Centre For Litigation Studies, NLU Jodhpur

30/08/2021

CLiS is pleased to conduct its second online lecture for this semester on "Filing a Special Leave Petition" by Mr Anand Verma (NLUJ Alumnus, 2008). The session benefitted the students in understanding the procedural requirements for filing a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court and the prime considerations for the court while accepting such petition.

Hoping for more participation from students in the next lecture

12/08/2021

Continuing with its Interview Series, CLiS[NLUJ] is delighted to present another interview!

Mrs. Vibhooti B. Satija (Batch of 2011), an independent commercial lawyer interacts with us about her pre-college journey to practicing litigation. Beside, she shares her celebrated performance at college level, experience of pursuing Masters abroad and the significance of mentorship at various litigation chambers in the path of being a good litigating lawyer.

Do visit our website to help yourself become a good future litigating lawyer. The link to the same is hereunder

https://clisnlujblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/11/i-would-advise-folks-interested-in-litigation-to-spend-credible-time-in-either-a-chamber-or-the-litigation-team-of-a-law-firm-where-they-are-likely-to-receive-some-mentoring-ms-vibhooti-malhotr/

03/08/2021

The Centre for Litigation Studies ("CLiS") conducted its first online workshop for this semester on "Filing a Civil Suit" by Mr. Shohit Chaudhry (NLUJ Alumnus, 2008 and AoR before SC of India).

The session threw lights on the procedure involved throughout the life-cycle of a civil suit and the best practices in pursuing civil litigation. It helped the students in getting a hands-on experience in learning finer nuances of drafting and provide them with practical knowledge of how the judicial process works.

We witnessed a good participation from the students and hope it to be immense next time.

04/07/2021

CLiS [NLUJ] is elated to resume its Interview Series this session. Today we are presenting a phenomenal interview cm interaction with Mr. Subhash Bhutoria, Alumnus (batch of 2009) NLUJ.

Being an IP lawyer, he shares with us his journey as a litigating lawyer, his experience so far and the need for a lawyer to imbibe the spirit of 'esprit de corps'.

All crucial tips are just one click away. Here is the link below to the interview.

https://clisnlujblog.wordpress.com/2021/07/03/every-lawyer-needs-to-be-a-good-team-player-and-must-respect-and-reward-her-his-team-mr-subhash-bhutoria-alumnus-2011-nlu-jodhpur-on-his-experience-as-an-ip-lawyer/

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30/05/2021

We would like to thank the following people for adjudging the rounds throughout the Competition

Preliminary - Mr. Pranjul Chopra chopra, Ms. Ragini Agarwal, Mr. Keshav Malpani, Ms. Sonali Khatri, Mr. Rakesh Roshan, Mr. Abu Nasar, Mr. Shourya Sanyal, Mr. Kartikeya Sharma

Semifinals - Mr. Yuvraj Samant, Mr. Sujoy Chatterjee, Mr. Abhijay Negi and Mr. Shreyansh Mardia.

Finals - Ms. Nidhi Gupta and Mr. Amarpal Singh.

Special thanks to Mr. Abhijay Negi for drafting the proposition and Mr. Mukul Krishna Vyas for taking an orientation session for the students.

We also thank to Mr. Swapnil Tripathi, Mr. Pranjul Chopra and Mr. Prashant Bhushan for helping us in promoting the idea of Public Interest Litigation and the importance of participation in the PIL Competition.

We are grateful to The Law Desk for sponsoring the Competition with abundant aid and assistance.

07/04/2021

For the final video, we have with us Mr. Pranjul Chopra. He is a 2018 batch alumnus of our University and is a practicing lawyer before the Rajasthan High Court. After graduating from the University, he has filed many PILs before the Rajasthan High Court.

In a PIL, he raised the issue of absence of Real Estate Appellate Tribunal in Rajasthan. In response to it, the Court formulated a committee and directed to make the Appellate body operational by April 1, 2021. In yet another PIL, he challenged an order of Rajasthan RERA for granting an across-the-board extension to all real estate projects in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The petition is still pending before the court.

06/04/2021

Intra-University PIL Competition 2021-22

We are back with another insightful video where we have with us Mr. Prashant Bhushan, who is a final semester student at our university!

He takes a keen interest in Human Rights Law and wants to pursue litigation after graduating from the law school. He filed multiple PILs during his time at law school. In a PIL on inadequacy of compensation amount under the victim compensation scheme in Bihar, the state government came up with an amendment and increased the compensation amount substantially. In yet another PIL, he raised the issue of reservation of disabled people in the lower judiciary. The petition is still pending before the court.

05/04/2021

Intra-University Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Competition 2021

We are elated to announce that the Legal Aid and Awareness Committee along with the Centre for Litigation Studies, will be conducting the 4th Intra-University Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Competition 2021 on April 17- 18th, 2021 virtually.

PIL is one of the most indispensable parts of the Indian legal system. A competition like this aims at providing opportunities for the young legal minds to understand the practical dynamics of PIL and to think critically. The competition fosters a deep sense of public spirit among participants, which in the future we hope will go beyond their college activities and into the legal world.

To kick-start this year’s edition with full enthusiasm, we have with us Mr. Swapnil Tripathi who shares some words of wisdom from his own experience of filing PIL. He is a 2019 batch alumnus of our college and is presently studying Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford. During his time as a student at our College, he filed a PIL before the Supreme Court against prohibition of Intern's entry in the Supreme Court on miscellaneous days, and has argued his own case before the court leading to the court allowing live streaming of Court proceedings.

In this video, he gives an insight into the importance of PIL and how it enables practical application of legal principles. Watch till the end for some wise words of caveat he has for all our participants!

20/08/2020

Amidst the pandemic, the public has struggled to separate truth from the rumours as the total amount of information about the outbreak expands exponentially.

The author, Amol Verma, through this article, deliberates upon a holistic view of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news as well as the legislative responses in India to regulate fake news, and suggests the need for a comprehensive remedy on disinformation mitigation and facilitation of information literacy.

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By Amol Verma*   “We are not just fighting an Epidemic, We are fighting an infodemic” -Tedros Adhanom Gheb…

18/08/2020

This article written by Madhav Lahoti analyses the role and importance of Spot map in the investigation of criminal trials, providing a legislative and judicial background to the same.

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By Madhav Lahoti* Introduction In India, according to List II, Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, 1950 ‘Police’ and ‘Public order’ fall under State List meaning thereby that the State h…

17/08/2020

In this post, Ksh*tij Goyal explains the legality behind the plea seeking transfer of FIR from Bihar to Mumbai and transfer of investigation from Bihar police to CBI in the case of late Sushant Singh Rajput.

"The decision of the Supreme Court would have wide legal ramifications as the issue deals with the mode and manner of seeking justice by the father of the deceased under the realm of law."

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By Ksh*tij Goyal*   Introduction Ever since the actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead on June 14, 2020, at his Bandra residence, there have been a lot of self-appointed judicial officers m…