Greetings from Friends Beyond Species – Society for Advancement of Animal and Environmental Welfare!

The Committee had organised the 1st NLUO National Essay Writing Competition on Animal and Environmental Law and Policy, 2019 in the previous semester. 

The Results of the same have been declared and are as follows:

 

POSITION	TITLE OF THE ESSAY	AUTHOR(S)
1st Prize	Situating Hydropower in an Ecologically-Sensitive Framework	Kumar Ritwik and Padma Venkataraman (National Law University Delhi)
2nd Prize	Mitigating Man-Wildlife Conflict in the Urban Society due to the Shrinking Wildlife Diaspora	Nirmala Upadhyay (Advocate, Guwahati High Court)
3rd Prize	Invasive Alien Species and Ecosystem Sustainability in India	Bhavya Upadhyay (Symbiosis Law School, Pune)

23rd Informal Discussion Group Session

Topic – Working with the Constitution: A Reality Check

On 1st February, 2020 the Informal Discussion Group of NLU Odisha organized a guest lecture with Mr. Abhinav Sekhri, who is a practicing lawyer in New Delhi. This time the session took place in the conference hall in the admin block. The lecture commenced at 3:10 pm and continued for 1:30 hours, with one hour reserved for the lecture and half hour for the question answer session.

The main focus of the session was on section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The guest believed that section 144 acts as a blanket which can cover every act. Thereafter, he stated that the objective of section 144 is to take away the ability of an individual to perform lawful activities as the situation demands for a temporary period. Thereupon, he discussed the parameters for justified use of section 144 and stated that therein the police have to use their minds, the victims have right to be heard and to appeal against the order. The guest also made certain references to the laws in US.

According to the guest, another gap in section 144 is that the police action under this section does not require any evidence. He stated that the number of people committing a crime would be more than the number of people who are actually punished by the law. In the case of section 144, the grounds on which people are arrested is based on the discretion of the police. The guest believed that unchecked police power is leading to disproportionate effects.

Further, the guest discussed the case of Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India where a series of orders under section 144 were passed in Kashmir. It was also stated that section 144 can be used in apprehension of danger as well. Later, the case of State of Bombay v Kathi Kalu was also discussed. It was held that mere questioning of the accused by a police officer will not amount to coercion and custodial investigation cannot involve a lawyer.

In conclusion, the guest said that there’s a lot of gap between imagination and reality. Police powers are necessary but if they are too broad, they are going to be violated and there would be indiscriminate use of powers. The question-answer session began at 4 pm. The first question was related to the source of rights of the victims. The guest answered that the major source are the statues. Then a member in the audience suggested that surveillance can be used to prevent police brutality. Then another question was whether provisions of section 144 have been challenged in the court. The guest believed that it is difficult to take down section 144 unless the vacuum created due to its removal can be filled.

The session culminated with handing over the token of gratitude to the esteemed guest by our Registrar Dr. Yogesh P. Singh.

The Centre for Maritime Law, NLUO and Paradip Port Trust are pleased to announce the International Conference on Maritime Law, 2020 in collaboration with HP Law-Advocates, Mumbai to be held on February 22nd & 23rd, 2020. The Conference intends to act as an intellectual, productive, learning space for all academia, researchers, students, specialists, industrialists and enthusiasts of Maritime Law.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Conference is one of its kind and is being conducted on an international level with the aim of assessing the application and regulation of the current international and national maritime legal regime vis a vis the ever-growing maritime industry. This requires a platform for dialogue, resolution of issues and innovation that the Conference intends to offer.

The Centre thus decided on the theme of the Conference to be “Reshaping the New Horizons:

Maritime Law Perspective in 21st Century” keeping in mind the current trends of the contemporary Maritime Industry.

We, hereby, cordially invite all those interested in this dynamic field to be a part of this distinguished discourse and participate as Attendees for the same.

The Registration fee for the same is Rs. 600

In order to register as an Attendee, kindly fill this Google Form.

Payment Details:

Student: Rs 600

Academician/Scholar/Professionals: Rs 800

The following modes of payment shall be accepted:

1. NEFT

Account Holder: Registrar, National Law University, Odisha

Bank: State Bank of India

Account No: 33807919875

IFSC Code: SBIN0017678

2. UPI: 9312765808@upi (verify as Arth Singhal)
3. Google Pay: arthsinghal24@oksbi

4. Paytm: 9312765808 (verify as Arth Singhal)

• Make the required payment of registration fee using UPI, Google Pay or Net Banking and fill in the Transaction ID in the Google Form.
• Submit the form and send the screenshot of the payment receipt to icml@nluo.ac.in to confirm your registration as an Attendee for the International Conference on Maritime Law 2020

Note: There is limited no. of seats available for attendees and we shall be accepting the registration on first come first serve basis.

To mark the anniversary of the adoption of India’s Constitution on November 26, 1949, in 2015 the Government decided to observe 26th November as ‘Constitution Day’ or Samvidhan Diwas. On this day in 1949, the Indian Constitution was adopted which came into force on January 26, 1950 marking the beginning of a new era in the history of India.

The ‘Constitution Day’ will be a part of year-long nationwide celebrations starting from 26th November, 2019 during which a number of activities with special emphasis on Fundamental Duties have been planned by UGC throughout the year with the active participation of HEIs. [For details: https://kartavya.ugc.ac.in/default.aspx<]

As the part of a yearlong celebration, UGC MHRD has nominated National Law University Odisha as the State Coordinator for the State of Odisha. For the celebration, there are different competitions/activities which are proposed by UGC which are to be conducted till 26^th November 2020.  These competitions include debating competition, moot court and mock parliament. Additionally, activities and competition like video/poster making competition, skit, tree plantation, workshops, lectures, panel discussions etc would be also be organised. As mandated by UGC the events have to be on the theme of fundamental duties as enshrined in the Constitution of India.

Dr. Owais Hasan Khan (owaishasankhan@nluo.ac.in<), Assistant Professor of Law, has been appointed as the Nodal Officer from NLU Odisha to coordinate the smooth conduct of the yearlong celebration.

 Event Calendar

UGC Letter to NLUO