NewsletterSui GenerisNewsletterINSTITUTE OF LAW, NIRMA UNIVERSITY

Vol 18September - December 2012

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.- Margaret Carty

EDITORIAL BOARD

ADVISOR:Prof. (Dr.) Purvi PokhariyalI/c Director

EDITOR:Dr. Monica Rao

LANGUAGE EDITOR:Dr. Rashmi MehtaStudent Members:Hitesh Agrawal Naiana Jain

Sui Generis

THIS ISSUE

Event 01

Expert Lecture 03

Faculty Corner 04

Students' Corner 06

Forth Coming Events 08

The First International Space Conference-2012 was organised by IL-NU in collaboration with Aryavarta Space Organisation from November 30- December 1, 2012. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. P S Krishnan, distinguished scientist & director, ADE - DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India,and Dr. R B Shah, Director General ASO. In the post lunch session, Dr. P S Krishnan delivered a key note address on different issues of 'Space'. On December 1, 2012 second and third technical sessions were held.The sessions were chaired by Prof. Tarkesh Molia and Dr. Rushi Ghadawala respectively. After the session, Padmshree Dr. V. Adimurthy delivered a key note address. Overall, twenty-two participants from across the globe presented papers on different issues of 'space'.Ms. Jayashree Parihar, Symbiosis Law School, Noida, bagged the best paper award for her paper "Space Debris and the Legal Problems". Dr. N. Bangkim Singh was the organizing secretary of ISC-2012.

Intramural Moot Court Competition: The Moot Court Committee organized an Intramural Moot Court competition on September 22, 2012. The problem was based on the recent issue of FDI in retail sector. There were 321 participants divided into 107 teams of three each and it was judged by 16 eminent lawyers of high court; making it the biggest Intramural Moot Competition organized so far by IL-NU. 15 teams were selected from this competition and these teams will be representing IL-NU in National Moot Court Competitions this year.

International Space Conference 2012

EVENTS

Padamshree Space Scientist Dr. V. Adimurthy

INSTITUTE OF LAWNirma University

S-G HighwayAhmedabad 382 481

Phone: 02717 241900-04Fax: 02717 241916www.nirmauni.ac.in

8 Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. - Henry Ford

• IL-NU celebrated the Armed Forces Flag Day on December 7,2012 to appreciate and celebrate the spirit and deeds of our Armed Forces and voluntary contributions were made for the same.

• Print and, Jingle Making and Ad- Mad Competition was organized for the Semester I students of B.Com. LL.B. and B.B.A. LL.B. Batch on September 28,September.

Sports Committee of IL-NU organized Fresher’s Cup 2012-13 from September 17-22, 2012 and Intra-ndInstitute Sports Fest 2012-13 in the 2 week of October, 2012 with the help of Mr. Yashvardhan

Sharma (Student Chairperson) and other students member of Sports Committee.

Sports

Events Date/Month/Year

• National Law Teachers Training Programme January 2-11, 2013

• National Student Conference on IHL January 19, 2013

• National Conference 2013 “Vision 2020: January 24-25, 2013Future of Law and Legal Transformation”

st• 1 National law and governance essay writing competition January 31, 2013

• Connaissance February 9-11, 2013

• Festoria February 12, 2013

• II ILNU International Moot Court Competition March 1-3, 2013

Cultural Events

Forthcoming Event

Inter-City Conventional Debate

Competition

Centre for Corporate Research of IL-NU organized Inter-

City Conventional Debate Competition on the topic

“Allowing FDI in Multi-Brand Retail Sector: Whether Boon

or Bane for Indigenous Industry?” on October 6, 2012 .

35 participants from different colleges of Ahmedabad

and other cities participated. Mr. Hardik Modh,

advocate, Economic Law Practice and Professor Yogesh

Doshit from IM-NU, Ahmedabad were the Judges. Mr.

Anandkumar R Shindhe was the faculty advisor of the

event.

Reflections……

Looking Ahead, 2012

The Centre for Social Justice held “Reflections……

Looking Ahead”, 2012 on October 3, 2012 in the IL-NU

premises. It comprised of the following events:- Counter

Encounter, Essay Competition, Poster/Collage/T-shirt

Painting, Photography Contest.

This event saw voluntary participation across the

semesters to show and reflect upon their creative talents.

Events Expert Lecture delivered by Dignitaries

Many of us are more capable than some of us . . . but none of us is as capable as all of us!! - Tom Wilson It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. - Napoleon Hill2 3

Prof. Nigam Dave, Dean Liberal Studies, PDPU

Name and designation Topics Institute Date

Dr. Subhash Raina, Professor of Law, "Culpable Homicide IL-NU October 8 – 9,

University of Delhi and Murder" 2012

Prof. [Dr.] Nigam Dave- Campus Novel IL-NU October 10,2012

Dean Liberal Studies, Pandit

Deen Dayal Petroleum University

Shri D.P. Chhaya Formation and IL-NU October 11,

Dir. (G&AA), Administration of 2012

Nirma University Universities

Dr. Neha Parashar Accounting Standards in the IL-NU October 18,

Associate Professor (HOD) at subject of Financial 2012

Department of Management Accountancy

Studies, Ahmedabad

Institute of technology,

Gota, Ahmedabad

Prof. A.C. Brahmbhatt Overview on Marketing IL-NU October 23,

Management 2012

Dr. P S Krishnan, Distinguished International Space IL-NU November 30-

Scientist & Director, Conference 2012 December 1,

ADE - DRDO, Ministry of 2012

Defence, Govt. of India

Faculty Corner Faculty Corner

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds. - SEAL Team saying 4 5

Book Published

Dr. Harmik Vaishnav

published Dictionary of

Confusable Words , ISBN-

978-93-5048-186-8, Prabhat

Prakashan- Delhi. It is a

compilation of homophones

and confusing words with

sentences for explanation.

There are around one

thousand pairs of confusing

words with meanings and sentences.

Dr. Harmik Vaishnav published Formation of words,

ISBN-978-93-5048-208-7,

Prabhat Prakashan Delhi. It is

a compilation of how

formation of a word takes

place from verbs. In the book

the verb form, noun form,

adjective and adverb form

have been given and with

sentence of each form for

explanation of the difference

in usage. It has more than one

thousand such word groups.

Dr. Krishna Pal Malik

authored a book entitled Administration of Juvenile

Justice in India (Juvenile in conflict with law), published

by Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad. The book covers

all provisions relating to juvenile and child in need of

care and protection under the

Juvenile Justice (care and

Protection of Children) Act,

2000 and emphasizes on legal

approach to the provisions

pertaining to juvenile in

conflict with law, basically

focused on magnitude,

general principles, role of

various stakeholders,

apprehension, bail,

determination of age,

procedure before the Juvenile

Justice Board, provisions relating to appeal and

revision along with discussion on re-integration and

rehabilitation of the children.

Paper Publications

Dr. Rhishikesh Dave published an article titled

“Protection of Cultural Property In The event Of Armed

Conflict” in Chotanagpur Law Journal Volume 5 No. 5,

2012-13, ISSN No. 0973-5858.

Dr. Harmik Vaishnav published a paper titled

"Leadership Communication: The Alchemist

Perspective" at International Conference on Leadership

in Business & Management for Sustainable Global

Economy at IIT Delhi in November 2012 and published

in Global Journal of Finance and Management ISSN

00975-6477. He also chaired a session in the

conference.

Dr. Harmik Vaishnav published a paper at ‘Catcher In

The Rye :a study in alienation' in International Journal

of Multidisciplinary Research ISSN 2277-9302.

Dr. Harmik Vaishnav published an article 'The power

fortress' on Meherangarh Fort of Jodhpur in The Taj

Mahal Review in December 2012 ISSN No.- 0972-6004.

Ms. Silky Mukherjee published an article "Indian

perspective on Domain Names", in Law, Development

and Socio-Economic Policy (Challenges in the 21st

century India) by Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, Pg

247-252 (ISBN- 93-5028-723-4).

Dr. Lucky Mishra published an article titled "Economic

Implications of GST in India" in Global Journal of

Finance and Management, Volume-4,Number -9(2012)

ISSN 0975-6477.

Paper presentation

Dr. Madhuri Parikh presented a research paper

entitled “Public Participation in Environmental

Decision Making: A Human Right Perspective” in the

5th International Congress of Environment Research

held at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu,Kuala

Terengganu, Malaysia in collaboration with the Journal

of Environmental Research and Development from

November 22-24, 2012.

Dr. Monica Rao presented a paper titled “Revisiting

Subalterns: Uncontrolled Cultural Shift and Rise of

Situational Subalterns”, at International Conference on

Perspectives in Culture, Society and Gender in

Subaltern Communities in South Asia, Department of

Sociology, University College of Social Science and

Humanities, MLSU, Udaipur (Raj) October 5-6, 2012.

Mr. Anandkumar R Shindhe presented a paper on

“Construing Labour Legislations in 21st Century in the

light of Human Rights” in UGC sponsored National

Seminar on “Human Rights of Industrial Labour in 21st

century”, organized by Shri N.S.Patel Law College,

Modasa, Gujarat on October 13-14, 2012.

Mr. Anandkumar R Shindhe presented a paper on

“Exploring the Future of Developing Country through

Space” in The 1st International Space Conference

2012, organized by IL-NU in association with Aryavarta

Space Organization, Ahmedabad on November 30-

December 1, 2012.

Ms. Sunita Sharma presented a paper on “Space Law:

The Law of Next Generation” in The 1st International

Space Conference 2012, organized by IL-NU in

association with Aryavarta Space Organization,

Ahmedabad on November 30-December1, 2012.

Resource person in Seminar and

Training programmes

Ms. Nandini Sinha delivered an expert lecture at MGLI

on "Conflict Management" on 4th October 2012.

Ms. Khyati Shah delivered an expert lecture for taking

lectures at Shri Jairambhai Patel Institute of Business

Management and Computer Applications on Taxation

of Companies and Taxation of Non-Residents from

October 29, 2012 to October 31, 2012.

Dr. Shalini S. conducted a guest lecture on "Role of

Human Resource Management in Globalized Era" at

Global Institute of Management on October 13, 2012.

Dr. Rhishikesh Dave was invited as a resource person

by Nehru Study Centre, University of Rajasthan to

deliver a lecture on the topic of “Human Rights and

Values: Jurisprudential analysis” during UGC Sponsored

National Workshop on “Human Rights and Value

Education” held between October 27 – November 2,

2012 at Jaipur.

Participation in Seminar / Workshop

Ms. Silky Mukherjee attended a 10 days workshop on

Teaching and Research for newly appointed teachers

from October 13-22, 2012 at National Law School of

India University, Bangalore. The workshop was

conducted by IBA- CLE Chair, National Law School,

Bangalore and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy and

Training, Trivandrum.

Nitesh Chaudhary participated in two Day

International Conference on Travails of “Modernity”

from December 1-2, 2012, organized by Aarohi, Centre

for Educational and Social Studies, Bangalore in

collaboration with Ghent University, Belgium and

Kuvempu University, Bangalore.

Achievements

1. IL-NU team was adjudged the Third Best Team at Stetson

International Environmental Moot Court Competition. The

competition was held from November 30 - December 2, 2012 at

NLIU, Bhopal. In the semi finals we were against RMNLU (who

stood first) and our score was very close to qualify for Florida -

International rounds. Our performance was much appreciated by

the judges, our personal feedback was amazing, and we stood

the third best team. Following are the names of the participants:

1. Bayar Goswami Semester V - B- First Speaker/Mooter, 2. Gunjan Jadwani Semester V - B - Second

Speaker/Mooter, 3. Varnali Purohit Semester V - B – Researcher.

th2. IL-NU team won third position in the 12 Henry Dunant

Memorial Moot Court Competition, organized jointly by the

Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) and the International

Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Delhi.The team comprised

of three students Vibhor Chaplot, Ankita Maitreya and Manushi

Yadav. A total of 49 participated from law colleges all over India.

They were facilitated by the Institute on October 17, 2012 for

their outstanding performance.

Sr. Moot Competition Date of Names of

No. competition participants

International Moots

th rd1. 12th Henry Dunant Moot court 20 - 23 September, 2012 1. Vibhor Chaplot

competition 2. Ankita Maitreya

3. Manushi Yadav

th th2. International Banking and 18 -20 October, 2012 1. Ravi Thakur

Investment law Moot Court 2. Dhruvraj Rana

Competition 2012 (Jaipur) 3. Mansi Singhal

th3. Stetson International 30 November- 1. Bayar Goswami ndEnvironment Moot 2 December, 2012 2. Gunjan Jadwani

3. Varnali Purohit

National Moots

th st1. 6th Pro Bono Enviro Moot 19 - 21 1. Tarpit Patni

Competition 2012 October, 2012 2. Pooja Murarka

3. Shivani Pateriya

th th2. NLIU – Juris Corp National 26 - 28 1. Priyadarshini Sharma

Corporate Law Moot Court October, 2012 2. Kunal Dubey

Competition 3. Jagjit Vashist

st rd3. Third All India Corporate 21 - 23 1. Ayush Johri

Law Moot Court September, 2012 2. Shatakshi Johri

Competition, 2012 ,NLU Delhi

th th th4. 6 Annual NALSAR - 28 - 30 1. Shil Shah

Justice Bodh Raj Sawhny September, 2012 2. Astha Caturvedi

Memorial Moot Court 3. Shrutinder Kaur

Competition, 2012

Paper Presentation

Aishvarya Gupta, Vishal Awtani, Shivani Vyas

presented a paper on National seminar on “Gender

Issues in India: Sensitisation, Reflection and

Solutions” at RGNUL, Punjab organised by RGNUL in

collaboration with NHRC.

Vishal Srivastava presented a paper "Recent

Changes In the India Against Corruption Movement:

Has the crusade reached its end or is it just anew

begining" co authored by Priti Sharma (III Semester)

at the Think India Summit held at NITTR Campus,

Bhopal on October 6-7, 2012.

Vishal Srivastava presented a paper in titled

"Caveat Emptor: Need for consumer protection

rights in the era of E-marketing" co authored by

Prathiksha Ravi (III Semester) at the National

Conference on Innovation for Competitive Edge:

Growth and Sustainability organised by Symbiosis

Centre for Management Studies, Noida held at India

International Centre on October 16-17, 2012.

Tabish Samdani and Soumya Kapoor presented a

research paper titled “Space Tourism in Armour of

Law” in International Space Conference 2012

organized by Aryavarta Space Organization at IL-NU

from November 30-December 1, 2012.

Manu Tripurari presented a research paper titled

“Exploring Space & Exploiting the ‘No Man’s Land’ ”

in International Space Conference 2012 organized by

Aryavarta Space Organization at IL-NU from

November 30-December 1, 2012.

Venkatesh presented a research paper titled “Space

Tourism: Future Policy and Legal Challenges” in

International Space Conference 2012 organized by

Aryavarta Space Organization at IL-NU from

November 30-December 1, 2012.

Aishwary K. Tiwari presented a research paper titled

“Outer Space Activities and the Intellectual Property

Rights Regime” in International Space Conference

2012,organized by Aryavarta Space Organization at

IL-NU from November 30-December 1, 2012.

Rashmi Gautam presented a research paper titled “A

Critical Evaluation of the Space Tourism” in

International Space Conference 2012, organized by

Aryavarta Space Organization at IL-NU from

November 30-December 1, 2012.

Publications

Alok Ratnoo, presented and published a paper

titled: “Citizen Engagement- Ladder to achieve

Transparency, accountability and success of National

E-Governance Plan in India”, at NLU-DELHI's

international conference on "Transparency and

Accountability in Governance", organized on

October 13-14, 2012.The article will be published by

NLU Delhi in their law Journal with ISBN code: 978-

81-923638-7-5.

Dilip Sharma presented and published a paper

titled "Lokpal Bill and its Implication in Combating

Corruption" in an international conference on

"Transparency and Accountability in Governance:

Issues and Challenges (ICTAG)" held in NLU Delhi

from October 13-14, 2012, to be published in

ICTAG Conference Book Vol. - 2 ISBN number

:978-81-923638-7-5.

Dhananjay Kashyap presented and published a

paper in titled "Right to Information- Loopholes

and Probable Solutions" at international

conference on "Transparency and Accountability

in Governance" held in National Law University,

Delhi on October 13-14 2012. The paper got

published in ICTAG, NLUD ISBN-978-81-923638-

7-5 .

Students’ Corner

There is no failure except in no longer trying. - Elbert Hubbard Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting. - Napoleon Hill 6 7

List of Moots in which students have