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“August 27th, 2019: 21st Informal Discussion Group Session by Mr. Shivshankar Menon on ‘ What Foreign Policy does India need?’ “
29 Aug 2019
21st Informal Discussion Group Session by Mr. Shivshankar Menon
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On August 27 , 2019 the Informal Discussion Group of NLU Odisha organised a guest lecture on ‘What Foreign Policy does Indian need?’. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Shivshankar Menon who is a foreign policy expert and a former National security adviser of India. The lecture commenced at 3 pm and continued for 2 hours, with one and a half hours reserved for the lecture and half an hour for the question answer session.
Thee session started with Mr. Shivshankar Menon describing what kind of and why does India need a foreign policy. He asserted that India needed a foreign policy to enable the transformation of India and so a good foreign policy was a means to the end goals India intended to achieve. He stated that for India we need more than just a defensive, passive foreign policy and that was because of its origins. He observed that India has done best in all fronts when it has stayed connected with the rest of the world rather in instances where India has swallowed the manipulated history told by the British and has severed ties with nations, the country has suffered. He further observed that India because of its geographical location, being situated around an open Indian Ocean, and because of its resource endowment, being people rich and resource poor, it becomes very important for India to stay connected with other countries and therefore have a foreign policy.
Mr. Menon talking about India becoming a superpower said that India should be a superpower only if it helps in the development of India and upliftment of its people but not if the goal to become a superpower becomes a hindrance in the same. He also observed that a country in order to ensure prosperity of the nation should thrive for sufficient security and not absolute security. Stressing again on the need for having a good foreign policy, he brought to light the fact that more than half of India’s GDP depends on trading of goods and services and thus, we can never say that we will have a closed affair and we can do without a foreign policy.
Thereafter, talking about the changing dynamics of the world and how India should come up with a foreign policy keeping in mind such dynamics, he asserted, that the centre of gravity of World Economy, since 1981, is moving towards the east and thus Central Asia has become a hotspot. At present, there is no other country like India and we are at the centre of the world economy and world polity. Therefore, it is impossible for us to follow the Non-alignment policy of the olden days, whether India likes it or not, it will be pulled into such alignments. Further, in the present times we are in a world where countries are spending immensely on their ammunitions and defence power but the world at large is politically and theoretically confused because of lack of international order. Furthermore, India’s periphery is Chinese periphery as well, both the nations compete and cooperate on various fronts. Henceforth, because of all of these reasons the kind of foreign policy India needs today must be unique and able to tackle the changing geopolitical situation of the world.
Thereupon, the audience asked questions to the guest on multiple issues concerning the reason behind US’s continued dominance in the world, alignment with the US and about India’s commitments to SAARC. Mr. Menon answered all the questions with utmost wit, sagacity and at times with a pinch of humour as well. Answering the questions Mr. Menon observed that the reason behind US’s dominance in the world is due to the effects of World War II as after the war, unlike other powerful countries, US had the resources to built itself and an economic order, which it capitalised upon and established such organisations and ?rder which aided in establishing its dominance in the world. On answering about the significance of SAARC he wittingly replied the answer varies according to which Indian you ask and further observed that we cannot do away with the political consequences of separation but can do away with economic consequences of the separation through SAARC and so India should be serious in respect to the commitments to the SAARC.
Further, in order to answer questions related to US-China tussle, Mr. Menon opined that this tussle is unique because of the economic dependence of both the nations on each other. Therefore, a possible war between these nations would lead to decoupling and its implications would be such that India will face its most brutal brunt. In the concluding part of the lecture he talked about how the shrink in the capacity of the nation to deliver, leads to authoritarian leaders gaining popularity and because of which the foreign policy of the nation suffers. According to Mr. Menon, foreign policy runs on diplomacy which requires negotiation and due to authoritarian leaders thriving on hyper nationalism it becomes difficult on their part to give up their interests in order to negotiate. Concluding on an optimistic note, he said that Indian has done well with its strategic autonomy policy in the last 70 years and has developed means to achieve its goals but he looks forward to see what it does ahead when it has the means.
The session culminated with handing over the token of gratitude to the esteemed guest by our Registrar Dr. Yogesh P. Singh.
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26 Aug 2019
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“20th August, 2019: 20th Informal Discussion Group Session by Ms. Indira Jaising on ‘Role of Lawyers in defence of the Rule of Law’ “.
21 Aug 2019
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“18 th August, 2019:?Centre for Corporate Law has organized a Guest Lecture by Mr. Swarnendu Chatterjee on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016’ “.
20 Aug 2019
Centre for Corporate Law- Guest Lecture by Mr. Swarnendu Chatterjee<
Centre for Corporate Law, NLUO organised a session on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Draftings and pleadings on 18th August, 2019. The session was taken by Mr. Swarnendu Chatterjee. Mr. Swarnendu Chatterjee is an advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, NCLT and NCLAT for the past seven years. He was a junior to late senior advocate Mr. PP Rao. He currently works with MAP Corporate Legal. He also argued the famous case of Moser bear Karamchari Union for workmen dues where the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal was pleased to hold that provident fund, gratuity and pension dues are not a part of waterfall mechanism.
In the session he discussed the waterfall mechanism provided under Section 53 of IBC in detail and certain loopholes in IBC. He also shed light on the fact that the dues of the workers should be directly paid to them and that would not fall under the waterfall mechanism of distribution of assets. Further, he also discussed the concept of ‘liquidation estate’ and that it comprises of the assets over which the Corporate Debtor has ownership rights. He also explained in detail how the IBC proceedings are initiated and why the new insolvency regime was the need of the hour.
The session resulted in an intense discussion on the recent amendments in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and was very enriching for all the corporate law enthusiasts in our university.
“8th August, 2019: Constitutional Law Society NLUO Inaugural STUDENT DISCUSSION ON Article 370 and Kashmir: A Necessity or a Democratic Failure?”
14 Aug 2019
The Constitutional Law Society, NLUO under the guidance of its Faculty Advisor, Mr. Ashit Kumar Srivastava, Assistant Professor of Law, organized its first ever student discussion on the topic ‘Article 370 and Kashmir: A Necessity or a Democratic Failure?’on 8th August 2019. The purpose of this discussion was to encourage student dialogue and to provide an accessible forum for intellectual discourse and shape the discussion of the most important and relevant issues pertaining to Constitution. This initiative was undertaken to have a structured and moderated dialogue so that the diverging views on this exciting Constitutional Law issue could be put forth.
The students were first addressed by the CLS members on the history of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, Jammu and Kashmir’s status before independence and the Instrument of Accession. Moreover, a detailed analysis of procedures followed in the recent days was briefed to the students so that no doubt is left in any participant’s mind about the key events which have occurred.
Four issues were then put forward to the students which were to be discussed and deliberated upon by the students:
1. Instrument of Accession: A democratic guarantee. Does India necessarily have to respect this document?
2. Abrogation and Constitutionality – Can a State do indirectly what it cannot do directly?
3. Would there have been a better way of doing this?
4. Does the impending necessity of this Act overpower the possible human rights violation?
There were interesting and logical contentions made by the students regarding these issues, some which have been heavily critiqued such as the provision being a part of Part XXI of the Constitution, the affirmation of territorial sovereignty on the land of Jammu and Kashmir when we talked about the Instrument of Accession and the obligations which are to be observed by International Law precedents. On the issue of the Constitutionality of the Presidential Orders and the Reorganisation Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha, the procedures were meticulously analysed by the students and it was observed that the crowd was very participative in their expression of opinions.
Overall, the student discussion received an encouraging response and students were very willing to participate, contribute and enhance their own understanding of the situation as well as enlighten the others with their statements.<
NLUO signed a MoU with Google Business Group, Bhubaneswar chapter
07 Aug 2019
LexTech – Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation of National Law University Odisha signed a MoU with Google Business Group, Bhubaneswar chapter, third best of its type in the world. The purpose of this MOU is to establish the students’ participation in building the start up ecosystem in Odisha and India through community development and workshops for the welfare of the students and state as well as country ecosystem.
Objectives<
i. To promote start up ecosystem and community development among the students;
ii. Conduct events and workshops at NLUO campus and expose students to real time problem statements to solve and work in various startups;
iii. Apply under various Google programs and participate in community developments and launch new initiatives to promote the startup ecosystem at the campus;
iv. Besides attracting high-achieving individuals, the university will house students from multidisciplinary backgrounds and provide a means for such individuals to easily interact with each other due to proximity. Successful early stage startups are founded by a well-rounded team of individuals from diverse backgrounds. Most accelerators want to see highly-motivated and hard-working startup teams that bring a diversity of skills, knowledge and experiences;
v. Students shall gain knowledge, skills and practical experiences in starting and running an enterprise by interacting with various founders and investors;
vi. Students can practice setting up a venture with limited risks in a protected environment through mentors and mentee relationship program.
vii. Educational institutes are able to create a highly effective and experiential pedagogy on their campus that supports entrepreneurship;
viii. Faculty members keep abreast of what is happening in the world of entrepreneurship, especially since industry interaction is integrated into classroom learning platforms.
The center hopes this initiative paves the way for promising sustainable growth and opportunities at NLUO.
LLM 2nd Provisional List for admission at NLUO
03 Aug 2019
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“10th August, 2019: Constitutional Law Society conducted third Academic guest lecture by Mr J Sai Deepak, Advocate, Supreme Court of India.”
03 Aug 2019
The Constitutional Society of National Law University Odisha, under the aegis of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr) Shri Krishna Deva Rao and the Registrar (I/C) Prof. (Dr) Yogesh Pratap Singh,successfully organized 3rd CLS Academic Guest Lecture to be given by Advocate J. Sai Deepak (Supreme Court of India) on the topic ‘Free Speech and Expression: Blasphemy and Secular Criticism‘.
Right to Free Speech, a burning issue in light of the recent events, particularly the ongoing Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute was very well examined and critiqued by the esteemed guest and this idea even attracted a good strength of students who were very interested in the given topic.
The lecture started with the introduction of the relevance of Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code with the issue of Free Speech and Expression by Mr. J. Sai Deepak. Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code talks about the deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class. Mr. J. Sai Deepak did a thorough critical analysis of this Section and tried to explain the value of truth that should be accompanied by the Right to Free Speech and Expression. He even reasoned the value of truth through the motto of the Supreme Court of India – ‘Satyamev Jayate’, holding truth to be of the paramount importance for the administration of justice. He then took the related sections of 153A, 95 and 96 of the Indian Penal Code and analysed their existence keeping in mind the ideas of Free Speech and Expression and emphasized upon the need for consistency and reasoning to be applied in disputes pertaining to the prevailing issue. Then, he gave a few historical examples of expressing dissent and how they would be unfitting given the existing laws now.
The floor was then opened for questions which were very relevant to the possible limitations if there is an absolute right given to Free Speech, the need for better communication among human beings so that the disputes are prevented and there is no need to resolve them in the first place. There was an interesting relation mentioned by one of the students between sedition and blasphemy which was very meticulously answered by Mr. J. Sai Deepak.
The charisma and eloquence of Mr. J. Sai Deepak was widely applauded by the audience. In addition to that, the active listening of the National Law University Odisha fraternity made this lecture a good platform for the faculty and students to understand the issue of Free Speech.Towards the conclusion of the lecture, the faculty advisor of Constitutional Law Society, Mr. Ashit Kumar Srivastava delivered the vote of thanks and the members of the Society felicitated Mr. J Sai Deepak.
LLM classes shall commence from 5th Augutst 2019.
31 Jul 2019
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“Shortlisted LL.M. Candidates against vacant seats for admission on 30.07.2019”
24 Jul 2019
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