HC throws stay of 25% NLS domicile reservation into midst of CLAT-NLAT chaos

The Karnataka high court has stayed NLSIU Bangalore‘s 25% domicile reservation in the interim, according to LiveLaw and Bar & Bench.

NLSIU should prepare a new seat matrix without the reservation and the Karnataka government should not notify the NLSIU amendment act, the court held.

However, the stay remained contingent on the court’s final order.

The court reportedly did not make a decision on NLSIU increasing its batch size from 80 to 120.

Comments

Guest 8 Sept 2020, 06:52
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What NLSIU submitted to Kar HC:

Para 1.4.10: NLSIU is "unique in every sense", "no comparison of NLSIU with any other institution".

Para 2.7.2: Other NLUs are essentially state universities, their model is not NLSIU but rather Karnataka State Law University. Other NLUs do not share same historic objectives as NLSIU.

https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-379800.pdf

Thus, for example, NUJS and GNLU have CJI as Chancellor but they are state universities. Moreover, the full names are WB NUJS and Gujarat NLU.
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 09:26
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Which historical and special objectives has NLSIU fulfilled successfully till date exactly? This is like JGLS trying to use their brochure as conclusive proof! What utter crap!
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 14:42
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NLSIU itself has been formed under a state Act. How exactly is it NOT a state university until the Central Government nationalises it or gives it INI or IOE status?
The Real Messiah 12 Sept 2020, 08:23
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Taking a rather serious view of this argument, it is quite farcical and legally untenable. If NLSIU is not a state university under the KA government, then what exactly is it? It's certainly not a Central University or even an autonomous specialised institute like the IITs or IIMs.

They are arguing that the law school exists by itself in isolation and is a stand-alone institute but that doesn't make any sense when you appreciate the fact that NLS does not provide constitutional reservations to OBCs and EWS because the state of Karnataka doesn't make the demand for its state universities to do so. So they want the benefits of Karnataka's reservation policies but want to avoid any regulation on them altogether at the same time. Then what is stopping this "Law School" from removing even the SC/ST reservation and truly becoming the "elitest of the elite"?

The Bar Council has simply executed a power of attorney to this "star alumnus" of NLS, Mr. Banerjee who is now arguing on ridiculous grounds to get rid of the domicile quota. I seriously hope that the Karnataka High Court takes a serious view of this misleading argument while giving its final judgment, but I fear it will not because the arguments from the counsel for the state of KA seemed flimsy, unidimensional and unconvincing. I request the right well-connected people to put this kind of information out in the right domain.
This is very similar to how the NLS counsels are misleading the Supreme and High Courts by saying that NLS is the only law school with a trimester system while NLIU Bhopal clearly still has it.

For the record, I am lawyer who is fully against any kind of domicile reservation which are politically targeted (most of them are), but this slimy self-serving attempt by NLS and its alumni to preserve its own autonomy while attempting to throw other NLUs under the bus needs to be shown for what it truly is.
No one in their right mind is going to admire or respect a law school which claims to be superior by seeking to compete on an unequal playing field.

The alumni of this law school don't seem to have the basic ethical integrity that is required to command respect as truly inspiring professionals. Instead, they want to utilise their first-mover advantage to somehow concentrate more power among themselves. It's time someone calls out this BS for the sake of the rest of the legal education fraternity in India.
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 06:54
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Hats off to NLSIU and NLUD students and alumni for bravely fighting political interference. Will the useless SJA at NUJS follow suit and approach the Cal HC, citing the Delhi and Karnataka HC decisions? Or will they hand over NUJS to Mamata's henchmen on a platter?
Whatever the court dec 8 Sept 2020, 14:15
+2 -1
I do not know the role of sja in this, but alumni are helping. Hope the court stays the 30% reservations.

https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/aspiring-law-students-move-hc-challenging-30-domicile-reservation-in-wbnujs-162593
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 07:10
+2 -4
Both Claxit and the BCI petition being argued by Vikramjit Banerjee were planned and co-ordinated many months in advance. Eventually NLSIU will declared as an Institution of National Importance by the Modi government. NLSIU will be replaced in CLAT by KSLU.
MAN OF REASON 8 Sept 2020, 07:58
+11 -2
Former NLS VC- Venkata Rao files Writ petition in SC against NLAT !!!
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 08:25
+3 -2
Venkat rao has a no talk only [...] attitude. Please credit Subbarao sir as well. The duo are behind this.
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 08:49
+4 -6
Well played, Sudhir.
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 09:18
+9 -33
Rao should keep out of this. #WeStandWithSudhir
Guest 8 Sept 2020, 09:56
+14 -0
Stand with him out in the open. Instead of your remote proctored comments. #tubaharmiltohsahi
But 8 Sept 2020, 10:08
+26 -10
#WedontstandwithSudhir

Let the likes and objections determine how many people stand with Sudhir.
Tutu 9 Sept 2020, 20:58
+1 -0
And who are you, exactly?
What... me? 10 Sept 2020, 05:30
+0 -1
Teraaa yaaar hooonnn maiiii
Guest 9 Sept 2020, 05:49
+2 -0
The SJA did not challenge the constitutionality of the arbitrary imposition of 30% domicle quota by Mamta. CLAT aspirants have showed the way. If the verdict just like NLSIU Domicile reseravtion, goes in favour of aspirants it would be slap in the face of the SJA at NUJS. Instead of challenging the quota, the SJA spent nights finding loopholes in the calculation of the seats. SJA should have had a spine. Hopefully new SJA will perform better.

https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/aspiring-law-students-move-hc-challenging-30-domicile-reservation-in-wbnujs-162593
Guest 9 Sept 2020, 09:09
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Salute to the CLAT aspirants, shame on the SJA.
Sarfarosh Deewana 9 Sept 2020, 09:44
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Sudhir hasn’t been the VC for even one whole academic year yet but the amount of controversies he has created is beyond me. He is very incompetent from the looks of it.
Guest 9 Sept 2020, 10:16
+2 -0
Abhi toh party shuru huyi hai!
Controversy 9 Sept 2020, 16:54
+2 -0
Controversy is often a by product of people actually doing their jobs. The problem of mediocre VCs skating by because they never took any action even as their institutions crumbled around them. Or worse actually worked to destroy those institutions by their incompetence is thankfully a thing of the past.

Sudhir is making good trouble.
Guest 9 Sept 2020, 17:27
+1 -0
So was Nero then according to you.
Guest 9 Sept 2020, 10:14
+1 -0
What about Lolaksha v Convenor CLAT? Has the DB overruled the Single Judge's decision on SC/ST students?