The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has sanctioned a grant of Rs 1 crore to NLSIU Bangalore to build a “centre for mediation for the protection of consumers”, headed up by consumer law and practice chair professor Ashok R Patil, reported The Hindu.
In 2013 Legally India had reported that NLSIU had received Rs 8 crore from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to upgrade its facilities.
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Second, no credibility. If you were to give away your dog to a kennel or an upcoming wannabe kennel, you'd pick the well-established kennel, especially if it's the same price. This is really the logical thing to do in this case.
Third, the lesser-known law schools, in my opinion, and I may be very very wrong, are not as capable as NLS in having such a consumer law practice. Thus, this is the most legit thing to do.
Second, no credibility. If you were to give away your dog to a kennel or an upcoming wannabe kennel, you'd pick the well-established kennel, especially if it's the same price. This is really the logical thing to do in this case.
Third, the lesser-known law schools, in my opinion, and I may be very very wrong, are not as capable as NLS in having such a consumer law practice. Thus, this is the most legit thing to do.[/quote]
First off, it is precisely because NLSIU already has a chair on this that the money is not needed. Some other law school could have got a chair on consumer law instead.
Second law schools are not kennel clubs
And third NLS certainly does not have a "consumer law practice" notwitstanding that Prof Patil is an okish teacher who is genial and gets by, albeit with some [...] as you mention
Rightly said. NLSIU already has surfeit of funds while many law schools have a tough time financially. Ashok Patil is an okish professor but not something special and this money could easily have benefited 10 law schools if Rs 10 lakh grants were given instead.