Abhivyakti Yearbook 2016-17-1
Abhivyakti Yearbook 2016-17-1
Abhivyakti Yearbook 2016-17-1
YEARBOOK
2016-17
Editorial Committee
Saranya Mishra
Ms. Vaijayanti Joshi
Principal, Yojit Pareek
ILS Law College, Pune Rhea Samyal
Roma Rudra
Dr. Nitish Nawsagaray
Assistant Professor Varad Kolhe
ILS Law College, Pune
(D) Publications:
Articles / Chapters published
Sr. Title of paper/chapter Journal/Book Year and citation of
No publication/ ISSN
or ISBN number.
1. Judicial systems during the Honorable Justice S A Ministry of
Moghals, Provincial Legal Bobde et al. Ed. “Courts Information and
Systems: The Marathas ; pp 49- of India Past to present” Broadcasting,
57 Government of
India. 2016
ISBN No. 978-81-
230-2214-7
2. “ICT Access, Disability Human ‘Global Inclusion: University of
Rights, and Social inclusion in Disability, Human Pennsylvania in
India “ Rights, and Information Press-2016
Technology’ edited by
Jonathan Lazar and
Michael Stein.
3. Contesting Abelist Published in PGTD Law RSTM
Constitutionalism: Some Conference Proceeding, Nagpur university,
Reflections PGTD Law RSTM Nagpur
University Nagpur
Other Articles
Sr. Name of Article /chapter Book , editors Publication
No and Year
1. Right to Equality and Freedom of Expression Rastra Seva 2017
Dal, Pune Calendar
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 13
LL.M
1. Introduction to Legal Theory.
(B) Departments and Activities at ILS
1. Recognized Ph.D. guide at ILS Law College, Research Centre.
2. Faculty Coordinator, 7th Intra College Trial Advocacy Competition.
3. Faculty Coordinator, 5th Intra College ‘The Negotiation Challenge'
Competition.
4. Faculty Coordinator, 4th Intra College Client Counselling Competition.
5. Faculty Coordinator, Professor S.P. Sathe 11th Memorial Lecture,
Conference and Moot Court Competition.
6. Faculty Coordinator, 95th Foundation Day of Indian Law Society.
7. Faculty Coordinator, NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation
Council) & IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell)
8. Member of Local Managing Committee, ILS Law College, Pune
9. Faculty Coordinator Human Rights Cell
10. Faculty Coordinator, Legal Aid for III B.A.LL.B. and IV B.S.L,LL.B.
11. Co- Editor, Abhivyakti Year book 2016–2017.
(C) Conferences and Seminars organized/ paper presented
Sr Title Conference/ Participation as Title of Date
No Workshop/ Seminar Resource Presentation /
person/Chairperson/ Presentation.
Paper presenter/ special
meeting Discussant/
attended / Organised
1. National Conference Chairperson Rights Of 20th – 21st
on ‘The Unexplored Children with January
Criminal Law’ in ILS Special 2017
Law College Reference To
POCSO
2. National Conference Chairperson Need For Space 22nd -23rd
on Space Law in ILS Legislation In February,
Law College India 2017
(D) Publications:
Articles / Chapters published:
(D) Publications:
Articles / Chapters published:
1. The Relationship shared by the ‘Fiat Justicia’ Vol IV: June 2016
Right to Information and the Let Justice Be Done ISSN 2320-2696
Protection of Intellectual Published by DES Pg. 48-54
Property with specific reference Navalmal Firodia Law
to copyright and confidential College, Pune.
information.
(G) Publications:
Articles / Chapters published:
Runners-up:
Abhishek from Osho Chell,
and Sarangan from National
Law School of India
University, Bangalore.
Best Speaker:
Taufique Shioogufan from
Shri Venkateshwara College,
Delhi
Best Adjudicator:
Advesh Jhalan from RVCE,
Bangalore
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 31
1. Intercaste marriage and honor killing Six decades of the Indian 3rd June 2017
in Maharashtra - in the context of Constitution and
popular Marathi movie Sairat Codification of Hindu
Laws – Impact on the
Ground, Organised by
Majlis at Pune
6. Fundamental Rights under the Indian Municipal Majdoor Union, 9th October
Constitution. Mumbai. 2016.
10. Sedition, law and Human Rights. UGC Sponsered Special 30th
Winter School 2016-17 September
conducted at Dr. D. Y. Patil 2016.
Law College, Pimpri, Pune
32 ILS Law College
Other Activities:
1. Appointed by SWISSAID as a member of the project advisory committee for its
project titled as Mainstreaming of Nomadic Tribes and De-notified Tribes, Phase
II, which is being implemented in the select NT-DNT hamlets/settlements in
Pune and Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. The duration of the project is 24
months, commencing from July 2015 to June 2017 and the total project budget is
Rs.42,78,900. The project would be implemented by two NGOs namely
Samarthya, Osmanabad and NIRMAN, Pune.
2. Conducted Lectures on course paper of “Principles of Criminal Law” at the
Department of Law, SavitribaiPhule Pune University, Pune.
13. Prof. S.P. Sathe Paper Presenter Human Rights vis-à- 11th and
11th National vis Copyright 12th March
Conference at 2017.
ILS Law College,
Pune.
14. One Day Career Organizer and Paper Health, Social 10th
Counselling cum Presenter. Security, February
Motivation Rehabilitation and 2017.
Workshop at ILS provisions under the
Law College, Rights of Persons with
Pune. Disability Act, 2016.
2nd Runner Up
C.V. Rajmohan
Sumedha Kupaparthy and
Anshrita Rai (II B.A. LL.B.)
2. Selection Round for Intra-College 23 teams participated from III,
Public International IV, and V BSL. LL.B. and II
Law Moot Court and III LL.B.
Competition
(C) Publications:
Articles / Chapters published:
Sr. No Title of paper Journal/Book Year and citation of publication/ ISSN
or ISBN number.
5. Right to International Review ISSN: 0954-0261 (Print) 1369-1627
property, of Psychiatry (Online) Journal homepage:
inheritance, Volume 28, 2016 – http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iirp
and contract Issue 4: Social Justice 20
and persons for People with
with mental Mental Illness
illness”
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 39
6. 1st National National Total 180 contestants from all over India
Constitutional Law participated. More than 15 prizes were
Olympiad, 2017 given.
Winner Rounds Prize Prize Amount
Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar
Winner of Prize
Ms. C & 10000/- +
National
Yamuna 10000/- &
Constitution Chief Justice
Menon Citation
al Olympiad Y. V.
Chandrachud
Prize
Dr. Rajendra
Prasad Prize
Mr. & 5000/- +
First
Siddhart 5000/- &
Runner Up Shri.
h Bhati T. T. Citation
Krishnamacha
ri Prize
Dr. B. N. Rao
Ms. Prize 3000/- +
Second &
Shreya 3000/- &
Runner Up
Yadav Smt. Hansa Citation
Mehta Prize
Gender and Law of Torts 9 days Lecture series 16th February 2016
organized by ILS Law
College Pune
Dr. Rajendra
Prasad Prize
Mr. &
First Runner 5000/- + 5000/-
Siddharth
Up Shri. T. T. & Citation
Bhati
Krishnamachar
i Prize
Dr. B. N. Rao
Prize
Ms. Shreya Second & 3000/- + 3000/-
Yadav Runner Up & Citation
Smt. Hansa
Mehta Prize
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 43
(D) Publication
Articles / Chapters published:
Sr. Venue/
Title/ Topic of lecture Date
No Organisation
of University
at University
Percentage I
Percentage I
No of times
Class from
University
University
Students I
appearing
appearing
Students
Students
Class at
College
College
figures
Class
Total
Total
Total
Total
I LLB 5084 18 0.35 171 10 5.85 16.71
MLL 5 1 20 No
LLM 10 0 0 No
I B.A. LLB
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Tanya Gupta 436 600 First
2. Anuja Chaudhury 435 600 Second
3. Sruti Kalyanikar 433 600 Third
4. Bambulkar Shreya Naresh 429 600 Fourth
5. Ankita Sinha 426 600 Fifth
6. Shreya Choudhary 423 600 Sixth
7. Ritu Sandeep Gaidhani 423 600 Sixth
8. Nikhil Dubey 419 600 Seventh
9. Samiksha Agarwal 419 600 Seventh
10. Palak Lall 418 600 Eighth
11. Kanak Malik 417 600 Ninth
12. Anshritha Rai 417 600 Ninth
13. Vaibhav Chitlangia 415 600 Tenth
14. Ananya Iyer 415 600 Tenth
15. Aastha Saily 415 600 Tenth
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 51
II B.A. LL.B.
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Shubhangi Mishra 430 600 First
2. Pragya Sharma 427 600 Second
3. Ragini Nagpal 426 600 Third
4. Sonal Jain 426 600 Third
5. Roma Rudra 416 600 Fourth
6. Neha Deshmukh 415 600 Fifth
7. Rama Shripad Kapil 413 600 Sixth
8. Tanaya Harshad Desai 413 600 Sixth
9. Mahima Saini 411 600 Seventh
10. Prachi Acharya 411 600 Seventh
11. Samarth Saxena 411 600 Seventh
12. Joshi Renuka Kishor 411 600 Seventh
13. Bhagat Raj Nandan 410 600 Eighth
14. Stephanie George Nazareth 410 600 Eighth
15. Rishab D Desai 409 600 Ninth
16. Umang Kapoor 409 600 Ninth
17. Richa Sati 409 600 Ninth
18. Sharanya Ramakrishnan 408 600 Tenth
19. Sheethal Menon 408 600 Tenth
20. Pranita Radheshyam Saboo 408 600 Tenth
IV B.S.L. LL.B.
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Urvashi Mehta 528 800 First
2. Himanshi Tyagi 521 800 Second
3. Garima Kirti 519 800 Third
4. Sriram Krishna Chaithanya 517 800 Fourth
5. Shreya Rajlakshmi 505 800 Fifth
6. Harpale Rachna Ravindra 504 800 Sixth
7. Aman Anand 503 800 Seventh
8. Tanya Singh 500 800 Eighth
9. Jyothi Ratna Anumolu 499 800 Ninth
10. Hamsini Marada 497 800 Tenth
11. Karishma Assudani 497 800 Tenth
V B.S.L. LL.B.
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Sinha Tuhin Vijay 628 900 First
2. Tripathi Shruti Anand 610 900 Second
3. Rana Apoorva Rajinder 607 900 Third
4. Sinha Ayusmita Paritosh 600 900 Fourth
5. Sangeetha Ganesh 597 900 Fifth
6. Oswal Chirag 588 900 Sixth
7. Kumar Anisha Vinod 588 900 Sixth
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 53
I LL.B.
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Amrutha Aravind 554 900 First
2. Tina Mariam Eapen 550 900 Second
3. Nayana Gautam 550 900 Second
4. Pawar Nitish Kisan 548 900 Fourth
5. Ambika Kajal 544 900 Fifth
6. Srisidhi Sudhir Sabne 541 900 Seventh
7. Karan Arora 540 900 Eighth
8. Mhatarmare Sukrut Sanjay 539 900 Ninth
9. Vaidya Mugdha Avdhoot 538 900 Tenth
10. Saluja Ashishkaur Baldeosingh 538 900 Tenth
II LL.B.
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Ashish Sharma 568 900 First
2. Shashwati Diksha 555 900 Second
3. Shraddha Anil Pawar 554 900 Third
4. Maitreyee Satyawrat Kulkarni 554 900 Third
5. Sanjoli Saraf 553 900 Fourth
6. Manu Nahata 552 900 Fifth
7. Vaghasiya Disha Bharat 550 900 Sixth
8. Aksheen Mathur 547 900 Seventh
9. Gandhi Viren Narendra 547 900 Seventh
54 ILS Law College
III LL.B.
Marks Maximum University
Sr No Name
Obtained Marks Rank
1. Kulkarni Shrushti Sanjay 655 1000 First
2. Machave Manish Yeshvant 636 1000 Fourth
3. Bhargavi S 625 1000 Sixth
4. Damle Tanvi Ajit 622 1000 Eighth
5. Shahreen Raza 621 1000 Ninth
6. Bansari Joshi 620 1000 Tenth
and Arbitration Law. The semi-final rounds were judged by 8 practicing advocated
from Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
12 students qualified to the final rounds. The students argued the semi-finals’ same
case in the final rounds and the round was judged by Mr. Jai Dehadrai , Advocate,
Supreme Court of India and Mr. Devendra Saralkar, Advocate.
The competition was organised by Aayush Mitruka as coordinator of Advocacy Skills
Activities along with AkhilaPalem, Anindita Chaterjee, Hamsini Marada, Manasi
Kalvit, Prem Bhushan, Shireen Dhar, Shivani Rajesh and Yojit Pareek.
Results:
Rank 1: Alefiya Shipchandler (III B.A.LL.B.)
Rank 2: Vivek Narayan (IV B.S.L.LL.B.)
Rank 3: Aarti Ranade (IV B.S.L.LL.B.)
The Semi-Final round was conducted on the same cases the very next day, 2nd March,
2017.
There were 4 courtrooms with 54 participants. The Semi-Final Round was judged by
esteemed LLM students of ILS Law College and faculty members, Dr, Bhagwan
Gawali, Dr. Pratap Salunke, Ms. Rewati Naik and Mr. Nivrutti Chapke.
Participants finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd from each courtrooms were declared finalists.
Following students qualified to the finals of Novice Moot Court Competition, 2017-
Erika Doulton, Aditi Desai, Sanjana Raman, Aishwarya Deshpande, Atharva Joshi,
Poornima Jacob, Trishala Shetty, Vyoma Dalal, Gaurav Utagikar, Ahana Bharadwaj,
Khyati Mehrotra and Neil Ubhayakar.
The final round of Novice Moot Court Competition, 2017, was held on 9th March,
2017. The problem for the finals was drafted by Anmol Lund (III B.A.LL.B.) and
Aishwaya Dixit (II B.A.LL.B.). The orientation for the problem was held on 3rd March,
2017, by Aayush Mitruka (V B.S.L. LL.B.).The judges for the round were Dr. Medha
Kolhatkar and Dr. Rohini Gote.
The competition was organised by Indraneel Godsey as coordinator along with
Anandita Dhankher, Harshal Sadhwani, Neha Deshmukh, Sharanya Shivraman,
Tvishe Pant and Ziauddin Sherkar.
Prizes:
Rank 1: Ahana Bharadwaj
Rank 2: Khyati Mehrotra
Rank 3: Aishwarya Deshpande
The Semi Final Round: A total of eight teams went to the Semi Final rounds. There
were two chambers, four teams being in each chamber. The Semi- Final problem was
based on Constitutional Law and was drafted by Aayush Mitruka (V B.S.L. and
Akhila Palem (V B.S.L.). One team from each chamber was selected to go to the Final
round.
The Final Round: The final rounds of ‘4th ILS Intra College Client Consultation
Competition, 2016’ were held on the 20th of August, 2016. The Problem was on
Company Law and was drafted by Mr. Rutunjay Singh and Mr. Anshul Chopra from
AZB Bangalore. The judges for this round were Mr. Abhishek Kalra and Ms. Urvashi
Mishra from AZB & Partners, Pune.
The Winners: The team adjudged as winner comprised of Ramkishore Karnam and
Angira Chakraborty (V B.S.L. LL.B.). The runners-up were Suhail Rashid Bhat (III
LL.B) and Trisha Roy (III LL.B). AZB & Partners, Pune would be providing internship
opportunities to the winners of the competition. Anoop George (II B.S.L. LL.B) won
the “Best Client” award.
for the quarter final rounds. Teams which qualified for the quarters were ILS Law
College, Institute of Law (Nirma University), School of Law (Christ University),
University Institute of Legal Studies (Panjab University), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya
National Law University (Lucknow), Symbiosis Law School (Noida), NUALS (Kochi)
and Department of Laws (Panjab University).
Quarter Final Round
The quarter final round was held on 24th of September 2016. Total 8 teams argued to
qualify to semi-final rounds in 4 court rooms. Quarter final round was judged by
alumni of ILS and practicing professionals from the field. ILS Law College, School of
Law (Christ University), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
(Lucknow) and Department of Laws (Panjab University) qualified for Semi final
round.
Semi Final Round
Semi-final round was held on 25th of September 2016. It was judged by Mr. J. Sai
Deepak, Mr. Krishna Mohan Menon, Dr. Pratap Salunkhe,
Ms. Madhupreetha Elango, Mr. Piyush Kumar and Mr. Deepakar Livingston. ILS
Law College and School of Law Christ University qualified to the final round.
Final Round
Final round was held in Conference hall in Saraswati building. Mr. Rohan K. George,
Mr. Ravi Deshpande and Ms. Nidhi Kukade judged this round. ILS Law College
emerged as a winner of the competition.
Results:
Winners: ILS Law College
Runners Up: School of Law, Christ University
Best Team in Maharashtra: ILS Law College
Best Memorial: Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
Second Best Memorial: NUALS, Cochin
Best Speaker for the Finals: Alefiya Shipchandler (ILS Law College)
Best Advocate: Alefiya Shipchandler (ILS Law College)
Second Best Advocate: Devesh Purohit (Nirma University)
ILS Law College. The competition was open for the students from the last two years
of B.A.LL.B and LL.B. courses and also for LL.M. students. A total of 41 students
participated in the competition. The completion is unique in its form and procedure.
Before the Competition, Dr. Nilima Bhadbhade guided the participants on the
various aspects of judgement writing. She discussed with participants, the outline of
a judgment, its contents and its style, and also the law relating to leases, land lord–
tenant disputes and eviction proceedings before Small Causes Court.
Chief Guest for the competition was Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi,
Judge Bombay High Court. She inaugurated the Competition, presided over the
proceedings as its judge and guided the students about the subject matter and about
how to write a judgment. Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Mridula Bhatkar also marked her
presence for the completion by staying throughout the court proceedings and gave
tips about writing a judgment to all the participants.
The case for the competition this year was related to eviction proceedings by a Land
Lord against a Tenant before Small Causes Court. The brief consisting of plaint,
written statement, affidavits of examination in chief, cross examination of parties,
sketch of the suit property and other documents was circulated to participants two
days before the Competition. This brief was created from the facts of a decided Civil
Suit before Small Causes Court with similar facts. Substantial modification and
changes to the case, for the competition, were made by Dr. Nilima Bhadbhade and
Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi.
During the Competition, Mr. Shrikant Kanetkar, (Advocate, Pune) presented
arguments for the Plaintiff and Mr. P.V. Hardikar, (Advocate, Pune) presented the
arguments for the Defendant. Hon’ble Mrs. Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was the judge in
the proceedings. All the participants had the opportunity to hear arguments of the
parties and to discuss their difficulties with the judge, before they proceeded to write
the judgment while having full access to the law library. Participants got to
experience how advocates argue with persuasion, besides the fact that arguments are
not one sided activity, but rather a conversation or dialogue between the advocate
and the judge. Teachers and other students witnessed the proceedings.
Trainee judges of the Maharashtra Judicial Academy and Indian Mediation Centre
and Training Institute, Uttan- Gorai Road, Uttan Bhayander, Thane assessed the
judgments.
Justice Mridula Bhatkar has instituted prizes in memory of Shri. P.N. Behere.
First Prize Rs. 2500/-Amol Hunge, V B.S.L. LL.B.
Second Prize Rs. 2000/- Pooja Kadam, III LL.B.
Special Prize in Marathi Rs. 1500/- Lalit Bhagwat Devkate IV B.S.L. LL.B.
ABHIVYAKTI Yearbook 2016-17 65
Akshay Karlekar (III BSL.LL.B) and Harshita Garg (III BSL.LL.B) with Neha Kumari
(III BSL.LL.B) represented the College at 13th K K Luthra Memorial Moot Court
Competition organised by Campus Law Centre, Delhi. They argued a case relating to
International Criminal Law.
Akhila Palem, Stephanie Nazerath and Meghana Kumar represented the College at
the Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition at National Law University,
Delhi. They argued a case relating to Media Law.
Aayush Mitruka, Ritwik Kulkarni, Akhila Palem and Hamsini Marada (all from IV
BSL.LL.B ) represented the College at 1st Annual Jindal Technology and Policy Moot,
held at Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat. They argued a case relating to Intellectual
Property Law and Competition Law. The team won the Competition and Akhila
received the award for Best Speaker.
Rishab Desai (III BA LL.B), Ragini Nagpal (III BA LL.B) and Rajmohan CV
(II BA LL.B) represented the College at 7th KR Ramamani Memoril Taxation Moot
Court Competition. The team secured 1st position.
Richa Sati, Dolly Samyal and Roma Rudra ( all from III BA LL.B) represented ILS Law
College at 2nd Technolegal Moot Court Competition organised by UPES College of
Law Dehradun. The team aregued a case related to Intellectual Property Right Law.
The team Won the competition.
Yalini Ravi (IV BSL.LL.B) and Alefiyah Shipchandler (III BSL.LL.B) with Sharanya
Shivaraman (III BSL.LL.B) represented the College at 8th NLU J Anti-trust Moot
Court Competition organised by NLU Jodhpur. They argued a case relating to
Competition Law.The team won the moot Court Competition and also the Best memo
Award. Yalini Was adjudged as Best Speaker for Finals whereas Alifiya was declared
as 2nd Best Speaker of the Competition.
Soham Goswami (IV BSL.LL.B) and Avni Sharma (IV BSL.LL.B) represented the
College at 8th Judgment Deliberation Competition organised by GLC, Mumbai. They
dealt with a case relating to Competition Law. The team won the Competition.
Disha Surpuriya (III BSL.LL.B) and Sridaatri mukherjee (II BA.LL.B) with Akanksha
Apte (III BSL.LL.B) represented the College at Dr. Annasaheb G. D. Bendale 12th
National Moot Court Competition, organised by S. S. Maniyar Law College, Jalgaon.
They argued a case relating to Hindu Law of Succession. The team won the moot.
Disha Surpuriya was adjudged as best Advocate.
Akhila Palem and Hamsini Maradawith Tanushri Nigam represented the College at
Pune by Yashwantrao Chavan Law College. They argued a case relating to secularism
under the Indian Constitution. The team won the first prize. Akhila Palem was
adjudged as the Best Speaker.
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Varad Kolhe (II BA.LL.B) and Nikhil Dubey (II BA.LL.B) represented the College at
Late Shri Vijay Chavan Memorial Moot Court Competition organised by BMCC
Pune. They argued a case relating to IP Law. The team was adjudged as the Best
Team and won the award for Best Memorial.
Afreen Abbasi (IV BSL.LL.B) and Gitanjali Sharma (IV BSL.LL.B) represented the
College at Treaty Appreciation Competition organised by GLC Mumbai. They dealt
with the problem related to Competition Law. The team won the competition.
Angira Chakraborthy (V BSL.LL.B) and Shreya Rajlakshmi (V BSL.LL.B) with Tarun
Srikanth (III BSL.LL.B) represented the College, at 3rd NLUO International Maritime
Arbitration Moot organised at Cuttack. They argued a case relating to International
Maritime Law and Arbitration Law. The team was declared as Runners up.
Rahul Agarwal (IV BSL.LL.B) and Siddhant nanodkar (IV BSL.LL.B) with Divya
Tyagi (IV BSL.LL.B) represented the College at 2nd Annual Ratio Nibus Jure National
Moot Court Competition, organised by SRM School of Law, Chennai. They argued a
case relating to Public International Law. The team was adjudged as 2nd Runner’s up
and received the award for Best Memorial. Divya received the award for Best
Speaker.
Yash Kane (IV BSL.LL.B) and Suganshi Ropia (III BSL.LL.B) with Shreya Prasad (III
BSL.LL.B) represented the College at All India Moot Court Competition organised by
ULC Bangalore. They argued a case relating to Constitutional Law. The team was
adjudged as Runners Up.
Tarun Kumar SJ (III BSL.LL.B) and Sonal Jain (III BSL.LL.B) with Saumya Malviya (III
BSL.LL.B) represented the College, at WBNUJS- Herbert Smith Free hills National
Corporate Law Moot Court Competition organised at WBNUJS, Kolkatta. They
argued a case relating to Company Law. The team was declared as semi finalist.
Anuja Cahudhury (II BA.LL.B) and Soumya Singh (IIBA.LL.B) with Chithira
Venugopal (II BA.LL.B) represented the College at 3rd Damodaran Sanjeevayya
National Moot Court Competition organised by NLU, Vishakhapatnam. They argued
a case relating to Competition Law. The team qualified to Semi Final Round.
Jafreena Cassad (II BA.LL.B) and Shishya Goyal (II BA.LL.B) with Sruthi Jayaprakash
(II BA.LL.B) represented the College at P. B. Sawant National Moot Court
Competition organised by Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune. They argued a
case relating to Constitutional law. The team qualified to the final round.
Anuradha Bandhopadhyay (II BA.LL.B) and Anchita Sanghi (II BA.LL.B) with Ashna
Chhabra (II BA.LL.B) represented the College at 2nd G. D. Goenka Moot Court
Competition organised by School of Law, Goenka University,Gurgaon. They argued
a case relating to Competition Law. The Team was declared as Semi finalists.
68 ILS Law College
Ayana Unnikrishnan (II BA.LL.B) and Merin Mathew (II BA.LL.B) with Renuka
Mahajan (II BA.LL.B) represented the College at Lokmanya Tilak National Appellate
Moot Court Competition, organised by DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law
College,Pune. They argued a case relating to Matrimonial Case involving Divorce.
Darshan Govardhan Thube (III BSL.LL.B) and Varun Rajendra Wankhade (III
BSL.LL.B) with Vaishnav Gajanan Ingole (III BSL.LL.B) represented the College at 12
All India Moot Court Competition, organised by GLC Trivandrum. They argued a
case relating to MPT Act.
Yash Bansal (IV BSL.LL.B) and Parmeet Batra (IV BSL.LL.B) represented the College
at 2nd National ADR Competition organised by Christ University, bangalore. They
negotiated the problem based on Contract and Investment Law. The team was semi-
finalist as recognized as “Spirit of the Competition”.
Suhail Bhat (III LLB) and Trisha Roy (III LLB) represented the College at 6th National
UILS Client Counselling Competition organised by UILS Chandigarh. They argued a
case relating to Criminal Law.
Samarth Saxena (III BSL.LL.B) and Indranil Ghawade (III BSL.LL.B) with Mohit
Talwar (III BA.LL.B) represented the College at 2nd Christ National ADR Competition
organised by Christ University, Bangalore. They negotiated a case relating to
Contract and IP Law.
Vriti Soni (III BA.LL.B) and Mahima Saini (III BA.LL.B) with Divyashree Dacha (II
BA.LL.B) represented the College at Kerala by Kerala Law Academy. They argued a
case relating to Constitutional law.
Prem Bhushan (IV BSL.LL.B) and Manasi Kalvit (V BSL.LL.B) with Jamila Merchant
(IV BSL.LL.B) represented the College at Noida by Amity Law Scool. They argued a
case relating to Constitutional Law.
Ayush Chaddha (III BA.LL.B) and Asmit Agarwal (III BA.LL.B) with Meghna Kumar
(III BA.LL.B) represented the College at Bangalore by MS Ramaih College. They
argued a case relating to Constitutional Law and Tort Law.
Anoushka Goyal (IV BSL.LL.B) and Deepika Menon (IV BSL.LL.B) with Sushil Sarayu
(IV BSL.LL.B) represented the College at Patiala by Punjab School of law. They
argued a case relating to Constitution and Crimes.
Tishita Mukherjee (IV BSL.LL.B) and Tanvi Dabir (IV BSL.LL.B) with Aishwarya
Ambardekar (IV BSL.LL.B) represented the College at Surat by Auro University,
Surat, Gujrat. They argued a case relating to criminal Law.
Keshav Raheja (III BA.LL.B) and Sharanya Mishra (III BA.LL.B) represented the
College at 7th National Judgment Analysis competition by DES Navalmal Firodia Law
College,Pune. They analyzed a case to qualify to the finalround.
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Sushrey Nepal (IV BSL.LL.B) and Anchita Nair (IV BSL.LL.B) with Harshita Garg (III
BA.LL.B) represented the College at Chennai by SRM School of Law, Chennai.
Aavish Kant (IV BSL.LL.B), Shubham Reel (III BA.LL.B) and Rupal Panganti (III
BA.LL.B) represented the College at LokmanyaTilak 3rd State Moot Court
Competition at Pune. They argued a case relating to Constitutional Law.
Radhika Thakre (II BA.LL.B) and VaishnaviKalbhor (II BA.LL.B) represented the
College at Kashibai Navale 3rd National Moot Court Competition at Sinhgad Law
College, Pune. They argued a case relating to Freedom of Speech and Expression and
Sedition law.
DEBATING SOCIETY
Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Nitish Nawsagaray
I. ENGLISH DEBATING SOCIETY
The English Debating Society (“Debating Society”) has organised and undertaken
various events in the academic year 2016-2017. This academic session saw the
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help from the above sponsors, we were able to introduce more prizes this year and
motivate debaters to continue taking part in tournaments in the future.
Produced below is a list of the various activities and achievements of the students in
various MUNs, PDs and Conventional Debates and Elocutions.
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES:
Students have represented ILS in various inter-collegiate Parliamentary Debate
Competitions namely:
1) NALSAR, Hyderabad - Ananya Iyer and Parvesh Baba, Awani Kelkar and Sangh
Rakshita, Shreya Choudhary and Sruthi Bandhakavi. Adjudicators - Tanya
Srivastava, Tarun Srikant, Malvika Raghavan, Ipshita Dey, Shreya Prasad and
Anshritha Rai
2) Symbiosis Law School, Pune – Lisa Mishra and Parvesh Baba, Ananya
Iyer and Anant Misra, Anoop George and Chandrasekhar S. Haridh, Mohith
Gauri and Ziauddin Sherkar, Himanshu Patil and Rudhdi Walawalkar , N
Raghav Harini and Advait Helekar.
3) Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune - Ziauddin Sherkar and Mohith Gauri
(Semi-finalist), Lisa Thomas and Parvesh Baba. Adjudicators: Nishka Tyagi,
Eksha Narayan, Tarun Kumar (Adjudicated Novice Finals), Malvika Raghavan,
Shreya Mohapatra, Sruthi Bandhakavi.
4) GNLU, Gandhinagar - Shreya Choudhary and Pranav Bafna, Lisa Mishra and
Parvesh Baba (Quarter Finalists), Arnav Sinha and Eksha. Adjudicator: Sridatri
5) IIM Indore Varsity Debate – Malvika Raghavan (Best Adjudicator), Tarun Srikant,
Diksha Mishra and Anchitha Sanghi, Aasaavari Soni and Shubhanyu Singh and
Shruti Bandhakavi.
6) NMIMS School of Law PD – Himanshu Patil, Raina Mitra and Poornima Jacob
7) Indian Women's Debating Championship, Mumbai – N Raghav Harini and
Rudhdi Walawalkar
8) Visvesvaraya Memorial Debate Competition - Mohith Gauri and Ziauddin
Sherkar (winners), Anoop George and Chandrasekhar Haridh, Raina Mitra and
Himanshu Patil.Rudhdi Walawalkar and Ramkrishna Panigrahi., Saurav Roy and
Lisa Mishra (Runners-up)
9) GLC National Parliamentary Debate, Mumbai - Lisa Mishra and Saurav Roy,
Anoop George and Chandrasekhar Haridh, Mohith Gauri and Ziauddin Sherkar,
Raina Mitra and Himanshu Patil (Novice Finalists), Saloni Dhumal and Debayan
Gangopadhyay, PoornimaJacob and Rudhdi Walawalkar, Ramkrishna Panigrahi
and RoseMathew, Saksham Jain and Aditya Ingole, Arihant Mohnot and Akshat
Jain, Siddhanth Kapoor and Aditya Nair.
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all over Maharashtra. The participants were given four topics to speak in the
preliminary round. The final round was extempore, where the topics were provided
on the spot. The competition was judged by Mr. Swapnil Bapat, Mr. Shreeranjan
Awate, Mrs. Swati Gaikwad and Dr. Suvarna Nilakh.
Results :
First position – Prashant Thakare, Shankarrao Mohite College, Akaluj
Second position – Rohit Deshmukh, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth,Pune.
Third position – Aditya Kulkarni, Sathe College, Mumbai.
Consolation prize– Harshali Ghule, Sociology Department, SPPU, Pune.
Consolation prize – Swanand Gangul, T.M.C. Law College, Thane.
The student coordinators Swapnil Falke, Harshita Shahapurkar, Rahul Gangurde,
Deepak Chatap, Krushna Karche, Prajakta Nagrare,Sagar Samant, Aishwariya
Ambulkar, Satyajit lanage, Shubham Barkade, Rutuja Bhagavat, Prajakta
Zalke,Sharvari, Ashwini, Bodhi Ramteke assisted in successful organization of the
elocution competition. The competition was generously sponsored by Hotel Surve’s,
Pune.
Students of ILS Law College participated in various Elocution and Debating
Competitions in the Academic Year 2016-2017.
List of Student Participated in Various Elocution Competition in the Academic
year 2016-2017
4 “VAKTADASHASAHA
Ishwari Pendse (1st LLB) STRASHU” State Level Ishwari Pendse
Elocution Competition, (1st LLB),
Revati Bagade(1st B.A.L.LB)
Organized by Finalist for Pune
LOKASATTA NEWS Division*.
MEDIA
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Faculty Coordinator: Mr. Santosh Jaybhay
ILS Law College has been a proud participant in the cultural heritage of Pune in this
present year of 2016-17. Talents were explored and many opportunities were seized
by the students of the college. Many inter collegeate cultural competetions made a
mark on the flow of the events. The report given below tries to sum up the effort and
enthusiasm of the students throughout the year. The report enlists the activities of
theatre group of ILS. The events are stated chronologically.
• Symbiosis Karandak
Two teams of 7 students each participated in the competition. The Natyavachan
basically creates an illusion through voice that the present scenario is performed
live on the stage. It is one of the most studied and researched form of theatre.
Karmachari: It was an adaptation of a story ‘Gokhale’ by V. P. Kale. Nrupal
Digankar (III BALLB) won a consolation prize for her acting in the play.
Khurada: This story was written by Shubham Gade (III B.A. LL.B.). This play was
adjudged as winner of the Symbiosis Karandak. Tanvi Karmarkar (V B.S.L.LL.B)
was awarded consolation prize for best direction and Renuka Joshi (III BALLB)
was awarded best acting overall.
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• Purushottam Karandak
It is one of the most esteemed competitions for intercollegiate drama. ILS perform
a one act play GIRAN written by Ninad Pathak (D.T.L.). This play ‘GIRAAN’
depicts the story of Mangala a devotee of Kaludevi who wants her daughter to
learn and not get into the business of religious offerings. The story takes the
audience through mangala’s struggle through a realistic form of theatre. The folk
arts of Maharashtra give the act another aura.
A Team of 16 students performed the play and it was place in the category of
Dreams TO Reality, where only the best 12 plays are placed. The lead played by
Aishwarya Wakhare from IV BSLLLB was awarded with consolation acting prize
for primary round. The social touch of the story was appreciated.
• Dajikaka Gadgil Karandak
This competition is organized in the loving memory of late Dajikaka Gadgil .Two
teams from ILS participated in this event.
Paij: Paij was a light hearted drama and it was appreciated by the audience.
Giraan: Giraan was much appreciated by the judges. Renuka Joshi and Aishwarya
Wakhare fetched acting prizes for their role in giraan.
• Sarpotdar karandak
It is an impromptu drama is the essence of Sarpotdar Karandak organized by
BMCC, Pune. Two teams participated each containing 7 students. Two
improvisation were performed,Behene Do and Signature. Saee Tamhankar (V
BSLLLB) won best Actor (Female) 2nd .Both the improvisations were entertaining
as said by judges.
• Firodiya karandak
Firodia Karandak is an intercollegiate multitalented drama competition. As the
name suggests, it involve live music, dance, acting, arts, craft and other events.
All of them tied in a single thread of the theme which is best depicted by drama
and actors.
‘ASTITVA’ was the name of the performance. A girl’s chastity was challenged by
a virginity test on her first wedded night. Her father stands beside her to prove
her innocence and also goes against the suppressive societal norms of the Pardhis.
A distinctive culture was the colour of this performance. A team of 29 students
made this performance possible. The said competition was held in rounds. This
play qualified till the primary round.
• Legal Ease 2016-2017
Legal Ease is an annual cultural festival of our college. Legal Ease 2016-2017 was
held from 22nd December 2016 to 25th December 2016. The theme for this year’s
festival was beyond black and white and so was executed in the whole campus.
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Various competitions were conducted. The theme of Ace Legal Ease this year was
“Beyond Black and White....” The theme was an attempt to show the world the
Colourful world of a lawyer, and tell the common people that the world of a
lawyer is much more than the black and white colour he dons at work.
Sukhan the programme on Urdu literature was enjoyed by students. Fashion
show and band performance made annual gathering more special. Ace Academy
supported the event as a title sponsor.
This event was also supported in cash and kind by various sponsers such as
Syndicate Bank, Jintur Sahkari Cooperative Bank, Tea Trails, Talwalkars, Lunges
Gym, Dominos, Burger King, Solaris, Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, E- Square, Javed
Habib, Jazz Up saloon, Sakaal Times, Prabhat and Radio One.
Before the festival the students were asked to draft a “Break Up Act of 2016” a
legislation that covers and governs Break Ups and Relationships, the idea behind
this activity was that the Students always had participated in the Moot Courts,
Judgement Writing, Statute Interpretation but they never had a chance to draft a
statute or an act. So the idea was to let the students draft a law but on a lighter
note and a humorous topic. The winning entry was read out in front of the
Annual Gathering amidst much laughter and applause. The annual gathering was
further followed by the stellar concert performance by the College Band “Vidhi”.
• ILS dance group- Aadhya
"Aadhya" is the official dance group of ILS Law College, Pune. It was formed in
2006 and has evolved ever since. The team consists of students who are selected
by a session of auditions that are conducted at the beginning of each academic
year. This year, Aadhya was headed by Amol Jagtap, M. Monisha and Kruti
Gogri of 5th B.S.L.LL.B.
The academic year 2016-17 has been a very eventful and successful one for
Aadhya. The year began with the contingent team participating in Malhar, 2016,
organized by St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Malhar being one of India's largest
Inter-College fests, the competition was in terms of standard and spirit, very
intense. The team secured the Runner's Up position and was most appreciated for
the theme portrayed at the competition.
Aadhya, as a group believes dance to be strong medium of expression and has
always depicted powerful and potent themes through their acts. This peculiarity
has always been a hallmark of the team. Some of the past themes depicted by the
team have addressed issues relating to Ragging, Women's Rights, Honour Killing,
etc. This year Aadhya came forward with yet another remarkable theme. It
revolved around the draught crisis that resulted in an enormous number of
farmer suicides in recent past in India.
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The team also went on to secure the Runner's Up position at Fundamental, 2016,
the Inter-College fest organised by Symbiosis School of Design, Pune and the
Second Runner's Up at Laissez Faire, 2016, the Inter-College fest organised by
Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune.
Aadhya also performed at the Independence Day flag hoisting celebrations of ILS,
Legal Ease 2016- the Intra-College Fest and Aahwan 2016 -the Intra-College
Drama Competition.
Aadhya has been on a growing journey and wishes to continue spreading socially
relevant messages through the powerful medium of dance as a form of Art.
Aadhya also wishes to bring home many more accolades and to continue to do
ILS proud.
The band witnessed many unforgettable moments like the abrupt show of torch
lights by the Audience during one of the songs, the whole of the auditorium
dazzled with sparkling torches and made an unforgettable picture perfect
moment.
• VIDHI ( ILS band)
VIDHI, the Law College, band consists of various musicians from different
batches. New forms of music and recreational all time classics forms were
experimented with, be it from Bollywood or the west.
VIDHI consisted of the following members:
1. Jacob Thomas –Lead vocalist and Keyboards.
2. Indrajeet Handique – Lead guitarist
3. Asmit Agarwal – Bass
4. Varad Kolhe – Keyboards/ Vocalist.
5. Priyank Dagga – Tabala/ Percussion
6. Ayush Wadhi – Rhythm Guitar
7. Dipali Singh – Vocalist
8. Tanvi Guleria - Vocalist
For the academic year 2016-2017, VIDHI performed for the following events in the
college:
1. Legal Ease 2016
2. Aawahan 2017
3. One Day Motivational Workshop For The Blind
Apart from these events conducted in college, members of VIDHI also represented
the college in the following:
1. Panache – Annual Cultural Festival of Cummins College.
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SPORTS
Faculty Coordinator: Mr. Santosh Jaybhay
At ILS Law College, due care is taken to make sure that the fitness levels of students
are high. The College offers a variety of sports. Excellent game fields for Football and
Cricket have been provided. ILS Law College also has a well-furnished sports
complex which includes a Swimming Pool, a Gymnasium, and Table Tennis Courts
Yoga / Aerobic room & amenities for indoor games. Lawn Tennis Courts, Volley Ball
Courts, Athletic field, Basket Ball Courts and Badminton Courts are the other sports
events that college offers to develop competitive spirit and camaraderie.
We create innovative and exciting ways to engage and inspire all students regardless
of their age, so they have the chance to take part in high quality physical education
and enjoy being active.
• Inter-College:
In the academic year 2016-2017, our contingent went to NLSIU, Bengaluru’s
Sports Fest Spiritus and participated in Basketball (Men and Women),Volley Ball
(Men and Women), Athletics(100m,200m, 400m and 1500m),Throwball (Women),
Lawn Tennis (Men and Women), Table Tennis (Men and Women), Chess,Carrom
etc. Shyamli Indolia won the Bronze in 1500m and Shot Put (Women)
Also, the contingent of 72 students visited WBNUJS Kolkata for Sports Fest
INVICTA in the month of February and participated in Basketball (Men and
Women),Volley Ball (Men and Women), Athletics(100m,200m, 400m and
1500m),Throwball (Women), Lawn Tennis (Men and Women), Football (Men and
Women) Table Tennis (Men and Women), Chess,Carrom etc. They won Gold
Medals in Cricket, Women Kabaddi, Women Tug of War, Chess, Tennis and
bagged a Silver Medal in Basketball Men.
ILS Men’s cricket team was declared winners in a Cricket Tournament organized
by AKK New Law Academy.
Name of the
Level
competition along Rank
Sr. No. Name of Sport International/National/
with Organizers Achieved
State/ University
name
• Intra College :
ILS Sports Cell also organised its Annual Intra-College Sports Fest “Legal Ease” in
the month of December, 2016 which saw the participation of 550 students from all
the batches in events like:
• Cricket (Men and Women) which was won by IV BSL LLB and II BA LLB in the
Men’s and Women’s Category respectively.
• Volleyball (Men and Mixed) witnessed V BSL LLB as winner in both the
categories
• Athletics (Men and Women)
• Table-Tennis’s Gold Medal (Men and Women) awarded to Kunal Patil in Men’s
Category and Shubhangi Sharma in Women’s Category.
• Chess and Carrom (Men and Women)
• 3-on-3 Basketball (Mixed Events) saw the heroic performance of IV BSL LLB
who bagged the gold medal in the event.
• Football (Men) was the event in which the 1st BA LLB showcased their fantastic
talent and adjudged as winner
• Throwball’s (Women) winner title was achieved by the V BSL LLB women with
their powerpack performance against II BA LLB in the finals.
• Tug of War (Men and Women) tested the strength of our students in which IInd
BALLB women proved themselves as winner by successfully pulling the V BSL
LLB in the Finals. In Men’s Category, V BSL LLB won the Gold Medal and III
LLB won the Silver Medal.
Approximately 100 cases were dealt with by the faculty and students the Legal
Aid Clinics for consultation /negotiation /counseling /filing of cases in courts.
• Para Legal Training / Workshops
Para-legal training/workshops/campaigns are being conducted for Bahujan
Hitay, an NGO and Karve Institute of Social Science.
students about how we are lawyers not just for humans. To introduce the students to
the international scenario as regards to environmental protection and laws governing
the same, a session was held on Introduction to the International Environmental
Laws.
Students of the cell also participated in the 17th International Wildlife Conference
organised by Bhartiya Vidyapeeth Law College, Pune in collaboration with
University of Cologne, Germany, Stetson University College of Law, USA and The
Wildlife Trust of India. The burning issue of Narmada Bachao Andalon was
discussed in one of the sessions conducted by the cell and the intricacies of the Sardar
Sarovar Project were discussed. To understand the role of State policy in forming
Environmental Laws a session was conducted on “State of Polity vis-a-vis
Environment”. The deteriorating air quality and pollution level in our National
Capital was also discussed in one of the sessions. Both the national and international
perspective of Climate Change and Rule of Law were also a topic of discussion. To
understand the interface of Environmnetal law with Intellectual property Laws, a
session was conducted on 'Intellectual Property, Innovation and Environment
Protection'.
One Day Conference on “River Pollution in India: Socio-Legal Issues”
9th January 2017
The Environmental Law Cell organized One Day Conference on “River Pollution in
India: Socio-Legal issues”, in association with Kirloskar Vasundhra International Film
Festival on 9th January, 2017. We were delighted to host Dr. Vijay Oak and Dr. Pratap
Salunkhe as the resource persons. Dr. Oak critically examined the legal dimensions of
river pollution in India whereas Dr. Salunkhe spoke about jurisprudential and social
aspects of river pollution in India. Nearly 50 persons participated in this conference.
Extempore Moot Court Competition, 8th February, 2017
The Cell conducted its 1st Extempore Moot Court Competition on 8th February, 2017
with a participation of around 45 students from different batches and served as a
great learning experience for one and all. The competiton had two moot problems.
The first one included issues pertaining to laws on Water pollution, noise pollution
and Constitution. It was drafted by Oorjasvi Goswami, Kritika Shekhawat and
Harshita Garg. The other was on Wildlife laws drafted by Shreya Shukla and Umang
Kapoor.
The competition was conducted in two rounds. The preliminary round was judges by
final year students of the college. A total of 5 students qualified to the finals, which
was judged by Dr. Deepa Paturkar and Dr. Suvarna Nilakh. Trophies and Certificates
were given to the winners. Winners are as follows:-
1. First position - Sagar Samant (II B.A.L.LB);
2. Second position – T. Jasper (I B.A.L.LB); and
3. Third position - Pritesh Jain (II B.A.L.LB ).
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The closing session of the cell was conducted on 15th March, 2017. All these activities
were carried out by continuous hard work of the student coordinators of the cell -
Oorjasvi Goswami, Kritika Shekhawat Shreya Shukla, Umang Kapoor, Harshita Garg
and Satyajit.
PLACEMENT CELL
Faculty Coordinator: Ms. Smita Sabne
The Placement Cell commenced its activities from the beginning of the academic
session by registering 60 students for the academic year 2016-17 from the three year
and five year law courses.125 Students were given special training through ‘Career
Enhancement Program’ a course for personality development and career progression.
Mock interviews and group discussions were also conducted to give the students an
experience of campus placements. Entrance exam of the students was conducted.
Following Organizations participated in campus recruitment process:
• Law firms:
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, Pune, Delhi
Singh & Associates, New Delhi
• Corporate Companies:
Tata AIG, Mumbai
Sesa Sterlite, Goa
Welspun Group, Mumbai
Bajaj Finance, Mumbai
The student volunteers assisted the faculty in charge Ms. Smita Sabne along with Ms.
Deepali Manjarekar-Placement Coordinator, in CV validation sessions and editing
the Placement Brochure: More than 200 organizations were contacted & brochures
were sent to them. The recruitment process is still carrying on as more companies are
scheduled to be on campus.
Following companies are scheduled to be on campus:
Mindcrest, Pune
QuisLex Legal Services – Hyderabad
Gujarat Petronet
ICICI Prudential
Edelweiss
Harsshad Phansalkar & Associates
Banctec
Talekar and Associates
SDS Partners
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Yojit Pareek student of V BSL LLB was the organizer for Raghavendra Phadnis Moot
Court Competition 2016. He was also the convener of the S.P. Sathe Moot Court
Competition, Conference and Memorial Lecture. He also organized 5th ILS Intra
College Negotiation Challenge 2016. He represented ILS at 2nd VMSCL WMO
international mediation competition 2017 in Goa.
difference between private and public mergers, different regulations and laws which
come into the picture in an M&A transaction were explained. The session was useful
in giving an introduction about the law to those who had little idea about it and was
very well appreciated by all the participating students.
5. Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association
This session was conducted by Amogh Diwan of IInd year LLM who has also
completed his Company Secretary course. He took a comprehensive session on the
two most important, legal documents of a company- the Memorandum of
Association and the Articles of Association. He discussed in detail the various clauses
of the documents and essential provisions which should be incorporated in these
documents. The session gave a good overview of the importance and drafting
considerations of the documents.
6. Workshop on Deadly Internship Assignments:
The aim of the workshop was to familiarise students with research techniques that
could prove to be useful for them while working on internship assignments. Students
were divided into twelve groups and each group was given a query based on varied
commercial laws such as Contract Law, Company Law, Consumer Protection Act,
Competition Law, Taxation and DTAAs. Each group was required to give a
presentation and prepare a note on the query given to them, identifying the issue, the
provisions of law applicable and the legal position with respect to the issue. The time
allotted for the exercise was 30 minutes. All the students who attended the session
successfully prepared and presented a note.
7. Vertical Agreements in Competition Law
This session was conducted by Parmeet Bara from IV B.S.L.LL.B. He covered the
basics of the Competition Act, 2002. He exhaustively explained the concept of vertical
agreements with respect to the Indian law as well as EU law with examples. The
session covered the existing provisions in the Competition Act, 2002 with respect to
vertical agreements.
8. TATA controversy
This session was conducted by Mr. Gaurav Pingle who is a practicing Company
secretary and visiting faculty in our college. The session was a discussion on the
recent TATA controversy with respect to corporate governance and provisions
relating to Board meetings, appointment and removal of directors, petition for
oppression and mismanagement. The session updated the students on one of the
most controversial happenings in the Corporate sector and discussed the legal issues
and possible future legal implications of the controversy.
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This year members of IPR Cell organized the “Remembering S.P Sathe” event which
included:- a National Moot Court Competition, Public Memorial Lecture and a
National Conference.
This year’s events were conduted by the student coordinators Ritvik M. Kulkarni,
Yojit Pareek and Aishwarya Bedekar (V B.S.L. LL.B.) Devika Vasandani and Tishita
Mukherjee (IV B.S.L. LL.B.), Chaitanya Reddy, Pranita Saboo, Asmit Agarwal,
Umang Kapoor and Prafful Shukla (III B.A. LL.B), Varad Kolhe and Shreya Kunwar
(II B.A. LL.B).
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Judge and Mr.Balchandra Phatak, a senior lawyer from Pune. The winners of the
competition were as follows:
a. Divya Hirawat – Law Centre I, Delhi University – 1st Position
b. Aayushi Khuranna – Symbiosis Law School, Pune – 2nd Position
c. Shrey Sangani – Government Law College, Mumbai – 3rd Position
d. Apoorva Maheshwari – DES Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune – 3rd Position
e. Muskan Kaushik – Symbiosis Law College – 4th Position
f. Sakshi Dagur– Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow – 5th
Position
2) Quiz – Stuff Your Ballot Box
Satish Rai conducted this quiz on constitutional law which saw very good
participation of students. The winners of the quiz were as follows:
a. Gurtej Pal Singh and Shri Ram Krishna Chaitanya– V B.S.L. LL.B.–
1st Prize.
b. Aayush Mitruka and Gokul Thampi– V B.S.L. LL.B. – 2nd Prize.
C) Weekly Presentations
Inaugural Session
This session was moderated by Dr. Sanjay Jain and the core-committee was
constituted during this session. The centre was introduced to the students and
suggestions were invited for the activities to be hosted by the centre.
Death Penalty in India – Soham Goswami, 26th July 2017.
At this session, Soham Goswami traced the process of death penalty in India and
spoke about the various human rights abuses in the process.
Orientation for the Constituent Assembly Debate Competition
Chandni Chawla and Satish Rai conducted this orientation for the students. The
competition is yet to be held. 15 students have registered for the competition. Draft
articles on judicial appointments have been invited from the students before the
competition.
Kashmir -The Indian Constitution and Politics
Chandni Chawla conducted this session where she spoke about the various
dimensions of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the position of Kashmir
under the Indian Constitution.
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event, the band at ILS, “Vidhi” also performed. There was also a dance show put up
by the girls of Kothrud Blind School.
In this workshop more than 120 disabled students and 50 volunteers participated
with enthusiasm. The student co-ordinators of this event were Ms. GnanushaVakati,
Ms. Kavya Bhardkar, Mr. Rishabh Pardeshi and Ms. Chandni Chawla, who
volunteered at the event and worked very hard to make it successful.
A. CMHLP Projects:
Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health Programs
1. Quality Rights Gujarat
Dr Soumitra Pathare (CMHLP, ILS, Pune), Mr. Akwatu Khenti (Office of
Transformative Global Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada)
were the Principal Investigators for QualityRights Gujarat. Other collaborating
organizations on this project included Schizophrenia Research Foundation, India;
World Health Organization, Geneva; Hospital for Mental Health, Ahmedabad;
Schizophrenia Awareness Association, India; and Public Health Foundation of India.
The project aimed to implement an innovative framework and tools developed by
World Health Organization, to provide a systematic solution to the problem of poor
quality and rights violations in mental health care and treatment.
The project was being implemented across nine public mental health facilities in
Gujarat. It was successfully implemented from June 2014 to November 2016, with the
funding from Grand Challenges Canada. The project implementation was
disseminated at two international conferences: one organised by Schizophrenia
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Research Foundation, Chennai, and the other at the World Association for Social
Psychiatry, New Delhi, and one at national conference organised by Sangath, Goa.
The team is working on analysing the results of the entire implementation
programme.
2. “ATMIYATA” - Promoting Wellbeing, Reducing Distress and Improving Access
to Mental Care through Self Help Groups and Farmers Clubs in Mehsana, Guajrat
Dr Kaustubh Joag (Research Fellow, CMHLP) along with Dr Nandita Kapadia-
Kundu (a lead researcher in Public Health and Community-based programs in
training health workers and managing health awareness classes for women and
children) were leading the project called ATMIYATA Nasik, in rural Maharashtra.
BAIF, a Pune based NGO and Trimbos Institute; Netherlands were the collaborators
in this project. The Project was implemented successfully and had shown significant
impact, resulting to which Atmiyata received a grant for scaling up the project in the
district of Mehsana in Gujarat, India
The innovation involves a two-tier community led mental health model that develops
capacity of community volunteers (Atmiyata Champions & Mitras) to identify and
provide primary support and counselling to persons with common mental disorders,
and make referrals to public health system for severe mental disorders. Also,
community volunteers help to improve access to social benefits for people with
mental health issues. The innovation uses digital approaches that promote capacity
development and raise community awareness of mental health with the help of films.
The other innovative aspect of the Atmiyata intervention is its integrated care
approach, focusing on psycho-social recovery.
Atmiyata study will be implemented across 600 villages in Mehsana district of
Gujarat from April 2017 to March 2019. The expected end results include significant
reduction in treatment gap for common and severe mental health issues,
improvement in mental health outcomes for persons with common mental health
issues, improvement in quality of life and reduction in disability for people with
common mental health issues, increased community awareness of mental health
issues.
B. International Diploma in Mental Health, Human Rights and Law
After eight successful batches of the International Diploma in Mental Health, Human
Rights and Law, the Indian Law Society in collaboration with the World Health
Organization (WHO), Geneva, conducted the ninth batch of the Diploma from 10th
October to 22nd October 2016. The Diploma includes both residential sessions and
distance learning. Dr. Soumitra Pathare and Dr. Jaya Sagade worked as the co-
ordinators for this diploma. 8 participants from different professions such as doctors,
lawyers and health professionals from 6 different countries enrolled for the diploma
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course. These countries were – Afghanistan, Chile, Malaysia, Slovakia, Ukrain and
India.
The course was taught by a faculty of renowned international experts who have been
actively involved in WHO's work to improve the human rights situation for people
with mental disabilities. The faculty included –
• Ms Charlene Sunkel, Programme Manager: Advocacy & Development, South
Africa
• Ms Christine Ogaranko, Principal Researcher, Mental Health and Human Rights,
sponsored by the Mental Health Commission of Canada
• Ms Dovile Judokaite, Lawyer and expert on Disability and Mental Health Law
• Dr. Fahmy Hanna, World Health Organization, Geneva
• Dr. Itzhak Levav, Consultant to WHO and adviser to the Israel Ministry of
Health, Israel
• Ms Janki Patel
• Ms Judith Klein, Director, Open Society Mental Health Initiative, Hungary
• Dr. Kishore Kumar, The Banyan, a mental health service organisation
• Ms Mrinalini, The Banyan, a mental health service organisation
• Dr. Rahul Shidhaye, Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public
Health Foundation of India
• Ms Vindhya Undurti, Professor of Psychology, Chairperson, School of Gender
Studies, TISS
• Dr. Soumitra Pathare, Consultant Psychiatrist at Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune
• Dr. Jaya Sagade, Faculty, ILS Law College
The topics covered in this residential session were – Basic Legal Concepts, Legal
Traditions and Systems, International Law, Human Rights and Fundamental Rights,
Interaction between Human Rights and Mental Health, International and Regional
Human Rights Systems, Key Rights within the International Human Rights System,
Role of MHL in promoting HR, Improving Access to Mental Health Care and
Services, Key Rights of Users, Families and Care givers, Competency and Capacity
with special reference to CRPD, Involuntary Treatment, Mental Illness as Defense,
Sentencing and Treatment, Regulatory Mechanisms and Drafting and Adopting
MHL.
The examination session of the seventh batch held from 18th October to 22nd October
2016. The participants of this batch also attended an Advocacy Module conducted by
Ms Josephine Tsui, Overseas Development Institute, UK. The successful participants
were awarded the diplomas at the hands of Ms Judith Klein, Director, Open Society
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Mental Health Initiative, Hungary, in the Valedictory Function held on 22nd October
2016.
Objectives of the Diploma:
The main objectives of the Diploma are -
• To equip students with the knowledge and understanding of international human
rights standards as they related to people with mental disorders
• To apply these international human rights standards to mental health legislation
• To understand the role of legislation in promoting and protecting the rights of
persons with mental disorders
• To understand how mental health policy and services can work to improve the
human rights of people with mental disorders
• To equip the students to have a broad contextual knowledge of the law and apply
the same in the process of drafting, amending and implementing mental health
legislation
It is expected that the Diploma will equip the students to undertake advocacy work
in this area and equip them with the knowledge and skills to actively support
countries to drafting and amending mental health laws in line with international
human rights standards such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities.
This innovative Diploma will be instrumental in building capacity in countries
around the world to address violations against people with mental disabilities. Dr.
Soumitra Pathare and Dr. Jaya Sagade the Course Coordinators explained, "the
course will provide our students, who include lawyers, health professionals and
persons with mental disabilities, with the tools and skills to be able to advocate for
better rights protection and to help governments put in place the necessary legal,
policy and other measures to bring about a positive change in the lives of people with
mental disabilities."
C. Legal Advocacy:
1. CMHLP, along with Human Rights Law Network filed in 2015, a Contempt of
Court Petition in the High Court of Kerala in order to mandate the Government of
India to obey an Order of the High Court of Kerala issued in January, 2013 to
include mental illness in the health insurance coverage given by the Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojana in the Kerala.
2. CMHLP has worked on a Public Interest Litigation filed in the High Court of
Bombay for inclusion of persons with mental disabilities in the government
employment regulated under Sec.33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
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3. CMHLP also brought to the notice of the Reserve Bank of India that Indian banks
were insisting on Guardianship Certificate from all mentally ill persons
indiscriminately. With Centre's pursuance, RBI issued clarification on Legal
Guardianship Certificates iterating that such guardianship certificate is not
mandatory required for persons with mental illness to open/operate bank
account. [See RBI/2015-16/321; DBR.No.Leg.BC.78/09.07.005/2015-16 dated 11th
February, 2016].
D. Research:
CMHLP is currently working for the World Psychiatric Association for
comprehensive review of Labour Laws, Electoral Laws, Banking and Property Laws
in order to identify legal discrimination against persons with mental illness.
E. Ph.D. Scholars under INCLUDE collaboration:
Under INCLUDE collaboration, Dr Raveesh B.N., Adv. Mukul Inamdar and Ms
Renuka Nardodkar are pursuing Ph.D. program which is offered by VU, Amsterdam
at CMHLP, ILS, Pune. Dr. Raveesh B.N. is doing his doctoral dissertation on
“Coercion in Psychiatry”. Adv. Mukul Inamdar is working on “Consent of Persons
with Mental Illnesses to their care and treatment in light of CRPD” and Ms Renuka
Nardokar is working on “Employment of Persons with Mental Illnesses”.
Activities: Following the first phase of the project that focussed on reviewing the
status of women and land rights in Maharashtra through secondary data and
experiences from the field, the agenda for the second phase was decided, and
following activities conducted in the year 2016-17
State-level consultation 5th, 6th April 2017 in Pune –
This was the culmination of phase I in which about 40 grassroots activists and legal
experts participated discussed issues faced in the different regions across
Maharashtra, including legal issues; experiments that have been successful; and
articulated suggestions for addressing these issues. The experiences of Working
Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO) – a network of civil society
organizations in Gujarat and the agenda of the national level network – Mahila Kisan
Adhikar Manch (MAKAAM), was also shared. The possibility for setting up a state
level network was considered, and areas of research action and training identified,
and an agenda for taking the effort forward was drawn out.
The following needs were identified and suggestions for taking the process forward
were drawn out
Need to file PILs, Class actions, RTIs, for which the participant organizations needed
legal advice and support
Following key areas were identified for legal actions:
Scrapping of land fragmentation laws that are applicable in Maharashtra and Gujarat
as they deter transfer of lands in the name of women
Muslim personal law talks of only 1/3rd share for women. This needs to be amended
and all groups who support gender justice should come together to demand such an
amendment.
MIDC 1961 act should be amended to include compensation given for women from
the land holding families whose land has been acquired
Transfer of rights to women from families eligible for transfer under the Kul kayda
Act. Need for a class action to follow up on the pending tenancy cases in Sindhudurg
and Ratnagiri
Need for ensuring that state lands are transferred in joint names of husbands and
wives. RTI and a PIL can be filed
For Gairan land regularization there is a need for an overarching law and not only a
GR
Legal framework to protect the rights of the share croppers- can we draft something
for that. The tenancy laws are stringent and hence farmers are not willing to have any
record of share cropping.
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If 90% of lands are being cultivated by women then we should see how the law can
be amended to transfer ownership to women. Need for both dialogue and struggle.
Need for supporting women in implementation of law. Can we think of an
amendment? Curtail release deed processes etc
Legwork for the legal actions to be undertaken, were drawn out as follows:
Need for documentation of share croppers in the state. There is a concept note on
land lease prepared by the Niti Ayog. This needs to be studied and commented upon.
Need to organize training and legal awareness workshops. Despite the laws and the
GR state land is often given in the name of men. If concerned organisations who are
aware of such cases can compile them. Law College and SOPPECOM can take on the
responsibility of filing a PIL
Share all government GRs with the entire group.
Commencement of Phase II - December 2016 to January 2018
Phase II of duration 13 months has been designed on the basis of the needs that
emerged and recommendations of civil society organizations working on women and
land rights. It commenced from December 2016 and is in its preparatory stage. Some
of the activities planned are as follows:
A three day state Level workshop on perspective building and legal awareness on
women and land rights in order to create awareness amongst the lead karyakartas
and the organizational leadership to take the issue forward
Three day legal awareness of staff of HMF, Manavlok and MASUM and a few other
interested organisations from Marathwada who had shown interest in the regional
meetings of phase I
Four one-day workshops on Perspective building and legal training of local
government officials in the Martahwada region of Maharashtra.
Conduct a participatory research in order to create a data base on the extent of claims
made by women for private and public property, to understand the extent of release
deeds in the field area specifically in the case of Hindu and Muslim personal laws,
and create the training material for the staff of the participating NGOs .
1.2 Developing User Manuals for various cadres of personnel appointed under the
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. (PWDVA)
Project duration: November 2016 to January 2018 (15 months)
The need for user manuals arose out the various training sessions on the Act that the
Women’s Studies Centre had conducted in the past with judicial officers, protection
officers, police, lawyers, medical professionals and counsellors. As separate section
on ‘Gender and Domestic Violence’ is proposed to be part of each of these manuals
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Supervised counselling:
The process of supervised counselling began with trainees sharing cases through case
record formats. The thrust is currently on writing this record accurately and using it
as in counselling. Out of 17 trainees, 12 have shared this information and ongoing
supervision of five trainees is in progress. Supervision is done over telephone and/or
skype.
Field visit:
Field visit to three organizations in Ratnagiri was done in October 2016 and in Pune
district (MASUM) was done in November 2016. The trainer
Ms. Prasanna Invally helped trainees get started with supervised counselling and
provided guidance in writing records of cases in the given format and discussed
options in proceeding with difficult cases.
Basics of counselling – 3-day workshop for a team of activists working in NGOs in
Chhattisgarh
Duration – 20th – 22nd Nov 2016
This workshop was conducted on request from SwissAid for its NGO partners
working on the issue of domestic violence in the state of Chhattisgarh. 22 trainees
participated in this workshop. The training team consisted of Dr. Shirisha Sathe
(psychologist), Dr. Jaya Sagade (law professor) and Ms. Prasanna Invally (social
worker). It covered the following topics – a. Perception of violence – personally and
professionally b. Response to violence – personally and professionally c. Psycho-
social understanding of violence d. Intra-personal and interpersonal dynamics of DV
e. The various ways of helping/ the helping processes f. Basics of counselling g.
Process of counselling h. Stress and stress management (conflict- related and situation
related) h. Working with the survivor i. law of domestic violence (clarifications on
certain provisions) and j. record keeping.
Providing consultancy/ advice/ support
Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation
Public meeting on awareness and eradication of this gruesome practice
Date: 23rd April, 2016
WSC of ILS Law College joined the campaign and the public meeting. University
Women’s Association, Pune; Poona Women's Council; Family Planning Association
of India; and Pune Women's Forum were part of this campaign. WSC provided the
legal expertise for the campaign.
Ms. Prasanna Invally who represented WSC for the event, assisted in drafting the
campaign’s resolution on ending the practice of female genital mutilation, which was
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submitted to the guest of honour – Smt. Partibha Patil (ex-President of India) for
further action.
Workshop on People Centred Advocacy
Date: 13th to 15th Oct 2016
A training workshop was organised for partners of SwissAid on how to undertake
advocacy on issues related to domestic violence especially for better implementation
of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. WSC provided the
necessary advice and inputs for planning and designing the contents of the workshop
to National Centre for Advocacy Studies.
The topics covered included - What is Advocacy, Forms of Advocacy, Understanding
Power, Arenas of Advocacy, Defining Advocacy, Role of Information, Organising-
Mobilising, Networking and Alliance Building, Role of Media, Strategic Advocacy
Campaign Planning, Preparing Strategic Advocacy Plans.
Capacity building Workshop for MTP Act, PCPNDT Act and POCSO Act within
the context of access to safe abortion services
Date: 27th-28th February 2017
CREA, Common Health and Samyak had organised the said workshop, in which
about 25 grassroots activists from rural Maharashtra working on women’s rights and
health issues, participated. Dr. Jaya Sagade and Ms. Prasanna Invally provided inputs
on the three laws – namely – MTP Act and the proposed amendments, the PCPNDT
Act and its interlinkages with MTP Act, and the POCSO Act with special reference to
difficulties and dilemmas faced by the activists in dealing with cases under POCSO
Act. At the end of the workshop, as a first step, the campaigners decided that the
information on district level committees in various districts whose primary role
under the MTP Act was registration of MTP Centres, should be sought through an
RTI application.
Organizing and participating in Seminars and Conferences
Seminar on the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act 2012
Date: 11th June 2016
Women’s Studies Centre organised this seminar in which various experts working on
child rights and child abuse issues were invited. It included judges, psychiatrists,
psychologists, physicians, child specialists, NGO representatives, networks and
forums against child abuse (FACSE), police personnel, child welfare committee
members, lawyers, public prosecutors and personnel from the department of women
and child development of Maharashtra. Dr. Ashok Kumar, Advisor, NCPCR
(National Commission for Protection of Child Rights), was also invited.
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The purpose of the Seminar was to dwell upon best practices in the four year old law
implementation and elaborate upon the desired changes in the law.
The Seminar had four panels and following were the deliberations in brief:
Welcome, introduction and Keynote address
Dr. Jaya Sagade welcomed the participants and introduced the purpose of the
workshop. Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi provided the key note address and issues
raised included age of child under the different Acts - The Juvenile Justice Act (JJ
Act), Indian Penal Code ( IPC), Prevention of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) and
POCSO; need for addressing adolescent sexual activity; difficulties in recording of the
child’s evidence in courts, such as limitations of vocabulary of the child, sex being a
taboo subject, protection of child from facing the abuser etc.; support to the child,
ignorance and denial of existence child sexual abuse.
Panel 1 - The POCSO Act – from perspectives from the Judiciary, Lawyers,
National Centre for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the Police.
Panelists included Smt. Prachi Kulkarni, District Judge- 1 & Additional Sessions
Judge, Osmanabad; Smt. Suvarna K. Keole, District Judge- 1 & Additional Sessions
Judge, Ahmednagar; Smt. Anju Shende, Judge, City Civil Court, Mumbai; Shri K.G
Chaudhari, 12th Jt. CJJD & JMFC, Nashik; Smt.Vandana Tendulkar, President, Goa
Children’s Court, Panaji; Dr. Flavia Agnes, Advocate; Dr. Ashok Kumar, Advisor,
NCPCR.
Panel 2: Health and Child Sexual Abuse
This panel comprised of Dr. Bhooshan Shukla, Child Psychiatrist; Dr. Meenakshi
Deshpande, Gynecologist; Smt. Aarthi Chandrashekhar, Centre for Enquiry into
Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) . Dr. Bhooshan Shukla made specific suggestions
relating to mental health service providers and CSA. Dr. Meenakshi supported with
observations about the difficulties faced by medical fraternity. Smt. Aarti
Chandreshekhar from CEHAT shared the work that the NGO has undertaken in this
area.
Panel 3: Disabilities and child sexual abuse
Panelists included Smt.Smriti Dhingra, Point of View; Dr. Radhika Rawat,
MUSKAAN. They shared their experiences and spoke of the special needs of disabled
children and the need for preventive care.
Panel 4: Prevention and Rehabilitation
In this panel Dr. Anuradha Sahasrabudhe from Childline and Smt. Shubhada
representing the MUSKAAN network shared their experiences. Smt. Lakshmi from
Orchid School shared the experience of being the first school to file a case under
POCSO and how there were both difficulties and a great deal of support and
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(in today’s time armed with guns) can ‘rescue’ the woman during times of
danger, and about men using the firearms believing it to be their ‘duty towards
society’ for the protection of possible victims rather than as a defence or response
to violent threats. It is their belief that women fall under the oblivious and
innocent ‘sheep’ category who ought to be protected from the criminal i.e., the
‘wolves’, and such persons call themselves to be the ‘sheep dogs’. In other words,
this is the situation wherein a female character is placed in a perilous situation
from which she cannot escape and must be rescued by a male character; an excuse
in the game of patriarchy.
He spoke about the lack of sufficient gun safety laws in the U.S.A that has been
severely criticised across the nation, but on the same hand, there is a blatant and
open portrayal advocating for the use (and purchase) of firearms by groups,
politicians and scholars even to this day.about the increasing use / purchase of
guns in a country with largely unregulated Gun Laws and the 2nd Amendment of
the United States Bill of Rights which reads – “A well- regulated Militia, being
necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall
not be infringed.” overall session was interactive and had a very good
participation.
• Session on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law –
Chandni Chawla, V BSL LLB at ILS Law College.
Date: 19th September 2016
This session was organized in collaboration with the Centre for International Law.
Chandni Chawla was privileged to be 1 among 2 students chosen to attend a
summer school on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) in
International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Law, Leiden University.
She started this session with a song on the “Right to Relate” which was a major
crisis faced by people of diverse SOGI. Through this session, she spoke about the
interplay of SOGI related issues with refugee law, criminal law, family law and
anti – discrimination law.
She very elaborately discussed cases of international refugee law with the specific
relation to people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity. She also
discussed cases which she saw at the International Criminal Court and her
experience there. She closed her presentation with a very interesting family law
case involving a lesbian couple and the custody of their child.
• Inaugural Session for the 1st year students of LLB and B.A.LLB of ILS Law
College.
Date: 10th December, 2016
The session began with a simple discussion on the basic differences between
gender and sex, followed by the activity - breaking stereotypes. This activity
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care providers i.e. the doctors and the mid wives; the care receivers i.e. the
pregnant women and their family; and the change makers i.e. the policy makers
in this field. The session also focused on issues related to the right to physical
integrity, self -determination, privacy rights, right to informed consent and most
importantly the right to health of the stakeholders, involved in child birth. The
key question addressed was with respect to the benefits of institutionalized birth
and whether the process of childbirth turns in to obstetric violence without
human right considerations. The session was followed by an informal discussion
and all the participants returned with many doubts and apprehensions resolved.
only foreign language to have attained the status of official language in judicial
system of India. Thus, ILS has taken the initiative to provide students with remedial
lectures in English, specifically focused on those students who had primary or
secondary education in vernacular language. Ms. Usha Ganesh conducted 30
remedial lectures for improvement of English language for students of 1st Year B.A.
LLB and 1st Year LLB in which more than 60 students participated.
The lectures were very well received by the students. Top 5 scorers in English subject
were felicitated during the Foundation Day of the Indian Law Society on 4th March
2017.
3. Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Earn and Learn Scheme
The above mentioned scheme was initiated in the academic year of 2012-13 for the
benefit of the economically backward students. In this academic year, students of our
college availed the benefit of this scheme from the month of July 2016. The College
received a grant of the Rs.2,20,000/- from Student Welfare Department, Savitribai
Phule Pune University, for the same. A total of 32 students were beneficiaries of the
scheme.
4. Reader on Demand
The ‘Reader on Demand’ scheme has been evolved to help visually challenged
students to explore more knowledge by deputing able bodied students to registered
under Earn and Learn Scheme, to read for them.
5. Career Counseling cum Motivation Workshop
Under the aegis of the Students’ Welfare Department and Equal Opportunity cum
Enabling cell of ILS Law College, a Career Counseling cum Motivation Workshop
was organised for visually challenged students on 10th February 2017. We received a
grant of Rs. 1,20,000/- from the Student Welfare Department, Savitribai Phule Pune
University. A detailed report of the same has been provided in the annual report of
Equal Opportunity cum Enabling Cell.
6. Election Campaigning Week
The Election Awareness Campaign organised by ILS Law College, Pune from 16th -
19th February 2017, as the ‘Election Campaign Week’. The program reached out to
about 500 students and 200 citizens.
Owing to coherent support from the Director, Student Welfare Board of Savitribai
Phule Pune University, ILS Law College received a grant of Rs. 30,000/- from
Savitribai Phule Pune University for this event.
This event demonstrated election training and organised a mock election on 16th
February 2017, in collaboration with the Pune Municipal Corporation. The gathering
was addressed by the Principal and Dr. Sanjay Jain. The Principal stressed on the
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QUIZ CLUB
Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Suvarna Nilakh
The ILS Quiz Club continued to engage students with an array of quizzes in the year
2016-17. It opened with its inaugural session on the 15th of July, hosting a general quiz
with literature-oriented questions, and concluded on the 9th of March 2017 with two
quizzes, a general quiz and a literature-etymology quiz. The Quiz Club organised
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1. 1st place (Cash prize of Rs. 5000/-): Karan Kamath and Nikhil Joseph Zacarias
(Symbiosis Law School Pune)
2. 2nd place (Cash prize of Rs. 3000/-): Aman Shaikh and Dhananjay Jagtap (College
of Engineering, Pune)
3. 3rd place (Cash prize of Rs. 2000/-): Anurag Choudhary (Pune Institute of
Computer Technology, Pune) and Arnabh Sengupta (Armed Forces Medical
College, Pune)
4. Best Internal Team (Cash prize of Rs. 1000/-): Gurtej Pal Singh and Satish Rai
(Both V B.S.L. LL.B.)
The quiz was set and hosted by Sruthi and Sravya Darbhamulla (V B.S.L. LL.B.) A
general elimination round of 25 questions that drew from current affairs was first
conducted. Thereafter, six teams were selected for the finals. Well-researched
questions from history, law, science, literature etc. were asked, provoking thought
and deliberation. A ‘poetry’ round was a unique feature, where contestants were
made to deduce famous historical facts from riddles in verse.
Volunteers from III B.A.LL.B. and IV B.S.L. LL.B, ensured that the event ran
smoothly, and making it a success.
importance of dying declaration in criminal trial and on the role of approver. From
the academic point of view, he also highlighted on the 26/11 trail of Ajmal Kasab.
Prof. Frank Bonwan III, faculty member at the School of Law, University Of Missouri,
conducted a session on “American and International Law in the Age of Donald
Trump”. He elucidated the working of the criminal justice system in America and
proceeded to explore the U.S. Presidential Election, critiquing the policies of the
newly elected President.
Students Weekly Sessions: The cell has organized regular weekly sessions on
various topics of Criminal Law. Oorjasvi Goswami (IV BS.L. LL.B) conducted the
first weekly session on “Gulbarg Society Massacre case”. The session provided in-
depth account of the massacre and brought in light the present situation of the case
filed by the victims. Layanyaa Chopra (IV B.S.L LL.B) conducted second weekly
session on Official Secrets Act 1923. Ayush Abhinav (III B.A LL.B) conducted third
weekly session on Forensic toxicology and its evidentiary importance in criminal
trials. The Cell screened the movie “12 Angry Men” which was followed by a
discussion on the efficacy of the jury system in England and India. In the Indian
context the case of K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra and its repercussions on
the jury system in India was also discussed. In the Second semester of the academic
year a session was conducted for the first year students on “Introduction to Criminal
Law”. The students were made acquainted with the nuances of the Indian Penal
Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act. Kritika Shekhawat
(IV B.S.L LL.B) conducted a weekly session on the topic “Reasonableness of Beyond
Reasonable Doubt”. She drew a parallel between the reasonable criteria duly
followed in the American Criminal Justice system and the Indian Criminal Justice
System. Recommendations of Malimath Committee Report was also discussed in the
session. In the Month of January a session was conducted on the Nuremberg Trial.
The entire trial and its impact on the current framework of International
Criminal Law was thoroughly reviewed. Oorjasvi Goswami conducted a concluding
session on “Fake Encounters”.
Conference: The Criminal Law Cell organized a National Conference on Unexplored
Criminal Law on 20th and 21st January 2016. A detail report of the conference is
reported in the Conference Report Section on Page No. 156.
ALUMNI MEET
Faculty Coordinators : Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi, Ms. Aishwarya Kadam, Mr. Santosh
Jaybhay, Ms. Smita Sabane
Every year ILS Law College organizes its Alumni Meet on 25th December 2016. The
event this year was attended by the alumni from various batches which also included
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the passed out batch of 2016. The Alumni Cell had contacted 1960-2016 batches
alumni through various modes. On the day of the event, the warmth of the winter
morning Sun was felt all around as the alumni gathered for the event. Various fun
fair games like musical chair, hit the glass, memory game etc. were arranged by
student volunteers under the guidance of the faculty. A Photo Booth was set up for
the Alumni. This was followed by a formal function in the auditorium.
Adv. P. Narayan, Chairman, Indian Law Society, was the Chief Guest for the
extravagant event. Principal, Ms. Vaijayanti Joshi, addressed the gathering. She spoke
of recent and future infrastructural development that are to take place on the Campus
including the upcoming Arbitration Centre and the new ladies hostel. She was
pleased to inform the Alumni that the ILS Law College has been granted permission
to run Ph.D. center affiliated to Savitribai Phule University of Pune in the month of
March 2016. Furthermore it was added that such a huge step is helping get the college
one step closer to the dream of making ILS Law College a University.
The former students have, are and shall leave their marks in the field of law at
national and international level. This Meet being a platform to appreciate and
recognize achievements and contributions of its graduate students, called upon its
achievers to be acknowledged. A token of appreciation was given to felicitate Dr.
Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi (Bombay High Court) who became 'Permanent Judge'
of the Bombay High Court in 2016. Dr. Aniruddha Rajput, who has been elected by
the United Nations General Assembly as the youngest member of the United Nations
International Law Commission with highest number of votes (160 out of 191) in the
Asia Pacific Region was also felicitate on this occasion. Mr. Kapil Arora and Ms.
Kosturi Ghosh whose names were included in a list of the top 40 Asian lawyers under
the age of 40 issued by Asian Legal Business (ALB), an entity of Thomson Reuters,
which profiles the brightest young legal minds in the Asia region was greeted and
acknowledged as well. The meet ended on a very high note which was then followed
by sumptuous lunch!
LIBRARY REPORT
The library plays a very vital role in the life of a reputed law school like ILS. Keeping
in view the aims and ideals of the parent institution the library has developed itself
into one of the richest and finest law libraries of India. Advanced technological
support has turned it into a resourceful legal information center as well.
Like previous years, this year also the library witnessed a balanced growth of legal
collection with focus on newly emerging areas like Bio-technology Law, International
Trade, Maritime Law, Commercial Laws, Cyber Laws, etc
The total collection comprises around 49651 books and 12006 bound volumes of
periodicals. Total addition to the collection from 01 Apr. 2016 – 15 Feb 2017 is 1167,
which includes 1107 books and 60 bound volumes.
Total number of periodicals subscribed is 74, out of which 56 are legal and socio-legal
and 18 are general in nature.
Throughout the academic term, Library timings are 9.30 am to 9.00 pm on all working
days. Regular services provided by the library include Reference, Home Lending,
Bibliography, and Photocopy as well as printing services on payment. Students of
LL.M. are accorded Reference for their research. Students participating in Inter-
collegiate moot court competitions are benefitted by the rich collection of foreign
books. Gymkhana membership gives access to literature section, which contains
books in Marathi and English- both classics and modern.
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The excellent library has stood by students not only in their fulfillment of curricular
requirement, but also to win various co and extracurricular competitions at state and
national levels, and even represent India at international competitions. With access to
a highly resourceful information center, in the form of the library, they have an edge
over their counterparts in many other institutions.
ILS has facilitated 49 computers for students, which provide access to well known
Indian legal databases like AIR, Criminal Law Journal, SCC, Corporate Law Adviser,
Lexis India, Manupatra and renowned International databases– LexisNexis, West
Law and Hein Online. This year the new addition is access to Taxmann online
database. We are also a member of the N-LIST (National Library and Information
Services Infrastructure of Scholarly Content) programme of INFLIBNET, This enables
access to 7000 e-journals and over one lakh e-books published by renowned
international publishers like LexisNexis, Oxford, Cambridge, Wilson, Thomson
Reuter etc. Student ambassador from SCC online arranges orientation sessions for
new users.
Dedicated 45 MBPS lease line ensures faster internet connectivity. More than 100
computers are working in LAN (Local Area Network) environment, Laxmi Building,
all 3 floors of Saraswati building and Boys as well as the Girls’ Hostel have been wi-
fienabled and this facilitates students’ access to the subscribed databases through
their laptops much beyond the regular library hours.
To prevent theft and mutilation of books, Electronic Surveillance System has been
installed. This year we have completed Bar-coding of around 80% library collection.
The new library can accommodate 250 students at a time. Separate reading space has
been provided for teachers and research workers. It provides space for conducting
seminars, orientation lectures, Placement interviews, Central Assessment Program,
Centralised admissions of SPPU etc. Lift and ramps have been provided for the
convenience of physically challenged people.
The infrastructure development, upgraded facilities in the library have always
provided great support to the academic community.
LL.M.
Faculty Coordinators: Dr. Priya Sondhi, Ms Swati Kulkarni, Ms Shaila Daware
A) Student-Teacher Seminar
Students-Teacher seminar is an important medium for discussion on current issues in
Law. It encourages students to read expansively, draw conclusions and make
presentations on the subject selected for the seminar. It also provides students with a
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14. Dr Deepa Paturkar, faculty ILS Law College, delivered a lecture on “How to
conduct research”, “Hypothesis” & “Sampling” on 22nd, 23rd & 24th September
2016 respectively for LL.M (Sem I) students.
2) Competitions
1. State Level LL.M. Short Case Analysis Competition –18th February 2017.
The Competition in its second edition, was elevated to the State Level, to open the
platform for all students from Maharashtra to compete. The competition entailed
an analysis of a case, out of the six case alternatives. critically from various
perspectives – the role each case has played in the historical development of the
legal rule, separate aspects of the legal rule that arose, the factual situation and
the precedential value of the case.
The competition also aimed to imbibe comprehension, research and writing skills
by means of an incentivized competition. This was a one of its kind competition
which was organized exclusively for the LL.M. students. The Competition
witnessed an overwhelming registration of almost 75 students from all over
Maharashtra, with a total of 30 students making the submission for the
competition.
Results:
Shivangi Singh was declared the winner and received a book on Constitutional
Law by T.K. Tope, Jayachandran K Nair, bagged the 1st Runners Up and received
a book on Precedents by Prof. Lakshminath, Padmavati S. Ilindra, was adjudged
the 2nd Runners Up and received Constitution of India Coat Pocket Edition and
Manika Singh won the Consolation and received an SCC Online Access Card. The
Prizes were graciously sponsored by Eastern Book Company and SCC Online.
The prizes were given away by Mr. Sumeet Malik, Director Eastern Book
Company on 10th March 2017.
2. LL.M. Book Chapter Appreciation Competition –28th February 2017.
This was a maiden endeavor to encourage students to read academic literature
and form opinion on legal issues. It was an attempt to foster comprehension
writing skills. The competition was based on the theme of Public Law, with five
chapter alternatives given to the students to make choice of one chapter, author
and to critical analyze the same. The Competition witnessed an overwhelming
participation of 32 students.
Results:
Saratchandra Ponnadda was declared the winner and received a book on
Comparative Constitutional Law by M.P. Jain. Anwita Dinkar, bagged the 1st
Runners Up and received a book on Judicial Power and Review by Aniruddh
Prasad and a publication on the SCC Online Blog. Molik Purohit, was adjudged
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the 2nd Runners Up and received Constitution of India Coat Pocket Edition and
Surabhi Raj won the Consolation Prize and was given an SCC Online Access
Card. The Prizes were graciously sponsored by Eastern Book Company and SCC
Online. The prizes were given away by Mr. Sumeet Malik, Director Eastern Book
Company on 10th March 2017.
Assessments
Students were assessed out of 100 marks where:
1. Dissertation- The students were to write a dissertation with reference to major
Human Rights issues (which consisted of 30 marks out of a total of 100).
2. Student Seminar- Student Seminars were held based on their dissertation topic
and it was assisted out of 20 marks.
Written Examination- Compulsory written examination was help on 27th February
2016 which consisted of 50 marks.
The Result of the course:
No of
students A+ A B+ B C Incomplete
appeared
57 19 16 6 8 1 7
According to the feedback of the students the course material and the resource
persons were highly appreciated.
The assessment was on Technical paper, Group Discussion, and a written exam.
No of
students
A+ A B+ B C Incomplete
Appeared
63 3 15 17 12 14 2
No of
students A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- Incomplete
Appeared
30 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3
No of
students A+ A B+ B C Incomplete
appeared
28 9 3 7 6 3 0
professionals, but also amongst lay people, commoner and persons engaged in
various pursuits.
The following activities are conducted by the Institute:
1. Diploma in Housing Laws
2. Post Graduate Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods
3. Certificate course in Legislative Drafting (New Initiative)
4. Teachers training to teach law effectively
Completed/ Major/
Collaborati
Sr Name of ongoing Funding Amount Minor
on with (if
No Project (Tenure of Agency Received project if
any).
project) any
1. Causes of Ongoing Katre Rs. - None
delay in Endowment 6,40,000/-
Criminal
Justice
system: with
special
reference to
offence of
rape in Trial
courts:
Solutions
and
Suggestions
2. “Social Ongoing Ford - None
Action Foundation
Litigation”
No of Participants in
Sr.
Title of the Competition National/State / University level the competition and
No.
Results
once again since I started my career as a full time law teacher at the Madras Law
College 4 decades ago and then moved to Legislative Department in the Ministry of
Law & Justice thereby shifting my interests from Law In Books to Law to Law in
the Making and then to Law in Actionas Union Law Secretary, Secretary General of
Lok Sabha and finally as the consultant to the President of India.
First I will describe the challenges the members of the legal fraternity are facing
today as a result of Globalization, liberalization and digital Revolution Then I will
outline briefly the challenges posed by such historical forces and how the legal
community has to address these challenges. Francis Bacon captures this idea in the
following-
"We should note the force, effect, and consequences of inventions which are
nowhere more conspicuous than in those three which were unknown to the
ancients, namely, printing, gunpowder, and the compass. For these three have
changed the appearance and state of the whole world."1
The dawn of the Third Millennium which has lead to the emergence of
knowledge capitalism with emphasis on intangible assets such as knowledge,
competencies and intellectual property is a defining movement in the history of
mankind. It is a defining moment in the history of mankind because the historical
forces set in motion by the Digital Revolution has spawned a new civilization
characterized by path breaking inventions and technological innovations and the
opening up of the electronic frontier. It is an age of Digital Renaissance which
combines the marvels of the Age of Discovery and the excellence of medieval
Renaissance rolled into one.
Age of Discovery
Age of Discovery in the annals of the history of mankind refers to the period
between 15th and 16th Centuries when explorers set in search of new continents in the
high seas defying the geographical boundaries. This was made possible by the
invention of the sextant and the maritime chronometer which enabled the mariners to
measure the longitude accurately so that they could venture into the high seas
without having to hug the coastline through out their journey. Just as the Age of
Discovery was characterized by exploration of new continents and expansion of
geographical frontiers, the etching of the silicon chip which has given birth to the
1
Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, Aphorism 129 cited in Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.
(2012-03-29). The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Canto Classics)
(Kindle Locations 397-399). Cambridge University Press. Kindle Edition.
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silicon revolution opened up the electronic frontier, the frontier of knowledge. The
parallels between the Age of Discovery and the Digital Era are strikingly similar
because just as the Age of Discovery saw the breaking down of the geographical
barriers by exploration of the high seas, Digital Revolution which gave birth to
internet has sounded the death knell of the distance by rendering geographical
boundaries meaningless.
Printing Technology & Renaissance
The Third Millennium also shares many of the achievements of the Age of
Renaissance. The historical movement described as the Renaissance was triggered by
the invention of printing technology. And just as Gutenberg’s printing press which
was invented in 1445, forever changed the world and gave birth to Renaissance in
Europe Third Millennium promises to re-enact those fascinating times of history on a
grander scale. Because Gutenberg's press could produce books quickly and with
relatively little effort, bookmaking became much less expensive facilitating wide
dissemination of knowledge. It gave birth to an age in which artistic, social, scientific,
and political thought turned in new directions. Just as printing technology gave a
fillip to learning and advancement of knowledge during the Renaissance, in the
Digital Era, digital technology and digitalization of information hold out vast
promises for mankind to open up new vistas for learning. The dream of mankind to
have a digital library with universal access to one and all 24 hours a day 7 days a
week 365 days a year appears to be within its grasp. In other words the dawn of the
Third Millennium has also ushered in the Digital Renaissance.
And the powerful long-range cannon pioneered by a Hungarian engineer Urban
in the mid-1400s was able to breach the feudal fortress, and therefore feudalism, soon
lost its impregnability and empires were shattered setting the stage for the birth of
the modern nation-state. Similarly it was the information revolution that began in the
early- to mid-1980s played the role of the long range canon on the middle ages inn
demolishing the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain. Totalitarian systems depend on a
monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through
the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and other modern
tools of communication.
Digital Technology & Transition from Industrial to Information Society
The advent of digital revolution which has lead to the transition from industrial
to information society in the last three decades of the second Millennium has
exploded many traditional assumptions about the State, law and other institutions of
governance. To address these challenges eminent thinkers like Alvin Toffler. George
Gilder and Esther Dyson to put forward a Magna Carta for digital civilization.
According to them the central event of the 20th Century is the overthrow of matter. In
technology, economics and politics of nations, wealth in the physical resources has
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been losing value and significance. The Powers of the mind are everywhere,
ascendant over the brute force of things. As mankind explores the new electronic
frontier of knowledge it must confront once again the most profound questions of
how to organize itself for the common good. The meaning of freedom structures of
self government, definition of property and nature of progress will have to be
redefined for the knowledge age. Redefining the
Just as the advent of industrial revolution required other institutions of the
society to adapt itself to the challenges, digital revolution also raises new social,
economic and legal issues. The impact of new technology on research teaching access
to culture and information and transformation of knowledge is unprecedented. This
has enormous implication for Jurisprudence and the development of legal science.
Law and its Compass
Till the advent of the sociological jurisprudence, law was considered to be a pure
normative science, which consisted of a bundle of rules divorced from social and
economic realities. The advent of information society caused by the digital revolution
challenges the traditional conservatism and lethargy of the legal profession. Legal
scholars could no longer be confined to the Black letter law. In the words of Lord
Radcliff “We cannot learn law by learning law. If it is to be anything more than just a
technique it is to be so much more than itself; a part of history, a part of economics
and sociology, a part of ethics and philosophy of life.” Dean of Stanford Law School
Ms Kathleen Sullivan, reiterates this view in the following words-
“In the beginning there was only law. Then came law and society, law and
history, law and economics and so on. These developments have transformed
the vocation of the legal scholar from that of a Priest to that of a
Theologian.”
Law as Epi-phenomenon
One of the first interfaces between law and other social disciplines was between
law and economics. Legal scholar’s interests in exploring the relationship between
law and economics was triggered by Marxist theory of law. To Karl Marx, law is an
Epi-phenomenon, a super structure built upon the economic sub-stratum. Building
upon the foundation laid by Karl Marx the Austrian jurist Karl Renner expounded in
his book “Institutions of Private Law and their Social Function” the theory that in
spite of stability of legal concepts like property and contract, their social functions
have undergone transformation. According to Renner, to expound a legal concept
one has to penetrate its economic base.
Need to apply legal limitations on the Market Forces
As trade liberalisation progresses and the state is gradually withdrawing from the
expanded role it has assumed during the collectivist era, focus of legal scholarship
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also has to shift away from its obsession with the constitutional doctrines of
limitations of the state action to the actors in the market place.
“The controversy between those who believe that law should essentially follow
and not lead and it should do so clearly formulated social sentiment and those who
believe that law should be a determined agent in the creation of new social norms is
one of the recurring themes in the history of legal thought”. So wrote Wolfgang
Friedman in his seminal work “Law in a Changing Society” summing up the debate
on the role of law in a changing society nearly four decades ago.”
The Third Millennium resurrects this old age controversy with a sharper focus on
the relationship between law and technology. Technology always posed problems for
law but lawyers and judges were able to manage the problems by stretching the
meaning of the existing laws without breaking the spirit of the law. Since they had
time on their side and technologies progressed at a leisurely pace, managing the
problems posed by technology was not difficult. But with the pace of progress being
dictated by laws of technology like the Moore’s` law expounded by Gordon Moore in
the 1970s regarding the processing power of the microchip doubling every 18
months, Gilders law which holds that the bandwidth of communication systems
tripling every 12 months and Metcalfe’s law which holds that the value for network is
proportional to the square of the number of node what should be the agenda for law
reform?
Agenda for Law Reform-2017
The legal profession today is at cross roads and has to undergo a paradigm shift
in its approach to justice delivery process. Unless urgent measures are taken the legal
profession will lose its primacy to the other professions which are encroaching the
turf hitherto solely belonged to the lawyers. Law is a knowledge intensive profession.
Knowledge revolution has rendered the task of lawyers and Judges extremely
difficult. The challenges confronting them are numerous both qualitatively as well as
quantitatively. We may examine in detail few of these challenges which the legal
profession has to address in the days to come.
Rapid Obsolescence of Legal Knowledge
Firstly lawyers, judges and legal advisors are confronted with the prospect of
rapid obsolescence of legal knowledge. In globally interconnected world legal
changes across the Globe has the effect of overthrowing long established legal
doctrines overnight. This leads to high rate of attrition in these professions.
According to Toffler, illiterates of future are not those cannot read or write but those
who cannot learn unlearn and relearn. This applies with greater force to the legal
profession. Unless lawyers and judges and legal advisors continuously labor 365 days
24/7 updating their knowledge it will be difficult to survive in the modern
competitive world.
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Law plays a crucial role in our society, and its compass is expanding
exponentially. To teach the knowledge, skills, and values of legal practice is
fundamentally to transmit the essence of justice to a new generation. hope that this
survey of the challenges facing the legal profession will generate a new movement
about how every person responsible for educating attorneys, whether as a Judge or as
a lawyer or as a professor at a National Law School can measure up to that duty in
an ever-changing world.
Now I turn my attention to the Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee Report
which successfully culminated in the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code 2016.
A key insight that motivates bankruptcy reform is the distinction between
business failure and default. Many times, a project may be a successful business while
still failing to repay its creditors. This does not happen under the present Indian
conditions, where default generally results in an intractable quagmire of difficulties.
Widespread discomfort on these issues has generated two strands of thinking: (a) The
idea that all default involves malfeasance and (b) The idea that promoters should be
held financially responsible for defaults of the firms that they control. The Committee
recognized the anxiety and the sense of injustice which motivated these thoughts. In
this context the following strands of thinking influenced our Report, namely:
(a) Some business plans will always go wrong. In any healthy economy, firms
make risky plans. Some plans will always go wrong, which will induce default. If
default is equated to malfeasance, then this can have a chilling effect on risk
taking, which would hamper risk taking by firms. This would be an undesirable
outcome, as risk taking by firms is the wellspring of economic growth. What is
malfeasance is illegitimate transfer of wealth out of companies by controlling
shareholders. When a company is sound, the objective of corporate governance is
to ensure that the benefits obtained by every share are equal. Society needs to
create checks and balances which detect and punish violations of this principle.
When a company approaches default, managers may anticipate this ahead of time
and illicit transfers of cash may take place. The bankruptcy process must be
designed with a particular focus on blocking such behaviour, which is
undoubtedly malfeasance.
(b) Limited liability corporations are an important mechanism through which risk
taking is fostered. In history, the limited liability corporation came about for the
precise objective of encouraging risk taking. If liability was unlimited, fewer risky
projects would be undertaken. The limited liability corporation gives
shareholders the ability to walk away, which enables greater exploration of
alternative business models, technology, product design, etc. This process of
exploration benefits society. It is important to enshrine and protect the concept of
limited liability so as to foster risk taking.
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(c) Control of a company is not divine privilege. A key feature of the relationship
between debt and equity is that when a firm defaults on its debt, control of the
company should shift to the creditors. In the absence of swift and decisive
mechanisms for achieving this in India, we have the phenomenon of management
teams and shareholders retain control after default.
We in the Committee believed that Bankruptcy reform in India should thus
achieve four objectives: (a) Create effective barriers against managers who transfer
cash out of a company when default nears; (b) Swiftly shift power from shareholders
to creditors upon default; (c) Enshrine limited liability and (d) Enshrine business
failure as a normal and legitimate part of the working of the market economy (e) In
the case of individuals, there is also the issue of giving individuals a "second chance",
and thus promoting risk taking. This was also the motivation for the change in law in
the UK
A sound framework for personal insolvency involves an impartial, efficient and
expeditious administration. The trend in the UK and Australia, and in other parts of
the world as well, is towards placing administrative proceedings outside of the
courts. A negotiated settlement outside of court allows more flexibility in the
repayment plans, and the time to execute the plans, that can be acceptable to both
parties, as opposed to a court procedure which can constrain the possibilities. Thus
the lower the intervention of the court, the better. Recourse to courts should only
occur after completion of the negotiation or composition process in the event a party
is aggrieved by the order. The record in the credit history of a negotiated settlement
should differ, and be lighter from that of bankruptcy. This ensures that individuals
will be incentivized to agree on a repayment plan with the creditors.
The process of negotiation, and bankruptcy, is carried out more effectively by an
intermediary, instead of an officer of the court. The institution of an insolvency
resolution professional (IRP) is critical if negotiations between debtors and creditors
have to take place outside the court. The same intermediaries can also be entrusted
with the task of verifying submissions of debtors, and the claims of creditors. This
will assume a lot of importance in India as documentation is weak, and disputes on
claims may be large, at least in the early years of the system.
It is important to hold the intermediary accountable, and ensure minimum
standards. A regulatory body to monitor the performance of IRPs and discipline them
as necessary is an important element in the system of personal insolvency. The
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India created under the Code plays a crucial role
in regulating the IRP s and the Information Utilities.
Viewed against the above setting where do we stand?. The current state of credit
market in India is very poor with total absence of Debt Financing viz Bond Market.
The natural financing strategy in all countries is for large companies (e.g. the top 500
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firms) to obtain all their debt financing from the bond market. This channel has been
choked off in India, partly owing to the fact that corporate bond holders obtain
particularly bad recovery rates under the present legal framework
There is misplaced emphasis on secured credit .At present, many lenders are
comfortable giving loans only against (some) collateral. The concept of looking at the
cash flows of a company and giving loans against that is absent. This has created an
emphasis on debt financing for firms who have fixed assets. The Securitisation and
Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act,
2002(SARFAESI) does not allow the firm to survive as a going concern. When a firm
has secured credit, and fails on its obligations, the present legal framework
(SARFAESI) emphasises secured creditors taking control of the assets which were
pledged to them. Thus the present legal framework does not allow for the possibility
of protecting the firm as a going concern while protecting the cash flows of secured
creditors
What are the hurdles in current liquidation process? First is the inordinate delay.
From the viewpoint of creditors, a good realisation can generally be obtained if the
firm is sold as a going concern. Hence in liquidation, the realisation is lower when
there are delays. Hence, delays cause value destruction. Thus, achieving a high
recovery rate is primarily about identifying and combating the sources of delay.
What are the Sources of delay? Lack of information about assets and liabilities of
the debtor There is asymmetry of information between creditors and debtors. Under
the present arrangements, considerable time can be lost before all parties obtain this
information. Disputes about these facts can take up years to resolve in court.
Another important source of delay lies in the lack of a single law which
comprehensively deals with corporates, individuals, partnerships and LLP has a
great advantage. But this is lacking under the Indian legal framework and
adjudicatory mechanisms. Provisions relating to insolvency and bankruptcy for
Companies can be found in different statutes as follows the Sick Industrial
Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, (SICA )the Recovery of Debt Due to Banks
and Financial Institutions Act, 1993, the Securitisation and Reconstruction of
Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, the Companies Act,
2013. Provisions Relating to Insolvency of Individuals & Partnership Firms are found
in the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act 1909 the Provincial Insolvency Act 1920.
Early recognition of financial distress is very important for timely resolution of
insolvency.
Under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, which
follows 51% net worth erosion test has proved to be failure because by the time
sickness of an undertaking is detected it is too late to revive the company. Instead of
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Net worth Erosion Test A default based provides a simple test to initiate resolution
process.
How The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2015 attempts to address all these
concerns?
(a) Decisions as to the solvency or otherwise of an enterprise will be market decision
taken by players in the market and will not be within the domain of the
Adjudicatory Tribunals or courts
(b) Prescribing strict timelines for the different stages of the proceedings; 180 days
plus 90 days;
(c) Early detection of sickness by emphasizing on inability to pay a debt rather than
on 51% erosion of net worth;
(d) Recognising a new breed of insolvency professionals who will play the role of a
turn around specialist in reviving sick enterprises, hitherto unknown in India;
(e) Recognising Information Utilities by ensuring symmetry of information between
creditors and debtors by facilitating –
(i) information that is essential for the insolvency and the bankruptcy
resolution process is created and available when it is required;
(ii) access to this information is made available to all creditors to the enterprise,
either directly or through the regulated professional;
(iii) access to this information to third parties who can participate in the
resolution process, through the regulated professional;
(f) Establishing a Robust Regulator viz the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
India to certify Insolvency Resolution Agencies and Information utilities and
to exercise a rigid regulatory control over their members and their functions.
Now I will briefly outline the provisions of the historic Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code 2016 which was enacted by Parliament in the Budget session of 2016. It is
historic because the Code was conceived and introduced in Lok Sabha in a record
time and also because there was unanimous agreement cutting across party lines
which made enactment of this Code possible.
Conclusion
Before I conclude I would like to add a note of caution!
Firstly It is said it in the drafting fraternity that the legislative draftsman is should be
the last person to interpret his own laws. Solon was a Great Greek Law Giver. The
laws promulgated by Solon were written on boards. Every one of the leading citizens
publicly swore to observe them. But now Solon was besieged every day by people
asking for an interpretation of some provision, or complaining about how a law
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affected them.Solon decided that he should leave the Athenians for a while so that
they would cease bothering him, and work things out by themselves. He got
permission to leave Athens and took a ship to Egypt. Since Solon's laws were
deliberately obscure and ambiguous, the courts had significant powers of
interpretation. Can you blame the legislative draftsman for being vague?
DRAFTERS CONFESSION
The draftsmen’s role has been the subject of ridicule by many judges and this quote
or rather misquote has been frequently referred to by the Judges in their judgments.2
I am the Parliamentary Draftsman
I compose the country`s laws
And of half the litigation
I`am undoubtedly the cause.”
(J.P.C. Poetic Justice 1947)
But these really off the mark and a another response from a draftsman to the favorite
charge reads as follows -
“How nice to be a learned judge
who never writes a law.
He sits all dressed up every day
and feels quite free to pour
The greatest scorn upon the work
of those who draft the Bills.
He thinks it fun to say that their
mistakes cause all the ills
That make the people go to law.
But he should never smirk -
The drafter’s faults are just the things
that keep the courts in work”
I conclude my lecture by recalling the words of a great Jurist Justice Cardozo 3-
“Ever in the making, as law develops through the centuries, is this new faith
which silently and steadily effaces our mistakes and eccentricities.
2
Glanville Williams –The Effect of Penal Legislation in the Law of Tort The Modern Law Review Volume
23 May 1960 p.233.
3
Cardozo –Nature of the Judicial Process
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with the aid of quirky examples, the sheer amount of resources being consumed in IP
enforcement; the error of criminalizing the failure to abide by the IP laws; the
nuisance of grant of interim relief in IP suits and the fact that there can never be
convergence in an adversarial system of justice. His address sparked a debate among
students regarding why there is a requirement of less Intellectual property protection
and more IP free regimes. He strongly advocated his views against certain IPs which
are not required i.e. Designs Act.
He concluded by quoting that "today, the IP regime is more resource-centric than
relating to human potential.”
at this prestigious ceremony. It is also the day when after closing one door, countless
others open - not automatically but on the application of your sound entrepreneurial
and innovative initiatives. The Convocation ended with a Vote of Thanks followed by
the National Anthem.
introspection and understanding the responsibility that you hold towards the society
in general and your Alma Mater in particular.
I am sure that your learning in this college will certainly help you in meeting
challenges that come your way in your life ahead in which you must play the role of a
crusader for justice fighting against anarchy, injustice, and inequality in all spheres of
life. You must face the challenges which the contemporary world poses for
disadvantaged sections of our society.You must help in building an inclusive society
in which everyone gets her due regardless of her caste, race or religion. The future of
India is in your hands. I wish each one of you should succeed in your future
endeavors, and contribute in all possible ways for making India a vibrant democracy.
In our profession there is cutthroat competition, due to which one obviously carries a
lot of stress. To sustain this stress, do not treat yourself ever as a victim, instead take
control of your life and your destiny. Do not feel insecure. I think insecurity is a very
toxic emotion. It does make you do things in a wrong way. Instead have passion,
desire to do something meaningful. At the end of the day you should feel proud of
what you have done.
You may choose any career – litigating lawyer, judicial officer, corporate position
human rights defender or any other. Whichever career you may choose, find out
what you are about? Where do you want to go? What you want to achieve? Not in
terms of promotion and making more and more money but in terms of impact.
Society should remember you as a person based on your contribution.
I feel that you need to be humble, but self-confident. Self-confidence is important.
Self-confidence comes from your knowledge, from your facts, from your work. Every
time you combine humility with self-confidence; believe me, it will certainly do you
good.
Another very important point I wish to share. Please develop true empathy for others
for whom or with whom you are working/ going to work. When you can sit in
another person’s chair, it’s a lesson built and created for success. This might change
the way you do things and that’s important. So learning true and real empath, is very
important.
Dear students, I once again wish all of you well in your respective further pursuits. I
am certain you would rise progressively in your respective careers. I do hope that as
you rise, you will retain in you a spirit of trusteeship and contribute substantially to
your roots, the society around, the institutions that brought you up and the nation at
large. It is this spirit of trusteeship and the desire to support others who were not as
fortunate or successful as us that makes this world a better place. We must
remember that our happiness depends on the happiness all around us. Therefore let
us work together to make this world a better place to live.
Thank you all and wish you a joyous and fruitful journey ahead!”
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CONFERENCE REPORTS
TWO DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNEXPLORED CRIMINAL LAW
20TH& 21ST January 2017
Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Nitish Nawsagaray.
The ILS Criminal Law Cell organised a Two Day National Conference on the topic of
“Unexplored Criminal Law” on the 20th and 21st of January, 2017. The idea
underlying this Conference was that Traditional criminal law many a times,falls
inadequate when addressing changing criminal patterns. Special legislations enacted
to address these new issues are rarely debated and deliberated. The objective that this
Conference sought to achieve, was to enlighten the students about specific aspects of
criminal law which are not usually covered in classrooms but nonetheless, are of
great importance when it comes to practical application.
During the course of two days the following themes were discussed and debated
upon:
1. Investigative Agencies beyond the Criminal Procedure Code.
2. Rights of Children, with special reference to the POCSO Act.
3. Decoding the Official Secrets Act, 1923.
4. Laws Relating to Armed Forces with special Reference to AFSPA, 1958.
5. Laws relating to Arms and Drugs.
Day 1
20th January 2017
Inaugural Session.
Dr. Nitish Nawsagaray, Faculty in-charge of the Criminal Law Cell delivered the
welcome address and elucidated the aims, objectives and need of the conference. He
pointed out the issues to be addressed during the conference in each of the session.
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, Additional Advocate General, State of Rajasthan, delivered
the Keynote address. Dr. Sanjay Jain, Associate Professor, ILS Law college, Pune
chaired the inaugural session.
Session 1.
Investigative Agencies beyond the Criminal Procedure Code.
The Session was chaired by Adv. Shiv Mangal Sharma. The resource people for this
session were Mr. Snehil Dhall Criminologist and Dr Bhagwan Gawali Assistant
Professor, Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune. Mr Snehil Dhall explained as to
how the police and their mechanisms are often inadequate to deal with some crimes
of great magnitude and sensitivity. He opined that the need of the hour was to
establish special investigative agencies who would deal with the tasks with greater
accuracy and efficiency as well as conduct a cohesive investigation of the crime. Dr.
Bhagwan Gawali specifically dealt with the Central Bureau of Investigation and
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the members of Armed Forces while enforcing the Law. The Session was chaired by
Dr. Nitish Nawsagaray, Assistant Professor, ILS Law College, Pune.
Session 5
Laws relating to Arms and Drugs.
The Arms Act, 1959 and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
was discussed and debated upon in this session. Ayush Abhinay (III III B.A.LL.B)s
presented a paper on Smuggling arms within India. Kritika Shekhawat, a student of
IV BSL LL.B, presented paper on online sale of narcotics.
Mr. Yogen Kakade and Mr. Hrishikesh Ganu were the resource persons for this
session. Mr. Yogen Kakade, Advocate Pune, discussed the Arms Act and dealt with
the main provisions of the Act, expounding acts which qualify as dealing and
smuggling illegal arms.
Mr. Hrishikesh Ganu, Advocate, Pune, spoke about the NDPS Act, dealing with the
issues of burden of proof, sale of narcotics and the procedure for arrest under the Act.
The Session was chaired by Dr. Deepa Paturkar, Assistant Professor ILS Law College,
Pune.
The conference witnessed the participation of more than 130 participants from ILS
Law College and students from other institutions.
This event was organized by the team consisting: Oorjasvi Goswami, Kritika
Shekhawat, Anubhav Taloo, Siddhant Nanodkar, Divya Tyagi, Anamika Mazumdar
and Lavanya Chopra (IV B.S.L. LL.B.).
and Insurance of Satellites. The inaugural session was chaired by Mr. Santosh
Jaybhay, Faculty member, ILS Law College, Pune.
The first session on ‘The Need for Legislation’ had Dr. Gurbachan Sachdeva, an Adjunct
Professor at NALSAR as its resource person. The session was chaired by Dr.
Tejaswini Malegaonkar, faculty member, ILS Law College. The second session on
‘Celestial Body Mining’ had Mr. V. Gopalakrishnan, Policy Analyst at ISRO as the
Resource person and Dr. Priya Sondhi as the chair. The third session on ‘Intellectual
Property Rights and Space Law’ had Dr. Ranjana Kaul, partner at Dua Associates, New
Delhi as the Resource Person and Dr. Suvarna Nilakh, Faculty Member at ILS Law
College chaired the session. The fourth session on ‘Space Tourism’ had Dr.
G.S.Sreejith, Executive Director of Centre for International Legal Studies at Jindal
Global Law School as the Resource Person and Dr. Nitish Nawsagaray, Faculty
Member at ILS Law College, Pune as the chair. The last session was the concluding
session on ‘The origin of Space Law in India’.
The sessions had paper presentations by students from all over the country. The first
session had the first paper presentation on “The Existing Space Law Regime at the
National and International Level” by Ms. Aritri Sharma from Symbiosis Law School,
Pune. Her paper discussed the problems that have arisen in the outer space arena
since the establishment of the Outer Space Treaty. The next presentation by Ms.
Pragya Singh and Ms. Ambica Verma from Hidayatullah National Law University,
Raipur on their paper titled “How High is Up?” They proposed a system for
delimitation of a boundary marking beginning of Space. The second session had
student presenters - Mr. Karan Kamath and Ms. Shraddha Dubey from Symbiosis
Law School, Pune who presented a paper titled “The Problem of Celestial Body Mining
by Private Parties – Answering the Issues arising out of the Incumbent Space Law Regime”.
Leading from the US SPACE Act, they raised the issues arising out of the conflict
between outer space treaties and corresponding state practice. Following this,
students from North Cap University, Ms. Rashi Sharawat and Mr. Ramanpreet Singh
presented their paper titled “Celestial Body Mining: What is and What Could Be?” They
discussed the advantages of commercialization of Outer Space. The third session had
a paper presentation by Ms. Kajal Bhatia and Mr. Kartikay Singh from ILS Law
College, Pune on their paper titled “IPR and Space Law- Convergent or Divergent?”
They raised the issues of patent protection and convergence and divergence of IPR
and Space Law. It had another presentation by students from ILS Law College, Ms.
Muskaan Gupta and Ms. Sonika Choudhary, -“Nexus between IPR and Space Law”.
They discussed the nature of intellectual property rights and space law and how
there is scope for the two to coexist amidst conflict with each other. The fourth
session had a presentation by Ms. Anjali Agarwal and Mr. Savyasachi Rawat from
University School of Law and Legal Studies, Indraprastha University, New Delhi on
“Space Tourism: Evolution of Legal Framework”. They addressed space tourism as a
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subset of outer space law. The final presentation by Ms. Wafa Khatheeja from
National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi on her paper titled
“Determination of Liability for Activities in Space Tourism”. In which she explained
the concept of liability in outer space through various principles under international
space law. The final session had Dr. Gurbachan Sachdeva and Dr. G.S.Sreejith express
their views on Indian academicians who helped develop Space Law jurisprudence in
India.
The special rapporteurs who maintained a detailed account of the conference were
Ms. Tulika Gupta and Ms. Sruthi Bandhakavi from ILS Law College, Pune. The
conference witnessed participation of over 260 students and professionals. The Media
partner of the conference was Lawctopus, the leading website followed by law
students all over India. The conference received sponsorship from C.A. Rajat Chabra,
Engineer Hariram Subramaniam, and Vikram Travels.
The conference was organized by a team of students consisting Shantanu Jadhav,
Kruti Gogri, Vaishali Gupta, Tanushree Nigam, Piyasa Roychowdhury (V B.S.L.
LL.B.), H.B. Keshava (II LL.M.), Ruturaj Jere and Harshit Gadiya (II LL.B), Anoop
George and Sarthak Dhingra (II B.A. LL.B).
Ms. Aditi Sharma and Mr. Ashish Mehta from Khaitan & Co. were on the side ‘For’
abolition of Income Tax, while Mr. Rajesh Simhan from Nishith Desai Associates was
on the side ‘Against’ the abolition of Income Tax. Ms. Aditi Sharma opened the
debate by discussing the current framework of taxation in India. She discussed the
history of taxation in India.
Ms. Aditi Sharma further went on to discuss about the different taxes applicable in
India and how it was difficult to bring everyone under the tax net in the current
regime. She also went on to discuss the advantages of Goods and Services Tax and
the idea of bringing in a Banking Transaction tax in place of personal income tax.
Ms. Aditi Sharma and Mr. Ashish Mehta took turns to speak and they covered their
points in 20 minutes time that had been allotted to them. Post this, Mr. Rajesh Sharma
expressed his views on why personal income tax must not be abolished and spoke for
another 20 minutes.
Mr. Pradeep Apte, the moderator, expressed his views at the end of both speeches
and posed questions to the panellists. In the end, Dr. Pradeep Apte took the podium
and explained his personal views on the topic. He elucidated the concepts under
current taxation regime and the effects of Goods and Services Tax.
Session II- Challenges and Disruptions in the Banking Sector
Speaker- Mr. Nilanjan Sinha, Head of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, Marsh
and McLennan Companies - Indian Sub- Continent.
The second session began after post lunch break. The introduction was given by
Tanisha Bhatia [V B.S.L LL.B] where she discussed the challenges in the banking
sector in light of demonetisation and opening of FinTech companies and e-wallets.
Amala George [III B.A.LL.B] introduced the speaker, Mr. Nilanjan Sinha.
Mr. Nilanjan began by explaining how banks function and their important role in
India. He explained all regulatory aspects and Acts currently governing the
traditional banking sector.
Mr. Nilanjan allowed the audience to ask questions during the session. While the
session was in progress, the participants posed a number of questions.
Mr. Sinha patiently answered each one of them. After that, he moved on to explain
the current changes in the banking sector. He explained how Digital India is taking
shape in India. Mr. Sinha also spoke about the demonetisation effects on banks, the
changes from traditional banking to online banking and the huge increase in online
payments, e-wallets, etc.
Mr. Sinha explained key concepts by way of a PowerPoint presentation. Towards the
end of the session, Mr. Sinha began explaining the regulatory aspects governing
digital India and e-wallets like Paytm, Mobiwik. He spoke about the Payments and
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Settlements Act and Watal Committee report. Mr. Sinha also spoke about the Fin
Tech companies and their role in today’s Digital India.
Mr. Sinha concluded by giving an overview of his entire talk and why everyone must
consider a career in Banking Law.
Session III- Deconstructing the Takeover Code
Speaker- Mr. Somasekhar Sundaresan, Independent Legal Counsel
Gokul Ashok Thampi [V B.S.L LL.B] introduced the Takeover Code and the current
status of the Code. The speaker, Mr. Somasekhar Sundaresan was introduced by
Stephanie Nazareth [III B.A. LL.B].
Mr. Sundaresan began by discussing the basic concepts under the Takeover Code. He
went on to explain the powers of SEBI and the subjects on which SEBI can make
regulations, Takeover Code being one of them. He explained the concept of acquirer,
acquisition, Persons acting in Concert (PAC) and control under the Takeover Code.
He then moved on to discuss the regulations under Takeover Code, mainly, Section 3
and 4 of the Takeover Code. He also explained the concept of Open Offer, the trigger
events under the Takeover Code and exemptions from mandatory open offers.
Mr. Somasekhar also explained the intention of the drafting committee on the
Takeover Code and how the final Code, had some fundamental differences. Mr.
Somasekhar explained the fundamental difference in the concept of control under the
Takeover Code and Competition Act. His wit and eloquence kept the audience
engaged throughout the session.
Lastly, question and answer session followed the discussion. They questioned Mr.
Sundaresan on the Jet – Etihad deal and hostile takeovers in India.
After the session, a Vote of thanks was proposed by Gokul Ashok Thampi.
[V B.S.L LL.B].
The Colloquium saw an upright participation of more than 150 attendees which
included students of ILS Law College, students from other law colleges and also
professionals from the legal fraternity. All the attendees were were given Reading
Material covering the background of all the topics of the Colloquium. The Organising
Committee also conducted an orientation for the students to acquaint them of the
basic concepts relating to the topics of the Colloquium. The event was sponsored by
Tatva Legal, Corporate Law Advisor and Burger King.
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Along with the resource persons and paper presenters, following faculty members of
ILS Law College closely observed the proceedings of Conference by chairing the
various sessions:-
Student
Session Topic Resource Persons Chairperson
Speakers
First Confidentiality and • Mr. Tejas Karia, Jyoti Mr.Santosh
Session Transparency in Partner, Shardul Anumolu, Jaybhay,
International Amarchand ILS Law Assistant
Commercial Mangaldas College Professor, ILS
Arbitration. • Ms. Neeti Law
Sachdeva, Secretary College.
General and Registrar
at the Mumbai Centre
for International
Arbitration (MCIA)
Second Arbitrating • Mr. Murali Arunima Dr. Suvarna
Session International Neelkhantan, Srivastava, Nilakh,
Intellectual Property Principal, Amicus ILS Law Assistant
Disputes • Mr. Sahil Kanuga, College Professor, ILS
Senior Associate, Law
Nishith Desai College.
Associates
Third International • Mr. PranavMago, Ritvik Dr. Deepa
Session Investment Head (South Asia) at Kulkarni, and Paturkar,
Arbitration: The Singapore Hamsini Assistant
Indian Perspective International Marada, ILS Professor, ILS
Arbitration Centre Law Law
• Mr. Rishab Gupta, College College.
Counsel, Shardul
Amarchand
Mangaldas
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Fourth How to make India a • Ms. Indu Malhotra, Rishabh Mr. Kedar
Session better seat for Senior Advocate, Malaviya ILS Dhongade
Arbitration Supreme Court of Law (Advocate,
India College Pune)
• Mr. S.K. Singh,
Partner, AK Singh &
Associates
Fifth Judicial Intervention in • Mr. Janak K Ravalee Ms.
Session Arbitration in India Dwarkadas, Senior Nath, Rajalakshmi
Counsel, Bombay Urvashi Joshi, Assistant
High Court Mehta, Professor, ILS
• Mr.Ciccu Anurima Law
Mukhopadhyay, Shivade and College
Former Vice Arati
President, ICC Asia Ranade,
ILS Law
College
Sixth Has the Enactment of • Mr. Abhinav Samrudhi Mr. Tejas
Session the Arbitration & Bhushan, Director, Chothani, Karia, Partner,
Conciliation South Asia Karanam Shardul
(Amendment) Act, (International Court Ramkishore Amarchand
2015 improved the of Arbitration, ICC), Lavanya Mangaldas,
Arbitration Scenario in • Mr. Badrinath Chopra and New Delhi
India? Durvasula, Vice Sakshi Bumb,
President, Adani ILS Law
Group, College
• Mr. George Pothan,
Consultant and
Advocate,
International Law
and Treaties,
Ministry of External
Affairs
NEW INITIATIVES
TIE-UP WITH MAHARASHTRA RAJYA MARATHI
VISHWAKOSH NIRMITEE MANDAL.
The ILS Law College is proud to enter an agreement with Maharashtra Rajya Marathi
Vishwakosh Nirmitee Mandal to institute a “Dnyanamandal”, a Knowledge
Committee, for the field of Law. The task of the Dyanamandal is to identify the
outdated records in the Marathi encyclopedia (Volume 1 to volume 20), rewrite and
modify such records, add new records and update it. Dr. Jaya Sagade will be the
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coordinator of the knowledge committee. The contribution of the knowledge committee to the
Marathi Encyclopedia would definitely help the the students of law and the scholars in the
legal field. The duration of the project is for three years.
Background:
After a period of arduous discussion for 3 years, Dr. Sanjay Jain, Associate Proffessor,
ILS Law College, conceived and conceptualised an intra-college Const-Icon Contest
and an offline State level Constitutional Law Olympiad as a pilot project in the
academic year of 2015-16.
On receiving an overwhelming response in both these competitions, College decided
to make this event a national level contest. Keeping in mind the techno savvy age and
to attract nationwide participation of the students it was planned to conduct the
contest online.
The college discussed this idea with the managing director and CEO of MKCL Mr.
Vivek Savant, and he readily agreed to enter into a MOU with ILS Law College to
organise this event. ILS Law College has the distinction of pioneering such an event
in the field of law, at least in South Asia.
Objectives:
Presently, the curriculum of law schools lays maximum emphasis on moot courts and
students lack other avenues to explore their creativity and legal acumen. Although
mooting is an important co-curricular exercise, the scope for evolution of other legal
skill building activities is vast.
Apart from presentation skills, students also require analytical abilities, profound
knowledge of the Constitution and ability to study laws in the socio-economic and
political perspective. Thus, the duty of law schools is not to create run of the mill
lawyers but to produce wise jurists, legislators, reformists, law teachers and social
engineers!
By taking a cue from national and international Olympiad Competitions in spheres
like mathematics, physics, social sciences etc, ILS Law College conceived the idea of
ushering in the movement of conducting a Law Olympiad Competition.
The Main Objectives Underlying This Movement cum Contest are:
• Promotion of constitutional studies through innovative means.
• Enhancement of Capacity building to nurture multi-dimensional law
professionals.
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Structure:
The Olympiad was conducted in four rounds- Heats, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and
Finals.
The first two rounds, ‘Heats’ and ‘Quarter Finals’ were conducted online on 15th
January and 5th February, 2017 respectively. 180 students signed up for the
competition, of which 130 students participated in the first round. In Heats and Semi-
Finals, students were evaluated on the basis of MCQs based on conceptual
distractors, brain-twisters, Constitutional doctrines, comparative Constitutional law,
assertions and reasons; and application-based questions. Question papers were set by
Dr. Sanjay Jain who was very ably assisted by Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi (Faculty, ILS Law
College), Ms Divya Mittal (Faculty, ILS Law College) and Ms. Maithili Sane
(Alumnus, ILS Law College.) Transparency was maintained in the Competition by
inviting and duly addressing objections raised by the contestants on the website
(lawolympiad.in) during these two rounds.
33 students, scoring more than 50% of the total marks in Heats qualified to the
Quarter Final round. Of these, 10 students qualified to the Semi Finals conducted in
ILS Law College on 24th February.5 students participated in the Finals held on 25th
February, 2017. The event saw participation of a diverse audience from every corner
of the country, including two disabled students, one orthopedically challenged and
one visually impaired. In fact, the former bagged the third prize in the Finals. The
rules of the Competition were fine-tuned to accommodate the special needs of these
students.
Semi- finals had three segments:
Constitutional Engineering: Contestants were asked to redraft identified provisions of
the Constitution to reflect present democratic and socio economic needs. The
problems for this rounds were set by Dr. Sanjay Jain with assistance from Ms.
Rajalaxmi Joshi and Ms. Maithili Sane. Examiners for this Round were Dr. Shirish
Deshpande (HOD Law, RSTM University, Nagpur), Mr. Dwarkesh Prabhakaran
(Advocate) and Ms. Thulasi K. Raj (Alumnus, ILS Law College, Pune.)
Treasure Hunt: Research abilities and knowledge of legal databases was tested.
Contestants were given problems and asked to find the solutions using different
databases like SCC Online, All India Reporter, Manupatra and Westlaw. This round
was set and evaluated by Mr. Kaustubh Mone (Alumnus, ILS Law College.)
Const- Quiz Round: This round was further segmented into 4 parts comprising of
Rapid Fire, Buzzer Round, Constitutional Puzzle and Examiner’s Round. Ms. Maithili
Sane was the Quizmaster for this Round, and Mr. Dwarkesh Prabhakaran (Advocate,
Madras High Court) conducted and evaluated the Examiner’s Round. The questions
for Rapid Fire and Buzzer were set by Dr. Sanjay Jain with assistance from Ms.
Rajalaxmi Joshi and Ms. Maithili Sane, while Ms. Divya Mittal designed the Puzzle.
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Final Round:
The Finals of the National Constitutional Law Olympiad were conducted in three
Rounds:
Comparative Constitutional Law Round: In this round participants’ ability to compare
and contrast the principles and doctrines of equality and affirmative action of major
world constitutions was tested. The problems for this rounds were set by Dr. Sanjay
Jain with assistance from Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi and Ms. Maithili Sane. Examiners for
this Round were Hon’ble Justice Atul Chandurkar (Judge, Bombay High Court,) Prof.
M. P. Singh (Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, NLU-D) and
Mr.Sharath Chandran (Advocate, Alumnus, ILS Law College)
Mock Constituent Assembly Round: In this round a mock constitutional assembly was
convened; presided over by Prin. Vaijayanti Joshi. Two proposals were debated –
pertaining to redrafting of the Preamble, and a policy draft of the need to negotiate
with aliens. Dr. Shirish Deshpande was the moderator for this Round, which was
examined by Hon’ble Retd. Justice Roshan Dalvi (Judge, Bombay High Court,)
Mr. Mangesh Patwardhan (Associate Professor, National Insurance Academy) and
Dr. M. P. Singh.
Constitutional Interaction Round: In this round every participant made a turn-coat
presentation on a given topic for 8 minutes followed by Questions by the examiners.
The themes were identified by Dr. Sanjay Jain. This Round was assessed by Dr.
Shirish Deshpande, Dr. Sanjay Jain and Mr. Sharath Chandran.
It was only after these backbreaking and nerve-wracking rounds that the winner was
declared. Prize distribution was conducted in two phases. Prizes till the Semi Final
Round were given on the 24th of February in the presence of Dr. Shirish Deshpande
and Prin. Vaijayanti Joshi. The prizes for the Final Round were distributed at the
hands of Justice Roshan Dalvi (Retd.), Mr. Vivek Savant and Prin. Vaijayanti Joshi.
Both ceremonies were anchored by Kavya Bharadkar (ILS Law College.) Saraswati
Vandana was performed on both days by Sharvari (ILS Law College.)
The abridged table of winners is as follows:
Name Round Name of Prize Prize Amount
MS. C YAMUNA Winner of National Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 10000/- + 10000/-
MENON Constitutional Prize & Citation
Olympiad
Chief Justice Y. V.
Chandrachud Prize
MR. SIDDHARTH First Runner Up Dr. Rajendra Prasad 5000/- + 5000/- &
BHATI Prize Citation
Shri. T. T.
Krishnamachari Prize
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Learning Outcomes:
After completion of this course, participant will be able to:
- Chose a career as legislative drafters
- Translate policy guidelines into new primary and secondary legislation;
- Drafting of new legislations; To amend existing legislation
Though the course was initiated for the first time it attracted 30 trainees – which
comprised of students, both from graduate level and Masters Level. There were few
Law teachers and there was also an advocate who took interest in the course. The
course was conducted in about 40 units and resource persons were drawn from
various strata of the society – beginning from academic circles, researchers, and
bureaucrats,
Number of Guest Faculty –9
30 students were admitted to the course.
Name of the speakers along with the topic of their lecture :
No of students
Appeared A+ A B+ B C Incomplete
19 11 4 4 0 0 0
Ms. Deepali and Ms. Saranya Mishra helped in organizing and smooth functioning of
the course.
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No of
students
A+ A B+ B C Incomplete
Appeared
9 2 2 0 2 0 3
Ms. Deepali and Ms. Saranya Mishra helped in organizing and smooth functioning of
the course.
from all batches. Idea for this event was conceptualized by Omkar Gundge, Aayush
Mitruka, Srihari Kanakdande, Suyog Torpe and Janmajay Sinh Jadeja (V B.S.L. LL.B.).
ILS Law College has always maintained that environment should be protected and
preserved above all, considering the efforts of college with this regard, theme for this
year was ‘A run for clean and green ILS’.
This event was organised on February 27th, 2017, first of its kind, this event got an
overwhelming response around 225 students from all the batches participated in this
event. The marathon was flagged of by Principal Vaijyanti Joshi. The marathon
started from ILS Ladies Hostel and the ended at Maruti Mandir, ILS Hill. The route
was divided into five checkpoints starting from Ladies hostel, ILS Gymkhana, ARAI
Gate, ARAI Building, Forest department gate and ARAI Parking, this route covered a
stretch of 5 K.M.
Every checkpoint was equipped with first aid kits and water bottles. Every
checkpoint had a designated colour card which was awarded to the participants after
crossing the check point and all cards were collected at the finishing line by the
organizing committee.
Richa Sati (III B.A. LL.B) was adjudged as winner and Sakshi Goyal (V B.S.L. LL.B.)
was adjudged as runners-up in the girls category and Varun Gulati (I B.A. LL.B.) was
adjudged as winner, Rishikesh Deshmukh (I B.A. LL.B.) was adjudged as runner-up
in boys category, additionally 10 consolation prizes in each category were also given.
Principal Vajayanti Joshi awarded the winners with prizes.
We Pay Our Respectful Homage
To