Justice: An Introduction, a two day

workshop on Justice: Border, Frames and Negotiations was

conducted at the Institute from March 8 & 9, 2018. Prof.

Lajwanti Chatani, Professor in Political Theory, Department of

Political Science, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara

conducted the workshop. The second year students of B.A.,

LL.B(Hons.) Programme benefitted from this workshop.

Prof. Chatani addressing the students during the workshop

A three-day clinical workshop on Campus to Court Room:

Clinical Pedagogy for Practice Ready Professionals was

organized from March 15 to 17, 2018. Ms. Jane Schukoske,

Former CEO, S. M. Sehgal Foundation, New Delhi conducted

the workshop. The workshop was conducted in order to

develop skills among the students and to explore various tools,

techniques and models to engage the students inside and

outside the classrooms so as to learn through experience and

develop a habit of reflection. Through this reflective practice,

they are able to improve their professional practice. The areas

covered under the workshop were Skill Education:

introduction, skill mapping through rubrics, experiential

learning and reflective practice: Conceptualization and

implementation, Clinical Legal Education Models: Prospects

and Processes, Designing Clinical model for different courses :

Group Exercise, Presentation and discussion and Feedback,

Report writing and documentation.

Ms. Jane Schukoske at the workshop

A self-defense workshop was conducted for the staff members

of Nirma University on February 06, 2018 at Yoga Hall, Nirma

University. Judge Mel Flanagan Circuit Course Judge and

Adjunct Professor University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

conducted the workshop.

Judge Mel Flanagan at the workshop

Self Defense Workshop for University employees

EVENTS/ACTIVITIES

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IQAC Initiatives

• The first edition of IQAC Quality Enhancement Forum

(QEF) was organized on February 02, 2018 at 3.00 pm in

the Classroom 007. Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhariyal, Director,

ILNU addressed all faculty members of ILNU and initiated

discussion on quality enhancement at Institute level.

• A Faculty meeting was held under the banner of IQAC on

February 19, 2018 at 12.00 pm in the Classroom No. 007.

In the meeting, Discussion on Mentorship Process,

The Centre for IPR, Institute of Law, Nirma University, in

collaboration with PHD Chamber, supported by Office of

CGPDTM, Ministry of Commerce and Industry organized a one-

day IPR awareness progamme on March 13, 2018. Mr. Vivek

Singhal, Principal Director, Mr. Jatin Nagpal, Deputy Secretary,

PHD Chamber graced the occasion.

Academic Review (January 2018) Reports, Faculty Clusters

based on subject area / preference for research centers

was took place.

• As a part of IQAC - Quality Enhancement Forum, Dr

Shreekant Iyengar, Dr Anand Kumar Shinde and MS Rejitha

Nair shared their research pursuits on February 26, 2018

at 3.15 p.m. in Classroom no.007.

The Institute organized various distinguished/guest lectures during the months from January to March 2018. Many national and

international experts visited at the Institute during this time and shared their views, thoughts, expertise with the students and

interacted with the students.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law –Sophocles

RESEARCH CENTRES ACTIVITIES

DISTINGUISHED/EXPERT LECTURES

IPR Workshop

DISTINGUISHED LECTUERS

6 There is a higher court than court of justice and that is the court of conscience – Mahatma Gandhi

DISTINGUISHED LECTUERS

Name of Guest Topic Date

Prof. Victoria Shroff Canadian perspective on Animal Rights January 11, 2018

Adjunct Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law,

Vancouver, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Mr Salil Tripathi Business and Human Rights : January 18, 2018

Contributing Editor, Mint and Caravan - Chair, From Doing Good to doing right

PEN International's Writer in Prison Committee

& Senior Advisor, Institute for

Human Right and Business

Prof. Subhash Chandra Raina Criminal Law Amendment Act – 2013 January 20, 2018

Vice Chancellor, H.P. National Law University,

Shimla

Ms Mel Flanagan Implicit Bias February 06, 2018

Circuit Course Judge and Adjunct Professor

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

Mr Adarsh Hathi, Interactive Session on Legal 28th February 2018

Partner, Hathi Law International Practice in the US

Law Services, International Law and

Litigation Consultant

Mr. Salil Tripathi

Judge Mel Flanagan

Mr. Ashok Patil Prof. Suresh C. Raina

Mr. Adarsh Hathi

EXPERT LECTURE/FACULTY CORNER

7Law and Order exist for the purpose of establishing justice – Martin Luther King Jr.

Name of Expert/Guest Topic Date of Event

Prof. Ashok Patil, Professor (Dr.) Chair on Consume Law NLS Bangalore

Commandant M. A. Aggarwal, Career prospects in Regional Recruitment Officer for Indian Coast GuardCommander Coast Guard Region (NW)

Mr. Pranit Nanavati Patent Drafting and February 02, 2018Advocate, High Court of Gujarat, Ahmedabad Specification Drafting

Consumer Law January 29, 2018

Scholarship Cheques distribution

Celebration of National Youth Day

Scholarship cheques were distributed to the eligible candidates for the merit

based scholarship (category-I) and Merit cum Means based scholarship

(Category-II) for the semester-I and II for the academic year 2017-18

National Youth Day was celebrated on 12.01.2018. Mr Himadrish Suwan,

Youth Leader and National Ambassador for Mission E Safai, and Youngest

Recipient of Dr. APJ Abdulkalam Award, was the Chief Guest and speaker of

the event. Mr. Suwan spoke about Young India – New India. The ILNU

students and NSS volunteers attended this programme. On this occasion,

certificates were distributed to the NSS volunteers for their contribution

under NSS for the year 2016-17.

Paper Publication:

Paper Presentation:

Faculty as Resource Person

• Dr. Madhuri Parikh, Associate Professor, Institute of Law, Nirma University published a research article titled “Judicial

Interpretation of Law of Public Nuisance for Environment Protection: A Critique” in the International Journal of Creative

Research Thoughts Vol. 6, Issue 1 [ISSN: 2320-282].

• Ms Manisha Chakraborty participated and presented a paper titled "Drawbacks of Indian Police System in Forensic Investigation"

in the 40th All India Criminology Conference on "Dimensions of Crime and Criminal Justice System: Contemporary Issues and

Challenges" organized by Gujarat National Law University in collaboration with The Indian Society of criminology on January 19-

21, 2018.

• Dr Pranav Saraswat participated and presented a paper in 10th International Conference on Emerging Management Perspective, thPractices and Research Trends – Organized by Ganpat University, Kherva, Mehsana on 17 March 2018.

• Dr Shreekant Iyengar presented a research paper titled " Skilled Birth Attendance in Rural India – A study of four States" at the

Sixth IHEPA Conference organised by Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA) on January 4 & 5, 2018 at

Pondicherry University. Paper.

• Prof. Dr. Purvi Pokhariyal was invited as a Resource Person in Colloquium on “Ethics for Legal-Judicial Professions” on 17-18

February, 2018 organized by Bar Council of Kerala M.K. Nambyar Academy for Continuing Legal Education, Kochi in association

with Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida.

FACULTY CORNER

National Youth Day Celebration

8 “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Seminar/Conference participation:

• Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhariyal, chaired the session in the

National Discussion on “Implementation of RTE Act –

Status, Issues and Challenges” at National Law School of

India University (NLSIU), Bangalore in March 26-27, 2018.

• Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhariyal, participated in the Round Table

conference on 'Legal Framework and Inheritance of Land

by Women' on March 13, 2018 at New Delhi.

• Dr. Tarkesh Molia, attended the National Workshop on

“Curriculum Reform towards 4+1 LL.B. Programme” at KIIT

Law School, Bhubaneswar from 3rd to 4th March 2018.

• Dr. Anandkumar Shindhe, Assistant Professor in Institute

of Law participated in Y. J. Trivedi – AMA Academy for thIntellectual Property Rights – 11 Annual Intellectual

Property Summit 2018 on Towards an Intellectual Era

organized by Ahmedabad Management Association,

Ahmedabad on 20th January 2018

Sabarmati Jail Report

Legal Literacy Camp

A legal awareness camp was organized at Jamiyatpura village,

Gandhinagar on February 04, 2018 by the members of Legal

Aid Clinic, Institute of Law, Nirma University (ILNU). A well-

rehearsed and well-executed skit was performed by the

students to explain several rights available to labourers and

women under various Indian Laws to around 30 residents of

the village in a primary school situated over there. They were

also encouraged to approach the consultation panel of the

legal aid committee for their legal queries and issues. The

attendees showed great enthusiasm and response.

Legal Aid Clinic, Institute of Law, Nirma University organized a

Legal Literacy Camp at Jamiyatpura Village, Gandhinagar on

March 15, 2018. Mr. Sudhir Desai, Paralegal Volunteer from

Gandhinagar District Legal Service Authority delivered the

FACULTY CORNER

LEGAL AID ACTIVITIES/EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Legal Literacy camp Jamiyatpura Blood Donation Camp)

Farewell function

New faculty face @ ILNU

Staff corner

The Institute organized a farewell function for bidding adieu to

Dr. Rohit Moonka and Dr. Silky Mukherjee on March 17, 2018.

The Director on behalf of the Institute wished them all the

success in their future endeavor.

Following faculty members joined at ILNU during the current

academic session:

1. Ms. Khyati Jha

2. Ms. Shreya Srivastava

3. Mr. Vikram Lathwal

Ms. Kshama Parikh, I/c Librarian delivered a talk on SCOPUS

and CALI database in the Orientation Session on SCOPUS &

CALI @ IQAC: Quality Enhancement Forum held on February

23, 2018 at 3.15 pm in the Conference Room, IL-NU.

speech on the topic of Women Empowerment and Free Legal

Aid. The objective was to deliver the message that law is for

the sufferer and the aggrieved irrespective of the gender.

Thus, the message was delivered in a way that the power or

the rights inferred should not be in any way used for personal

gains discarding the soul of natural justice

Legal Aid Clinic, Institute of Law has organized "Chal Chitra"

National Socio-Legal Film Making Competition, 2018. The best

films have been awarded prize money.

NSS Unit of ILNU organized a blood donation camp in

collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society on January 23,

2018. About 50 units of blood was donated by volunteers and

students of our college.

NSS Activity

Blood Donation Camp

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

9“When you know better you do better.” -Maya Angelou

Eye Check up camp

Workshop by State NSS Cell

Girl Child Awareness camp at Jamiyatpura

The volunteers of NSS Unit-Institute of Law, Nirma University,

Ahmedabad conducted a free Eye Check up camp in

collaboration with Civil Hospital, Gandhinagar at Jamiyatpura

Village on March 31, 2018. About 110 residents took part in

eye check-up camp. Out of which 16 people have been

marked, who were having BPL cards, would be provided with

specs free of cost. The students also distributed 80 earthen

pots for birds and animals that can be used in this season of

summer.

Eye Check up Camp

Volunteers from NIRMA University, Ahmedabad participated in

Mock Parliament organised by State NSS Cell, Department of

Higher Education, Government of Gujarat and NSS Regional

Directorate, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government

of India at Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Ahmedabad on

January 27-28, 2018.

Volunteers were trained regarding the procedures of

Parliament. In the Mock Parliament, a proposal was passed

with respect to conducting the Mock Parliament at respective

university.

On January 27, 2018, a workshop regarding parliamentary

procedures was conducted and on January 28, 2018 a mock

parliament was conducted which live telecasted by

Doordarshan. Nirma University was was represented by a

team led by Hritwick Purwar, Incharge NSS Unit ILNU;

Aishwariya Gupta(ILNU); Nikhar Hirapara(ITNU); Hardik

Vaniya(ITNU); Udit Vaghela(ITNU)

Aspiring to contribute to the social literacy of needy and poor

through its awareness initiatives, the National Service Scheme

(NSS) unit of Institute of Law, Nirma University (ILNU), held

rally and drama on girl child awareness in Jamiyatpura village,

Gandhinagar on Saturday February 24, 2018.

A drama was performed by the students to spread the

awareness about girl child education among the people of the

village. Also, a rally was taken out with slogans like of ‘Beti

Padhao Bati Bachao’ and ‘Beti Hai Hmare Desh Ka Gehna’ to

motivate people of the village towards sending all the girls to

primary, secondary and then to higher education. They were

also encouraged to approach the consultation panel of the NSS

unit for their social issues. Dr. AMD Shamiulla, faculty

coordinator, NSS, ILNU, with guest Rafiza, principal of Gaytri

Mandir School, guided and supervised the initiative taken by

the students and also advised the villagers to be more

motivated towards girl education as of today the whole

perspective has changed in most parts of India with many

excellent examples in every field.

Awareness camp Girl Child

Women spend around six to seven years of their lives

menstruating. Yet the importance of menstrual hygiene is

mostly neglected. But in recent time, there is change in this

thinking as women come out and start expressing their

Awareness regarding Female Menstrual Hygiene

Awareness camp Female Menstrual Hygiene

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

10 “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” -Robert Frost

problems relating to menstrual hygiene openly. As a part of

intervention in JamiyatpuraVillage, NSS Unit of ILNU

distributed sanitary pads among village women and tried to

create awareness of about how to use it and what are the

consequences when they use simple clothes instead of using

sanitary pads. At various instances, more than 250packs of

Sanitary Pads were distributed in the village.

Thalassemia check-up camp was conducted on February 04,

2018 in Jamiyatpura Village, Gandhinagar, with support of

students run NGO F.A.I.T.H. and in collaboration with Indian

Thalassemia check-up camp

Red Cross Society at Jamiyatpura Village. Volunteers from

National Service Scheme-ILNU volunteered in the event.

Approximately 100 residents from the village took part in the

check-up.

NSS Unit of Institute of Law, Nirma University conducted a 7

day residential camp in its adopted village Jamiyatpura -

'Anubhooti' or realisation from 10th March, 2018 to 16th

March, 2018. To experience and realize the problems being

faced by those residing in rural areas of Gujarat State.

A total of 18 students were part of the 7 days camp. Various

social welfare activities were conducted in these seven days.

The day used to start with ‘Shramdaan’ conducted daily for 2

hours in the morning. Volunteers used to generate awareness

among the residents regarding Swachh Bharat mission,

construction of toilets, cleaning of road and surrounding areas,

proper sanitation, throwing of rubbish in the dustbins and

keeping surroundings clean. Meetings of residents with the

representatives of village panchayat were conducted in the

evenings to raise the issues of the village and come to some

possible solutions for such issues.

Various planning and discussion session were part of the day

in which issues of rural India were discussed and reflection

was made on what was done and what remained to be done.

In the free time, volunteers used to teach children of

Jamiyatpura village by interactive learning methods.

A session was conducted in the village in collaboration with

District Legal Services Authority on the topics ‘Women

Empowerment’ ‘Labour Laws’, etc. Session was conducted by

Mr. Sudhir Bhai Desai. It was graced by presence of Jane

Schukoske, Advisor S.M. Sehgal Foundation; Director & Dean,

NSS Residential Camp at Jamiyatpura

Thalassemia Check up Camp

AADHAR camp and Session by District Legal Services Authority during 7 day camp at Jamiyatpura

ALUMNI CORNER

11“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” -Aristotle

Workshop on “Role of Youth in National Building”

The Institute organized a workshop on "Role of Youth in Nation

building" on March 7, 2018. The main speakers of the event

were: Ms. Nithyasri Balakrishnan, Msc. Audiology Speech

Language Pathology, Manipal University, Manipal, Ms.

Prarthana Kothi, B.E Mechanical Engineering PG Diploma in

Youth Empowerment and Philosophy, Chinmaya University.

About 63 students of NSS, ILNU participated in the workshop.

ILNU Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhariyal, Dr.Tarkesh Molia, Academic

Co-Ordinator, Mr. Nitesh Choudhary, Mr.Raj Mehta, Faculty Co-

Ordinator - Legal Aid Committee ILNU, and the Programme

Officer for NSS, Dr. A. Md. Shamiulla.

On the last night of the 7 day camp, ‘Bhajan Sandhya’ was

organised with support of Bhajan Mandli of the village. Entire

village participated in the Bhajan Sandhya which had a footfall

of more than 150 residents.

On last day, AADHAR registration camp was organised in the

village. More than 50 residents who were not issued AADHAR

were registered for new AADHAR card and around 16 residents

registered for corrections.

The learning experience by the volunteers in the camp would

help them grow with a new outlook of rural India. Such camps

need to be conducted from time to time so that students

could gain a practical learning experience which could never

be learned within four walls of classroom.

Alumni meet was organized for Jaipur Chapter on January 21,

2018 at Meeraki Kitchen, Jaipur.

In the meet, the discussion was done on Scholarship in

Alumni's Name, Institute Pedagogy and possible changes,

Suggestions of Alumnus on Internship and Recruitment

training sessions. Prof.(Dr.) Purvi Poikhariyal attended the

meeting and around 40 alumni students attended the meet.

Alumni Meet - ILNU Homecoming

The welcomed all the alumnae at the Institute on March 31,

2018 on the occasion of event called ‘ILNU Homecoming’.

Alumni students from across the country gathered for the

event and shared their professional experiences after college

at ILNU. Various activities which includes introductory session,

cricket match and gala night (musical night) was organized

followed by dinner.

Ms. Nithyasri addressing the students at the workshop

ALUMNI CORNER

Prof. (Dr.) Pokhariyal with the alumni members Faculty and Students at the Homecoming event

ALUMNI CORNER/STUDENTS' CORNER

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Publication

• Tolwani Aman; Paper Title: The effects of Domestic Violence on Male Victims: The Law's response to the Ultimate Taboo at

Journal of Juvenile and Family Law [Volume: 3 Issue: 2] ISSN 2446-2101 (January 2018)

• Tolwani Aman; Title: Trademark Rules 2017: New Trademark and Other Changes at The I.P. Site an initiative of National University

of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi (NUALS) (March 2018)

• Tolwani Aman; Title: Are Copyrights Protected on Instagram and Facebook at The I.P. Site an initiative of National University of

Advanced Legal Studies Kochi (NUALS) (March 2018)

“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth

STUDENTS' CORNER

MOOT COURT ACHIEVEMENT

Event details Dates Team Position

th16 Justa Causa National Moot Court Competition Ekta Jhanjhiri,RTMNU Ambedkar College of Soham Gurjar Law, Nagpur

thGLC Thiruvananthapuram’s 13 March 8-10, 2018 Trisha, Team: Winners All India Moot Court Competition Mansi Singh and 2018, GLC, Trivandrum Disha Gupta Best Memorial

th16 Surana and Surana National February 9-11, 2018 Nishi Agrawal Team: WinnersCorporate Law Moot Court Competition Mayur Jugtawat 4th best Memorial2018, Mysore (Karnataka) Gaurav Maharshi Best speaker -

Nishi Agrawal

th13 G.H Raisoni National Trial March 16-18 2018 Sakshi Pawar Team: Winnersand Appellate Moot Court Anjali Upadhyay best Advocate -Competition, Nagpur Divyam Jhaveri Anjali Upadhyay

Best Researcher -Divyam Jhaveri

Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot: March 24-25,2018 Ridhvick Dosi, Runners upISRO National Funding Rounds, Siddharth Chechani NLSIU, Bangalore Nitya Jain

January 19-21, 2018 Saloni Modi, Team: Winners

Alumni Achievements

Alumni Interactive Session

The following alumni students were cleared the Gujrat Judicial Service Examination 2018 in March 2018.

• Chandra Shekhar Sharma (Batch 2011) – Rank 18

• Ravish Anil Nagpal (Batch 2010) – Rank 8

• Shalini Shakti Dan Barath (Batch 2011) – Rank 30

The Alumni Interactive session was organized on 31/3/2018. A panel session chaired by Mr. Sidharth Bapna (Batch 2010), Advocate,

Rajasthan High Court, Mr. Arjun Doshi(Batch 2009), Associate, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai, Mr. Jaimin Dave, Advocate,

Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad, Moiz Rafique(Batch 2009) and Rithwick Modi(Batch 200, Founding Partners, Privy Legal Services,

Ahmedabad and they interacted with the students and delivered lecture on Career in Litigation and Higher Studies.

STUDENTS' CORNER

13“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” -Margaret Mead

Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Team with Runners up Trophy

16th Justa Causa National Moot Winning team with Trophy

16th Justa Causa National Moot Winning team with Trophy

16th Surana and Surana National Corporate Law Moot team with Trophy

13th G.H Raisoni Moot Team with trophy

XXII National Moot Court Competition, ULC Bangalore Diksha Sharma Second Best

Mukund Rawat Memorial

rd3 NLIU-Justice R.K. Tankha February 23-25, 2018 Dharmesh Khandelwal Team: Quarter FinalistMemorial International Moot Kinjal Goyal Best Speakers: Court Competition, 2018, Bhopal Maitrii Dani Dharmesh Khandelwal

and Kinjal GoyalSecond Best Memorial

thNew Law College’s 8 Justice March 24-25, 2018 Parkhi Saxena, Team: Second Best PN Bhagwati International Moot Court Unnati Deva MemorialCompetition 2018, NLC, Pune Priyal Sharma

th12 SP Sathe Moot Court March 8-10, 2018 Ojuswy Sahay, Best Advocate Competition, ILS Pune Anuj Mishra and

Shrejal Mishra Second Best Advocate

February 23-25, 2018 Adimesh Lochan Team: Semi Finalist &

14 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -Thomas A. Edison

Moot Court Participation

International Moot Participation:

Students Achievement in Debate

MUN Achievements

Samwaad

• The team of Toshit Godara and Subham Borah, representing Institute of Law,

Nirma University, won the Great Britain Debate 2018, organized by the British

Deputy High Commission of Great Britain in collaboration with Gujarat University

on January 24, 2018. The team was greatly appreciated by His Excellency, the

Deputy High Commissioner Mr. Geoff Wain and eminent social entrepreneur Miss

Ruzan Khambatta for their immaculate research, exceptional argumentation and

delivery.

• A team consisting of Subham Borah (second year) and Toshit Godara (Third Year)

participated in ILS, from January 12, to 14, 2018. Subham Borah was declared as rd3 Best Adjudicator and Toshit Godara was declared as Adjudicator Break.

• The Debate Society of Institute of Law, Nirma University conducted a debate

workshop for the debate society members and other interested students on February 10 to 11, 2018. The workshop was

conducted by Mr Aditya Kavia who is an expert in Parliamentary debating.

• Ojasvi Sharma has participated in the MUN Conference organized at Symbiosis Law School, Pune from February 24 to 26, 2018.

He was bestowed with a High Commendation award in a MUN conference.

• In a separate Event named as Samwaad, a simulation of All India Political Parties Meet organized at the Dhirubai Ambani Institute

of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar on February 25-26, 2018.. The students of freshers batch bagged 3

awards. Aadesh Shinde won the High Commendation, Kajal Singh and Supriya Julka were awarded the Special Mention award.

Owing to tremendous competition in the event, Akshita Totla falling closely behind Kajal, Supriya and Aadesh was acknowledged

for her efforts and was verbally recognized.

Title of Competition Date/s Team

th14 KK Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition 2018 Priyanshi Joshi,

Samragyee Pandey

th8 Edition of Checkmate National Moot January 19-21, 2018 Shrishti Mishra Court Competition 2018 at Mohali Shalini Mishra by Army Institute of Law Vanshita Agarwal

January 19-21, 2018 Devansh Dubey,

Title of Competition Date/s Team Position

th17 Henry Dunant Moot Court

Competition, Hong Kong Priya Khemchandani

Shresth Vardhan

Stetson Moot Court Competition March 22-24, 2018 Sahil Jain Top 16nd(22 Annual International Environmental Shivaranjani Verma

Moot Court Competition) 2018, Florida Rhea Sevak

March 5-8, 2018 Ravleen Chhabra Quarter finalists

STUDENTS' CORNER

EXTRA CURRICULAR/PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES

15You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C. S. Lewis

PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Beyond Curriculum

A team consisting of the following members won the

“One Act Play” competition organized by Institute of

Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad on January 30,

2018, as a part of NUZEAL’18 .

Team

• Chinmay Singh Tanwar, Anisha Jhawar, Tanya

Agrawal,Tarushi Agrawal,Manali Maheshwari,Ashok

Kumar,Sarthak Chauhan,Rishi Raj

Pandey,Raghvendra Pathak,Shubhankar Das,Arghya

Samaddar and Vineet Tayal.

• The Act won the prizes for Best One Act Play, Best

Direction (Mr. Chinmay Singh Tanwar), Best

Production (Chinmay Singh Tanwar) and Anisha

Jhawar ,Best Supporting Actor(male) (Arghya

Samaddar.)

Career Counselling SessionsThe Campus Recruitment Cell (CRC), ILNU organized Career Counselling Session for the students of ILNU.

Expert details Dates

Mr. Kunal SharmaAssociate, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas March 10, 2018

Ms. Shriya JainAssociate, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai March 10, 2018

Mr. Suadat KirmaniSr Associate, Link Legal March 22, 2018

Mr. Pankaj AgarwalPartner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Ahmedabad March 28, 2018

Mr Manoj GaurkelaManaging Partner, Gourkela Law Office, New Delhi March 31, 2018

Mr. Manoj Gourkela Addressing the Audience Mr. Pankaj Agarwal addressing the Audience Mr. Suadat Kirmani addressing the Audience

Winners of the One Act Play Competition with winning Trophies

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Name of Event Date

Farewell function to the outgoing Batch (2013) April 05, 2018

Distinguished Lecture by Prof. C. Rajkumar, Vice Chancellor, April 07, 2018O. P. Jindal Global University, Haryana

Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Shashikala Gurpur, Director, April 13, 2018Symbiosis Law School, Pune

th25 Nirma University Convocation April 24, 2018

ILNU Library team organized "LIBRARY'S TREASURE", a Display Books on Women to C e l e b r a t e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Women's Day on March 8, 2018.

Forthcoming Events

What is happening @ Library

16 Let justice be done, though the heavens fall - Legal maxim

Book Display on Women

ILNU @ News

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