NLU Delhi (LLM Pro) grad Dushyant Chautala becomes deputy CM of Haryana

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 By Legally India Law schools

NLU Delhi LLM Dushyant Chautala (left) takes Haryana deputy CM post (pictured with VC Prof Ranbir Singh, right)

Dushyant Chautala, a 2018 LLM (Professional) graduate of NLU Delhi, has become deputy chief minister of the state of Haryana, as possibly the first national law university (post-)graduate to have done so.

The 31-year-old Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) member had obtained his LLM (Pro) in 2018, according to a Facebook post (pictured above) and his profile on myneta.info, according to which he has Rs 77 crore of assets.

He was first elected to to the Lok Sabha in 2014 breaking records as the youngest-ever Indian MP, according to the Indian Express, and will now preside over Haryana in a coalition with the BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar, as chief minister.

The JJP supported the BJP with 10 seats, after the latter won 40 out of 90 assembly seats. He had founded the JJP with his father Ajay Chautala, the son of former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala, after expulsion from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) party.

Chautala also has a BSc in business administration from California State University Bakersfield in the US, from 2011, and an MA in Mass Communication from Guru Jambheshwar University Hisar in 2019.

According to NLU Delhi’s course programme, the LLM (Pro), as opposed to the plain LLM, “is to enrich academic excellence in professional services” and has 160 seats per year.

However, apparently “obtaining LL.M (Pro) will not qualify a candidate for academic (and other) jobs that require a LL.M as a minimum qualification.It will also not qualify a candidate to appear for the UGC’s National Eligibility Test or similar tests”.

The one-year LLM (Pro) programme costs Rs 1.25 lakh for Indian nationals.

The LLM (Pro) has three basic introduction-to-law-style courses, as well as three specialisations of mainstream legal subjects (see below).

NLU Delhi Dushyant Chautala

Comments

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 15:55

+6 -0

Kian, it can't possibly be 2008. NLUD came into existence in 2008, after the first CLAT had been held. Moreover, this LLM professional programme only started about 4 years back.

kianganz 30 Oct 2019, 17:44

+3 -0

Thanks for pointing out the typo, that should have said 2018 of course!

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 15:58

+31 -1

I would be ashamed to be from the same college as him! Half his family is in jail for corruption and he declared hundreds of crores in assets at such a young age and having never worked.

How cute 31 Oct 2019, 20:56

+3 -1

Do you actually believe that everyone who has hundreds of crores of assets at a young age has worked for it?

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 16:02

+33 -1

LLM without LLB? But kudos to NLUD for inventing such courses to earn revenue.

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 16:05

+10 -5

Ranbir Singh is also from the jat community in Haryana.

007 31 Oct 2019, 05:04

+7 -3

And how's that relevant?

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 16:07

+3 -22

Well done!! No NLU grad has gone this far in politics. Another feather in the cap of NLUD. Students from NLUD have always gone beyond law firms and chosen careers like UPSC, judicial service, politics etc.

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 17:42

+28 -6

I thought achievements of LLM students from NLUs don't count? ;)

Nlsite 30 Oct 2019, 23:43

+24 -2

Also jail, if he follows the footsteps of his dad and grandad.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 08:38

+1 -0

LOL.

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 16:10

+0 -24

Rs 1.25 lakh from an LLM from the #2 law school in India (future #1) is an amazing bargain. In fact, students from tier 2 NLUs (and even tier 1 NLUs like NLSIU and NALSAR) can take up this course.

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 17:44

+16 -1

The only official advantage that an LLM grants you in India is the ability to join academics or pursue higher studies. This programme doesn't allow you to do either, because it is not recognized by the UGC.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 06:33

+6 -1

6 makes it official. NLUD admin people actually comment down here anonymously. Explains a lot.

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 16:14

+3 -0

How can UGC allow this course? See rules below.

[quote]REQUIREMENT OF ATTENDANCE
a) The LL.M (Pro) programme will be conducted in a mixed mode of distance education and contact learning. Attendance in the contact classes is an important component of the programme, and is strongly encouraged. It is expected that students shall attend the scheduled contact classes. In no event shall a student be absent for more than 30% of the contact classes held in the subject in a semester.
b) Every student shall secure a minimum of 70% of attendance in every course to be eligible to appear for the end semester examination. However, if any student falls short of 70% but has secured 65% or more in a particular course(s), such student may be permitted to appear for the end semester examination provided the student has secured 70% or more in all[/quote]

https://nludelhi.ac.in/download/2018/llm-pro-18/Brochure%20-%20LL.M.%20Pro%20-%201.pdf

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 17:45

+14 -1

UGC doesn't allow this. It just isn't prohibiting it. Same thing happened with NLSIU's MBL programme or NUJS' MBL.

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 16:24

+5 -8

The first NLU BALLB alum to be an MP/MLA/minister will probably be Vikramjit Banerjee from NLSIU (next law minister of West Bengal under BJP govt) or Raghav Awasthi from NALSAR (next law minister of Delhi under BJP govt).

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 17:46

+20 -2

When pigs would fly.

Tweeterati 31 Oct 2019, 03:11

+15 -1

You mean THIS Raghav Awasthi?

[img]https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/74696640_10157754539398851_377789317675745280_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_oc=AQk2PgdNvRXubUQGindt_IeinNCz2Ic9zL_h5PIXYGgRNSohkuDyTd5TALLrr-i-h5E&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=efb7b34c6aae0a110bb4c9f18724570d&oe=5E57AD23[/img]

RGNUL-ite 31 Oct 2019, 05:03

+7 -0

I think Jaiveer Shergill, an NUJS grad, has been an MP for quite some years now. Not too sure if he's enjoyed a ministerial berth, but certainly an MP. He's also a national spokesperson for the Congress. If anyone, it's he who has the distinction of the first NLU B.A.LL.B. graduate to be a mainstream politician.

Factcheck 31 Oct 2019, 06:13

+1 -0

When did Jaiveer become a MP? What constituency? What year?

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 08:41

+1 -4

What garbage! Forget MP, he is not even a councillor, despite being from a state where the Congress is in power right now. The first NLU alum in politics (and a successful one) is Vikramjit Banerjee, who headed the BJP legal cell. Right now he is in a non-political post, but wait for the Bengal elections.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 09:19

+4 -0

When's the last time he's been in Bengal?

Guest 30 Oct 2019, 21:27

+4 -3

Avani Bansal (HNLU) is President of Congress Professionals Cell and may get a ticket for the Delhi election.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 04:42

+17 -1

Won't win though.

Guest 2 Nov 2019, 15:42

+2 -0

She does nothing but photo-ops.

Guest 2 Nov 2019, 17:52

+3 -2

A born politician then. Just like our PM.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 08:37

+1 -2

LI is trying to influence the NLUD VC appointment and stir up trouble like they did at NLSIU, but this time the admin is on guard and being very secretive.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 08:43

+5 -11

Interesting that Raghav Awasthi is from NALSAR (den of lefties and naxals).

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 09:18

+12 -1

Lol. That assertion about Nalsarites in general can't be further from truth.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 09:39

+0 -8

Here is an unofficial ranking of the top NLU grad politicians, in terms of clout (excluding LLM)

1. Vikramjit Banerjee, BJP (NLSIU)
2.Avani Bansal, Congress (HNLU)
3.Raghav Awasthi, BJP/RSS (NALSAR)
4. Jaiveer Shergill, Congress (NUJS)
5. Mihira Sood, unofficially Congress (NALSAR)

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 11:28

+19 -0

Aa gaye Rankin' wale baba!

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 11:30

+4 -2

If Vikramjit really has that kind of clout within BJP, then given what his party has been doing and saying for over the last 6 years, I fear for his sanity.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 11:14

+5 -11

Here is a new video of Sadhguru at Harvard Medical School. See how he is welcomed and spoken to respectfully by brilliant scientific minds. The [...] students of NALSAR need a lesson in humility.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7irEcQHChw

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 11:28

+13 -2

Mate, go and become his chela if you aren't already. Give it a rest here. He's a big boy, he hasn't been harmed or threatened. He could handle it. On second thoughts, ask him to stay back at Harvard.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 13:32

+3 -9

Sad to see the negative comments and cheap trolling against Raghav Awasthi. He is one of the leading young intellectuals of the right and a shining future star of Indian politics. It shows the intolerance and insecurity of liberals. Anyway, one day he will be a minister and have the last laugh.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 15:17

+2 -0

Looking at comment 8.2, it seems to be more of an own goal. It seems reminiscent of Mani Shankar Aiyar don’t you think? If he does become minister with that attitude, I (will continue to?) weep for India.

Guest 31 Oct 2019, 17:59

+3 -0

What a disgrace!

Guest 3 Nov 2019, 01:05

+0 -5

To the comments scoffing at Vikramjit Banerjee being Bengal law minister, you people have no idea of ground realities. Mamata is deeply unpopular and the BJP is certain to come to power in Bengal. Vikramjit has been very active behind the scenes, along with Swapan Dasgupta and Bibek Debroy. These three will get berths for sure (law for Vikramjit, culture and education for Swapan, finance for Debroy). Meanwhile, the CM post is all but assured for Sourav Ganguly. See the latest issue of Outlook magazine.

[img]https://images.outlookindia.com/public/uploads/coverpics/large/ole_cover_large_20191111_415_300.jpg[/img]

https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/issue/11644

Guest 3 Nov 2019, 06:52

+3 -1

And here I thought you would become the next CM! What could have prompted you to make such a humongous sacrifice, o martyred troll?

Guest 3 Nov 2019, 18:03

+0 -1

For those people claiming Vikramjit Banerjee and Swapan Dasgupta are not active in Bengal politics please see the tweets below from the past few days.

https://twitter.com/BBTheorist/status/1189957506707050496
https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1190859407887720449
https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1186536919582285824
https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1186636123981807617

Guest 4 Nov 2019, 09:06

+0 -0

Nobody other than you is claiming anything about them at all. Nobody even considers them important enough to discuss them at all. Let alone in completely unrelated contexts like this one.

Guest 4 Nov 2019, 16:36

+0 -0

Why does this guy keep harping about these people in every post? Such desperation!

Fake LLM 4 Nov 2019, 18:15

+3 -1

LLM degree can not be earned without an LLB. Just to make money, NLU Delhi stooped this low, giving LLM to BA/BCom graduates. This is absolutely illegal and fraud. Need immediate investigation and closure by UGC. But then, who cares? They must not have named it an LLM degree. disgusting.

https://nludelhi.ac.in/download/2017/Final%20LL.M%20Pro%20Regulations%20-%20%2021.07.2017.pdf

Guest 4 Nov 2019, 18:37

+4 -0

How horrible and surprising. Wait, haven't they been holding a separate entrance examination all by themselves, inconveniencing thousands of students every year, all these years? Now what could they have been doing it all for? Couldn't surely be money, could it possibly?

Guest 5 Nov 2019, 06:07

+0 -1

Don't expect LI/Bar &Bench to investigate (chelas of NLUD).

Guest 5 Nov 2019, 10:08

+2 -1

What's there to investigate? It's an open and shut thing. NLUD is calling this course LLM professional or something like that. They made it clear it doesn't have UGC approval, so it won't serve as a qualification. It's clear that they are doing it for the money. If people want to pay for the supposed learning opportunity without the qualification of the degree, then that's on them. Nobody is hiding anything.

Guest 5 Nov 2019, 13:17

+5 -1

Shame on NLUD for illegal LLM course and illegal AILET exam. It should be banned from NIRF.

LLM TISS 9 Nov 2019, 09:32

+3 -0

I don't know banning from NIRF but this college must accept CLAT and scrap the burden of AILET exam from students and parents. Also, LLM Pro. is illegal.and must. Be closed.

Guest 5 Nov 2019, 14:19

+2 -0

I believe one of the NLUs in Maharashtra too is offering a similar LLM programme. It's about the money. All the NLUs will eventually end up emulating these to deal with fund crunch.

Guest 6 Nov 2019, 20:52

+0 -0

TISS also offers an LLM.

https://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/ma-admissions/llm-in-access-to-justice/

LLM TISS 9 Nov 2019, 09:29

+3 -0

LLM at TISS is a full-time program open only to LLB degree holders. It's very competitive to join through an all India admission test. LLM (Pro) of NLU Delhi is of course a fake and fraud degree. A master in law degree needs a bachelor of law as pre-requisite. Surprised how this public university flouting rules just to make money.

Guest 9 Nov 2019, 12:06

+1 -0

There is no prohibition to a university offering only LLM, but not LLB, like TISS is doing. APU does the same too. However, as has been said above, one needs an LLB to be eligible for the TISS programme, which is as per law. This programme offered by NLUD seems mostly like a PG Diploma in the guise of an LLM. The name itself is highly misleading, especially if one doesn't need an LLB to enroll in it.

Dont make LLM a joke 18 Nov 2019, 06:35

+1 -0

LLM is already a low priority program in Indian law colleges. LLM (PRO) makes it a joke and dilutes the degree completely. Why not you give a PG Diploma that you call it LLM degree? NLU Delhi is violating all rules and standards in this matter. Same way it is avoiding CLAT and conducting own AILET test causing inconvenience to thousands of students and parents. Too much greed.

Guest 18 Nov 2019, 06:57

+4 -0

So file a suit against it before a court or an official complaint before the UGC. Why spend all your righteous anger here?

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