The Delhi High Court on August 4, 2020, asked the Centre and the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to reply to a law graduate's plea. Explicitly, he challenged the requirement of physically appearing at exam centre for the...
The Consortium of National Law Universities Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2020 has announced the final date for the conduct of the examinations. The Consortium has scheduled the exam on August 22, 2020. The exam shall be a computer-based,...
The Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN Foundation) has announced the launch of an interactive webinar on "Shri Arun Jaitley's Perspective on Justice Dispensation: Constitutional Expectations From Our Judiciary". To explain, the webinar, scheduled for June 27,...
The National Law University Delhi(NLUD) has issued a statement regarding the protests for reinstatement of sanitation workers of the University. The officials state that the alleged dispute is fundamentally between workers and the Contractors. Therefore, the university does not...
The Delhi Police supposedly detained a student of the National Law University, Delhi and a worker; who had assembled outside the campus, demanding to reinstate the safai karamcharis. The Reason Behind The Protest 55 house-keeping staff, engaged under a contract with...
Labour Minister of the Delhi Government, Gopal Rai, met with the students of National Law University of Delhi (NLU Delhi) to discuss the alleged unlawful termination of the housekeeping staff of the university. Consequently, the Labour Minister ordered the...
The National Commission for Backward Classes has directed the University Grants Commission to take appropriate action against particular National Law Universities. The NLUs in question were found to be violating mandatory OBC and domicile reservation norms. The order, signed by...
The Legal and Social Service Committee of the Hidyatullah National Law University (HNLU) has collaborated with the Centre for Social Justice to extend a helping hand towards the migrant workers. Being that, they are working towards providing relief to...
The Supreme Court, on 8th June, agreed to hear an appeal regarding the death of a third year law student from NLU Jodhpur in August, 2017. Explicitly, the petitioner, mother of the demised, has requested the court to transfer...
The students of National Law University, Jodhpur filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Meghalaya High Court; against the government orders. Explicitly, the Petition challenged the compulsory imposition of the 'Corontine App' and the 'Stay Safe Meghalaya App' by...
The students and alumni of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad has successfully raised funds worth Rupees twenty-five lacs; to support the stranded migrant workers. Being that, the money is used in travel arrangements, food,...
In light of the deplorable condition of migrant workers travelling via Shramik trains, highlighted by various news reports, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has taken up a noble initiative. The Project: Serving the Shramiks has targeted to reach 1,00,000 Shramik...
The Executive Committee of the Consortium of National Law Universities met on 18th May, 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the conduct of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020. They released a notification for the...
Amid the on-going global pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, the Registrar of Examinations, National Law University Delhi on May 14th released a notification stating All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) - 2020 is expected to be held in the...
The research organization Project 39A of National Law University, Delhi drafted a report titled ‘Death Penalty Sentencing in Trial Courts’. The Trial Courts in Delhi often cite shock and impact of a crime on the collective conscience of society; ...
While being subjected to criticism, former Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave the Keynote Address on “Ensuring an Independent Judiciary under our Constitution: Confronting the Contemporary Challenges” in a Webinar; the Confederation for Alumni for National Law...
The Governor of Karnataka, on April 27, 2020, gave his assent to the National Law School Of India (Amendment) Act, 2020. Thereby, the school (NLSIU, Bengaluru) shall reserve horizontally twenty-five per cent of seats for students of Karnataka. The Notification...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, this year's Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2020) has been postponed again. Explicitly, it is the entrance exam for the 22 National Law Universities (NLUs) and other undergraduate and postgraduate...
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has postponed the National Institutional Rankings 2020. The announcement has been on the National Institutional Rankings Framework website. The delay is due to COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent lockdown. However, no future date...
The Bombay High Court passed its verdict in a case challenging the validity of Rule 2(xxiv) of the Rules of Legal Education, 2008. The said rule prevents the functioning of centres of legal education without obtaining regular approval of...
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has done away with the earlier notification in the view of countrywide lockdown. The revised date for LSAT-India is June 07, 2020. The registration date has also been extended till May 22, giving...
What people most often forget is, India is at the end of the day a democracy. Whenever there shall be bouts of autocratic rule and authoritarianism, people will come together and rise up against it. Even in the smallest...