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BCI inspects DU law centres (which get emergency paintjob?)

The Bar Council of India (BCI) today inspected beleagured Delhi University’s three law centres.

Breaking: Nalsar registrar Vijender Kumar inherits NLU Assam VC-ship (alongside looming hunger strike deadline)

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NLUJAA Guwahati today selected Nalsar Hyderabad registrar Prof Vijender Kumar as its new vice chancellor, after over five months of functioning without a vice chancellor (VC).

Nuals Kochi chancellor asks CM to inspect college’s finances for alleged multi-crore mismanagement

Nuals buildings: Possibly scammy?
Nuals buildings: Possibly scammy?
Nuals Kochi’s chancellor has asked for an inspection of the law school after Nuals vice chancellor Dr Sheena Shukkur’s allegations of financial mismanagement at the university during the term of former vice chancellor NK Jayakumar.

Delhi University scrambles for re-affiliation; BCI promises to inspect quickly

The Delhi University (DU) sent its application for inspection and affiliation to the Bar Council of India (BCI) yesterday with the requisite fee, reported the Indian Express . The BCI had debarred graduates of the University’s law schools from getting their advocate enrolment, accusing the Universit...

BCI now bans grads from Osmania & Kakatiya over Rs 1.5 lakh inspection fee

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has sent a notice to the Telangana State Bar Association to forbid 2014-15 graduates from Law University College Kakatiya and Osmania University Law College from enrolling, reported India Today . Reportedly, the BCI retaliated against the colleges’ decision to protest ...

NLU Delhi tops MPL 6 charts after massive Lachs win & best speaker for young law school

MPL 6: Rocking it.
MPL 6: Rocking it.
NLU Delhi opened its innings at the Herbert Smith Freehills-sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 with a bang, jumping into an early lead in the league.

Breaking: NLU Delhi rocks Manfred Lachs Space Moot, brings trophy back to India

MPL 6: Rocking it.
MPL 6: Rocking it.
NLU Delhi has won the prestigious Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot.

Delhi University law fac pleads, tries to re-build bridges with BCI, which doesn’t want students to suffer over derecognition

The Delhi University’s law faculty dean has written a letter pleading with the Bar Council of India (BCI), which has derecognised the college and barred its graduates from becoming advocates , as reported yesterday. The letter by the dean and law faculty head, Professor Ashwani Kumar Bansal (publish...

Cal HC replaces NUJS VC’s nominee inquisitor in registrar’s writ against his suspension

Calcutta high court Justice Dipankar Datta has replaced NUJS vice chancellor (VC) Ishwara Bhatt’s nominee to inquire into financial impropriety allegations against the law school’s suspended registrar, and fixed inquiry timelines, in part-hearing the writ of the registrar. The registrar, Surajit Muk...

BCI bans Delhi University law grads’ enrolment & disaffiliates all law centres because ‘not bothered’ following rules

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The Bar Council of India said it will not allow recent graduates of Delhi University’s law centres to enrol as advocates.

Open learning: NLUD dep’t starts slick online cyber & media law repository for students, geeks & hacks

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NLU Delhi’s Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) has launched an online database of research-oriented reading references and videos on media law and policy.

GLC Coimbatore closed after students lock up principal & staff

Government Law College Coimbatore declared “indefinite closure” after 50 students allegedly locked principal and 12 staff in the college’s main building for several hours while other students attended classes, reported The Hindu . Students were protesting the administration’s decision to transfer th...

GNLU: The only NLU to hide full placement picture, shows off 19 ‘selected’ job offers for ~150 students

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Sunlight at GNLU
GNLU Gandhinagar has again declined to disclose complete placement statistics for their graduating batch this year, following the policy it started last year .

NLU Jodhpur: Around 48 jobs for class of 87, Luthra leads tally

NLU Jodhpur’s 87 graduates this year found 48 jobs, 21 of which were through campus with 12 placements in the Big Six which had closed recruitments from the batch in its Day Zero last year. The majority of those placed found law firm roles. One graduate is pursuing an LLM from a national law univers...

Police at the gates, as NLU Assam students on indefinite hunger strike: Lack of VC, faculty & more

NLU JAA hunger strikes
NLU JAA hunger strikes
230 NLUJA Assam Guwahati students have resorted to an indefinite hunger strike after their boycott of classes and the mid-semester exams went unregistered.

NLIU Bhopal improves recruitments with 38 out of 81 grads despite late Day Zero

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NLIU Bhopal has placed 38 out of 81 students who graduated this year, with 10 Big Six firm jobs

Law students play their profs Happy. What happens next will amaze you (or it might not)

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We are happy
Whoever said lawyers were an unhappy lot?

CCI: CLAT convenors immune from anti-trust scrutiny for unilateral fee-hikes

CLAT monopoly: Free pas
CLAT monopoly: Free pas
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected a petition seeking strictures against the core Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) committee.

NLUD student writes anti-ragging book, endorsed by RamJet & Ranbir

NLU Delhi fourth-year student Naman Mohnot has written and published a book on ragging. He describes the book as the “first book of its own kind on Ragging, which encompasses each and every aspect of ragging viz., definition, psychological aspect, legal aspect, judicial trend, alarming statistics, r...

NLU Mumbai appoints Prof Panda from Berhampur as 1st VC, while 2 other Maharashtra NLUs plod along

The upcoming Maharastra National Law University (MNLU) Mumbai, has reportedly appointed its first vice chancellor, according to the Times of India . The paper reported that Bhavani Prasad Panda, a Berhampur University law professor, “has written at least five books on human rights, environment law a...