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Competitions, Opportunities

6th National Online Quiz Competition on Indian Constitution: Register by 5th March 2020.

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About the Organization

Team Attorneylex is an online platform for law students where they can contribute their legal knowledge and get recognized for their contribution. We aim to guide the law students in their legal research, content writing, case analysis, read or understand the judgments passed by the courts, etc. because we believe that these things are an essential part of the legal profession.

Along with the other activities the endeavour is to deliver legal help to the sectors of society which are unable to access existing legal services due to illiteracy and poor economic conditions.

About the National Online Quiz Competition

Team Attorneylex is organising its 6th Online National Quiz Competition on Indian Constitution scheduled to be held on 7th March 2021.

Eligibility

Team Attorneylex looks forward to participation from school students, law aspirants, students pursuing 5-year law and 3-years law, and LLM courses. Professionals from the legal fraternity are also invited to participate in the Quiz.

Important Dates & Timing

Last date for registration: 5th March 2021, 11:59 PM

Competition Date: 7th March 2021, 06:00 PM

Declaration of Results: 10th March, 2021

Venue – Online (Google forms)

Details

  • The quiz competition is not a team-based competition, and thus, each student shall participate individually.
  • The Quiz will consist of Indian Constitution questions, including significant/landmark judgments.
  • It will consist of 50 MCQs.
  • The total time limit for the Quiz is 25 minutes.
  • Every question carries one mark, and there will be no negative marking.

Registration Fees: Rs. 50/-( Early bird offer Rs. 35/-, till 19th Feb.)

Payments details

Paytm/ G-pay/Phonepe- 9616696008 (Gaurav yadav)

Bhim UPI- 9616696008@upi

Bank details-

Name- Gaurav Yadav

Bank – Punjab National Bank

Account Number- 03842193000248

IFSC Code- PUNB0018300

Registration Link

Interested candidates can fill the registration form – Click here

or, https://forms.gle/hTRaxsQ4KvPtn2Qj9

General Rules

  • The registered candidates should join our WhatsApp group for updates.
  • The Quiz results will be declared on the social media platforms and the Website of the Team Attorneylex.
  • In the case of a tie, Time will be considered (Person who submits early will be given preference).
  • Team Attorneylex will not be responsible for any technical error, any connectivity/device failure during the Quiz.
  • The results declared would be final and the authority vests with Team Attorneylex to change or modify the same.

Perks

  • Winner: Cash prize Rs. 2000/- + Certificate of Merit + Free Article publication on the Team Attorneylex website/Journal + Online Internship opportunity with the Team Attorneylex.
  • Runner up: Cash prize Rs. 1000/- + Certificate of Merit + Free Article publication on the Team Attorneylex website/Journal  + Online Internship Opportunity with Team Attorneylex.
  • Top 10 Performers: Certificate of Merit + Free Article publication on the Team Attorneylex website/Journal + Online Internship Opportunity with Team Attorneylex.
  • E – participation Certificate to all the participants + Free Article publication on the Team Attorneylex website/Journal.

If you have any queries feel free to contact

Vanshika – 07055460463

Gaurav -09616696008

Email– contact@teamattorneylex.in 

Legal News

Delhi HC asks DU to issue digital degrees within next 7 days to those who urgently need it

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The Delhi High Court Monday directed the Delhi University to issue within seven working days digital degree certificates to students who have already graduated and urgently require the document for taking admission in a foreign university or for employment.

Getting a degree is an event for a student but it has really become a torture, Justice Prathiba M Singh said.The high court was unhappy that despite its earlier order, the varsity was not issuing digital degrees to pass out students and was demanding physical copy of proofs attached in the email requesting issuance of the document.

The judge also observed that there was lack of coordination between the Delhi University and its lawyers who were not being given proper instructions by the varsity. Justice Singh directed the university to place before it separately, the timeline by when digital degrees will be issued on urgent and non-urgent requests.

The high court said the students who have already made urgent requests for a digital degree on DU’s website, shall again send an email to the varsity and attach any document stating the urgency, including admission in foreign university or employment purpose.

For such students, digital degree certificates be issued within seven working days. Requirement for physical copy of the documents be removed with immediate effect, Justice Singh said. The high court was informed that till now 30,000 students have given requests on the varsity’s portal for digital degree certificates.

It noted that earlier it was informed by the Dean (Examinations) Professor Vinay Gupta and Joint Director of Delhi University Computer Centre (DUCC) Dr Sanjeev Singh, that all the data of students up till November 2019 was available with the varsity.

However, on Monday, it was informed that the university only has data of students till 2017. This is a completely messed up situation. There is no data of 2018 and 2019, the high court remarked.

Earlier on August 7, the high court had passed an order on a bunch of petitions, putting in place a proper procedure for issuance of degree certificates through an online mechanism to ensure that delay in printing of degree certificates does not become an impediment to students who need it.

It had then recorded satisfaction in respect of the digital certificate that was filed by DU and noted that an online platform http://www.digicerti.du.ac.in was also created for enabling students to apply for issuance of such certificates. It had directed that DU shall ensure that students’ digital degree certificates are issued within a period of one week from registration.

However, on September 2, the high court was informed by final year law student Shubham Kumar Jain that he had graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce, DU in 2017 and was seeking a digital degree for the bachelors course which has still not been issued.

He submitted that despite the online submission of the application for issuance of digital degree certificate and completion of all formalities, the university was insisting on physical submission of a hard copy of the application.

He said he has applied for the digital degree on August 14, but it has not been issued.

On Monday, the court was informed that data of 28,000 students which constitute half of the students who graduated in 2017 have been uploaded on DigiLocker’, an initiative by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY).

However, to access it, students’ date of birth is required and DU is yet to obtain it from respective colleges, the court noted.

A DU official told the court that he had a meeting with the principals of all the colleges and they will give the data of students of 2018 and 2019 batches in next 4 and 10 days respectively.

When DU’s counsel said it was not possible to issue digital degrees to all the students in one stretch and for now, they can do it for the urgent ones, the court remarked This happens when you don’t issue degrees to students on time annually.

The high court listed the matter for further hearing on September 11, before which the varsity has to place on record an affidavit.

It also asked the three DU officials, who were there in the hearing, to be present on the next date along with Dean (Examinations).

Advocate Sarthak Maggon, representing petitioner Dhritiman Ray on whose plea the earlier order on issuance of digital degree was passed, said he has received his digital degree certificate on September 3.

He said he has received calls from around 80 students who have applied for digital degrees but have not received it.

The high court had earlier said the purpose of directing issuance of the certificates digitally and through an online mechanism was to dispense with the need for physical presence of students at the university during the COVID-19 pandemic and also to streamline the process for students who are not in Delhi and need the document either for employment or for further educational purposes.

Source: The Print

Law School Review

Lloyd Law College

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Lloyd Law College is a Law school in India. Lloyd Law College is located in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It offers courses like five years of integrated courses in B.ALL.B, three years LL.B and LLM. Lloyd Law College is one of the colleges in India to provide conjoined degree course of B.A. and LL.B that combine law degrees with papers in liberal arts. 

Courses and departments

 The B.A. course is divided into ten semesters with five papers in each of the semesters. The courses are designed in such a way that it combines law degrees with papers in liberal arts in a way that is helpful for the students to cover the course systematically. The three year law course follows a semester system of examination and gives specialisation in different areas of law. All the courses are approved by the Bar Council of India and are affiliated to the CCS University.

Infrastructure

Lloyd Law College is located in Knowledge Park – II, Greater Noida (U.P/ NCR). The law college is spread over 4.5 acres of non-residential campus comprising three multi-storey blocks.

The campus had its first four-story building in 2003 and currently has main academic block comprising sixteen lecture theatres/class rooms, as well as four-story facility centre containing 3000 textual collections, journal subscription of last 56 years and regular intake of newspapers & magazines.

Facilities

Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida has infrastructure and facilities that support the smooth functioning of the college. The institute provides accommodation to students and has Aryan Residency for boys and Amandam Hostel for girls. These hostels have all the essential fasciitis such as sports, gym, laundry, etc. The library has an enriched collection of books and is a centre of attraction for the book lovers. Transportation facilities are provided to the students that help students in travelling.

  • Transport Facilities – The College provides transportation facilities and has its fleet of buses that operates on no profit or loss basis and helps students in travelling.
  • Hostels – The institute has a boy’s hostel named Aryan Residency and one girl’s hostel called Anandam that provides safe and secured accommodation to the students. The hostels serve a four-time meal and have all the essential fasciitis such as sports, gym, laundry, etc.
  • Moot Court Hall – Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida has a Moot Court Hall that has a seating which is used to practice advocacy and organise various competitions.
  • Library – The institute has a library that has an enriched collection of books and is a centre of attraction for the book readers.

College faculty

The faculties at Lloyd Law College are experts in various disciplines of law and promote excellence in learning. They are specialised in Environment Law, International Law, Jurisprudence Law and Constitutional Law. The students are nurtured and have a thirst for knowledge and a strong sense of integrity and professionalism. 

Activities

Lloyd Law College launched the First Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition & Law Students Conference in 2016, under technical support from MILAT-Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy, Trivandrum.

The reform brought about in Indian legal education by the pioneering of forts of Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon during the last three decades through the Five Year Integrated B.A.LL.B. Programme under the National Law School experiment was the inspiration for Lloyd Law College to launch the Mooting Competition in the Name of Padma Shree Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon. On retirement from active service, he continues to contribute to the cause of legal education and professional development through the Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILA T), which he presides. Lloyd Law College is proud to be associated with MILAT in organising the Mooting. There are two stages of the competition: The Indian Round and the SAARC round. Every year five best teams represent India in the SAARC Round. Apart from India, every SAARC country can select/nominate two teams to represent their country in SAARC rounds.

How to Apply

Students are admitted to the institute through a written common test, which is generally conducted in May. Apart from the score in the LET a student must have passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination in any stream with at least 45% marks with English as a compulsory subject.

Placement

Lloyd Law College is one of the best institutes in India. Around 70% of the students got placed through Campus Placements and got a good salary package. The median salary package offered was 7.5 LPA.

Best thing

 The best thing in Lloyd Law College is professors are cooperative and helpful for better understanding in Law. They guide us in many aspects and making the thing clear. There are many activities which are very helpful in the future. They also provide an internship and get motivated for it.

Worst thing

Everything is well organised, and there are not any worst thing on the campus and are different aspects in which students get new skills in which it enhances the future.

Submitted By: Astha Chaurasia

Articles

Vaccination Laws and Present Pandemic Situations in India

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Vaccine save lives; fear endangers them 

Jeffrey Kluger

INTRODUCTION: 

Since time immemorial of the human civilisation, we the human beings had been facing lots of horrible situations which endangered our existence. If we look back then we will find that the history of the pandemic is an ancient one; the first recorded pandemic was 340 years ago before the birth of Jesus Christ. But the years of 2019-2020 have revealed that we are still far away from the era of modernisation and we need more time to develop significantly in the field of medicine about the impact about health science and education. In this topic, we are going to discuss the impact of this ongoing pandemic upon the vaccination laws and vice versa. Before that, we must examine the history of vaccination laws in India. Dr Haffkine developed the plague vaccine in 1897, which is considered to be the first vaccine developed in India. Throughout the world, there are 27 causative agents, against which vaccines are available and expanded, and more are to be set against the rest targeted agents, which are known. But from this event of the pandemic of COVID-19, we can assure that there are also several causative agents, which are unknown to us. So, the development of vaccines for those novel agents is a very tough task. Now, while discussing the situation of India, we must be firstly aware of the vaccine laws, because, without those rules and regulation and laws, it would herm the rights of the people. So, several organisations, research centres, laboratories etc., where such research regarding the development of a vaccine is taking place, must maintain and follow the vaccine laws, so that, rights of the public at large or an individual is also maintained.

Moreover, after the development of the vaccine and its approval, it must be applied to control any situation of epidemic and pandemic. But, what will happen if a person doesn’t give his or her consent? For these reasons, only vaccine laws are passed. Immunity of a single individual provides the security of the immunity of the community.

HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT OF VACCINATION AND VACCINATION LAWS IN INDIA: 

The concept and process of vaccination are more than 3000 years old, which was originated and flourished in the ancient Indian Peninsula (Northern and Eastern India) as a form of variolation and inoculation. The evidence of the existence of variolation is also elaborately described in the Sanskrit text called Sacteya, mainly developed to Dhanwantari, the physician. Then with the transmission of education, the technique of vaccination may have spread to China then Africa, Turkey and ultimately reached to England and America.

In the 18th century, Smallpox affected almost the whole of the world, but, it was reported much earlier in India in 1545 AD. Historians and Physicians suggest ‘smallpox’ as ‘Indian Plague’. Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine of Smallpox in 1796, which arrived in May 1802. Anna Dusthall a three years old child from Bombay, become the 1st person in India to receive Smallpox vaccine on June 14, 1802. The compulsory Vaccination Act was passed in India in 1892 for the 1st time. The aim or motto of the act was to ensure higher coverage with Smallpox and reduce the epidemic. Before 1850, the vaccines were imported from Great Britain. After the 19th century, the vaccine material supply was increased in India, and as a result, more focus was given upon the manufacture of vaccines in India itself. During this time there occurred Cholera epidemic in Bengal and other parts of India. Dr Haffkine was requested to come in India and conduct Cholera vaccine trial in India, which was conducted in 1893. So, here comes the first situation, where we must consider the vaccination laws that, “what shall be the law when a scientist from abroad is brought in India to make vaccine trials?” Then in 1896, a plague epidemic in India has started. Before 1892 The Vaccination Act in 1880, specifically to ban existing inoculation practices, while making it compulsory for children to be vaccinated. So, the history of vaccination law in India can be classified into two parts: –

Vaccination and Present Pandemic Situation: 

During this pandemic situation doctors and health experts of all over the world are encouraging the mass population to take precautions to prevent transmission through the method of physical distancing, hand sanitising, boosting of immunity and musk using. But for the third world countries like India, it is not at all possible to take all such measures because here the food is more desirable than sanitiser, the cloth is more preferable than musk and shelter are more urgent than physical distancing. India is a country where still in the 21st century there is suffering for a single drop of drinking water in the states like Maharashtra, Odisha; where water is very much needed to quench thirst rather than hand washing.

The vaccine is a preventive measure to save ourselves from the clutches of the virus. So, if the Government makes vaccination mandatory, then ultimately, it will be beneficial for the whole society. Because mass interest is more important than individual interest and individual interest is more important than personal sentiment. Here if anyone denies taking the vaccine, then what will happen? Would he pay the society for his mischievous work? There is a well-known maxim in the legal field that “SALUS POPULI EST SUPREMA LEX.”, Which means public welfare is the highest law. Every member of society surrenders his/her welfare before the interest of the community. According to Ezekiel Emanuel, “vaccines are the most cost-effective health care interventions…”. So from my point of view, compulsory vaccination is very much needed so that we can live without any fear, we can breathe in a world where there would be no barrier to musk.

Vaccination Laws In The Light Of Nuremberg Code Whether Violative Of Human Rights Or Not:  

Recently Facebook, Instagram posts shared thousand times, claim that vaccines directly violate the Nuremberg Code ( a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation established after second world war). The claim is false. “The Nuremberg Code is about doing human experiments, not vaccination,” said Dr Jonathan D. Moreno (Prof. of Bio-ethics at University of Pennsylvania.” Vaccines are in no way a violation of the Nuremberg Code.

Recent Light Of Hope: 

Despite all brawl between the groups who are in favour of mandatory vaccination and who are against it, there is a great light of hope that Russia launches COVID vaccine named Sputnik-V and Russian health department assured the world that the persons upon whom the vaccine was tested are responding, including the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Doctors of the whole world are not sure that what will be the accurate dose of the vaccine, or is there any necessity for any further booster dose or not? But when we get the vaccine then also it will take a long time to come within reach of every citizen of the country. First of all, it will be given to the doctors, health workers, polices who are the lifeline of the society, then it will be given to an endangered person like old persons, children, pregnant women. Restest of the population will get it. We can say in a racy voice that if we intake the vaccine in our body, then we will become a protected warrior to fight against the virus, and still, we cherish the hope that ‘we shall overcome.’

Conclusion:  

So, in the end, it’s very compulsory to say that vaccination is much more important than everything in today’s pandemic situation. Rate of unemployment and beggary is rising in India. At about 12 people among 100 die due to poverty in India each year. Therefore can’t we are a little more dedicated and sympathetic towards them? Can’t we think to free vaccination through the third world country, where, poverty death is not much less than pandemic death?

For this reason, there is a high demand for free vaccination laws for poor people or economically weaker sections of society. Moreover, during this pandemic (COVID-19), many beggars earn less than 5% of their daily income through beggary. Many hawkers have lost their sale due to cancellation of local trains to avoid social gathering. Many businessmen, employers in private sectors have made a significant loss, and some of them faced retrenchment too. What will happen to them if vaccines are not available to free of cost? Being a student in the law field, my last step, which can be taken is, to pray for a free vaccination law, for economically weaker sections of the society or for those people, who have lost their livelihood during this pandemic. 

Author’s: Sayan Pramanik & Sinjini Sanyal
S. K. Acharya Institute of Law

Legal News

Sc disposes off the petition for conducting final semester exams

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On Friday, 28th August, the Supreme Court disposed off the petitions challenging the guidelines that had been issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for conducting final semester exams by 30th September. The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah gave the following orders:

  1. The Bench had refused the prayer to quash UGC Guidelines for holding final semester exams.
  2. The directions of the State Disaster Management Authority for cancelling the exams are to prevail over the UGC.
  3. However, the direction of SDMA to pass students on previous performance is beyond the scope of the Disaster Management Act.
  4. States/UTs cannot promote students based on final year exams. However, they can seek postponement of the exams due to COVID 19. 

The UGC claimed that then Order was given in the best interest of the students.

Source: Live Law

Competitions, Opportunities

National Online Quiz Competition on Constitutional Law and IPC: Organised by Team Attorneylex and Legal Monkey

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About Team Attorneylex

Team Attorneylex is a newly developed organization that is devoted to the law students of the country. Our primary purpose is to guide the law students in their legal research, content writing, analysing the case laws, read or understand the courts’ judgments, etc. because we believe that these things are an essential part of the legal profession.

About Legal Monkey

Legal Monkey was founded by two young engineers in the year 2019, Legal Monkey was born to provide business solutions, Consultation, Conceputed Education With Legal Advice. Our aim is very clear to spread legal literacy and develop more entrepreneurs in India.

Our key concept is to provide the easiest business solutions & consultation to new startups and Existing companies to grow rapidly.

We have an Educated and professional legal & financial advising team that help each and every individual & client on our key concept.

Know More About Legal Monkey

About the National Online Quiz Competition

Team Attorneylex is organizing its First Online National Quiz Competition on Constitutional Law and IPC scheduled to be held on 5th September 2020.

Eligibility

Team Attorneylex looks forward to participation from school students, law aspirants, students pursuing 5-year law and 3-years law, and LLM courses. Professionals from the legal fraternity are also invited to participate in the Quiz.

Important Dates & Timing

  • Last date for registration: 4th September 2020, 11:59 PM
  • Competition Date: 5th September 2020, 05:00 PM
  • Declaration of Results: 7th September

Venue – Online (Google forms)

Details

  • The quiz competition is not a team-based competition, and thus, each student shall participate individually.
  • The Quiz shall consist of Constitutional law and IPC questions, including significant/landmark judgments.
  • It shall consist of 50 MCQs.
  • The total time limit for the Quiz is 25 minutes
  • Every question carries one mark, and there will be no negative marking.
  • In the case of a tie, Time will be considered (Person who submits early will be given preference).

Registration Fees

Rs. 20/- per participant.

Payments details

Paytm/ G-pay/Phonepe- 9616696008 (Gaurav yadav)
Paytm UPI- 9616696008@paytm
Bhim UPI- 9616696008@upi

Bank details-

Name- Gaurav Yadav
Bank – Oriental Bank of Commerce
Account Number- 03842193000248
IFSC Code- ORBC0100394

Registration Link

Interested candidates can fill the registration form – Click here

or, https://forms.gle/GREHkf1YZUcFmmnbA

General Rules

  • The registered candidates will be added to a WhatsApp group for updates.
  • The Quiz results will be declared on the social media platforms of the Team Attorneylex and the Website of Team Attorneylex.
  • Team Attorneylex will not be responsible for any technical error in paying the registration fee for the quiz competition or any connectivity/device failure during the Quiz.
  • The results declared would be final and the authority vests with Team Attorneylex to change or modify the same.

Perks

  • 1st Position: cash prize Rs. 250/- + certificate of Excellence + Article publication on the website + Online Internship opportunity with the Team Attorneylex.
  • 2nd Position: cash prize Rs. 150/- + certificate of Excellence + Article publication on the website + Online Internship Opportunity with Team Attorneylex.
  • 3rd Position: cash prize Rs. 100/- + certificate of Excellence + Article publication on the website.
  • Certificate of merit to top 20 performers.
  • E – participation Certificate will be provided to all the participants.

If you have any queries feel free to contact

Vanshika – 07055460463
Gaurav -09616696008

Email– contact@teamattorneylex.in

Website:

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Law School Review

DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College

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BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Deccan Education Society (DES) is graced by the founding fathers’ vision and glory, Lokmanya Shri. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Shri Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Shri. Madhav Ballal. It has a distinct advantage of having a unique heritage of the Deccan Education Society, and it intends to guard and cherish it fiercely. It follows the same tradition of its parent society today, which is reflected in the tremendous growth of DES SNFLC in a short period.DES Shri. Navalmal Firodia Law College has entered its 13th year, keeping pace with the social change and answering responsibly, all the demands of any complex and intricate global legal set up. It has brought about a tremendous metamorphosis in terms of inculcating legal education through innovative pedagogy. It has been ranked in the top 25 colleges by ‘India Today’ magazine three years consecutively. The students have been proving their worth by securing merit ranking in Savitribai Phule Pune University every year.

LOCATION

Gate No.3 Fergusson College Campus, Pune – 411 004.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

https://www.deslaw.edu.in/

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • CAMPUS

Details of Infrastructure

SR.NOGENERAL INFRASTRUCTUREDETAILS
1.Built22122.15 Sq.m.
2.Office SpacePrincipal Office, Full Time Lecturers Staff Room, Common Room, Store Room, College Office, Placement Cell, NSS office, Research Cell.
3.Administration Block14841 Sq.Ft.
4.Academic Block 3112.85 Sq.Ft.
5.Playground/Sports/Games Area242170 Sq.Ft.
6.Class Rooms16
7.Seminar/Tutorial/Conference/Committee Rooms19

LIBRARY

No University in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library…” Lawrence Clark Powel. The library extension on the third floor, having a seating capacity of 100 students, was inaugurated by Dr. Abhay Firodia, Chairman, and Force Motors on 17th February 2012.

HOSTEL

As they say, a hostel is a home away from home. There are two different buildings, one of the boy’s hostel and the other with proper facilities. It is also surrounded by many trees and seems like a peaceful hilly area.

ACADEMICS AND FACULTIES

The faculty is divided into full time, visiting, administrative staff, and non-law faculty members. The college provides various courses like BA.LLB, LLB, LLM, and DTL.

ADMISITRATION AND FEE STRUCTURE

COURSETOTAL FEES/ YEARELIGIBILITY
Diploma––
L.L.B₹24,000Graduation
B.A + L.L.B₹24,00010+2
L.L.M–L.L.B.

CAFETERIA

As the campus has a large area with many other departments, there are two to three cafes at a distance on the whole campus with big menus and a hygienic and clean area around.

STUDENTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Students from various parts of the country come to gain legal knowledge. The cultural activities include INDRADHANUSH, the annual fest with a sister fest DUM take place every year with various fun activities like bag painting, rangoli, writing, fireless cooking, solo and duet singing, Pictionary. Students also participate in fests outside college like MALHAR, VEDANTA, TROIKA, MILESTONE 35, PURUSHOTTAM KARANDAK, and many other sports events too.

PLACEMENT

To produce complete professionals and holistic individuals, DES’S SNFLC has been instrumental in providing access to the students to potential employers and the finest of the related opportunities in this regard. Various Companies, Law Firms, and LPO’s offered placements. A large group of students forwards other activities under the placement cell, such as campus visits, mentorship, also CVs.

BEST THING

The facilities are really good. The college provides a Wi-Fi connection and a computer lab. The classrooms are well maintained. There are medical facilities provided. There are sports facilities and many other things which help the students. There’s also a moot court society, legal research cell, and the atmosphere is quite good.

WORST THING

Nothing is worst; It’s a decent college with facilities for the completion of your law course.

ANY OTHER

The college also organizes study tours to Mumbai High Court as well as to Delhi Supreme Court. Activities related to NSS also take place throughout the year. Various research papers, blogs, sessions, seminars, debates, moots take place throughout the year. The college takes care of all the cultural and academic participation of the students.

Submitted By: Shweta Tated

Legal News

Writ petition filed in SC challenges MHA Notification, UGC guidelines calling for conduction of final terms exams.

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The plea prays for the promotion of students based on the performance in the previous semester by aggregation of scores instead of mandatorily having students take exams.

Writ Petition was filed by the Yash Dubey through Raj K. Verma, Advocate on record, before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The Petitioner is a Final Year law student of Creer College of Law, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, and also circle head (student wing) of Youth Bar Association of India. 

Earlier the Petitioner on 10.07.2020, had moved a letter petition seeking suo-moto cognizance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in the issue of compulsory conduct of examination for final year students, in view of the notification dated 06.07.2020 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (hereinafter referred to as ‘MHA’). 

The undersigned has challenged the compulsory conduct of examination of the final year students, inter alia on the following grounds –

  • That the present model of conduct of online examination will give rise to an elitist culture where the advantage will go to the rich, who have access to online facilities and also to those institutions which are privileged to provide online facilities and online teaching;
  • That it is baffling to note that just one semester of the examination will be determinative of the integrity and value of a degree for which students worked hard for six to ten semesters, as the case may be and have also appeared for internal examinations for the sixth or tenth semester.
  • That the issue in the present matter is similar to the matter of Amit Bathla v. Central Board of School Education 2020 SCC Online 537, wherein the issue concerning the conduct of examination of Class X and XII of CBSE and ICSE was involved;
  • That the Revised Guidelines are in sheer violation of the fundamental rights enshrined under Article 14 (right to equality) and Article 21 (right to life and personal liberty) of the Constitution of India, as it fails to consider the principles of health, safety, fair and equal opportunity for the students;
  • That in view of unprecedented health emergency and rising numbers of the Covid-19 cases in the country, the conduct of examination (either online/offline/blended) will expose the examinees to high risk and will undeniably sacrifice the basic principle of integrity by neglecting equal basis and treatment to all examinees;
  • That the conduct of offline exams will entail students (who have already traveled to their hometown) to migrate from one place to another, in order to attend the examination. This will also involve the risk of staying in shared accommodation as various colleges and hostels have been converted into quarantine centers;
  • That issuance of provisional degree for the final year students is the need of the hour and the repeated insistence on the conduction of final year examination in the current circumstances is practically impossible and is altogether a discriminatory process, in. That insistence on the conduct of examination and non-issuance of provisional degree will jeopardize the future of students in their final year.
  • That while India has already crossed the tally of 10.38 lakh and while the number of states is bringing back lockdown of various types, the deadline of September 2020 for the conduct of examination is unattainable and if the virus continues to spread, no university/college administration will be in a position to announce examinations and the students will continue to be in limbo about their future.
  • That it will be unjust to neglect the problems that will be faced by thousands of students, who will sit for the online examination as the same will indubitably work against the interest of students whose access to the internet is precarious and who do not have personal computers or laptops in their house, which are imperative to conduct online examination;
  • That in view of the COVID induced lockdown, many parents have undergone substantial pay cuts and even layoffs and in light of the same, it will be extremely difficult for a large section of the students to pay their examination fee or to bear the stay and travel expenses to the source where the examination will be conducted;
  • That the suggested model of conduction of compulsory examination takes the students backward rather than forward. It effectively brings in the second phase of postponement of examination, which creates a cloud of uncertainty for the states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Punjab and West Bengal, which already decided to cancel examination;
  • That it is most humbly submitted that the Revised Guidelines not only provides for a model which is extremely dangerous for the lives of thousands of attendees (students of final-year/semester cohorts) but at the same time it is extremely dangerous for the Professor’s who will be invigilating the exams;
  • That it is relevant to note that the UGC has cited examples of top-ranking Universities such as MIT, Cambridge for conduction of examination during the Covid-19 Pandemic. However, by doing so, the UGC has totally neglected the unprecedented difficulties that our country is facing in times of pandemic. To say the least, in these testing days, a section of our society is not able to arrange bread and butter for a day. Therefore, given the current difficulties that our country is facing, it is quite unrealistic to justify the reasoning of the conduction of virtual examination by relying on examples of the premier institutions of the world. 

The Petitioner has sought the following prayer: 

  • Issue a writ of Mandamus or any appropriate writ, order or direction to quash and set aside the notification dated 06.07.2020 issued by MHA and subsequently the Revised UGC Guidelines dated 06.07.2020; and
  • Issue a writ of Mandamus or any appropriate writ, order or direction to the respondents to provide for an alternative mode of assessment of the final year students, in the wake of Corona Virus disease outbreak (‘Covid-19); and
  • Issue a writ of Mandamus, or any appropriate writ, order or direction to Respondent No. 2 to call upon universities to submit a set of parameters for evaluation of the students based on students past performance and accordingly award provisional degrees to the students; 
  • Issue a writ of Mandamus or any appropriate writ, order or direction to respondents to promote the students based on the performance in the previous semesters by taking an aggregate score for all the semesters and extrapolating them to calculate the marks for the final semester.

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Source: Team Attorneylex