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EDITORIAL BOARD
Chairman:
Dr. Tabrez Ahmad
Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Sujata Bali
Media Coordinator:
Ms. Charu Srivastava
Sumaiya Saleem
Ed-in-Chief:
Arahant Jain
Associate Editors:
Arpita Sharma
Pooja Singh
Assistant Editors:
Bhavya Upadhyay
Shipra Prashant
Rashmi Singh
Anushka Dhawan
Aniket Chatterjee
Sarthak Sharma
Neha Singh
Sreejita Ghosh
Design and Layout:
Saif Rahman Ansari
COLS NEWSLETTER Volume I, Issue I November, 2014
FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK…
It is with great pleasure that I write this message for
the 1st issue of the monthly newsletter of the College
of Legal Studies (CoLS), University of Petroleum
and Energy Studies (UPES). A newsletter as this
becomes highly relevant considering the fact that our
institution is the only domain specific law college,
which has a rich variety of UG and PG courses, in the
entire country.
The CoLS Newsletter is meant to provide updates on the activities of
CoLS to UPES as well as to the legal community in India at large.
On this occasion I am particularly pleased to inform that over the last
few months we have made commendable progress in pursuit of
excellence in legal education. As part of our march to excellence, we
organized several intra University and national events such as Dr.
Paras Diwan National Moot Court Competition, UPES Intra Moot
Court Competition, UPES Novice Moot Court Competition, Techno-
legal Moot Court Competition, Parliamentary Debate Competition,
Youth Parliament, Trial Advocacy Competition, One-on-One debate,
Online Judgment Writing, and National Essay Writing Competition.
To ensure enhanced participation from students in this pursuit, CoLS
has introduced OPI and DKI scores as well—the first of its type in the
country—which prompted students to give high performance,
generating outstanding results.
To the overwhelming changes over the last few months, I trust that this
newsletter also makes an addition. My best wishes to team-CoLS
Newsletter and I look forward for its continued publication.
Warm regards
Highlights
Courtroom Drama 2 Opportunities 7
Law and Beyond 3 Student‘s Speak 8
As we see it [Case Analysis] 4 Know Your Teacher 9
Beyond bar & bench 5 Know your Alumni 10
Around the Globe 6 Campus News 11
Student Achievements 13
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Courtroom Drama
SC Asks National Green Tribunal to
Shut Down Industries Polluting Ganga
The Supreme Court entrusted the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) with the task of closing down
industries polluting the Ganga which fail to install
adequate anti-pollution measures to treat industrial
effluents by March next year.
A bench of Justices T S Thakur, Adarsh Goel and
R Banumathi passed this order following the
failure of statutory agencies like Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution
Control Boards (SPCBs) to implement SC orders
passed over the last 30 years to reduce pollutants
in the Ganga.
It told the statutory bodies tasked with monitoring
environment pollution that they were a complete
disaster. "The CPCB has failed completely. It is
very frustrating. You needed to stand up to the
people with money power to enforce environment
laws.‖ the bench said.
The court recalled that on July 23, 1993, on the
basis of information provided by various
authorities in Ganga basin states, several
categories of grossly polluting industries were
identified.
It said from now, the NGT would deal with
grossly and highly polluting industries which are
discharging untreated effluents into Ganga and
take appropriate measures. "We will retain the rest
of the matters, especially those relating to
discharge of untreated sewage from municipalities
and towns in Ganga basin states‖ the bench said.
It asked the NGT to file six-monthly status reports
on action against polluting industries.
Supreme Court Rejects Nalini‟s Plea
Challenging Section 435 (1) of Code of
Criminal Procedure
A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Chief
Justice H.L. Datta, Justice Madan B. Lokur and
Justice A.K. Sikri dismissed the plea of S.Nalini,
convicted with life imprisonment in the Rajiv
Gandhi assassination case.
She had challenged Section 435 (1) of the Code of
Criminal Procedure (Cr. P. C) which mandates the
State Government to consult the Centre before
premature release of a convict if the case has been
investigated by the CBI.
On February 18, 2014 the Supreme Court had
granted relief to the three convicts in the Rajiv
Gandhi assassination case, Murugan, Santhan and
Perarivalan, by commuting their death sentence
into life term on the grounds that the 11-year
delay in deciding their mercy petition by the
Central Government had a dehumanizing effect on
them.
The Apex Court later on had also stayed the
release of the other four convicts, Nalini, Robert
Pious, Jayakumar and Ravichandra in the case.
The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the ex-Prime
Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide
bombing in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in
Tamil Nadu, on 21 May 1991. At least 14 others
were killed.
Courtesy: Apoorva Mandhani, Livelaw.in
Courtesy: Times of India, Web portal.
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Law & Beyond
Maharashtra Government Gives Nod to Setting
up Transgender Welfare Board
Maharashtra has become the second state of the
country to announce the formation of Transgender
Welfare Board after the State Cabinet approved
the formation of the same. First state of the
country to take the same step is Tamil Nadu.
Maharashtra was the first state to conduct a
complete study on the transgender community and
announce welfare schemes recommended by the
Supreme Court. It is worth recalling that the
Supreme Court, on April 15, 2014, recognized
transgenders as the third gender. It made 26
recommendations for the welfare of the
transgenders. It also suggested to the Centre to
provide minority status to Lingayat community.
Courtesy: GK Today
Bilateral Cooperation between India and
Norway for Hydrocarbon Exploration
The Ambassador of Norway Mr Elvind S Homme
along with a business delegation of Norwegian
companies related to oil & gas sector called on the
MOS(I/c) Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri
Dharmendra Pradhan on 13.11.2014. They
discussed the bilateral relationship between the
two countries, India and Norway, in the field of oil
and natural gas. The Norwegian Ambassador said
the last meeting of the joint working group took
place in Sept 2012. He said there is a need to take
this forward as Norway has the best of technology
in the field of safety management and
hydrocarbon exploration especially in deep-sea
drilling. The Petroleum Minister said that the
joint working group should meet at an early date
to work out the specific details and take this
bilateral cooperation forward.
Courtesy: Business Standard
Gulami Bhasha or Rashtra Bhasha?
In pursuance of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
led by Shiv Sagar Tiwari, a Supreme Court
lawyer, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the
Union Government to clear its stand on making
Hindi as the official language for conducting court
proceedings in higher judiciary and amending
Article 348 of the Constitution which states that
all the proceedings of the Supreme Court and all
the High Courts shall be done in English. The
bench issuing the notice consisted of Justice H.L.
Datta and Justice S.A. Bobde.
The petitioner contended that using English as the
official language in higher judiciary is a legacy of
the British rule which should be done away with.
He called English a ―Gulami Bhasha‖ and stated
that the time has now come for the language of the
Supreme Court to be the ―Rashtra Bhasha‖ as
denied under Article 343 of the Constitution and it
has to be amended.
Clear Nod for School of Planning and
Architecture Bill, 2014
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister,
Shri Narendra Modi, on 30th
October, gave its
approval to introduce the School of Planning and
Architecture Bill, 2014 in the Parliament to bring
all three Schools of Planning and Architecture
(SPAs) within the ambit of the School of Planning
and Architecture Bill, 2014. The Bill would
adhere to the Government policies on reservations
from time to time. The proposed Act will
empower these Schools to award degrees through
an Act of Parliament.
This would enable the School of Planning and
Architecture to become centres of excellence like
IITs, NITs and help fulfil the need of the country
for quality manpower in the field of architecture.
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As We See It: CCI‟s order in automobile case
A group of automobile manufacturers were recently fined a total sum of 25.45 billion for the practices that
they adopted in the sale of their spare parts. The worst affected in the group was Tata Motors with a penalty
of about 13.4 billion, with Maruti Suzuki coming in next with a penalty of 4 billion. The grievance of the
informant was that the spare parts for the cars manufactured by these automobile manufacturers were not
available in the open market and were only sold at exorbitant prices at the outlets of these manufacturers
making it extremely difficult for consumers to carry out repairs on their vehicle. From a competition
perspective, this order appears to be fairly well reasoned by the Commission and is in keeping with the
recent trend of high value fines being doled out by the Commission, like the 6 billion penalty against DLF.
The manufacturers had set up the defence that S.3(5) of the Competition Act allows them to lay down
reasonable conditions as are necessary for the protection of rights conferred by the various IP statutes, and
that these measures did in fact constitute a reasonable condition that were necessary for the protection of the
various IP Rights. Further, they contended that they had rights granted to them by virtue of the patents that
subsisted for the spare parts, their designs and the copyright over the drawings that produced those designs.
The Commission in an interesting analysis breaks down the section into its composite elements and observes
that in order for an informant to avail of the defence under S.3 (5):
1. The IPR under the statutes mentioned therein must be conferred or might be conferred upon the Opposite Party (OP) in
the near future; and
2. The conditions for the protection must be reasonable and must be necessary for the protection of the IPR.
With regards to the Patent protection for their spare parts and the corresponding exemption under S.3(5) of
the Competition Act, the Commission observes that the documentation provided by the Opposing Parties
(OP) does not demonstrate that they had patents granted (or to be granted) in India corresponding to the
spare parts. They also observed that the Technology Transfer Agreements (TTA) by which these companies
operated in India, do not actually confer the IPR to these companies in India, and the nature of IPR being
territorial, implies that they do not have these rights in India at all and therefore fail the first requirement
under S.3 (5). The Commission insists that these foreign registered IPR must be registered in India or their
registration must be imminent in order to attract the exemption under S.3 (5).
The order goes on to make a much welcomed observation subsequently in its order, which I am going to
reproduce here verbatim for its full effect, ―…the Commission is not the competent authority to decide, for
example if a patent/trademark that is validly registered under the applicable laws of another country fulfils
the legal and technical requirement or is capable of being registered under the Indian IPR statutes, specified
under section 3(5) of the Competition Act. Such a mandate would lie with the IPR enforcement agencies of
India.‖
In conclusion, this order provides some much needed clarity to the law surrounding S.3 (5) of the
Competition Act and should be a welcome decision. Meanwhile, some automobile manufacturers have been
granted a stay on their order by some High Courts and are considering COMPAT appeals, while the others
have to pay a huge amount of money.
Courtesy: Thomas J, Vallianeth, SpicyIP Blog.
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Beyond Bar & Bench: News from the profession
Adani acquires Lanco‟s Plant in a Rs. 6,000 Cr.
Deal
AZB & Partners, Delhi suggested Lanco Infratech
on sale of its 100% stake in Udupi Power
Corporation to Adani Power for Rs. 6,000 Crore
($989 billion). This would be the largest
acquisition transaction in the thermal power space
upon completion.
While Lanco was advised by AZB & Partners,
Adani group sought advice from their in-house
legal team led by Mr. Harsh Mishra (VP-Legal).
LKS goes Global
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) inaugurated
its first international office on Friday.
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan SARL – the
Geneva-based consultancy branch of LKS - will
serve India and other developing countries in
WTO disputes.
LKS Delhi joint partner and NLU Jodhpur 2006
graduate, Atul Sharma, along with the principal
associate and 2009 NLU Jodhpur graduate,
Adarsh Ramanujan, have relocated to Geneva and
will run the consultancy firm. The office is in Les
Nations on Avenue Giuseppe Motta.
Former ASG Gourab Banarjee starts foreign
practice
Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor
General of India (ASG) Gourab Banerjee will join
London‘s Essex Court Chambers as an overseas
associate on 1 October.
Banerjee is a pioneered Indian to become a part of
Essex, and the third senior counsel, after Harish
Salve and Gopal Subramanium to have joined an
English Barristers‘ chamber.
Banerjee gave a statement to Legally India that
due to its restrictions on liberalisation, India was
losing considerable arbitration work to Hong
Kong and Singapore, to where these matters
currently get outsourced.
Abhijit Joshi Bids Farewell to AZB & Partners,
Mumbai
Mergers and Acquisition specialist, Abhijit Joshi,
is all set to start with his entrepreneurial ambitions
after resigning from AZB & Partners, Mumbai.
Abhijit has been associated with AZB for a very
long time and has advised their various clients on
challenging deals.
Before the resignation, he discharged his duties as
the CEO of the firm. We look forward to seeing
him glimmer brighter.
LITERARY & DEBATING SOCIETY IS RECRUITING
As part of its expansion, the LDS invites applications from the students of CoLS for the position of Editor and Assistant Editor.
Students may send in their applications to [email protected] with a sample writing piece and past writing experience.
Grab the opportunity and be a part of the project!!
6 Volume I, Issue I
Around The Globe
Patent On Human Genetic Material Upheld
[Australia]
A US-based genetic testing company, Myriad
Genetics, had been taken to court by a patient
advocacy group, Cancer Voices Australia, who
appealed in February 2013 in a court ruling which
approved the patentability of nucleic acids
extracted from mutated versions of the BRCA1
gene, study of the naturally occurring mutations
within which can help scientists predict whether a
woman is at risk for certain breast and ovarian
cancers.
They argued that patenting of naturally occurring
genetic material places limits on genetic testing,
research and the development of treatments in the
same regard. The court emphasized that, because
the genetic material at issue has been isolated, ―it
distinguishes the product as artificial and useful
economically‖ hence it is properly patentable.
It is in contrast to the US Supreme Court‘s June
2013 ruling on the same issue.
Draft Law to create Autonomous Muslim
Region
[Philippines]
On Wednesday, President Benigno Aquino urged
the Philippines Congress to enact a draft law for
the creation of an autonomous Muslim region in
the south of the country. The law shall end a four
decade long conflict between the government and
the Muslim rebels that has left more than 120,000
dead. Congress says it may pass the law as soon as
March, 2015.
Passage of the law would create a region named
Bangsmoro, an area with a local self-government
comprising of locally recruited law enforcement
officials and a population of about four million.
The local government would retain majority of tax
revenue it generates. Though the agreement is the
result of 17 years of negotiations, yet those who
fear that it threatens Philippine sovereignty remain
opposed, and some organizations plan on
challenging the constitutionality of the law.
Bill Passed: Banning Support of Islamic State
[Germany]
A ban has been levied on all images and other activities in support of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
It encloses a ban on recruitment of jihadist fighters, the use of ISIS symbols and other social media
propaganda. Interior minister Thomas de Maiziere estimated that approximately 400 Germans have travelled
to Iraq and Syria to fight on the side of ISIS.
The Bill was passed realizing that the group poses a threat to Germany, as well as to Syria and Iraq, where
the group operates. The Special Representative of the UN-Secretary General for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov,
called for immediate action to stop the inhumane atrocities caused by ISIS in Amirli, Iraq. The UN and the
Human Rights Watch have consistently expressed alarm regarding the violent situation in the country.
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Opportunities
Call for Papers: The Asian Journal of Legal
Education
Submit by Dec 15 , 2014
The Asian Journal of Legal Education
(ale.sagepub.com) aspires to promote greater
interest among legal academia and professionals
to undertake serious academic research on issues
involving pedagogy, social justice, and concerns
for legal education in the globalized era primarily
in the Asian region.
Online Certificate Course on Introduction to
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This course will prove extremely helpful for
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To register for the course visit: http://
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NLIU Bhopal‟s Corpoate Law Journal [volume
5]
The Centre for Business and Commercial Law at
National Law Institute University, Bhopal will be
publishing the fifth edition of its e-journal in the
first quarter of 2015.
Submissions should be mailed to
[email protected] by January 15,
2015. Link to the official call for paper:
http://www.lawctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/
2014/11/CFP.pdf
NLS Business Law Review
(NLSBLR)
The last date for submissions to Volume 1 is
December 10, 2014. Submissions made after this
date may be considered for subsequent issues. All
word limits are inclusive of footnotes.
Submissions may be emailed to [email protected].
Competition Law Internship at KK Sharma
Law Offices
Final year students or graduates/post graduates of
law can apply for short term internships (4 – 8
weeks) or long term internships (minimum 24
weeks with a possibility of future employment).
Preference shall be given to candidates who have
either studied or have prior experience in
competition law.
Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur Trade, Law & Development
Submit by Feb 15, 2015
Special Issue on Government Procurement
Manuscripts may be submitted via e-mail, or the TL&D website. For further information and submission
guidelines, please visit the Journal‘s website: www.tradelawdevelopment.com.
In case of any queries, contact at: [email protected] .
8 Volume I, Issue I
Students‟ Speak
Here at COLS, the aim has always been to give the students a friendly, healthy and learning environment
that brings out the best in them with ample opportunities to succeed.
As part of the newly established COLS newsletter team, we set out to get the views of students with a
questionnaire to see what they think of the atmosphere here at UPES. And the experience was quite a unique
one!
1. How do you find COLS?
This question seemed to bring out the most honest views from the students.
Abhimanyu Srivastava made it clear that only the location of the university was good and the faculty here
was well versed with their subjects. Other aspects? No comments.
Anuj Singh shrugged his shoulders and gave us a simple ―above average‖ to this question
Charvi Arora and Niharika Behl left no stone unturned in their bid to praise the college highlighting the
surroundings and the high quality faculty and classrooms and hence becoming our first interviewees to find
no faults with the college.
Amartya Srivastava praised and appreciated our initiative (thank you sir, we considered this a thankless
job) and found the college ―good enough‖ regarding academics and his beloved co-curricular activities.
2. What does your ideal law school look like?
To this question we got answers ranging from a mind boggling ―Dynamic and intellectual atmosphere with
high quality students‖ and a honest Anuj Singh wanted A/C‘s in classes and no uniform with sports of 1
hour every day. Wishful thinking indeed…
3. How different is COLS from your ideal college?
Abhimanyu Srivastava believed the intellect of the students to be a little below his ideal expectations and
the class discussions are hence not that fruitful. Saranjot Singh Nayyer saw his ideal college in a city and
this was far from that expectation. Niharika Behl thought this was similar to her ideal college but did
suggest a bigger library. Amartya Srivastava continued with the philosophy lessons with a simple ―no pre-
determined expectations, everyone should enjoy every bit of their life anywhere.‖ Sankar Induchoodan
simply wanted COLS to learn and copy NLSIU Bangalore…
4. Any desired changes?
There was a common argument noticed in the question brought up by the majority. Everyone seemed to
detest the uniform. Saranjot Singh Nayyer wanted the rules to be relaxed and sports to be promoted.
Amartya Srivastava put it better than anyone when he said ―Stop debarring please!‖ We appreciate the
effort to be a less philosophical buddy.
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Know Your Teacher
After a series of interviews with the biggies, our team went on and interviewed one of our very own faculty
members from COLS, Ms. Charu Srivastava. She greeted us with a pleasant smile, and gave us the signal to
start the interview. Here are some excerpts from the conversation...
Q: Good Afternoon Ma‟am! You‟ve been in COLS as an Assistant Professor, for 6 full months now. How does it
feel?
A: Well, it feels great! It feels really good to look at these bright young minds go through the same hard work which
their faculty has gone through, over the past years, to reach the position they‘re working at currently. And if your
question was directed towards my liking for this college, I love this college. They have a completely discipline
oriented culture for the students and it feels amazing to work in such a rule regulated environment.
Q: So, I‟ll start with a set of clichéd questions. Your qualifications and what inspired you “to go and get it”?
A: Um, I‘ve done my B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Faculty of Law, Allahabad University and pursued my LL.M. in
Business Law from NLSIU, Bangalore. NLSIU, Bangalore came as a turning point in my life. Apart from the much
talked about brand value that they have, they also have some life changing professors. For me, one of my professors
was that source of inspiration.
Q: Why academics as a profession?
A: My inspiration was Professor N. L. Mitra. His work motivated me to enlighten students the same way he did.
Hence, this profession.
Q: On a very informal note Ma‟am, tell us about yourself and your expectations from the students.
A: (chuckles) I‘m a very fun loving woman. I make the class a lot of fun, and my aim is to make every single class
fruitful for each and every student. I‘m like a family away from family, for you people. You can come to me if you
have any issues that you want to talk about; think of me as one of your own.
Q: Any passions other than expertise in education?
A: Well, yes, I do have a great passion for music. It‘s almost like a lifeline for me. I keep myself involved with music
related events happening in the city, because it‘s my ultimate source of rejuvenation.
Q: What changes do you wish to see while you‟re here?
A: My only issue with the student environment here, is the ‗Sir Ma‘am‘ culture, where the juniors are supposed to
address their seniors as Sir‘s and Ma‘am‘s. On one hand, we talk about breaking the ice, and on the other, this culture
is creating a rift between both the sections of students. According to me, there‘s a certain gap which exists between the
juniors and the seniors that needs to be filled.
Q: One last question ma‟am. We interviewed a few students about their liking for this college, and the changes
that they wished to see. One common answer, which came from almost 90% of the people we interviewed was,
„Remove the uniform‟. What are your views on that?
A: The colleges that I‘ve attained my qualification from didn‘t have uniforms. So, naturally, a college can function
well without the presence of a uniform. It‘s not something that‘s much needed. But, if that‘s a college policy, then let‘s
accept it with a smile and try to find the positive points!
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Know Your Alumni
Rohit Rajagopal
The senior students know him as the ―Stud‖ and the juniors are now going to agree to that. Rohit graduated from
CoLS in 2012 and worked with AMSS, Mumbai before making a switch to JSA, Delhi, after a long bout at JSA, he
moved to Khaitan & Co., Mumbai and presently he works with British Gas in the Legal Department. Sumaiya Saleem
managed to smuggle out a few words and insights from him.
My experience of 5 years in UPES.
It was the most exciting journey of my life. It gave me the ability to shape my career as I had always wanted it to be. I
am not even sure if I would have achieved the limited success that I have in my career had it not been for this college.
College life was a transformation of a prim and conservative South Indian kid to a confident and open minded adult.
Any strategy that you followed while applying for internships.
This advice is restricted to applying for internships on a standalone basis. Prioritize and choose. A successful
internship application depends heavily on the organization that you choose and the people that you communicate with.
Look at what you want from an organization and then see if the organization will be receptive to an idea of seeing you
work for them when you graduate (or even after that).
Were you an active participant in moots debates etc.?
I was much more of a mooter than a structured debater. I was fairly clear about being a corporate-infrastructure lawyer
so I would only eye moots such as corporate law moots. I always made sure that I made the memorials on my own,
after a proper research.
How did the specialization in energy law help?
The specialization was a USP (of being an oil and gas lawyer) and I think having such a USP was critical for getting a
break in some of the top notch law firms that I had the opportunity of working with.
What motivates you at work?
It is the opportunity to work closely for an industry which has one of the most critical roles in the global economy. The
oil and gas industry is an exciting one, what with oil and gas companies allegedly being responsible for wars and in
the domestic context of gas price increases and production loss claims.
Advice to UPESians
Just the stereotyped stuff, work hard-party harder. I can vouch for the fact that the 5 years you will spend there will
never come back, so don‘t hold grudges against your fellow students. None of it will matter at the end of it. Make as
many friends as you can, they will surely come of help and be of support in the difficult journey that life is.
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Campus News
9th
Internal Moot Court Competition, 2014
The Moot Court Association organized the 9th
Internal Moot Court Competition of the College of Legal
Studies in the first fortnight of September, 2014. 92 teams were registered out of which 61 teams showed up
with their memorials. Further, the Memorial Round and Researcher Test was conducted and the best 20
teams were selected. The Preliminary rounds were followed by the semi- finals in which 8 teams had
participated .The Final round was judged by a panel of four judges, Dr. ML Kalicharan , Dr. Tabrez Ahmed ,
Mr. Salil Bali, an Advocate in the High Court of Chandigarh and Mr. Neeraj Kumar, currently working as an
associate with Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.
The finals saw huge enthusiasm and hard work as both the teams gave exemplary performances. The runners
up was the 2nd
year BBA LLB team that comprised of Deepti Khatri, Archi Roy, Sucharita Manjunath and
Mridul Gupta who received an amount of Rs. 5000. The winning team comprising of Monalisa Banerjee,
Siddharth Badkul, Sonu and Nitish Srivastav was awarded a huge sum of Rs. 10000. Best Memorial and
Best Researcher was also awarded, each being a Sum of Rs. 3000.
This event proved to be a great success as students got to learn a lot and received a platform to show their
commendable skills.
5th
Intra Parliamentary Debate Competition, 2014
The Literary and Debating Society OF UPES organized the 5th Intra UPES Debating Competition from 30th
August to 3rd
September, 2014. It was a debating competition based on the model of parliamentary debate,
where each team had 3 members. One side was the Proposition and the other side was the Opposition.
Efficient assessment of performances was done by the adjudicators.
Various orientation sessions were organized by the core committee of the Literary and Debating society
before the commencement of the competition to illuminate the students on what a parliamentary debate
comprised of. The orientation sessions were really enlightening because there was overwhelming
participation from the first years who were new to an event like this.
The adjudicators‘ test took place on the day before the prelims of the debate. The event was held over a
period of four days. Four Preliminary rounds took place, the quarters and the semis breezed by satisfactorily.
The Debate in the final round displayed a plethora of emotions ranging from guilt, anger, joy and sadness.
Ultimately, the runners up trophy was bagged by Shrestha, Siddharth Agarwal and Nitish Upadhyay of BA
LLB 3rd
year and the team comprising of Obhirup Ghosh, Kanishk Gupta and Lakshyajit Singh Bagdwal of
2nd
year came out victorious. The mood was one of joy and merriment.
The other awards given were: Best Adjudicator- Ayush Rao, Best Novice Adjudicator- Aniket Chatterjee,
Best Speaker- Ayushi Verma, Best Novice Speaker- Anushka Dhawan, Best Novice Team- Abhimanyu
Shrivastava, Rishabh Shrivastava and Mansi Singh.
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Legal Aid Awareness Camp under the aegis of Legal Aid Clinic, CoLS,
UPES
A Legal Aid Awareness Camp was held at Paundha Inter College on November 22, 2014 which was aimed at
providing legal awareness and aid to the households of the Paundha village and also to enlighten them about
the working of the Legal Aid Clinic (LAC) of College of Legal Studies, University of Petroleum and Energy
Studies. The student volunteers, Dr. Tabrez Ahmad (Head of CoLS), faculty members, Dr. Ramesh Kumar,
Dr. Sujata Bali, Ms. Charu Srivastava represented the university at the event. The programme started off
with Saraswati Vandana. The Associate Director in his inaugural speech highlighted the utility of the event
which was followed by a speech by, Mr. R.K Pal, the Principal of the host college. The event moved further
with a Nukkad Natak based on the issue of environment which proclaimed the need for saving water,
awareness about proper garbage disposal and the importance of trees to maintain a healthy environment. The
next skits on the event list were based on the theme of de-addiction and women-empowerment respectively.
Another skit was performed by the Environment Cell of LAC based on the need of cleanliness. The last
performance of the day was given by the students of Paundha Inter-College which was a Rajasthani folk
dance form. The Closing Speeches of the event was given by Faculty Convenor of Legal Aid Clinic, Dr.
Ramesh Kumar after which the children of the school were given chocolates and candies by the student
volunteers. The event came to an end with a question answer round between the students and the villagers
where their law related queries were answered. The efforts of the students of Legal Aid Clinic were highly
appreciated by the villagers.
1st Internal Techno Legal Moot Court Competition, 2014
1st Internal Techno Legal Moot Court Competition was conducted in October, 2014. The Moot was
conducted under the auspices of Techno Legal Society of UPES. The aim of the competition was to
enlighten advocacy and research skills in students of B.Tech., LL.B for tackling the complex market
scenario and cases arising due to breach of Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Laws. The moot court
committee for the competition received participation from 32 teams out of which only 14 teams were
selected for oral arguments on the basis of memorial evaluation.
The preliminary rounds were judged by experienced mooters from B.A., LL.B. and B.B.A., LL.B. Year V.
The final year law students selected the teams for the semifinals which subsequently took place on the
second day. Out of the 8 teams selected, only two teams were selected for the final round.
The final round was conducted in the moot court hall and it was judged by Mr. Sampath Kumar and Ms.
Anuradha Nayak. The final round witnessed a cut-throat competition and the judges were in a dilemma to
choose the better team as winner. However, the result was declared along with the inauguration of Techno
Legal Society.
The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Dr. Srihari and witnessed by faculties from Electric,
Electronics, CIT and COLS. The winning team consisted of Bharat Sharma, Siddhant Sharma and Aditi
Manhas of B.Tech.,LL.B(H) IPR 3rd
year and the runner ups were Aayush Singh, Moktika Kush and Vani
Garg of B.Tech.,LL.B (H) Cyber Laws 4th
year and 3rd
year respectively. The winners were awarded with the
ever rolling trophy of the 1st Internal Techno Legal Moot Court Competition.
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Student‟s Achievements
National Moot Court Competitions
The month of October brought in a number of occasions of triumphs for the Moot Court Association and to
the College of Legal Studies.
Detailed are the positions secured and prizes bagged:
1. Mr. Mohd. Sheikb Naru of B.B.A, LL.B, 2nd
year bagged the Best Researcher Award in the National
Moot Court Competition at Indra Prastha University, New Delhi.
2. The team comprising of Mr Krishal Patel, Ms. Neha Singh and Ms. Arushi Singh of B.A., LL. B, 3rd
year bagged the Runner up Trophy in the International Moot Court Competition at Seedling Law
School, University of Rajasthan.
3. Mr. Siddhant Kochar of B.A, LL.B, 3rd year bagged the Best Speaker Award at the Hidayathulla
National Law University Moot Court Competition, and the team was knocked out in the Semi-Final
Rounds. The team also comprised of Mr. Siddhant Satapathy and Ms. Sweta Singh of B.A., LL. B,
3rd year.
The participants were appreciated for their efforts by the Chairman of the Moot Court Association and other
members of the Administration and Management of the University.
Youth Parliament
Jaypee Institute of Technology, Noida organized a Youth Parliament in October, 2014. Aaron Mirza (BA
LLB 4th
year) chaired the committee of Rajya Sabha and our achievements were:
1. Sukhandeep Singh (BA LLB 4th
year) won Best Delegate.
2. Apurwa Shah and Gandharv Garg of BBA LLB 2nd
year won High Commendations.
3. Obhirup Ghosh (BBA LLB 2nd
year) and Abhimanyu Srivastav (BA LLB 1st year) won Special
Mentions.
4. Bhavya Upadhyay and Rashmi Singh, both from 1st year of BA LLB, won Verbal Mentions in the
Rajya Sabha Committee.
5. Rishindra Vikram Singh (BA LLB 2nd
year) and Vani Garg (BTECH LLB 2nd
year (Cyber Laws))
won Special Mentions in Lok Sabha Committee.
The Delegation also bagged the Best Delegation Award, the very first National Level Trophy of Literary and
Debating Society of CoLS.
Placements
Students of CoLS have bagged final placements at organisations of high repute such as PriceWaterhouse
Cooper (PWC) and SREI – BNP Paribas
Lav Mohan Saggi, Saif Siddiqui, Somya Tiwari, Aadep Sethi And Akshay Purohit Are All Set To Join PWC.
Sanskriti Singh, Nivedita Giri, Deepesh Agarwal, Mayank Goswami, Shradha Choudhary and Devesh
Sharma have been recruited by SREI – BNP Paribas.
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WINNERS OF 5TH INTRA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE COMPETITION, 2014
WINNERS OF JAYPEE YOUTH
PARLIAMENT, 2014
Picture Courtesy: 365pix.Upes
WINNERS OF INDRAPRASTHA MOOT
COURT COMPETITION, 2014
WINNER OF FIRST INTERNAL TECHNO
LEGAL MOOT COMPETITION, 2014
LEGAL AID CLINIC – VISIT TO PAUNDHA