Minutes otlfhe ninth School Foar4 Meetine of $cFool of Law held on 3'd Mav. 2010 at

The foilowing members were present:

1. Prof. K. Elumalai, Professor, Director, SOL, ICNOU - Chairman2. Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon, Former Member, Commissio:r on Centre-State

Relations, Govemment of India3, Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, Former Member, National Human Rights Commission4, Prof. Pandav Nayak, School of Social Sciences IGNOU5. Prof. CRK Murthy, Professor, STRIDE, IGNOU6. Prof. Gopinath Pradhan, Professor, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU7 , Dr. Babu P. Ramesh, Reader, School of lnter disciplinary Studies, IGNOU8. Prof. Srila'ishna Deva Rao, School of Law, IGNOU9. Ms. Curnreet Kauri Lecturer, School of Law, IGNOU10. Mr. Anand Gupta, Lecturer, School of Law IGNOU11. Ms. Manasi Sharma, Lecturer, Schoolof Law IGNOU

Prof, B.B, Pande, Former Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, Ms. Maja Daruwala,Director, Comrnonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Ms. Pallavi Shroff, Partner, Amarchanclancl Mangaida.s & Suresh A Shroff & Co, Ms. Suneet Kash;.rap I eclurer, Schccl of La,';,iCi.iOii couia nct atrend the nreeting.

Prof' Sriklishna Deva Rao welcomed and informed all the Members of the School Boarcl ofScliool of Law that he has completed 3 years of service as Director, School of Law on 2May, 2010 and introduced Prof. K. Elumalai, who has taken over as Director, School of Law

Prof. Rao briefed the Members of the Board about the achievements made by Schoot of lawduring the past 3 years. The School of Law (SOL) was established in 2005 with anobjective of imparting legal educatiou through Open and Distance Learning system. Schoolof Law is offering several programmes both in distance education and online mode rangingfrorn Para-legal Practice, Human Rights, Consumer Protection, Cyber Law, patent pmciicqLegal Process Outsourcing and lntellectual Property Rights. A two year Masters programmein Intellectual Property T,aw exclusively through online mode was launched from ianuary,2010 in association with Queensland university of Technology (eUT), Australia.

From July, 2010 onwards, tlte foilowing 5 programmes will be laurrciied :.e. (i) Certificate inAnti Human Trafficking, (ii) Diploma in Environmental law, (iii) Certificate'in Intern*tionatHumauitarian Law, (iv) Awareness Programme on Right to lnformation and (v) Certificatein Cooperation, Cooperative Iaw anci Business Laws.

Prof, Rao asked the new Director of School of Law to rake over the Chairmansirip of SchoolBoard.

At the outset' the new chairman Prof' K. Elumalai welcomed all the Members of the schoolBoard or School or Law. rhe chairm.1nr.."J-";;;;ffirh; ;;ilil;r.il",j.u0, by theearlie' inrernal lrembers of the school stard "ri.-

--prri.;il;'ff;j;.J6rr, prof.Gracious Thomas, Director, school .f s".l.i #"ir., proi's*rosh panda, srRIDE, prof.Salil Mishra, SOSS and welcom"O *," nr* l;;;;;l;r,

Prof' Panclav Nayak commended *r i:l\0o1. by prof. Rao in the rast 3 years and saidsol- inay come out with'vision document for the ryo i v*rs. The chairman expressed hisdesire to come out with a vision ano roaomap for the n.ir'i vr*, and place the sime beforethe next school Board' rhe chairman;;t;d;;iil;;tr;;"'*ove further with rargets fixedfor everv six months and sought the;G;;ffiilffi;iof a'concerned. l

The items on the agenda were taken up for discussion and the following decisions weren'7- taken: ------- Y'-

Item No 9.1:

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confirmation of minutes of the Eighth schoor Board Meeting and to notethe action taken thereon. - --E-"" '

The Board was informel^gtr rhe Eighth meering of the schoor Board ofschool of Law was circularro a*onft rnembeii o,, eil**ary,2c10. iiwas broughr to the notice of rhe M;";b;;; about the .;;;; received fromProf. K. Elumalai with regarJ r;-i; N, 8.11 ro g.r3 and circuration of thesame to all Members. eJ further comments were not ,r.riuro, the minutesmay be approved.

The Board confirmed the minutes with above conections/additions.

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Prof' Rao informed thar the Fourth school Board of school of Law herd on14rh December, 2007 JJo;;rffi'ri!"i.ro for creating new discipline incriminal Justice. r ------vY s'v *r

Prof' Rao furrher informed rhat dre disciprine for criminal justice w'lundertake the Teaching, nrr"ur.rr"r*i*"! *j-.oi;""ill realizing thermporrance varues, iustice *o .quiiy.'- 'frgJ

;f ;;;ii be raunchingseveral nr* progru*mes in rh" .H;i;riminar.;urii.. ii,,'trr" "o*,n, ,.urr.

Prof' Madhava Menon emphasized that crimiqar justice is not a theoreticardiscipline but an uppri"a J["]pi"# Tr: or td;;;i;il,i,;; a, rhe sratesare facmg today is a Smte of herpless sit]ation uecause of negrect of proper

administration of criminal justice. criminal justice has a much larger task tothink about knowledge, fighting erimes, policies and action prograrnmes.

Prof. Madhav Menon has further observed/suggested that the followingpreliminary work/activities may be undertaken so as to lay down a clear cuiroadmap for the proposed discipline.

(i) Prepaiation of a vision document for the proposed discipline ofCriminal Justice by clearly indicating the activities to be undertakenon priority basis as the scope and ambit of the discipline, prime facie,appears to be very wide and vast.

(ii) The vision document *;t .il; spell out as how to help the srateGovemments to ggt out of the present mess.(iii) Identification of institutions i.e. BPR&D, lnstiture of ForensicSciences etc. for having tie-up/collaborative arrangements,

Prof. Madhava Menon suggested that the IGNou may take up wirh HomeMinister for the above programmes in online and distance educaiion mode.

Justice Bhaskar Rao stressed on the need to have the components of fieldstudy.in our programmes and public issues; the duty of the police constahlesaiici aiiour iFC anci cRpc that policemen and the cbmmon iiti"rn should beaware of.

Toconsider and approve minutes of rhird Doctoral committee meetingand Reporting of Research programmes at School of Law

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Prof. Rao, coordinator Ph,D. prograrunes in school of Law explained aboutthe Research Programmes of school of Law. He informeo that Mr.-il;iGupta, has got

-registered for ph.D. on the topic ,orransplantation oforgans Act: A criticar Appraisal. She has been'serectea u, irrc errir. proi

(Law) on NEHU, Shillong and expressed her interest to continue with herPh.D at IGNOU. prof. Rao has also informed that Ms. Sopfryjosefi;iai;has presented Ph.D synop-sis on "Farmers Rights ano tnteitecil f;;;;;;Regime: A critical study of Law & po[c] issues i, rroiJurf#;:Doctoral Committee of SOL.

school Board members. suggested that Ms. preeti Gupta should do field casestudies for her ph.D, thesis. Members also suggesfuo trrri prr.o. scholarssynopsis/seminar papers presented should u" .irlirut"J ," irr" School BoardMembers.

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sB 9'3'3 school Board Members "?l:1ir::searSh programmes of school of Law andalso approved the third doctorur commiG'ii..ting of the school Board ofSchool of Law.

Itenr No 9'4 "" ""lr*^rj-^?i1-:pp"ove phase 2 & s f,,orms of pG Diproma ,inEnvironmental Law - r* !)

sB 9.4.r Ms. Manasi sharma, programme co-ordinator of the pG Diproma rnEnvironmenrar Law .*or.ii.o-'uuu r"#liih:ry., and its raunch. sheinformed that rhe *ut.riul, are armost r"acy aio the programme is ieaay rorlaunch. w.e.f fromlury, iolo - s"*voL rvauJ ilrr

sB 9'4'2 Prof' cR'K'I"$Ipo.inted our facrual errors in phase 2&3 filled in Formsof PG Diploma in btivltq;ental Law. ii-** *"rrtioned in phase 3 Formi that 3,vo;;;il *itiit trti,ted for practi*rr irt.r", s the 30vo**t, shourdbe for assignment' tt wis,oecid"d t; r#j#"r Board Members thar thisprogramme will have a total crecit oijz.--- -_".

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Prof' K' Erumarai programme coordinator,:ft cerrificate in co-operation,:Jr"ilTi"ffi n;*rd

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with the above "0,:ir:1i::; 1d rgyrkr:rr,. ,;r;;;;certiricate inco-operation, co_opera,i;;l;;;$ftinr*

Law, were approved.To consider andrnt."oJiu, ffi.li,Hffi J#r. , & 3 Forms for cerrificare in

Prof. Rao the prosrr-i,r",*"J,r,;;,ffi ffiT#;?Ji::ffi""J,lfi:;1f H,::,Tdid,"r,.*meandProf' c'R'K' Murtv

:,ii.tT there is discrepancv ," r;;, ,;3 Forms aboutthe fees' prof' Rao crarified ,h;;;;, #this,piogram*" iGr. 2000/_ and.;"J?*?:Xiii:'H[:r;;il; t,i;:,,";., arso said that word Modure may

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with the above observations and remarks Phase 2&3 Forms of Certificate inInternational Humanitarian Law **ra upprou.;.

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To consider and approve phase 2& 3 Forms for certificate in AntiHuman Trafficking

Prof. Rao,.the Programme coordinator explained about this programrne andinformed thar rhis progreffrrre is ready for iaunch in luty, ib1b. n, informedthat fees for this programme is Rs. 20bol: and toral cilil;-16."- "*-"'*-.

fror !.n$ Murry asserted thar evaluation methodorogy shourd,be 70vo forTerm End Examination and 3ovo for continuous eval-uation i.e, field basedassignment, 'rY' "v'e verwu

with the above observations a'd remarks, phase 2&3 Forms of certificate inAnti Human Trafficking were epproved.

Toconsider-a1d approve phase 2& 3 Forms for Awareness programmeon Right to Information

lvls. Ivtanffii she*ra thc. progi-arnrrre coorciinator intbrmecl that thisAwareness pr.ogramme will be launched in July, 2Oi0.

Phase 2&3 Forms of Awareness programme o. Right to Information wereapproved by the School Board. +" ---'-Ev'v^r 'v.w

To consider and approve phar,e I form of Appreciation course onCompensation Law

Ms' Gurmeet Kaur explained about the need and objective of thisAppreciation Course on Ciompen.ation iu*.Prof' Maclhava Menon

. asser-ted that

.compensation is a remedy andjustification shoutd b9 sjugn ro, inipanirs;;;;';; ;;*;""sarion. Hesuggested thar instead of Appreciation on Compenslti"" i;;:;".."rr""Ishould come our with Diplomu in':i.eur n"*.ov *iii.il""*ro be moreappropriate as a Diploma and that will aiso ncruoe."compenrurion. Hence, itwas suggesred that a Diproma programme on Legal R;;y *.y be initiateclwhich can take care of Co*p.nruti"o;. -_--

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with the above observadons and discussions, the schoor Board approved theProgramme on Diploma in Legal Rilils8.9.9.3

s8.9.9.4 Prof. Menon suggested that school of Law should launch a programme oncertificate course on constirutional values and Responsible cltizenships.This is need of the s.ociety today, Every citizen of our ."*rty ,rr""lJi"aware of the provision of the Indian constitution which includesFundamental Rights, Directive principles of state policy *J=r""0"**i.iDuties etc, schools all over the country should be aware of Election law,

l.*jY Luy.u.ndf*plovmenr Law. Thii programme may u. urro.iui.J *ittIocal Legal Aid Comrnittee.

SB'9'9'5 It was decided to set up a Committee consisting of the following SchoolBoard Members of School of Law for initiatinf tnis ptogru**r'* nub ofLaw meant for every citizen of the-country, tf-necessari, a brainstormingmeeting of the-following group will be treiO in Trivandrum or elswhere. TheCommittee will consists of:

o prof, Madhava Menon- Chairmanr Justice Bhaskar Rao_

: ;[ilHlH,?*prof. Srikrishna Deve Rao

Item No' 9'L0 To consider and approve Programme code for post Graduate Certificate inCyber law (online)

sB 9'10'1 Ms' Gu,rmeel Kau1, Programme coordinator of pGCCL informed the schoolBoard Members that sED has requesred for ,rpd";;;;;;;:"de forpGCcL onrine programme since pGCCr_ orzuea *u.ougtr"oor, uno oirruuteducation in Law has different evatuaiio-n metioootogi.r. i ' *!sqr

Sts 9' 10' 2 The school,Board approved that PGCCL (online) course will be renamed aspGCcL online and the progranlme "oo..ouiJu"'pcCii_6i:

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Item No' e'11' To lT:*1" ^11*, "pqT:t--1":luation Methodorogy ror onlineprogrammes of MIpL and pGDLpO.

sB 9'11'1 Prof' Rao informed that school:llt* is-offering rwo online programmes i.e.PGDLPO and MIPL' Mr. Kunal vrenralromRln nut * explained to school.Board Members about the online ".r"i*ii"" *ethodology through Relianceweb world.. He explained ro ,h;;;;; r:r" pr"ur** that is being faced forconducting the online examination, -- r-

sB 9'11'2 Prof' Pandav,Nayak informed the-Board about that the Academic council,sResotution (No, AC so,ie.3t diil"+s;";#.**,ii"* " urlii.ilnl" * *,

schoot Board Members l:j: ,sr, ,he school of r"*,;u, **utt otrr*Schools in this,"garOwho are offerlng ontineprogramrnes. , :

sB e.11.3 scho,br u,,":g :*ested rhat ,r, ;;;;J-^:"'",reached, tire smtuJ-[uo n uy u" il#.il:t #Ht3:r::,.ottnt

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Registrar (SED) *r ?.*:r:?n.1r.ftg marrer.

_He also refened ro a Committee;ffi| ;',,ru;mfi:,g l:|,*ii**e ro prep are por icy no re/re gui ar ions__----.arlon by the University.

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sts e'12'1 i"ffiiJr:;ff*T::1ffi:'r'r:t-:aper setrers, ,uu,uu,o,, and moderarors

:::l: ,.13 Any ofher irem wirh rhe permission of rhe chair

sB .e.13.1 Justice Btraskar Rao propos:rl_p,:rLq:" *r, ,*oll of Law should corne ourrvirh progray=ri..,.rr'iiirri,,.. *.: l.*,i-*Ti, i, p.,,iirr.nr at this juncn*e.It i"?'i'J't!tr #fiiHiitul"s r rc ci y ;. "

.r:"i., K. slu*aui il,ro*.dffi 'ni:g;'si*ff '"d,tnu,hT?,*:il"i::fi:k'*il,ffiThe meeting ended with a vote of *ruot s to rn, *uir.

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