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“Notification for admission to B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) / B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) / LL.M. Programme under NRI/NRI Sponsored/ PIO / OCI Category for the Academic Year 2023-2024”
18 Jan 2023
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“26th National Youth Day”
16 Jan 2023
NSS Bureau, National Law University, Odisha in collaboration with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Cuttack celebrated the ’26th National Youth Day 2023′ on 12th January 2023. The venue for the same was Seminar Hall, Academic Block (2nd floor).
From 1984 onwards, the Government of India has designated the 12th of January of each year as ‘The National Youth Day’.?’The National Youth Day’ is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great Indian thinker, philosopher, and social leader, Swami Vivekananda’s life and dedication to the nation.
In the year 1987-88, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS) was set up as an autonomous organization under the Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. NYKS also is the largest grassroots-level youth organization in India. Its motto remains to channel the power of youth on the principles of voluntarism, self-help, and community participation.
The event was graced by Prof. Ved Kumari, Vice Chancellor, National Law University Odisha, Mr. Ashok Kumar Dash, Deputy Director/ OSD, Nehru Yuva Kendra, Cuttack, Prof. (Dr.) Rangin Pallav Tripathy, Registrar, National Law University Odisha and Dr. Mayank Tiwari, Programme Coordinator, NSS Bureau, National Law University Odisha on the dias.
The Event was attended in large numbers by members of the NLUO community.
“Notice of fee change for CLAT aspirants’
14 Dec 2022
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‘Opening of Registration for 10th National Law University Odisha Bose & Mitra & Co. International Maritime Arbitration Moot Court Competition 2023’.
09 Dec 2022
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“It gives us immense pleasure to announce the 10th edition of National Law University Odisha Bose & Mitra & Co. International Maritime Arbitration Moot 2023 (IMAM), one of the most prestigious Maritime Arbitration Moot Court Competitions, organized by National Law University Odisha. The 10th edition of IMAM is scheduled to be held from 23rd – 26th March 2023.?/span>The registrations?or 10th IMAM 2023 are now open and teams can register themselves through the?/span>registration form. The form is also available at?/span>www.nluoimam.com. In case of any queries, please feel free to reach out to us at?a style=”color: #1155cc;” href=”mailto:imam@nluo.ac.in” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>imam@nluo.ac.in.”
“Enquiry of quotation for supply, install and commissioning of Projector System at NLUO, Cuttack.”
06 Dec 2022
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“Awareness Programme on Rights of Children, (for students of the Kalinga English Medium School on 18th November 2022 by Centre for Child Rights, NLUO)”
02 Dec 2022
On the occasion of the upcoming World Children’s Day on 20th November, Centre for Child Rights (NLUO) conducted an awareness programme on “Convention on Rights of Children, 1989” for students of The Kalinga English Medium School, Kalarabank, Odisha on 18th November, 2022. The participants of the programme consisted of students of sixth standard. This was the very first time that students of the school were made aware of the rights of children.
As part of the programme, the students were made aware of the definition of child; needs and rights of children. Discussion was done on various rights enshrined in the Convention of Rights of Children, 1989 such as right to survival, right to protection, right to participation and right to development. The students were also made aware of the respective guiding principles for rights of children.
“NLU Odisha signed an MOU with Startup Odisha, Government of Odisha on 01.12.22 at Make in Odisha Conclave – 2022.”
02 Dec 2022
CLS Constitution Day Lecture on “Revisiting the Kesavananda Bharati and the Basic Structure Doctrine in Contemporary Times”
29 Nov 2022
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?The Constitutional Law Society of National Law University Odisha successfully organized the Lectureon the Constitution Day topic “Revisiting the Kesavananda Bharati and the Basic Structure Doctrine in Contemporary Times”. <In 1973, the Supreme Court propounded the Doctrine of Basic Structure, aimed at curbing transgressions of the fundamental ethos of the Indian Constitution. But in the past 50 years,the Judiciary is still not without ambiguity on the question as to what exactly the term ‘Basic Structure’ constitutes. The enlargement of the scope of the doctrine puts at risk crucial legislation and executive actions.The question that now needs to be answered is if the basic structure doctrine which claims to preserve the core values of the Constitution’s basic structure, has itself proved to be against the structure of the original Constitution by striking at, and majorly obliterating, the doctrine of separation of powers, which is a core feature of the original Constitution by way of being judicial excess?As several legislations get tested on the pedestal of basic structure, and as the doctrine itself reaches 50 years of operation, it becomes pertinent to discuss the developments in light of Constitutional theory and jurisprudence. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Mohan Gopal and Mr. Shrutanjaya Bharadwaj.<
Prof. Mohan Gopal <had been the Director of the National Judicial Academy. He is also the founder Chair of the National Court Management Systems Committee of the Supreme Court of India. Prof. Gopal is the former Director (Vice-Chancellor) of the National Law School of India, Bengaluru. He continues to work actively on current judicial and legal issues and reform of legal and judicial institutions. <
Mr. Shrutanjaya Bharadwaj<?s a practicing advocate at the Supreme Court. His practice areas are constitutional law, criminal law, service law, and arbitration law. He completed his B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law University, Delhi, and his LL.M. in Constitutional Law, Media Law, and Human Rights from the University of Michigan Law School. He also served as visiting faculty to several esteemed institutions such as the University of Delhi (Faculty of Law), the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, and his alma mater, the National Law University, Delhi.
The lecture started with the introduction of the speakers to all the listeners. After that Mr. Shrutanjaya Bharadwaj<?ade his opening remarks and beautifully puts across his points to the listeners. He started by telling about the ongoing debate between Justice Pardiwala and Justice Bhatt. He does not believe in removing the entire concept of doctrine but gave 3 aspects regarding the same. He started out by saying that the Idea of the constitution in itself is anti-democratic because people elect their representatives but the constitution decides what these representatives can do or cannot do.?He said the answer to the same is 2-fold. Firstly, Constitution was made by the people and people have put these restrictions. Secondly, People provided for an amendment procedure in constitution to amend as and when needed. He said, the main question in Kesavananda Bharti case was that is the amending power of government is unlimited, moreover he also states about Justice Pardiwala says judges who are unelected are stopping the elected members from dealing with this and saying outside their capacity. He then tells the 3 aspects that he wanted to talk about, the first being that the court stating that doctrine does not apply to amendments before Kesavananda Bharti in his understanding does not make sense and if implemented retrospectively will create a lot of chaos. Secondly, he said that does the basic structure doctrine apply to the original provisions of the constitution on which he concludes that original provisions could not be challenged? Thirdly, is it only constitutional amendments that can be challenged or other legislation actions can be challenged as well on which he said that yes laws can be challenged directly if they violate constitutional principles. He also put the point of the doctrine of arbitrariness in the same and says the debate is futile on the last aspect.
After the insightful session by Mr. Shrutanjaya Bharadwaj<, Prof. Mohan Gopal <took the floor and expanded on his understanding of the issue. He started with the need to read the complete judgment of KesavanandaBharti and told its importance to all. Then he told he will be elaborating on 3 points on the topic. Firstly, what is the constitution? Secondly, what is his understanding of the constitution and thirdly, place his opinion on the doctrine by his meaning of the constitution. He says the constitution is the process by which India is created or the way by which India will be created. He says that in the preamble it is written that we the people of India has solemnly resolved to constitute, which means people have with consensus constituted the constitution this is one of the reasons for the long run of the constitution. He looks at the Constitution of India as an incredible and unique process by which common people constitute the idea of India. Further, 4 things required for peaceful living i.e., liberty equality dignity and fraternity are put forward by him. He also refuted the point that the Constitution is anti-democratic.QuotingJustice Kapadia from the famous case of M. Nagaraj in which he said every part of the constitution has a feature but some features are essential which gives the constitution is identity and we are using basic structure doctrine to fulfill our present needs and basic structure doctrine will never go but will get changed according to time.
After the speakers completed a short question-answer round happened in which some thoughtful questions were asked by the audience and satisfactory responses were given by the speakers. Ms. Rishika Khare gave the concluding remarks by thanking the guest speakers, the Vice Chancellor and the attendees.
“MOU To Establish PAIF Signed by Odisha Police and NLUO”
26 Nov 2022
On 19th November 2022, in a one of its kind initiative The Odisha Police has entered into a memorandum of understanding with National Law University Odisha, Cuttack to establish a Police-Academia Interaction Forum (PAIF). The forum would focus on facilitating a mutually beneficial interaction among the police officials and academics and students. The students of NLUO can participate in internships with the Crime Branch of Odisha Police and other wings of Police Department additionally Police officers can also attend training courses at NLUO. It would provide the students practical exposure to workings of police and real life exposure to investigation and law enforcement through academic interactions and internships in various departments of the state police such as the Crime Branch, Crime Investigation Department (CID-CB), Economic Offence Wing (EOW), State Forensic Laboratory (SFSL), Prisons and others. The PAIF would facilitate in updating the knowledge of police officials regarding various legal issues, developments in the field of law and different legal aspects. Thus, benefiting both the students and the police officials, this would immensely contribute towards the practical aspect of law enforcement and enrich legal education in the country. In the august presence of DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal, the chief guest of the ceremony, Vice Chancellor of NLUO Prof Ved Kumari, ADG Arun Bothra of Crime Branch and IG Safeen Ahmed K, the MOU was signed by IG CID-Crime Branch Amitendra Nath Sinha and Registrar of NLUO Prof. Rangin Pallav Tripathy, at the State Police Headquarters of Odisha Police in Cuttack. Faculty and students of NLUO and Senior Police Officers attended the signing of the MOU.
“LAW AND JUSTICE IN INDIA PROGRAMME (organised by NLU Odisha in association with Centurion University on 14 and 18 November 2022)”
25 Nov 2022
National Law University Odisha in association with Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar conducted the “Law and Justice in India” programme for students and faculty members of Victoria University, Australia on14?and?8 November 2022<. The participants of the course consisted of 9 undergraduate law students and 2 faculty members from Victoria University.
As part of the programme, faculty members of NLU Odisha offered lecture sessions on wide ranging topics from ‘Access to Justice’, to ‘Legal Environment on Business and Addressing Corruption’, to ‘Workers Rights and Labour Law’. These lectures were to introduce the Australian students to how different areas of law work in practice in various parts of India.
Apart from the sessions, faculty members of NLU Odisha accompanied the Australian visitors to the High Court of Orissa and the Judicial Magistrate Court, Cuttack (Rural). This enabled the visitors to witness live sessions and get exposure to the judicial process prevalent in India. The visitors also got to visit the Record Room, Digitization Centre, High Court of Odisha. There they got to know how judgements and court records of as early as the 1800’s are being stored.
The Australian team also visited the Juvenile Justice Board and Child Welfare Committee, Cuttack to know about the working of the institutions for the care, protection, rehabilitation and welfare of children. The visitors were also taken to the Odisha State Legal Services Authority and the Village Legal Aid Centre at Dompada, Odisha. This helped them to understand the application of concepts like Lok Adalats, preventive and strategic legal aid programmes etc.
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