May, 2019

The School of Law at Bennett and the Bennett University fraternity deeply mourns the demise of Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Madhava Menon, Padma Shree awardee- A teacher, an educationist, scholar and the pioneering spirit behind

modern legal education in India.

IN MEMORY OF PROF. N.R. MADHAV MENON -A PHENO(MENON) OF INDIAN LEGAL EDUCATION(04 May 1935 – 08 May 2019)

Volume 2, Issue 2 Newsletter

This third edition of Lawbyrinth brings forth a compendium of the activities and achievements of the School of Law, Bennett University from October 2018 to April 2019.

The Semester sprung into action with the ‘Cornell Week’ – Four eminent faculty members from the Cornell Law School conducted credit courses for all the law students of the School. The School of law proudly launched the BULEXCONVO series and successfully organized three national conferences thereunder on diverse themes, namely ‘The conundrum of theory and practice in legal education, ; ‘Law, development and social inclusion’ and a workshop on biological diversity. The semester also witnessed the First Bennett National Moot Court Competition which not only received participation from 24 teams from across the nation, but also garnered much praise and adulation from the several distinguished scholars, advocates and judges who graced the event.

The faculty members and students also benefitted immensely from the Socratic Club lectures, Post-Truth seminars and the numerous workshops on debating. advocacy skills and alternative dispute resolution. Students won accolades in several other competitions like debates, client counselling, mediation and other literary and cultural activities .

Most notably, it was a moment immense pride when the relentless work and talent of the students brought home the winning trophy from the coveted XV All Delhi (NCR) Moot Court Competition, 2019, conducted by the University of Delhi. In addition, the students zealously organized their first inter-college law fest-L’egalite, hosting events such as Debating, Client- Counseling, Law Quizzes etc. The legal-aid clinic of the law school also entered into an MoU with ‘International Bridges to Justice’ to initiate joint undertakings on legal aid training,awareness and capacity building of law students. The faculty members as well as the students participated in several national and international conferences and had their research published.

Lawbyrinth also takes this opportunity to welcome Prof. (Dr.) Sridhar Acharyulu, Former Central Information Commissioner who joined the School of Law, Bennett University as a faculty.

This issue captures the inspiring strides that the School of Law has taken over the last few months not only in academics and extra-curricular activities but also in outreach and interaction with the wider community.

Dr. Garima TiwariAssistant Professor, School of Law,

Bennett University

CONTENTS1. Dean Speak........................2

2. Prof. Madhava Menon: A Guiding Light of Legal Education- Prof. (Dr.) Sridhar Acharyulu…..........3

3. Cornell Week.....................4

4. BULEXCONVO Series.................................5

5. First Bennett National Moot Court Competition, 2019...8

6. Socratic Club Lecture Series.................................9

7. Post Truth Faculty Seminar Series...............................10

8. Workshops.......................10

9. Board of Studies..............11

10. Student Achievements, Participation and Publications.....................11

11. Mooting Point..................13

12. Visitors ............................15

13. Faculty in News..............15

14. Legal Aid Clinic...............................21

15. L’egalite 2019.................22

Editor's Desk

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WHY CHOOSE LAW?

In many of the counseling sessions with parents desiring to enroll their wards, one often gets queried about the salary package they will get once they enter the profession. It is an understandable query and anxiety of any Indian parent.

How do we predict the economy in today’s world after five years to derive a salary package? What could be the caliber of their ward when they graduate to predict such figure? Even the top-ranking law schools have graduates at the bottom of the pecking order? One cannot even predict if the candidate at the end of five years will prefer a corporate job or working for an NGO or take up an academic career or move to judicial services? In short, the question is ‘Why Choose Law’?

An illustration about a decade ago is an apt one to convey this transformative process. When I served as a Dean of the only law school in an Indian IIT- the Director

of the IIT once complained to me that my students are provocative and rebellious, and I need to do something.

On further inquiry, I got to know of the arguments they had with the hostel room allocation committee on the process of allocation. The Director remarked that in his three decades of service there was no instance where students questioned the process and there was implicit trust! I explained that they wanted to know the due process, fairness and transparency of allocation. I remarked that I am hopeful that these students who are enquiring about the process are in the making of an effective lawyer. Interestingly, the law school only admits technology/science graduates for Law courses and they are transforming themselves into what they learn and what they are about to practice. Of course, the Director was not amused but went away musing about my response.

Coming back to the response for the anxious parents of their ward’s prospects – encouraging your ward to take up legal education is also about inventing the person herself. The journey is transformative. The quest of their sense of ‘justice’ and ‘achievement’ takes precedence over ‘financial returns’. Do take a call to admit your ward in a law school if you feel they have the ‘Quest’ in them and rest will take care of itself.

Epilogue:

For the petitioner:

“All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.”

-John Grisham in “Rain Maker”

From the Defense:

“Law is at the intersection of the ideal and the real, of metaphysics and magic, of the actual and the possible, of ideas and power, of fact and value, of is and ought, of the past and the future, of the individual and the social, of economics and politics.”

-Margaret Thornton in “Portia Lost in the Groves of Academe Wondering What to do About Legal Education”

Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan,Dean, School of Law, Bennett University

DEAN SPEAK

Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan

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The news of the demise of Prof Menon on May 8th of 2019 indeed is an irreparable loss to the world of legal education and it kindled my memories of my interaction with him in the recent past. He spoke in the plenary session at the conference on Legal education at Bennett Law school on 15th February and those who heard his speech would not have imagined that he will leave us soon. After his speech, I interacted with him and explained how information relating to which set a precedent of denying information and even the DoPT of Government of India passed an official order to deny information based on the Judgement. Later on, researching, I found that the dismissal by SC was only the SLP and not a full-fledged hearing of writ appeal. SC denied special leave to file a petition. Further researching I found that the SC in RR Gopal v Tamil Nadu has enunciated about what constitutes privacy.

Then came Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) vs. Union of India where Supreme Court pronounced that Privacy as a fundamental right with exceptions and one such exception is that of transparency in public interest. A curious Prof Menon wanted a note on this issue and I explained to him this analysis is part of my LLD thesis and also part of my book ‘Privacy as Secrecy’. He was truly appreciative and took notes of the same.In an earlier interaction in 2013, I had the opportunity to present before him on an innovative ‘phone- in-live’ programme in a Telegu channel to help agriculturists on their land rights which created an effective impact. Hearing this he facilitated me to present the same to a World Bank team looking at effective ICT techniques on social development issues.

Another important connect with Prof Menon occurred based on my decision relating to providing information on expenditure on publicity. The order related to the direction of disclosing the expenditure relating to the advertisements in media about the politicians with their photos. Later base on a PIL, Supreme Court constituted a committee to study this issue under the chairmanship of Prof Madhava Menon. Prof Madhava Menon. Prof Menon Committee recommended that government advertisements in media must not have the photos of ministers / leaders of ruling party and if essential it should be restricted to photographs of President/PM or Governor/Chief Minister.

Later, I had invited Prof Menon to speak at the tenth Annual Convention of CIC in 2015 addressing issues of character and duties of the Commissioners. He touched upon important aspects emphasizing that CIC/SIC is adjudicatory quasi-judicial body, which needs to be adequately manned with best legal minds for better interpretation of RTI Act. He opined that the stumbling block in success of the Act is the mindset of the governance of the country which is not in tune with what the Act envisages. Referring to a key provision i.e., Section 8 of the RTI Act, Prof Menon said that this section reflects the object of the Act -to deny information only if it is counterproductive, and the CIC and SICs are the bodies to ensure this. He advocated that the Commissions are under responsibility to balance the conflicting interests of disclosure and privacy issues.

We were wishing to interact with him more in the days to come but nature had a different plan. His demise has deprived us of a towering personality with a strong advocacy, reformist outlook and outspoken views. The legal fraternity and the society at large will miss this great teacher, friend and philosopher – Padma Shree Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon and we all wish his soul rest in peace.

Prof. (Dr.) M Sridhar Acharyulu,(Professor, School of Law, Bennett University)

Prof. (Dr.) Sridhar Acharyulu

PROF. MADHAVA MENON: A GUIDING LIGHT OF LEGAL EDUCATION

CORNELL WEEK (14TH-18TH JANUARY 2019)

Entering into the second year of Bennett Law School’s collaboration with Cornell Law School, four distinguished Law Professors from Cornell Law School visited the university to offer their specialised credit courses to law students. The Cornell Week was held during 14th-18th of January 2019 for both first year and second year law students. The sophomores attended two very stimulating courses- ‘Law and Psychology’ offered by Professor Valarie Hans and ‘International Human Rights in Theory and Practice’ by Prof. Elizabeth Brundige. Prof. Valerie Hans is the Charles F. Rechlin Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and Prof. Elizabeth Brundige is the Assistant Dean for International Programs, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Jack G. Clarke Executive Director of International and Comparative Legal Studies at Cornell Law School. Both courses entailed informative learning and brain storming sessions to engaging group projects on momentous human rights problems prevailing in different countries.

The first-year students of both B.A.LL. B. (Hons) and BB.A.LLB. (Hons) were offered one credit courses on ‘Law Literature and Fiction’ and ‘Judicial Processes’ by the visiting faculty from Cornell, Professor Elizabeth Anker and

Professor Mitchel Lasser respectively. Prof. Elizabeth Anker is an Associate Member of the Law Faculty and Associate Professor, Department of English and visited the School of Law for the second time. Prof. Mitchel Lasser is the Jack G. Clarke Professor of Law, Director of Graduate Studies, and co-directs the Cornell Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law in Paris. Both courses were highly informative and major eye openers for the students. The courses worked around group discussions and were more of a conversation between the students and the professors rather than a series of lectures, which appealed to the interpretative skills of the students.‘Judicial Processes’

focused on careful understanding of the bridges and gaps between the common law and civil law traditions whereas ‘Law, Literature and Fiction’ took an analytical and focused stand on studying literary works with a legal perspective. The courses were extremely thought-provoking for the students and helped them broaden their perspectives. Overall, the whole week was a whirlwind of ideas, emotions, learning, discovery and communication for not only the students but also for the faculty of Bennett University.

Prof. Elizabeth Brundige, Cornell Law School

Cornell Faculty with Bennett Law Faculty and Students

Prof. Elizabeth Anker, Cornell Law School

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The first conference in the BULEXCONVO series, “National Conference on The Conundrum of Theory and Practice in Legal Education” was organised on 15th-16th February 2019. The objective of the conference was to deliberate on the relationship of academic and practice perspectives of “Law” and the feasibility of creating “practice” ready lawyers. The two-day conference started with a welcome address by Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate, BU-Law School followed by an address from Prof. (Dr.)Suneet Tuli, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Bennett University. Prof. (Dr.) V. C. Vivekanandan, Dean, Bennett School of Law highlighted the need to raise disruptive ideas through continuous conversation and noted that the motive of the series is to bring together speakers from varied backgrounds to discuss and deliberate. The first Plenary Session was titled, “Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Auditing Indian Legal Education”. The session was chaired by Late Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Madhava Menon and focussed on mapping the status of Indian legal education in retrospect and outline its prospects. This session had three speakers: Prof. (Dr.) M.P. Singh, Chancellor, CentralUniversity of Haryana & Chair Professor,Centre for Comparative Law NLU Delhi;Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor,National Law University, Delhi, Mr. R.Venkataramani, Senior Advocate ofSupreme Court of India and Prof. (Dr.) C.Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, O.P. JindalUniversity and Dean, Jindal Global Law School. The Technical

Session Iwas titled, Legal Education Towards Knowledge Space or Market Place? The session was chaired by Prof. Padmanabha Ramanujan, Advisor LSAT India and had three speakers: Dr. Anindya Sircar, Senior Consultant; Mr. PVS Giridhar, Advocate, Giridhar & Sai Associates, Chennai and Mr. Vishhavjeet Choudhary, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School. Technical Session II : Graduate Legal Research: A Non-Starter in India aimed at understanding the scope and limitations of legal research in India. The session was chaired by Late Prof. Menon. Dr. Prabhash Ranjan, Assistant Professor, South Asian University, Dr. Aparna Chandra, Assistant Professor, NLU Delhi and Ms Avani Bansal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India were the speakers of this session. The last technical session for the first day of the conference was titled, Auditing Clinical Legal Education-A Frozen Ground? The session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Sridhar Acharyulu. Advocate Ajay Verma and Dr. Garima Tiwari were the speakers.

Plenary 1 Speakers: Late Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Madhava Menon; Prof. (Dr.) M.P. Singh; Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, Mr. R. Venkataramani, and Prof. (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar with Prof. Vivekanandan, Dean BU-SOL and Law students.

BULEXCONVO I: National Conference on The Conundrum of Theory and Practice in Legal Education, (15-16 February 2019)

Technical Session 1

Prof. Vivekanandan, Dean SOL

Technical Session 2

BULEXCONVO SERIES

The School of Law, Bennett University launched its BULEXCONVO Series- a platform to bring debate and discussion about various emerging legal issues with socio-economic dimensions to the forefront of academic conversations. The term “Lex” connotes “law” and “Convo” connotes “conversation”. The conference series hopes to establish the School of Law, Bennett University as a trailblazing forum for future legal debates in India.

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The second day of the conference started with the Plenary Session II titled, “Public Private Legal Education:Competing Inequalities?” The session was moderated by Prof. (Dr.) V. C. Vivekanandan and witnessed eminent speakers like Prof. (Dr.) V. Vijaykumar, Vice Chancellor National Law Institute University, Bhopal; Prof. (Dr.) Faisan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and Mr. Ramchander Rao, Member, Legislative Council and Co-Chairman, Bar Council of India.

Technical Session IV focused on “Continuing Legal Education for Academics: An Effective Tool or a Façade” and consisted of three speakers: Prof. (Dr). V.K.Ahuja, Professor in-Charge, Law Centre –II, Delhi University; Prof. (Dr.) S. Shantha Kumar, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, School of Law, G.D. Goenka University and Mr. Mohammad Umar, Assistant Professor at School of Law, Galgotias

University. The final session of the conference was titled, Smart Teachers versus Smart Phones…Teacher as a Trapeze Artist in The Digital Era. The session was chaired by V. Vijayakumar, Vice Chancellor, National Law Institute University, Bhopal. The panellist included Dr. Arul George Scaria, Assistant Professor, National Law University, Delhi; Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Bennett University and Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate, School of Law, Bennett University. Vote of thanks was given by Ms. Anita Singh, Assistant Professor, BU Law School.

Technical Session III

Technical Session IV

Ms. Anita Singh, Asst. Prof. BU-Law School

Hon’ble Justice M. Karpaga Vinayagam, Former Chief Justice, Jharkhand High Court

Dr. Ashita Allamraju, Associate Professor, BU-SOL

Plenary Session II

BULEXCONVO II: National Conference on Law, Development and Social Inclusion (20th April 2019)

The second conference under the BULEXCONVO series was held on April 20th, 2019 at the School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida. Several notable experts from the field of law and social sciences discussed and deliberated on how law impacts development and social inclusion and the role played by social sciences in achieving the multi-faceted outcomes of law. The Conference was inaugurated by Hon’ble Justice M. Karpaga Vinayagam, Former Chief Justice, Jharkhand High Court. In his Inaugural address, Justice Vinayagam stressed on the importance of learning and education and spoke about the qualities of a good student and duties of a good teacher. His address concluded by congratulating the School of Law for discussing this important theme of social inclusion. After the inaugural, the first session discussed

diverse perspectives on stigmatization and marginalisation. The session was chaired by Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyalu. The Panellists for the session were Prof. Shantha Sinha, Padma Shri Awardee, Former Chairperson, NCPCR and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, Dr. Meera Sethi, Former Special Envoy to India, UNIOM and Ms. Astha Dhanda, Research Associate, School of Law, Bennett University. Dr. Sinha spoke about the issue of marginalisation and the impact it has on children. Dr. Sethi spoke about the issue of stigmatization and marginalisation of the refugees and migrants. She discussed the difference between refugees and migrants and the role of international treaties in fostering mutually beneficial conditions for migrants.

Ms. Dhanda spoke about the interconnected nature of social categorizations like race, class, and gender and disadvantages.

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The second session discussed the Inclusionary Policies in Developing Economies. The chair for this session was Prof. Shantha Sinha. Dr. Ashita Allamraju, Associate Professor, School of Law, Bennett University, Dr. Anand Prakash Mishra, Director, Law Admissions, Jindal Global University and Mr. Abhay Jain, Advocate were the speakers for this session. Dr. Allamraju discussed the changing paradigms of development and how the policies have changed based on these paradigms from 1950s to the present.

Dr. Mishra spoke about the policies in education specifically concentrating on the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and how the State has been subsidizing and providing education to talented rural and backward children to serve the objective of excellence coupled with equity and social justice. Mr. Jain who works in the Shivpuri area in Madhya Pradesh spoke about the need for policies for inclusion of manual scavengers. Session 3 concentrated on Rights as an Inclusion mechanism. The session was chaired by Prof. YSR Murthy, Register, Jindal Global University. The speakers for the session were Prof. Sitharamam

K, Azim Premji UniversityProf. Sridhar Acharyalu, BU-SOL and Mr. Vivek Diwan, Human Rights, Sexuality and Health Lawyer. Prof. Sitharamam spoke about the issue of Human Rights through the lens of International Human Rights Law. Prof. Sridhar deliberated on the fundamental rights granted by the Indian Constitution and said that social inclusion is the essence of Constitution of India through its various articles. Finally, Mr. Vivek Diwan spoke about the stigma that HIV positive patients and LGBTQ community face and the inextricable link between Human Rights and HIV/AIDS.

Session 1 Session 2

BULEXCONVO SERIES III: Two-Day Regional Workshop on Biological Diversity Laws (25-26 April 2019)

Centre for Law, Technology and Innovations, School of Law, Bennett University in collaboration with National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, organized a Two-Day Regional Workshop on Biological Diversity Laws under UNDP-GEF (Global ABS Project) titled “Strengthening Human Resources, Legal Framework and Institutional Capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol”. This project aims to develop the information, education, communication and training amongst the different stakeholders in the implementation of Biodiversity Laws in India.

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First Bennett National Moot Court Competition, 2019

The School of Law, Bennett University successfully organized its first Bennett National Moot Court Competition 2019 from 29th to 31st March 2019. Mr. Ananth Padmanabhan, University of Pennsylvania Research Scholar and a Fellow of ‘Centre for Policy Research’ drafted the moot problem for competition based on the interdisciplinary theme of law and technology- more specifically, on the conflicting issues of privacy and data protection which arise when governments decide to ensure effective governance using drones and artificial intelligence.

The moot problem dwelled upon the question as to whether law regulates technology or technology operates the implementation of law. The welcome address at the Inaugural Ceremony on 29th March 2019 was given by Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law and briefed on the rationale of the moot theme as one of the challenges of our times.

Lamp Lighting: Justice Dipak Misra, Prof. Shevgaonkar & Prof. VC Vivekanandan

Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril, Asst. Prof. BU-SOL

This regional workshop under the broach project was coordinated by Mr. Praveen Tripathi, Assistant Professor, BU-SoL and was organised with an objective to increase legal awareness in Conservation of Biodiversity and Access and Benefit Sharing, to enhance discourse on legal and scientific research in the field of Biodiversity, and to assess the implementation of Biological Diversity Act and ABS provisions in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The workshop was attended by 48 participants from various backgrounds.

Inaugural of the WorkshopInaugural of the workshop witnessed addresses made by Prof. (Dr.) R. Shevgoankar, Vice Chancellor, Bennett University; Dr. V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law, Bennett University; Prof. (Dr.) Sairam Bhat, Professor of Law, NLSIU and the Key-note address by Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Director, Indian Law Institute who was the chief guest for the programme. Dr. Sinha highlighted the need to create awareness of biodiversity issues and the laws surrounding it. He called for an interdisciplinary approach to understand and interpret laws relating to biodiversity.

Technical SessionsThe technical sessions were divided into 2 trajectories. First trajectory was understanding the legal framework of the Biological Diversity Laws in India and international obligations. Participants were introduced with the subject matter, case studies and interpretation of legal texts related to Biodiversity laws. Prof. (Dr.) Sairam Bhat, Professor of Law, NLSIU; Mr. Divyanshu Priyadarshi, Teaching Associate, NLSIU; Mr. Vikas Gahlot, Teaching Associate, NLSIU and Mr. Shahsikant Yadav, Research Scholar, TERI and IIM-A dealt with this trajectory in 4 sessions to give participants advanced learning. Second trajectory of the course was related to Intellectual Property and legal framework of Access and Benefit Sharing. Objective of these sessions were to investigate individual right under IP regime versus community rights under ABS Mechanism. These sessions were covered by Dr. Archana Churg, Associate Professor, Kusuma School of Biological Science, IIT-D; Dr. Ashita Allamraju, Associate Professor, BU-SOL; Mr. Jacob George, Assistant Professor, BU-SoL and Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Research Assistant, BU-SoL.Both trajectories were connected through a panel discussion on industry concerns on Biological Diversity Law. Speakers for the panel discussion were Dr. V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law, Bennett University; Dr. Sairam Bhat, Professor of Law, NLSIU and Dr. Rajinder Chauhan, Dean, R&D, Bennett University. At the closing of the two-day workshop Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan expressed his gratitude towards NLSIU for choosing Bennett University as their collaborating partner for the workshop. Certificates were distributed to the participants marking completion of the course.

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L-R: Judges of the Final Round: Prof. (Dr.) Vijaykumar, Mr Lalit Bhasin, Mr. Venkataramani

and P Prof. (Dr.) V. Kesava Rao

Winning Team: Christ University, Bangalore

Runners Up

SOCRATIC CLUB LECTUREOn the occasion of Constitution Day, the Socratic Club of the School of Law, Bennett University invited Prof. (Dr.) Paramjit S.Jaswal, Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National Universityof Law, Patiala, Punjab to deliver a lecture on “Constitution and Constitutionalism” on 26th November 2018.

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Addressing the gathering, Prof. (Dr.) Raghunath Shevgaonkar, Vice Chancellor, Bennett University advocated the regulatory process to be advanced for addressing the issues that use of technology may pose in its operations. The Keynote Address at the Inaugural Ceremony was delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra, Former Chief Justice of India. Justice Misra noted that along with quality education the need is to apply the innovative mind which means that there should be emphasis on original intelligence. Linking technology with law, he noted that Artificial Intelligence can always be controlled by original intelligence. The moot court competition witnessed 24 teams of a total of 72 students from several parts of the country Each team composed of two speakers and a researcher. A multiple-choice analytical researchers

test consisting of 25 questions was conducted prior to the oral rounds. There were two preliminary rounds in this moot court competition. Out of the 24 teams, the first eight teams from the preliminary rounds qualified for the quarter final rounds. Based on a knockout, 4 teams from the quarter finals qualified for the semi-finals and subsequently 2 teams qualified for the finals. A total of 28 Judges were invited to judge the preliminary rounds and the quarter finals. The preliminary round bench comprised of two judges each while the quarter final and semi-final bench comprised of three judges each. The Judges for the rounds were drawn from an intellectually stimulating pool of seasoned practitioners and renowned academics. The Moot Court final rounds were held on 31st March 2019 and were adjudged by a 4-Judge bench of dignitaries namely Mr Lalit Bhasin, President of the Society of Indian Law Firms and Managing Partner, Bhasin and Co.; Mr. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India, Prof. Vijaykumar, Vice- Chancellor, National Law Institute University, Bhopal and Prof. (Dr.) V. Kesava Rao, Vice Chancellor, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi. Christ University, Bangalore and Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi were the finalists and at the end of the exciting final round, the team of Anurag Shah, Aneesh Johnson and Abhishek Rudra from Christ University, Bangalore bagged the Winning Trophy. The Runners Up trophy went to team from Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi comprising Siddharth Kumar, Aman

Choudhary and Vritti Gulati. The Best Memorial Award was won by Dr. Ambedkar Law University, School of Excellence, Chennai comprising Nirupama V. Shankar, Mansi Sethiya Jain and Aishwarya Vaidhyanathan. Student Manas Agarwal from Amity Law School, Noida was adjudged as the Best Researcher and Nirupama V. Shankar from School of Excellence, Chennai won the Best Speaker Award. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law, Bennett University remarked that the competition was truly an interdisciplinary moot focused on the interface of technology and law and will definitely become a signature event in the forthcoming moots of Bennett University. The Judges and the moot teams complimented the exciting moot problem and the excellent organization of the School of Law, Bennett University in conducting the moot. The School of Law, Bennett University had teamed up with Supreme Court Cases Online /Eastern Book Company as the sole knowledge partner for the event. Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril (Assistant Professor), Ms. Anita Singh (Assistant Professor) and Mr. Madhav Mallya (Research Associate) were the faculty organisers of the competition.

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Post Truth: Faculty Seminar Series

The Third Post Truth seminar was delivered by Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate on the topic, A Study of Public International Law Pedagogy, Curriculum and Research in Indian Law Schools on 11th October 2018.

Fourth Post-Truth Seminar was delivered by Ms. Astha Dhanda, Research Associate on Prevalence of Caste and Its Policy Implications Within the Hijra Community on 29th November 2018.

Prof. (Dr.) Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor presented the Sixth Post Truth Seminar series on Data protection and Right to Information on 31st January 2019.

The Sixth Post-truth seminar was delivered by Ms. Nidhi Chauhan, Research Associate on Critical Appraisal of Fundamental Rights of Artificial Legal Persons on 14th March 2019

WORKSHOPS AT BENNETTWorkshop on Debating Skills (11th Oct. 2018)

Literary and Debating Committee of BU-SOL organised a workshop on Debating Skills for the students of School of Law on 11th October 2018. The workshop comprised three lectures given by the convenors: Mr. Praveen Tripathi (Assistant Professor, SOL): An Introduction to types of Debates and Opportunities; Dr. Debabrata Baral (Assistant Professor, SOL): Contextualising through Research. Dr. Suman Luhach (Assistant Professor, SOL) gave a lecture on: Language, Communication and Debating.

10 Hour Practical Training Programme on Advocacy Skills in association with the Kapila & Nirmal Hingorani Foundation, Delhi (13th-14th October 2018)

School of Law in association with the Kapila & Nirmal Hingorani Foundation, Delhi conducted a 10 Hour Practical Training Programme on Advocacy Skills on 13th -14th October 2018 for the Batch of 2017. The resource persons were Dr. Aman Hingorani (Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India & Mediator), Ms. Reema Bhandari (Advocate, Supreme Court of India & Mediator), Ms. Swati Mehta (Partner, Zon Legal) and Ms. Mishika (Advocate, Delhi High Court). The faculty co-ordinators were Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril and Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar. Sanjana Sahay, Convener, Moot Court Committee proposed a vote of thanks at the end of the two-day programme.

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The next seminar in the Post Truth Series was delivered by Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Research Associate on the topic, Data Protection Law and Privacy Concerns In India on 24th January 2019.

School of Law organised the Fourth Board of Studies Meeting on 8th-9th February 2019.

Row 1: (L-R) Dr. Manjula Mallepalli, ( BU-Law) Dr. Garima Tiwari (BU-Law) , Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco (BU-Law); Prof. (Dr.) V. Balakista Reddy, Registrar, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad; Prof. (Dr.) Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, Nagpur; Prof. (Dr.) V C Vivekanandan, Dean SOL; Prof. (Dr.) Sridhar Acharyulu (BU-Law); Prof. (Dr.) Rose Varghese, Former Vice-Chancellor, NUALS, Kochi; Ms. Anita Singh, (BU-Law); Ms. Swati Bawa, (Programme Coordinator BU- SOL); Ms. Astha Dhanda (BU-SOL)

Row 2: Mr. Madhav Mallya (BU-SOL); Dr. Suvir Kapur (BU-SOL); Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril (BU-SOL); Dr. Debabrata Baral (BU-SOL); Dr. Anindya Sircar, Industry Consultant; Prof. (Dr.) V. Vijayakumar, Vice-Chancellor, NLIU, Bhopal; Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice-Chancellor, NLUO, Orissa; Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar (BU-SOL).

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15 Hour Practical Training Programme on Consensual Dispute Resolution in association with the Peacekeeping & Conflict Resolution Team (PACT), Delhi (20th -21st October 2018)

School of Law in association with the Peacekeeping & Conflict Resolution Team (PACT), Delhi conducted a 15 Hour Practical Training Programme on Consensual Dispute Resolution on 20-21st October 2018. The resource persons were Jonathan Rodrigues (Certified Mediator a nd Co-Founder, PACT) a nd G racious Timothy Dunna (Certified Mediator and Co-Founder, PACT). The faculty co-ordinators were Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril and Ms. Aafreen Collaco.

NH 65 Literary and Cultural Fest

Students of School of Law, Bennett University participated in the NH 65 Literary and Cultural Fest organised by National Law University, Jodhpur from 4th-7th October 2018 and gave many winning performances. Ayera Choudhary, won the Best Speaker Award in the Presidential Debate on topic: Social Change should be advanced by courts rather than legislature. Aakaansha Arya, won 2nd prize in the Poetry Writing Competition for her poem titled, “What Independence Truly Means to You”. Aakash Agarwal and Aryamann, won 2nd prize in the competition Bulls and Bears for prediction of stock market based on a news. Aakash and Aryamann of second year and Shivam Bansal won 2nd prize in Pictionary competition.

BOARD OF STUDIES

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS, PARTICIPATION AND PUBLICATION

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Debate Competition: “Eradicate Corruption- Build New India”.

Students of BA LLB (Hons) 1st year Anubhav Lamba, Vaibhav Yadav, Mridul Pandey and two students from BBA LLB (Hons) 1st year -Aryaman Singh and Kasireddy Aishwarya participated in a debate competition organised by GAIL in association with Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida on 1st November 2018. The broad theme for the competition was “Eradicate Corruption- Build New India”. Aryaman Singh from BBA LLB (Hons) 1st year got second prize in the competition with a cash prize of INR 3000.

Best Mediator TeamThe team of first year law students Agnivesh, Mansi (as negotiators) and Riya (as mediator) participated in the INTERCESSIONIS-ILSCA PACT Commu-nity Mediation Competition on 6th & 7th January 2019 at ILS Law College, Pune. Student Riya Kharab received an award for being part of the Best Mediator Team in the competition from amongst 16 teams. The mediation prob-lems were based on Family Law and Administrative Law.

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS

STUDENT PARTICIPATION

1. Second Year student Ayush Srivastava’s paper titled, “Pollution: Indian Legal Perspective” got published in International Journal of Enviro Legal Research Volume 5 (November 2018) (ISSN: 2463-6401).

2. Students Gunjan Atri and Ayush Srivastava of Second Year got their paper ti-tled, “Female Genital Mutilation: A Dark Hidden Practice in India” published in the International Journal of Legal Research, Volume 5 Issue 3 (1), March 2019. (ISSN:2349-8463)

3. Students Ayush Srivastava and Gunjan Atri’s paper titled, “Corruptolution Tackling the Evolution of Corruption in India through Criminal Law” got pub-lished in the International Journal of Legal Research and Development, Volume 1, Issue 3, February 2019 (ISSN: 2581-7434).

4. Second Year Student, Rahul Kumar’s paper titled, “Anti-Defection Law: an Ob-nubilated Democratic Objective” got published in Indian Journal of Law and Public Policy on 30th April 2019. (ISSN 2394-2657).

1. Vedant Bhargava, student of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) First Year and Tanvi Gupta, student of BBA LLB (Hons) first year participated in a debate competition named ‘The Ballot Wrangle’ organised by Alliance University, Bengaluru. The team qualified for the quarter finals and was among top 8 teams out of around 40 teams.

2. Student Rahul Kumar presented his research paper titled-Nationalism: A Curb to Freedom of Speech and Expression? in the National Seminar on Constitutionalism and Constitutional Morality: Contemporary Issues and Challenges organised by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, on 26th March 2019.

3. Students of law school attended the Justice H.R.Khanna Memorial Lecture, “The Dark Shadow of ADM, Jabalpur on Criminal Law over Five Decades” on 15th November 2018 at the Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi.

4. Students of 1st Year BA LLB (Hons) and BBA LLB(Hons.) Ayera, Choudhary, Neha Bhupathiraju, Anubhav Lam-ba, Bhavya Basu, Abhay Dev Sharma, Saumyata Tyagi, Shivam Bansal and Jaanvi Singh represented the School of Law, asvolunteers and delegates at the #HearMeToo eventorganized by UN Women India with JoshTalks, 28th November 2018.

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MOOT POINT1. Winners of the XV All Delhi (NCR)

Moot Court Competition, 2019: Team of Sheetal, Kriti and Kanika, students of II year BBALLB (Hons) WON the XV All Delhi (NCR) Moot Court Competition, 2019 held on 16th March 2019. They faced Third Year students of IP University in the finals and won by a margin of 54 marks. The moot problem was based on International Criminal Law.

2. Team of Sanjana, Chinmai and Harshit reached the quarterfinals of the Government Law College Calicut moot (March 8th-10th, 2019). The team won the 2nd Best Memorial award and Harshit won the 2nd Best Researcher award.

3. Second year law students Ishan Agarwal and Saurabh Tantia reached the semi-finals of the 13th Shankarrao Kanitkar National Moot Court Competition at

Modern Law College, Pune on 11th and 12th January 2019 and were ranked 3rd out of 32 teams. Ishan was applauded with a “Judges Special Appreciation”. The moot was based on International Law and Constitutional Law.

4. The team of Aakash, Aryamann and Gaurang reached the quarterfinals of Shoolini University’s 2nd National Moot Court Competition, 2018 held on 2nd November 2018. They finished 5th overall out of 48 teams in the moot which was based on Criminal Law.

5. The moot team of Gregory, Swadheena and Palak, reached the quarterfinals of RGNUL Patiala Surana & Surana International Law Moot 2018 held on 16th-18th November 2018. The team finished eighth overall out of 23 teams.

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5. Ms Apoorva Mehta, 2nd year presented a papertitled, “Media and Violence against Women-Interface and Intricacies” at the 2nd World Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Legal Aid and Human Rights, 2018 on 16th December 2018 at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi.

6. Ms. Radhika Maheshwari, Mr. Prakhar Harit and Mr. Rahul, participated in the Christ University National Trial Advocacy Competition from 31st January to 2nd February 2019.

7. Students attended the BusinessMediation Summit organized by NUJS, Kolkata and NITI Aayog, Government of India) on 15th December 2018 at PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi.

8. The team of Ayush, Ishan, Krishna Subramaniam and Mohd. Ismail participated in the Jiwaji Gwalior Mock Trial competition.

9. The team of second-year law students of Kunal, Pawan and Yuvraj participated in the KIIT Bhubaneshwar Mock Trial competition (5th-7th April 2019). They faced GLC Mumbai and defeated School of Excellence Chennai in the preliminary rounds.

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6. The team of Aakaansha, Ajinkya and Shashank participated in XIX Manikchand Pahade Law College moot in Aurangabad held on 22-23 December 2018. They finished 6th overall out of 32 teams.

7. Second year law students, Apoorva, Garima and Jennifer participated in the Shree Hashuji Advani Memorial 2nd National Moot Court Competition, 2019 at Vivekanand Education Society Law College, Mumbai on 11th -13th January 2019.

8. The team of Aryaman, Vijaya and Vidur participated in the Amity Noida moot on 8th-10th March 2019.

9. The team of Bhavana, Sushmita and Vijayant participated in the AMU Aligarh moot reached the quarterfinals. (5th-17th March 2019.) They finished 7th rank out of 32 teams.

10. The team of first year law students Kinjal, Saumyata and Vibhav participated in the Rayat Bahra Mohali moot on 6th-7th April 2019. They obtained 3rd rank in the preliminary rounds. The moot was based on Family Law,

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11. The team of Aditya, Jaanvi and Kush participated in the 3rd C.L. Agrawal Memorial National Moot 2019 at Raffles University on 30-31 March 2019.

12. The team of Anubhav, Amiyinidh and Sanya Kapoor participated in the Amity Lucknow moot on 14th-16th March 2019. The moot was based on Constitutional law.

13. The team of Bhuvnesh, Ipshita and Mridul participated in the KLE Bengaluru Surana & Surana Moot held on 29-31 March 2019. The moot was based on Constitutional Law.

14. The team of Aadarsh, Mitali and Sakshi participated in the 4th Anand Swaroop Gupta National Moot Court Competition, 2019 held on 4-6 April 2019 based on criminal law.

15. The team of Shrey, Garv and Siddharth participated in the 2nd Surana & Surana & UILS Environment Law Moot Court Competition, 2018 held at UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh on 2nd-4th November 2018. They finished 16th overall out of 24 teams.

VISITORS AT SCHOOL OF LAW

1. 5th October 2018: Mr. Jason Dickenson, Senior Test Specialist, Law School Admission Council, USA.

2. 11th October 2018: Dr Nadia Naim, Programme Director for LLM International Business Law and Module Leader for International Corporate Law, Birmingham City University delivered a Webinar on International Business Law and LLM programmes at Birmingham City University, UK.

3. 25th February 2019: Dr. Kathryn O’ Sullivan from the Law Department, University of Limerick.

4. 25th April 2019: Andy Unger, Associate Professor and Head of the Law Division, London South Bank University.

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FACULTY AS JUDGES

1. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law participated in the Jury meeting of CII for National IPawards, Pune on 5th October 2018.

2. Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor, Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate and Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar, Research Associate judged the preliminary rounds of the 7th Prof. VS Mani Memorial International Law MootCourt Competition-2018, at the Jaipur National University Jaipur on 6th October 2018.

3. Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate, judged the India Rounds of the N.R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition 2018-19 (India Round) from 26th-28th October, 2018 at Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida.

4. Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate judged the Intra -College Rounds of the Jamia Milia Islamia Faculty ofLaw Moot Court Competition, 17th November 2018.

5. Dr. Garima Tiwari was the jury in the Hult Prize competition held at Bennett University on 6th December 2018on the theme Youth Unemployment.

6. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, has been nominated as part of the three-member committee to for preparingAICTE regulations for promotion of academic integrity and prevention of plagiarism in technical education.

7. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean has been nominated as the Jury for CII IP awards for industry for 2019.

8. Mr. Praveen Tripathi, Assistant Professor was a Judge, National Moot Court on Biodiversity Laws at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru During February 19 - 20, 2019.

9. Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco, Research Associate judged the GD Goenka Intra Moot Court Competition 2019 scheduled on 22nd February 2019.

10. Ms. Bhumika Nanda, Assistant Professor was invited to Judge Oral Rounds - 4th edition of the India National Rounds of the ICC Moot Court Competition hosted by National Law University Delhi from 19th to 21st April 2019.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

1. Prof. V.C.Vivekanandan, “Right to Access for Visually Impaired Persons as a Human Right obligation –Overview of Marrakesh Treaty” in Human Rights -Contemporary Issue-Festschrift in honour of Prof. UpendraBaxi , (ECB New Delhi 2019)

2. Prof. (Dr.) M Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor, published a Book (second edition) RTI: Duty to Disclose:Allahabad Law Agency.

3. Mr. Madhav Mallya, “Anthea Roberts: Is International Law International?”, (2019) Indian Journal of International Law (Book Review-Springer).

4. Ms. Prachi Tyagi, “Independence and Impartiality of arbitrators in International commercial arbitration” in NSS JOURNAL (international referredand peer reviewed journal) (December 2018) ISSN NO.- 2320-8767.

5. Ms. Prachi Tyagi, “Why is my Hijab Your problem: A Jurisprudential Analysis of women behind the Veil” in NLUA Law Review (2019). Vol.3 No. 1. ISSN No.2455-8680.

Faculty in News

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST LECTURES

1. Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco, Research Associate, School of Lawdelivered a Public Lecture on “Careerin Legal Academia- More than Black Coats!” at Unitedworld School of Law,Karnavati University, Gandhinagar,Gujarat on 5th October 2018.

2. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanadan, Dean, School of Law, was a panellist at ‘What Ails Indian Legal Education’conference at 10th Anniversary of Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat on 23rd October 2018.

3. Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco, Research Associate, School of Law, was a panellist at the “Humanising Health: Health For all, Rights for All: A national symposium on public health, human rights and law” organised by Unitedworld School of Law (UWSL) and United world School of Liberal Arts and Mass Communications (USLM), Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and she spoke on “The role of IP in promoting Public Health: A Human rights perspective” on 25th October 2018.

4. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law, gave a lecture at DST sponsored management development programme on “Science Administration and Research Management” at ASCI, Hyderabad on 26th October 2018.

5. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law, was invited togive a lecture at MDP of ISRO scientists on “Commercialization of IPR – Legal issues” at ASCI Hyderabad on 27th October 2018.

6. Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor, School of Law representedIndia as a delegate at the Fourth International Forum on Legal Aid2018 at Taipei, Taiwan held on 1st -3rd November 2018 and spoke on“Working Together with Non-Legal Services”.

7. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, SOL, delivered‘Business Law’ lectures for MS-MBA programme of SUNY Buffalo Business School – Amrita Management programme on 16th and 23rd November 2018 at Bangalore.

8. Dr. Sudha Jha Pathak, Assistant Professor presented paper “WomenPainters of Mithila: A Case Study” at the International Conference on Future of Work, Labour Policy and the Law on 17th -18th November 2018 at National Law University, Delhi.

9. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law delivered a guestlecture on ‘IPR and Commercialization” for ISRO Scientists at ASCI Hyderabad on 19th November 2018.

10. Ms. Bhumika Nanda, Assistant Professor, School of Law conducted a session at

6. Dr. Garima Tiwari, “Gendered Decision Making: The Engagement of the Supreme Court of India with International Norms in the area of women’s rights” (VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee,) Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America – VRÜ (page 499 – 513) Volume 51 (2018), Issue 4, ISSN: 0506-7286, ISSN online: 0506-7286.

7. Dr. Garima Tiwari (co-authored), “Crime of Aggression: Demystifying the Rough Edges from Kampala to Rome”16 ISIL Year Book of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law ix (2016-2017) (pages 84-111)

8. Dr. Sudha Jha Pathak, “The Forgotten Women of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement” published as chapterin the book Understanding Nationalism and Patriotism in the Contemporary World released in the International Conference held in NLU, Delhi on 2-3 March,2019 by Centre for Human Rights and Subaltern Studies (CHSS).

Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco at Karnavati University.

Dr. Garima Tiwari at Taiwan Forum, Taipei

Ms. Bhumika Nanda, POSH Workshop

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the “Policy on Sexual Harassment POSH Workshop” for the first year B. Tech students of Bennett University on 19th November 2018.

11. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law was the Chair of the panel on Commercialziation of R&D at ‘India ASEAN InnoTechSummit’-a two-day international conference on 30th November 2018, at The Lalit Hotel, New Delhi.

12. Dr. Manjula Rani Mallepalli, Associate Professor, School of Law presented her paper on “Shale and Its Impacton Environment, Trade and Laws” at Twenty Third International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2018 towards Sustainable and Greener Future Co-organised by Ministry of Science and Technology and Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Sri Lanka on 23rd -24th of November 2018.

13. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law, was the Chair for ‘Registration of Protectable IP’ TIFAC-DRDO IP conference, 6th December 2018, New Delhi.

14. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law was invited to give a lecture on ‘IP policy and legal issues’ for Women Scientists Programme at ASCI on 10th December 2018, Hyderabad.

15. Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril, Assistant Professor, School of Law presented a paper on “Victim-oriented justice and criminal law amendments: An analysis of India’s approach to sexual violence victims” at the 2nd Nepal Conference on Restorative Justice organized by the Nepal Institute of Justice in Kathmandu, Nepal on 24thNov. 2018.

16. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law wasinvited to give a lecture on ‘IPR and Commercialization’for Strategic Management programme of ASCI, on 10th December 2018, Hyderabad.

17. Dr. Debabrata Baral (Assistant Professor) presented there search project titled, “Lessons for Inclusive Mining Sector: Global Capitalism, State and Rise of Aggressive Local Resistances in India” at 4th edition of the International Summer School on Public Policy taking place in Brasilia on 14th-19th December 2018, organised by IPPA-ENAP. He was also the Discussant for the research paper titled “Multi-casual pathways to Compliance and Noncompliance with policies for female employees in Vietnam: A Fuzzy set qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA).

18. Dr. Debabrata Baral, Assistant Professor, completed a 30 hours course on ‘Policy Design’ Co-ordinated by Professor Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh USA, funded by Escola Nacional de Administration Publica, Brasilia DF on 14th December 2018.

19. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law was invited to give a lecture on IP enforcement of the 38th Induction programme of IPS officers at SV National Police Academy, 17th December 2018, Hyderabad.

Dr. Manjula Rani Mallepalli at Srilanka Symposium

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20. Dr. Suvir Kapur, Assistant Professor presented a paper titled “Jallikattu: Customs, Law and Politics “on at the 44th All India Sociological Conference, Mysuru on 27th December 2018.

21. Dr. Suvir Kapur, Assistant Professor presented a paper titled, “Deepening of Democracy in India: Opportunities and Challenges” at the 58th All India Political Science Conference & International Conference on ASPIRINGINDIA, Meerut on 30th December 2018.

22. Ms. Astha Dhanda, Research Associate, School of Law, Bennett University attended and presented her researchat the Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School Scholars Workshop 2019 held in Bangkok from6th to 10th January 2019.

23. Ms. Bhumika Nanda, Assistant Professor attended as a Delegate a Seminar organised by Asian-African LegalConsultative Organisation (AALCO) in collaboration with Delhi Judicial Academy on ‘operational functioning of the international criminal court and international judicial education: emerging paradigms’ on 12-13 January, 2019 at Delhi Judicial Academy Campus.

24. Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar, Research Associate presented a paper titled, “Artificial Intelligence and InternationalHumanitarian law: Testing the Principles of Necessity, Proportionality and Distinction in Modern Warfare” co-authored with Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor at the National Conference on International Humanitarian Law organised by Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies and International Committee of the Red Cross, Delhi on 19th January 2019.

25. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean School of Law, delivered lectures on ‘Ethics in legal publication’ &‘Understanding Legal Research Tools’ at NLIU Bhopal ‘Capacity Building Programme for Law Teachers’ on 22nd January 2019 at Bhopal.

26. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean School of Law delivered a lecture on ‘Artificial Intelligence and IP issues’at IP Summit 2019 on 23rd January 2019 at Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad.

27. Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate, visited Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur to coach their Jessup team and teach a one-credit course on international investment law from 24th-31st January 2019.

28. Mr. Praveen Tripathi, Assistant Professor presented a paper titled, “Enforcement of FRAND Commitments:A view from India and China” at 4th Work-in-Progress Conference during January 30-31, 2019 organised byARCIALA, School of Law, Singapore Management University at Singapore.

29. Dr. Manjula Rani Mallepalli, Associate Professor, presented a paper on “TRIPS Agreement-Flexibilities andComplexities” at the “First IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference” (IPIRA) held at Kuala Lumpuron 31st January – 1st February 2019; Prof. Manjula also attended the “Research and Teaching MethodologiesWorkshop” on 2nd February 2019. IPIRA is organized by the International Islamic University Malaysia incollaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy, the World Trade Organization(WTO), Texas A&M University School of Law, and the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva.

30. Prof. (Dr.) M Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor delivered Key Note Address on Right to Information as HumanRight at Karnataka State Information Commission’s Conference on “Adjudication process under RTI Act”, on 2nd February 2019 at Bangalore.

31. Dr. Ashita Allamraju, Associate Professor presented two papers in an International Conference on SustainableDevelopment and the World Economy held at the India International Centre on Feb 4-5, 2019: Allamraju A, JainP and Asrani, C “SME and Competition Law” and Asrani C, Allamraju A and Jain P, “ICT Adoption in India”.Prof. Ashita received the Best Paper Award for Paper titled “ICT Adoption in India”

32. Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco, Research Associate Taught a module on“Law and Regulation of Business of Films” at the Times School of Media.

33. Dr. Suman Luhach, Assistant Professor presented a paper co-authoredwith Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor titled, “Exploring Polysemy Approach for Teaching Legal English in Contracts” at the International Conference on Interdisciplinarity of Knowledge, Education and Research organised by the

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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITSPilani Campus on 8th-9th February 2019.

34. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, chaired and Moderated sessions on15 -16 February 2019 at the National Conference on Legal Education at School of Law, Bennett University.

35. Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor spoke on Auditing Clinical Legal Education – A Frozen Ground? at the Conference on TheConundrum of Theory and Practice in Legal Education” on 16th February2019 at School of Law, Bennett University.-16th Feb. 2019 at School of Law, Bennett University.

36. Prof. (Dr.) M Sridhar Acharyulu Professor Presented a paper on “Auditing Clinical Legal Education: Not AFrozen Ground” at National Conference on “Conundrum of theory and practice in Legal Education” on 15th

37. Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril, Assistant Professor, presented on ‘The Ugly Duckling Reimagined – The limits of technology in law school pedagogy’ at the Conference on The Conundrum of Theory and Practice in LegalEducation” on 16th February 2019 at School of Law, Bennett University.

38. Mr. Madhav Mallya, Research Associate spoke on Smart Teachers versus Smart Phones…Teacher as a Trapeze Artist in The Digital Era at the Conference on The Conundrum of Theory and Practice in Legal Education” on16th February 2019 at School of Law, Bennett University.

39. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean gave an invited lecture on IPR for CSIR Scientists on IPR at ASCI, Hyderabad on 18th February 2019.

40. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean, gave an invited lecture on Legal issues in Block Chain /Big Data/ Data Protection & IP international Treaties /PCT at NALSAR Proximate Education, Hyderabad on 21-22 February2019.

41. Ms. Anita Singh, Assistant Professor presented a paper on the Transparency in the GATT Regime: Myth or Reality at the International Conference on International Trade Laws organized by Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and Centre for WTO Studies at Delhi University from February 21 to 23, 2019.

42. Prof. (Dr.) M Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor, Inaugurated National Seminar on “Experiential Learning Methods Nai Taleem” of Deans & Heads of Department of Education from Central Universities of India, organized by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, 27 February 2019.

43. Mr. Ankit Dhoretkar, Research Associate presented a paper titled “Fundamental Rights: The Paradoxical Tussle between the Executive and the Judiciary” at the 1st National Seminar on Development of Constitutional Law inIndia held at the KLE College of Law, Kalamboli, Mumbai on 27th February 2019.

44. Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor delivered a lecture on ‘Weakening the Constitutional Institutions’, at Nellore, on 3rd March 2019, organized by Spandana, an anti-Corruption organization.

45. Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco, Research Associate taught a module on “IPR for Business of Films” and“Information Technology Act” at the Times School of Media.

46. Dr. Suvir Kapur, Assistant Professor presented a paper titled, “Unity in Diversity: Fratricidal Issues in India” at the International Conference on Understanding Nationalism and Patriotism in the Contemporary World) organized by Centre for Human Rights and Subaltern Studies (CHRSS) National Law University, Delhi. (02-03March 2019).

47. Dr. Sudha Jha Pathak, Associate Professor, School of Law presented a paper “The Forgotten Women of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement” at the International Conference on Understanding Nationalism and Patriotism in the Contemporary World held in NLU,

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Delhi on 2-3 March, 2019.

48. Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco,Research Associate presented paper titled “Privacy Concerns in India: The Interaction Between Data Protection and AI” at International Conference on Justice Education, 2019 on the theme “Artificial Intelligence and its Legal Implications”, organised by Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad on 15th- 16th March 2019.

49. Mr. Praveen Tripathi, Assistant Professor was invited as a Resource Person, Advanced Regional Workshop on Biodiversity at North Cap University, Gurugram on March 15, 2019.

50. Prof. Pushp Lata and Dr. Suman Luhach- “Digital Training for Language Teachers: An Exploration into Online Writing Tutorials” .This paper was presented at Oxford Education Research Symposium held at Green Templeton College, Oxford University during 20-22 March 2019.

51. Dr. Suvir Kapur, Assistant Professor presented a paper titled “Impact of Western Ideals, Traditions, Institutions and Practices on Gandhi ji” at the National Conference on Contextualizing Mahatma Gandhi’s Philosophy in the 21st Century: Democracy, Justice, Equality and Non-Violence organised by Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. (March 29-30, 2019)

52. Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Research Associate conducted a one-day workshop on Mediation Skills in India, at School of Law, Lovely Professional University with Sr. Adv Dr. Aman Hingorani on 6th April 2019.

53. Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Research Associate was a key resource person inthe Two-Day Regional Workshop on Biological Diversity Laws in India, held at Bennett University on 25th and 26th April 2019.

54. Mr. Jacob George presented a paper titled, ‘Missing the wood for the trees – The Indian experience with Access & Benefit Sharing under the Biological Diversity Act 2002’ at the Regional Biodiversity Workshop on Biological Biodiversity Laws in India at Bennett University on 26th April 2019.

55. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan, Deal SOL, participated in the Expert Committee meeting on “Academic Integrityand regulation of Plagiarism” of AICTE at Delhi AICTE on 30th April 2019.

Dr. Suvir Kapur at RMNLU Lucknow.

FACULTY PARTICIPATION

1. Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril, Assistant Professor, School of Law, attended an Interactive Session onIntellectual Property and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities held by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and World Intellectual Property Organization at FICCI Bhawan,New Delhi on14th November 2018.

2. Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law participated in the Roundtable on “Ease of Doing Businessand Intellectual Property Rights” organised by WIPO/ CII and DIPP on 15th November 2018 at Delhi.

3. Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor and Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar, Research Associate, School of Law attended theJustice H. R. Khanna Memorial Lecture on the topic “The Dark Shadow of ADM, Jabalpur on Criminal Lawover Five Decades” 15th November 2018 at the Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi.

4. Dr. Garima Tiwari, Assistant Professor and Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar, Research Associate, School of Law attended the Showcase and Symposium by LSAC on The Future of Legal Education in India at Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhion 16th-17th November 2018.

5. Ms. Anita Singh, Assistant Professor, School of Law attended the Business Mediation Summit organised by NUJS, Kolkata and NITI Aayog, Government of India) on 15th December 2018 at PHD Chamber of Commerceand Industry, New Delhi.

6. Dr. Suman Luhach, Assistant Professor completed a six-month online course Legal English offered by Law Skills(Manupatra Edutech Private Ltd) in December 2018.

7. Ms. Bhumika Nanda, Assistant Professor attended a seminar organised by Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) in collaboration with ICRC on Autonomous Weapon Systems, Artificial Intelligence andArmed Conflict, on 8 January 2019.

8. Mr. Jacob George Panickasseril, Assistant Professor attended Panel Discussion on ‘Revitalizing the WTO’by Centre for Trade and Investment Law and International Law Institute at NAFED House, New Delhi on 12thJanuary 2019

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Mr. Praveen Tripathi, Assistant Professor was awarded the Young Asian IP Scholar Award, 2019 by ARCIALA, School of Law, Singapore Management University.

Legal Aid Clinic

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES TO JUSTICE, INDIA

The Legal Aid Clinic of the School of Law, Bennett University has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with International Bridges to Justice, India on various joint initiatives to be undertaken including legal aid training and awareness, capacity building of law students and trial advocates etc. Bennett University through its Vice Chancellor Dr. Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar and IBJ India through Mr. Ajay Verma signed the formal Memorandum of Understanding.

Signing of MoU between IBJ and Legal Aid Clinic

PRO BONO WEEK “LAW MEETING HUMANITY” (11th-14th FEBRUARY 2019)

Legal Aid Clinic of the BU-Law School conducted a Pro Bono Week from 11th-14th February 2019 under the theme of ‘Law meets humanity’. The Pro Bono Week was inaugurated by Prof. (Dr.) M. Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor, School of Law who shared his experience on the importance of having legal aid clinic in the universities.

The event was organised to raise awareness on issues of social importance and provide a platform to students from the School of Law to participate in various events such as Tiny Tales, Voice of the Face, Public Speaking and Mad-Ads. The Legal Aid Clinic also conducted an Outreach programme with children from government schools and Panel Discussion on ‘Locked Up and Forgotten: India’s Mental Health Crisis’. The last day of the Pro Bono week witnessed ‘Yaatna’, a street play performed by the students from the Batch of 2017 and 2018. The Chief Guest for the closing ceremony was Ajay Verma, Chairman, International Bridges to Justice who shared the role of his organization in providing legal aid to prisoners and marginalized section of the society and encouraged students to be part of the initiative. The event ended with an address by Prof. (Dr.) V.C.Vivekanandan, Dean, School of Law and vote of thanks by Ms. Bhumika Nanda, Faculty Convenor, Legal Aid Clinic.

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The School of Law, Bennett University, organised its First inter-college legal festival: L’egalite 2019 on 13th -14th April 2019. The festival was organised to meet some of the exclusive needs of a wholesome law programme. The students of law require to be adept with both oral and written aspects of comprehension and argumentation. The various events and competitions of the fest enabled the students to polish their advocacy, legal and debating skills.

The two days saw several events including: Client Counselling Competition; Legal Quiz; Turn Coat Debate (English) and On-the-Spot Judgement Writing. In addition to the plethora of law-events, the School of Law staged the popular play ‘Court Martial’, performed by the renowned theatre group ‘Sukhmanch’. The faculty coordinators for the same were: Ms. Aafreen Mitchelle Collaco, Mr. Ankit Dhotrekar and Ms. Nidhi Chauhan.

L'egalite 2019

Prof. (Dr.) Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor, BU-SOL, Prof. (Dr.) Sunit Tuli, Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Prof. Tuli and Team of Sukhmanch Theatre who performed the play “Court Martial”.

Client Counselling

List of Winners

Name(s) Event Position Secured

Rupinder Kaur and Yash Singhal, Law Faculty Centre

1, DU

Client Counselling Winners

Amardeep Chahal and Mayank Dahiya, The NorthCap

University

Client Counselling Runner up

Rupinder Kaur, Law Faculty Centre 1, DU

Judgment Writing Winner

Aastha Singh, Llyod Law College

Judgment Writing Runner up

Gaurav Singhal and Mohit Jakhar, Campus Law Centre,

DULegal Quiz Winners

Trivickam Jee and Ankit Agrawal, USLLS, IPU Legal Quiz Runner up

Aayush Aryan, Amity Law College, Delhi Debate Winner

Ananya Garg, Amity Law College, Delhi Debate Runner up

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FACULTY EDITORDr. Garima Tiwari (Assistant Professor)

COPY EDITORDr. Suman Luhach (Assistant Professor)

STUDENT EDITORSAakash, Kanika, Palak, Radhika, Sanjana

PHOTO CREDITSIshan Agarwal, Anubhav Lamba, Jaanvi Singh

Email: garima.tiwari@bennett.edu.in

Website: www.bennett.edu.in/academics/school-

of-law/

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School of Law, Bennett University Faculty with Cornell Faculty

DJ Night at L’egalite Legal Quiz