tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74105285833576758012024-03-19T14:06:14.307+05:30Stripped LawRaghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-83057496351389866762015-07-20T15:04:00.001+05:302015-07-20T15:04:48.894+05:30Tips on Owning Property Under Five Lakhs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">If you live in a country like India, you will
know that not everyone can afford luxurious or mid-range houses. But, everyone
is entitled to own a house of their own. If you fall under this category, and
you are not willing to take a home loan, there are still ways in which you can
buy a low-cost property. This article gives you some tips on owning property
under 5 lakhs in India. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Invest in Property Through Fractional Ownership</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Fractional ownership is a process by which you
can invest in a high-end property with several other investors. The primary
intention is to share the cost of the property, and then divide the returns
from investment. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">If you are expecting capital appreciation,
investing in residential properties is the best option for you. However, if you
invest in commercial properties, you can expect a rental yield of 7 to 10
percent. Over the past 3 decades, rental yields from residential properties
have remained stagnant at 3 percent. According to real estate experts, a
minimum amount of Rs 2 to 3 crore is needed to buy commercial and retail
spaces.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Contrary to commercial assets, you can invest in
residential properties with a few lakhs. According to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.commonfloor.com/"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">commonfloor.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">, you can buy properties in the price range of
Rs.40 to 60 lakhs in cities like Bangalore, Chennai, and Mumbai. In a city like
Bangalore, you can easily expect a capital appreciation of 15 percent in prime
locations such as Sarjapur Road and Whitefield. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Some real estate companies can help you in investing
through this platform. These companies will help you find tenants, negotiate
rents, and also take responsibility for the sale of your property.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Own Property Through Organised Co-Ownership</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Organised co-ownership is a platform that lets
you invest in the real estate market directly with other co-investors. Through
this arrangement, you will either get joint-ownership or a stake in a company
that owns the particular property you are interested in. It all depends on the
number of investors.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">If the number of investors in a co-ownership is
too less, then the company may make special arrangements. You will be an
investor as well as a shareholder. In such cases, you have to sign an agreement
that states your investment amount and the fragment of ownership.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">You will only account for the capital invested by
you. This type of investment is different from investing in real estate
investment trusts, where you invest in a wide range of properties. Here, you
can choose a residential property, visit the site, and then make payments. The
best part, is you also get to know your investors. But, remember that if you
are investing as partner in a company, you are not eligible for a home loan.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Hire Good Architects and Contractors</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">If you are not willing to invest in fractional or
co-ownership, but prefer having a house of your own, there are some options
still open for you. Search for architects and builders who have a reputation of
constructing houses fewer than 5 lakhs. Ask the builders to use interlocking
bricks as they are cheap and keep the interiors of the house cool. You can also
opt for terracotta roof tiles. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">The success for this kind of project depends on
the meticulous planning and selection of construction materials. You can use
ceramic tiles and recycled windows and doors. The recycled items can be
polished and used in your house. This way you will save a lot of money.
Remember, to chalk out a detailed plan so that you don’t have to undertake
extra costs at the end of the project.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Now that you have learned about the various
options available to you, invest in a property of your choice. You will not
have full ownership of the property immediately, but when you earn high
investment after selling the property, you can definitely purchase another
property and call it home.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com513tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-88029448676590657042013-12-12T20:49:00.001+05:302013-12-12T20:49:36.571+05:30When the guards lay down their arms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>By Ajay Kumar</b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">WITHOUT
PREJUDICE TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THAT
THEIR LORDSHIPS DESERVE. THIS ARTICLE IS A MERE CRITIQUE. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT
AIM TO SHOW ANY CONTEMPT TOWARDS THE HON’BLE COURT OR ANY OF ITS JUDGES OR
OFFICERS.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On the 26<sup>th</sup> of November 1949,
the Constituent Assembly committed what can be best described as an act of
violence for they gave us this constitution and within it was embodied a
flaming sword and this sword was to be wielded by our courts. With this sword
our courts were empowered to pierce through the veil of darkness that
surrounded our nation and let the light of wisdom and liberty shine through it.
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<span lang="EN-GB">But perhaps when the swordsman ceases to
wield his power to protect the document he was sworn to defend, the time comes
for us to attempt to revive him and remind him of his duty, his duty to defend
and more importantly his duty to protect. The Constitution of India was a
solemn declaration of independence, not just from a foreign power, but from
ourselves. With the Fundamental Rights we declared that we were independent in
our minds, we declared independence from prejudice, we declared independence
from bigotry and we most importantly declared independence form the shackles
that bound us to the ways of an older and outdated order. That is why we
created the shield of the fundamental rights and the sword of judicial review.
The job of the guard at the gate of liberty was the shield us from violations
of our rights and then take steps to go out and actively defend them. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Today, the guard laid down his sword and
his shield, today he did not do his job, today he told the grief stricken man
at the gate, that he should plead to his attacker for forgiveness for the guard
would not stand up to defend him. The plea of our guard, the numbers of those
being attacked were too small to warrant his intervention, it would be better
for them to seek forgiveness. But what
is the forgiveness they should seek? Seek forgiveness for who they are? For
being born different from that which we consider normal? Forgiveness for being
born under a flag that refuses to see them as equal citizens? What law is this
that can take away the right of a man to be human, to do as he pleases, to love
whom he pleases and to express that love in any manner he sees fit within the
privacy of his own bedroom?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Was it not this guard who went out and
culled those who prevent a man and a woman from different castes, religious and
social strata from loving each other? Was it not this court that culled those
who attempted to take away the basic dignity of a human being by injecting him
with venom so that he may pronounce the truth? This is the guard who on the
basis of a post card sent to him, a newspaper article that he came across went
out and wielded his power to protect those who were most vulnerable. But today
the guard told the man at the gates of liberty that his hands were tied, the
man was too small, too insignificant to take notice of. Today the guard told
the man that he existed to protect the many and not him. Today the guard told
them man that he was irrelevant. He spat in his face and told him that he was
not worthy of his defence. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Supreme Court yesterday in <u>Suresh
Kumar Koushal & Anr v. Naz Foundation and Ors, Civil Appeal No. 10972 of
2013 arising from SLP 15436 of 2009</u> declared that Section 377 of the Indian
Penal Code of 1860 was constitutionally valid and not in conflict with the
fundamental rights enshrined in Part III of the Constitution of India. Section 377 of the Penal Code is a crude
creature for within it there is much ambiguity regarding its purpose, it is
perhaps best a beast that may be used to commit as well as punish all manner of
sin. The Section states: </span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Unnatural
offences:</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB">
Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any
man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with
imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to ten years, and
shall also be liable to fine.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Explanation:</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB"> Penetration is sufficient
to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offense described in this
section<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The phrase that is used, is ambiguous, for
what constitutes an act against the order of nature? Even their Lordships of
the Supreme Court could not answer that pertinent question. For in Paragraph 38
they proceed to state. </span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">“[..] no uniform test can be culled out to classify
acts as “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”. In our opinion the
acts which fall within the ambit of the section can only be determined with
reference to the act itself and the circumstances in which it was
executed.[..]”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now perhaps the question may be asked as to
what if a man is naturally inclined to commit such “carnal intercourse”. What
if for this man, this is his way of life, the identity he was born with, the
wiring he cannot change? What do we do with this man? The Section says we lock
him up, we hope the constitution would beg to differ. But perhaps we misread
the constitution when it uses terms like “equality” and “liberty”. Perhaps, we
should have read the section as their Lordships read it in Paragraph 38 where
they state: </span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">“[..]Nonetheless in light of the plain meaning and
legislative history of the section, we hold that Section 377 IPC would apply
irrespective of age and consent. It is relevant to mention here that the
Section 377 IPC does not criminalize a particularpeople or identity or
orientation. It merely identifies certain acts which ifcommitted would
constitute an offence. Such a prohibition regulates sexualconduct regardless of
gender identity and orientation [..]”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yes, your Lordships, the provision does
indeed regulate sexual conduct regardless of gender identity and sexual
orientation, but only when you fail to recognise that homosexuality is a sexual
orientation and that being a transgender is indeed a gender identity. If the
norm was the only identity this provision would stand valid but it is quite the
opposite, the facts around the world show that it is not merely a heterosexual
norm that survives an identity, but so does the homosexual one, so does the
bisexual one and so does a transgendered identity. People are born with this
identity and our Constitution does not demand that they be asked to change it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">To support their conclusion their Lordships
have looked into various case law and facts on record and have stated that from
the facts on record there are insufficient details to record a finding that
homosexuals are being subjected to discriminatory treatment only on the basis
of their sexual orientation. Perhaps we have finally seen the end of days when
their Lordships took notice of the world around them, seldom does one go by a
day in India where a homosexual has not been subject to violence, physical,
emotional and moral violence. They are told on a daily basis that they are
immoral creatures not worthy of recognition as human beings. This is a matter
of public record, it is there on our streets, in our laws and in the halls of
our Parliament, homosexuals are denied their basic rights every day in this
country for this vicious section may be used to lock them up for being who they
are.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But if a fact is not evidence on affidavit
it does not exist, perhaps the crowds outside in Delhi today do not indeed
exist, for they have not made themselves aware by swearing on oath as to their
existence. Perhaps this is the case, but this is something new, their Lordships
often in the past and perhaps even later yesterday and most probably even today
will take note of facts that are a matter of public record while drawing their
conclusions. But perhaps, those facts need to relate to people, homosexuals are
after all against the order of nature, they are not people per se now are they?
Perhaps that is what their Lordships
were thinking when they said in Paragraph 43: </span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">“[..]While reading down Section 377 IPC, the Division
Bench of the High Court overlooked that a miniscule fraction of the country’s
population constitute lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgender and in last more
than 150 years less than 200 persons have been prosecuted (as per the reported
orders) for committing offence under Section 377 IPC and this cannot be made
sound basis for declaring that section ultra vires the provisions of Articles
14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution[..]”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yes,
your Lordships, there is no disagreement with your reasoning when you
say that less than 200 people have been prosecuted in the last 150 years. But
prosecution does not always mean being prosecuted in a court of law,
prosecution means being bullied in school, prosecution means being thrown out
of your homes, prosecution means being constrained to commit suicide because of
the circumstances you are born with, procesuction means to be proceeded against
for the person you were born to be. That is what prosecution means, if that is
taken into account, no person can concluded that there have been only less than
200 instances of prosecution, newspaper reports of a year alone would give us a
number that is far more, and we are not aware of what is not reported or the
abuse that goes on behind closed doors. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Their Lordships go on to say in Paragraph
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">“In its anxiety to protect the so-called rights of
LGBT persons and to declare that Section 377 IPC violates the right to privacy,
autonomy and dignity, the High Court has extensively relied upon the judgments
of other jurisdictions. Though these judgments shed considerable light on
various aspects of this right and are informative in relation to the plight of
sexual minorities, we feel that they cannot be applied blindfolded for deciding
the constitutionality of the law enacted by the Indian legislature.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Two points your
Lordships, I will just take a few moments of your time to go through them, much
obliged, the first problem is that this very court in Vishaka’s and in numerous
other cases has relied on those very sources of international jurisprudence to
correct a manner of wrongs in Indian society. In fact, perhaps it is important
to note that our very system of law is of foreign import, the common law of
England as it applies to India as we so proudly call our system of laws and on
the second point, foreign information is often indicative of a broader and
wider global trend. We live in a comity with other nations of the world. We
must keep up with the times, we certainly do when it comes to most matters. It
has been the spirit of our jurisprudence to keep in line with the way the world
is going, nations that are our partners in progress often look to our courts
for guidance on matters they are not familiar with as we often look to them. It
is perhaps this way that together as a planet we march towards progress, if we
stop now and say we don’t want to go with everyone else, we are glad to say in
a forgotten era and a backward century, we dilute the very essence of the
constitution we swore to defend. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The shield of our system of law exists to
protect even one man, in fact it exists, perhaps solely to protect this one man
from the tyranny of the many and the sword is used to defend him. Our
constitution does not exist to protect the majority, if it did why the need for
fundamental rights? Let us go back to the days of parliamentary supremacy? Rex
Non Potest Peccare? But then perhaps no one will ever point out if the emperor
has no clothes, no one will stand up to the King. The constitution has vested
the court with weapons. To stand up to the king when he is doing wrong, and to
defend his subjects who seek to merely live their lives. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Today, our guards at the gate have laid
down their arms. With a single act they have confirmed what we suspected all
along, that a part of our society has no claim to citizenship. Has no right to
live in a manner it pleases and chooses, has no right to privacy and has no
right to be recognised as human. When the arms fall silent, the laws prevail.
Today, the law prevailed, but the law is harsh, the law is in the darkness for
the guard has refused to pierce the veil and let the light in. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When the sun rises tomorrow, it shall not
shine on them, for they have been denied the right to seek the light, to feel
the warmth of liberty their fellow citizens enjoy. All because, they are born
of an order which is “against nature”. They are born different and they don’t
deserve it. They are not considered model Indian citizens, they who serve at
the bar, who serve in our armed forces, who are doctors, farmers, cab drivers,
academics, students, teachers, friends, family don’t deserve to have the light
of Article 21 shine on them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The verdict of the Surpeme Court is not a
judgement on law, it is a judgment on people, and we told a weak section of our
citizenry that the law would not protect them. They are on their own. On 11
December 2013, we killed our constitution and our systems of jurisprudence. No
longer can we hold our heads high in the face of the world and take pride in
our system of law. For today, the Constitution was silenced and suspended by a
bygone generation who seek to live in an even more bygone era. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Jai Hind and Satyameva Jayate. <a href="" name="_GoBack"></a></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Ajay
Kumar is a lawyer practising in the Bombay High Court. Ajay is interested in
the areas of civil litigation and corporate work. Ajay graduated from School of
Law, Christ University, Bangalore. In his free time, he likes to read, write
and collect vinyl records.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-8583790423237388472013-11-27T13:34:00.000+05:302013-11-27T16:18:49.811+05:30The Supreme Court Cables – The need to investigate Dr. Furquan’s letter!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Supreme Court of India in
recent times has been in the news for all wrong reasons. The biggest blot on its
history came this year when, Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya, then Chief of the
Gujarat High Court alleged that <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lost-sc-berth-for-opposing-hc-judgeship-for-cji-kabirs-sister-guj-cj/1140897/" target="_blank">he was not elevated to the Supreme Court onlybecause he objected to the elevation of Justice Altamas Kabir’s sister</a> to the
Calcutta High Court.
While most media covered this supersession of Justice Bhattacharya, they failed
to take note of two other related incidents. </div>
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However these incidents were
reported by Manoj Mitta <a href="http://www.timescrest.com/society/year-of-the-supreme-court-4352" target="_blank">here</a> before Justice Bhattacharya’s revelations. To
quote Mitta, “The first instance was in January 2009 when C T Ravi Kumar, a
close relative of the-then CJI, K G Balakrishnan, was appointed as a judge of
the Kerala High Court. This was followed by the appointment in September 2010
of Justice Shukla Kabir Sinha, sister of Justice Altamas Kabir, as a judge of
the Calcutta High Court.” Mitta adds that shortly after these two elevations,
the then CJ’s of these two High Courts; namely Justice H L Dattu from Kerala
High Court and Justice S S Nijjar from Calcutta High Court were elevated the
Supreme Court. Both the supersession of Justice Bhattacharya and elevation of
close relatives of two Supreme Court justices escaped the attention of the
persons concerned and these incidents were never investigated.</div>
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I recently came across a letter
(dated 5<sup>th</sup> May, 2013) allegedly written by Dr. M Furquan. The
contents of the letter deserve serious and immediate attention but this is
being only circulated among lawyers and judges secretly. There is not much
information available about Dr. Furquan or means to contact him. A Supreme
Court <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/239668/" target="_blank">judgment</a> mentions Dr. Furquan as the editor of a fortnightly Urdu newspaper
by name ‘<i>Sach Bilkul Sach</i>’. </div>
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What matters is not the
credibility of Dr. Furquan but the seriousness of the allegations raised by Dr.
Furquan and some of these allegations have already turned out to be true. Earlier
this year, when I first received the copy of this letter, I wanted to write
about it while I was working at Live Law; but a threat of contempt held me back
from publishing this. Later, pilot edition of Crime Magazine (English), run by
Kerala based journalist, T P Nandakumar carried a more detailed story on this
but it was hardly noticed. Nandakumar is often seen as a pulp journalist by the
mainstream media; but the truth remains that most of his exposes were picked up
later by the mainstream media itself. I would like to thank Nandakumar for providing
me a copy of some documents needed to run this story.</div>
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The letter alleges that Justice
Altamas Kabir is the most corrupt Chief Justice India has ever seen. It says
Justice Kabir has delivered judgments and passed orders in favour of various
people, after charging crores as bribe. Particularly the letter says, though it
was Justice G S Singhvi, who was hearing the 2G scam case; on a special mention
before the CJI Court, Justice Kabir allowed non appearance of certain persons
before the Special Court trying the 2G case. Similarly in the Sahara Case,
though Justice K S Radhakrishnan was hearing the case, on a special mention
before the CJI Court, Justice Kabir allowed more time to Sahara for payment of
money to SEBI. Later another petition was moved by Sahara before the CJI Court
and Senior Advocate M N Krishnamani objected to the CJI court hearing this. In
an unprecedented intervention, the Bar Chief said, “In keeping with the
traditions of the court, I request you not to modify an order passed by another
bench." You can read more on this <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2284375/Bar-chief-warns-CJI-Kabir-away-Sahara-case-court-rejects-plea-time-pay-investors.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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These facts need to be read along
with the <a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-25/india/40792460_1_sc-bench-jal-cji-kabir" target="_blank">observations made by the present CJI, P Sathasivam in the Jai PrakashAssociates Limited’s case</a>. A bench headed by Justice Sathasivam refused to
extend order passed by the predecessor bench (comprising Justice Altamas Kabir),
which granted interim protection to Jai Prakash Associates Limited from paying
25 Crores. The Bench said, “We do not approve of the manner in which the
interim orders came to be passed. We do not sit on appeal over orders passed by
a coordinate bench. These orders should not have been passed”. This statement
by Justice Sathasivam seems to be a testimony for allegations raised by Dr.
Furquan.</div>
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The most important allegation is
with regard to the NEET judgment. A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice
Altamas Kabir in this case held that Medical Council of India’s (MCI) and
Dental Council of India’s (DCI) notification for holding common entrance test
called <a href="http://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court-invalidates-neet-undertaken-by-medical-council-of-india/" target="_blank">National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS, BDS andpost-graduate medical courses is ultra vires the Constitution</a>. Justice Anil R
Dave delivered a dissenting opinion. Dr. Furquan’s letter dated 5<sup>th</sup>
March, 2013 indicated that the judgment will be in favour of the medical
colleges which challenged the introduction of NEET. The judgment has come out
on 18<sup>th</sup> July, 2013 and Dr. Furquan’s prediction has turned true. Interestingly, Prashant Bhushan in an
<a href="http://www.livelaw.in/prasanth-bhushan-alleges-that-the-neet-judgment-was-given-to-private-medical-colleges-well-before-it-was-given-to-justice-anil-r-dave/" target="_blank">interview</a> alleged that the NEET judgment was given to private medical colleges
well before it was given to Justice Anil R Dave. </div>
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There are many other allegations
against Justice Altamas Kabir, present CJI P Sathasivam and also ex CJI, K G
Balakrishnan. The letter is self explanatory and is available for download
below. Towards the end of the letter, Dr. Furquan requests the President to
investigate (by the CBI) into the allegations. Dr. Furquan says, “As stated
earlier CJI Mr. Altamas Kabir is the most corrupt Chief Justice that India has
ever seen. In view of the forgoing, your Excellency is requested to kindly get
a thorough investigation done by the CBI on the Chief Justice of India, CJI Mr.
Altamas Kabir and also about his entire family members for finding out as to
how much financial assets they have accumulated since he took over as the Chief
Justice of India, as the details of the immovable property/assets declared by
him and his wife on 1.4.2012 (copy of which is enclosed) in Supreme Court Website
is far below than the actual assets he and his family now own and also about
all other above stated issues to the Director, CBI for thorough enquiry.” </div>
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A copy of this letter was marked
to several eminent personalities including; Justice G S Singhvi, Prime
Minister, Opposition Leader, CBI Director, Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Arvind
Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan. However no action seems to be taken to
investigate into the matters mentioned in this letter.</div>
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Justice V R Krishna Iyer has
written a separate letter (dated 25<sup>th</sup> May, 2013) to the President of
India, requesting to investigate into the matters mentioned by Dr. Furquan in
his letter. The letter says, “I have received a letter from Dr. M. Furquan
which I am enclosing herewith which casts a spell of moral lapses on the
judiciary itself. You, as the President of India are the guardian of its
noblest values. May I entreat you on behalf of ‘We, the People of India’ the
moral core of the Constitution and the humanity and divinity of Bharat’s cultural
heritage. To take action as the sublime head of the Indian Republic against
judges who are suspect of moral deviance”. An email sent to Justice Iyer’s
office asking if he has been informed of any action taken on his letter, did
not receive any response. Justice Iyer’s letter is also available for download
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In order to restore the credibility of the institution, it is
essential to investigate Dr. Furquan’s letter, lest it spells the doom of Indian judiciary!</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We are extracting below the important
observations made in the Report of the First GNLU Review Commission for
Stripped Law readers. The full report is available for download below.</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->The
Commission met and interacted with students. The students enthusiastically
welcomed the initiative and agreed to consult their friends in their respective
classes and gather suggestions for submission to the Commission. Some of them
submitted a voluminous memorandum of facts and opinions on which the Commission
did interact with them as well as with the members of the teaching staff.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Regulation
No.8 (dealing with Search Committee) has Clause (4) which states, the Executive
Council may also recommend the name of a person other than those recommended by
the Search Committee, if it has reason to believe that such other person is
having regard to the interests of the university suitable to the post of the
Director.</div>
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This clause
(4), in effect, nullifies the recommendations of the Search Committee and tends
to defeat the very purpose of a search by an expert group. Further it provides for
the appointment of a person whose name may not have been found fit by the
Search Committee, or even rejected by the Search Committee. This provision – Clause (4) – in fact, makes
a mockery of the provision for a Search Committee.</div>
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The Commission
is of the view that the Government needs to review the provision in the best
interests of the institution. It is submitted that this clause (4) be omitted
and to ensure transparency in the appointment of the Director, such appointment
should be made only from amongst the panel of three persons recommended by the
Search Committee. In case the appointing authority finds difficulty to accept
any of the three names, let it ask for a fresh panel from the search committee.
This is what is being done in appointment of heads of institutions to ensure
credibility, transparency and respect for the office.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->As
the Registrar is the head of the administrative and ministerial staff of the
university and the principal officer responsible on all matters pertaining to
the administration of the university, it is desirable to appoint a regular
whole time Registrar and put an end to the present practice of appointing an
officiating Registrar by the Director from amongst the teaching staff of the
university.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>The
university is functioning through its various committees, each having a
definite mandate and each contributing to the management of the affairs of the
University.</div>
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As there are no
Professors, these committees are headed by Associate/Asst. Professors,
necessarily lacking the requisite experience in the matters concerned. Lack of
guidance by senior teachers in these committees adversely affects the
functioning of the university. Many of
these committees deal with important academic matters where junior staff
members lacking experience of taking decisions manage the affairs just to keep
things functioning. This is a sad situation which needs correction.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Appointment
of experienced Professors to lead and guide various academic and administrative
activities is highly desirable in the interests of the overall development of
the university.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->It
is submitted that an effective grievances redressal mechanism need to be set
up, or the existing arrangement revamped, so as to inspire confidence amongst
the students and the teachers, that their concerns will be effectively
addressed by the administration.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Effective
steps may be initiated to set up a Students Bar Association or a Representative
Council and a Faculty Consultative Council so as to provide constructive outlet
to ventilate the aspirations of the students and teachers.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->The
idea of giving liberal scholarships and fee exemptions to deserving students
admitted on merit is a good policy and deserves to be continued and
expanded. The principle of equity and
inclusiveness which is a national norm in higher education has to be endorsed
and encouraged.</div>
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Given the
reservations in student admission, there is need for the university to identify
early those who need additional help to be able to cope up with the high
demands of study at GNLU. Special
coaching, mentorship and individual guidance by senior teachers in the first or
second semesters would certainly help the weak students to cope up with the
high demands of legal studies. Repeat
examinations have to be discouraged as it tends to stigmatize and take away
attention from their studies.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->9.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->A
world class university should be able to dispense with attendance requirement
in course of time by motivating everyone voluntarily to participate in
learning. Learning is seriously impaired
in an atmosphere of mistrust between the teachers and students. GNLU needs to take these issues seriously and
work out strategies in consultation with students to ensure voluntary obedience
to the rules and regulations of the University.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->10.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Many
applicants for teaching positions are just looking for an employment. They have no experience in the theory or
practice of teaching as that is not part of the LL.M. curriculum or NET
programme. Some of them have false
notions of teaching from the way they themselves have been taught with the
result they don’t even care to learn better teaching techniques. Given this situation, the university has no
option but to prepare their own teachers through an year long well-organized Teaching
Fellowship Programme.</div>
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appears from responses received from teachers that there is not adequate
communication between the Director and members of the Faculty. They seem to be aggrieved of academic
decisions being taken unilaterally without consultation, seminars being
organized without an institutional purpose, non-academic activities being
imposed without consultation and grievances are not promptly and properly
addressed to create a conducive environment for collectively taking the
university forward. Without taking sides
on the issue, the Commission would suggest the authorities to follow a policy
of consultative decision making on academic matters through weekly or fortnightly
Faculty meetings and recording and circulating the minutes for action by all
concerned including the Director.</div>
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teachers are grudging that they are being compelled to stay on the campus for
eight hours a day which they consider to be violative of UGC rules!! There is need for change of this attitude and
teachers should voluntarily stay in the accommodation provided by the
university. The Director should himself
stay in the campus. If sufficient
accommodation is not available yet in the campus for all its teachers, the
authorities must consider buying or hiring a group of flats in the nearby
apartment clusters and making them available to teachers free of rent.</div>
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of training programmes is being organized from time to time depending upon
requests from other agencies. The
Resource Persons are invited from outside GNLU.
How does it help GNLU in its mandate when it is not able to enrich its
intellectual or material resources. It
is recommended that GNLU may consider establishing an Institute for Continuing
Legal Education (ICLE) in view of the felt need and demand for CLE among the
legal profession and law teaching community.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->To be able to develop a work culture of devotion
to scholarship, endeavour to do things better and commitment to academic
values, the senior faculty has responsibilities to perform. This work culture
is not the product of laws and regulations or rewards and punishments alone.
They develop through taking everybody into confidence in ‘decision making’,
adopting best practices from elsewhere, developing powers and functions to
functionaries at all levels and projecting a common vision carefully crafted.
This is not to say that these are absent in GNLU, but only to emphasise their
importance when one aspires to become world class in a highly competitive environment.
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</span><!--[endif]-->GNLU reportedly functions through Committees.
Are the committees democratically constituted? Are they given clear mandate,
independent authority, and accountability? What is the relationship between the
Committee and the Director? How the Committees’ functioning is co-ordinated,
audited and assessed? The management culture reflects on academic quality and
efficiency of every educational institution.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36pt;">There are complaints the faculty raised in the constitution and functioning
of the Committee system at GNLU. The Commission would only appeal to the
authorities including the Director to have a close look at the system and see
where corrections are needed to make their functioning smooth, productive and
consultative.</span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Public relations is part of legitimate image
building of an institution. But when it is overdone it boomerangs particularly
when the internal structures and processes are weak, and if there is even a
modicum of discontent among the staff or students. Promising more than one can
offer through prospectus, advertisements and leaflets should be eschewed. The
policy should be to let the programmes speak for itself. This is not to say
that GNLU is guilty of it but to empazise a point. After all, for an
institution which is still in its infancy, one cannot expect miracles to happen
in an environment where academic institutions or even long standing are finding
difficult to innovate, experiment and change styles of teaching/learning.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->During the Commission’s interaction with
students it was revealed that there are communication gaps between the students
and the administration and there are apprehension of victimisation if they take
up their grievances. Even a section of Faculty complained of actions “demeaning
the honour of faculty”, too many seminars and training programmes unrelated to
faculty/student interests and “conducted for name sake”, appointment of
unqualified and inexperienced wardens in hostels etc.</div>
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Apparently,
the system of grievance redressal is not functioning effectively and there is
some amount of suppressed feelings both among faculty and students unrecognised
by the administration. The Commission has not probed the problem further to be
able to pass any judgment on the issue; but we want to flag the issue that
there is some amount of simmering discontent which need to be addressed by the
administration in the best interest of the institution.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->The University spends over Rupees Twelve crores
every year to run the institution. The Government has spent nearly 150 crores
of rupees to develop the infra-structure. In return for such investments, the
University is now able to give education for a total of about 1200 law students
each year. The per capita expenditure is fairly high compared to the
expenditure on legal education elsewhere in the State. 76% of the expenditure
is recovered as student fees. This can be justified only in terms of high
quality education offered comparable to the best in the circumstances. In other
words, GNLU may sooner or later will be confronted with the issue of quality of
instruction in relation to the quantity of fees collected. Public may ask
whether the society is getting due return for the investment of tax payers’
money particularly when graduates tend to migrate to the private corporate
sector. GNLU now tries to offset such criticism by way of offering a variety of
services to corporates, Governments, sister institutions and civil society. All
these need to be constantly reviewed to justify the liberal investment
Government has made on the institution.</div>
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There has been the birth of a new martyr on the horizon
among the Muslims of Hyderabad, by the name of Akrabuddin Owaisi, as the now
deleted blog <a href="http://indianmuslimpost.blogspot.in/">IndianMuslimPost</a>
puts it. For the rest of the India, he might be a trouble maker who thrives on
inciting the communal passions of a religious minority of the country. But for
that particular religious minority in the bylanes of Hyderabad, he is nothing
short of a hero, a man who will go miles to ensure the ‘long denied justice’
for them. It can only be ironic that, Hyderabad MLA’s father, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Salahuddin_Owaisi">Salahuddin Owaisi</a>
was a veteran investigator of communal riots, who had the respect of one and
all in the State administration and had been buried with full State honours. </div>
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So, what has Akrabuddin Owaisi been accused of? Why is such
a hullabaloo being created? Why is the print, electronic and social media
chastising him so violently? Why are the right wing activists unanimously
protesting against him? The answer is what we, in layman terms, call hate
speech. On 24<sup>th</sup> December 2012, Owaisi <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2256841/Owaisi-facing-arrest-hate-speech.html">addressed
a rally</a> of 25000 people, mostly Muslims, at Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh and
made multiple comments against Hindus, Hindu deities, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). There was also a glimpse of pro-Pakistan
and anti-Indian attitude in his speech.</div>
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But is hate speech <a href="http://says.com/in/news/hate-speeches-in-india">something new</a> in
India? Let’s have a look. After independence, it has been there since as early
as in 1969, when then Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had incited trouble
through his speeches in the majorly violent Maharashtra-Karnataka border
disputes. After that, Sena has got into repeated trouble with the police and
the authorities for hate speeches and violence against Muslims and non-Marathis.
Most recently, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, with all his vocal
attempts at rousing the “Marathi Manoos” feeling to create trouble for North
Indians in Mumbai has time and again faced the media and public ire. And then,
we have seen Anti-Muslim speeches by VHP leader Ram Vilas Vedanti and BJP MP
Varun Gandhi. Certainly, in the medley of cultures, religions and traditions
that India is, hate speech is something that has been thriving here, due to a
multiplicity of factors, be it political, social and economic.</div>
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In light of the scenario, another question arises. If hate
speech has been there in the country since decades and has faced censure, why
the insistence on <a href="http://www.siasat.com/english/news/intelectuals-condemn-hate-speech-akbar-owaisi">special
focus</a> on Owaisi? Is it because he is a Muslim and he was addressing a crowd
of Muslims and we, as a country where the majority of the population is Hindu,
can’t stand this at any cost? Do we claim to be secular just for the sake of
it? Don’t we have an iota of tolerance towards other religions?</div>
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The answer to all these questions lies in the negative. Many
people have drawn parallels between the infamous Bal Thackeray hate speeches
and Owaisi’s speech. However, there are numerous fundamental <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/indefensible-any-which-way/article4361793.ece">differences</a>
between the two. Agreed, both deal with denigration of another community, both
sound out the bugle for arms cloaked in religious terminology, both project
themselves as saviour of a particular community. But that’s where the
similarity ends. Thackeray used to refer to <a href="http://www.indiatimes.com/india/bal-thackeray-most-controversial-quotes-47216.html">Muslims</a>
in a derogatory fashion in his speeches, but not even once ever did he speak a
word about Prophet Mohammed. Owaisi, on the other hand, in his speech,
proceeded to abuse <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V89ABA6kxw0">Hindu
deities, customs and traditions</a>. Secondly, Thackeray’s target was the
always the ruling Congress Government at the Centre or the Maharashtra Cabinet.
Owaisi, on the other hand, refers to “Hindustan”, not once, but repeatedly. He
warns “Hindustan” not to trifle with “us”. One cannot help but wonder, isn’t
Owaisi and the community that he claims to represent, a part of “Hindustan: as
well? Doesn’t this amount to spreading feelings of separateness from the
country in a specific community? If Thackeray was <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/the-legacy-of-bal-thackeray-293608">charged</a>
with promoting enmity between communities and booked under Section 153(A),
shouldn’t Owaisi be charged with spreading feelings of hatred against the
country among his community? There is one more difference. Thackeray used to
look at issues either through the prism of a communal or regional identity.
Owaisi couples the communal angle with a view through a windowsill that is
different and distinct from the rest of India. His constant reference to
“Hindustan” as a “land of Hindus” vis-à-vis, “us”, the Muslim community, stands
proof to this. This outlook permeates Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM),
Owaisi’s political party.</div>
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However, the Owaisi issue aside, hate speech, as a
mechanism, has been used in India systematically in recent times, during and
after elections, to whip up communal hatred and even actual violence. It is
high time that we look at how repeated misuse of freedom of speech translates
into hate speech, polarising communities and in many cases, degenerating into
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Relevant sections of <a href="http://hareshraichura.blogspot.in/2013/01/three-hate-speech-laws-of-india-where.html">Indian
Penal Code</a> and <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/514407/">Representation
of People’s Act</a> have appropriate measures to deal with hate speeches but
they have been rarely used. There are a few sections in Indian criminal law and
election law that unequivocally restricts and restrains the use of hate speech
and empowers the Government, the police and the judiciary to enforce them. Sections 153 A and B of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC-offences for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of
religion, race, place of birth, language etc and doing acts prejudicial to
maintenance of harmony or prejudicial to national integration) and Sections 123
A and B of the Representation of People’s Act (RPA—that, under the definition
of a ‘corrupt practice’ forbids the use of undue influence, appeal on grounds
of religion, promoting enmity or hatred between different classes of citizens
on the ground of religion, race or community and character assassination). These provisions co-exist with other,
broader provisions of the <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1569253/">Indian Penal Code</a>, with significant implications for ‘hate
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Section 295, which prohibits ‘injuring or defiling [any] place of
worship with intent to insult the religion of any class’;<o:p></o:p></div>
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Section 295A, which
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Section 298, which prohibits ‘uttering words, etc, with deliberate
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Section 505(2), which
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The approach of the <a href="http://jmi.ac.in/upload/menuupload/11_ccmg_hatespeech.pdf">Indian judiciary</a> towards issues of ‘hate speech’ (as they
intersect with questions of ‘public order’) has been exemplified, and in many senses
established, by the landmark case of Ramji Lal Modi v State of Uttar Pradesh (1957).
In this case, where the person concerned had tried to incite a large Hindu
crowd against Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court of India upheld the
constitutionality of section 295A of the Indian Penal Code as a ‘reasonable’
restriction upon free speech ‘in the interests of’ public order. The Court
rejected the need for any nexus between acts possessing ‘a tendency to cause
public disorder’ and the actual occurrence of such public disorder. Indian
judiciary, in most cases, has adopted a broad construction of the ‘interests of
public order’, while relating to hate speech. It has time and again relied on
Human Rights Resolution 13/16, Combating Defamation of Religions, which
appropriately addresses the need for a balance between freedom of speech and
religious freedom. However most of the actions of the judiciary relating to
hate speech are responses to immediate political and religious controversies,
not substantial contributions to international human rights jurisprudence.’</div>
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Quite apart from the fundamental rights to equality, equal protection
by the law, right to life, freedom of expression, association and residence and
freedom to promote, practice and propagate one’s faith and the rights of
religious minorities to run their own institutions, the consistent and honest
application of these sections of the IPC and the RPA are critical to ensure and
assert the protection of basic democratic and human rights and especially, the
Constitutional rights of Indian religious minorities. As importantly, the <a href="http://www.sabrang.com/leaction/hatespeech.pdf">regular application</a>
of these sections in the public arena, by actions of the executive and
judiciary, whenever violations of these laws take place is as much necessary
for upholding the secular intent of the Constitution of India.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While Justice Cyriac Joseph was
about to retire as Supreme Court judge, a good friend of mine in the Supreme
Court brought to my notice an interesting fact – that Justice Joseph was leaving without delivering any judgment.
My friend rued that he might be the first judge to leave the Supreme Court without
delivering a judgment or very less number of judgments. I decided to dig into
this and did a comprehensive study of how many judgments Justice Joseph had delivered.
I also made a comparative analysis of his fellow judges lest the study be
criticised as a window to give vent to personal vendetta. This was story behind
the genesis of the ‘Judges Scorecard’ column (now Verdictum) in <i>Bar & Bench</i>. If not for the Contempt
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I analysed the tenure of as many
as forty two judges and the data corresponding to their performance. Justice Joseph
had penned down only six judgments in 1300 days during his tenure of roughly
four years. Among these six, one judgment was delivered in 2010, two judgments
in 2011 and three in 2013 few days prior to his retirement. I had<i> </i> also obtained data on the number of days
served and the number of judgments delivered by the other Judges (both retired and still
serving) in the last three and half years to obtain some comparative data.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I quote from the report published
in <i><a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2583/the-verdictum#.UVeKjhxTDzx">Bar &
Bench</a></i>, “Comparing Justice Joseph`s performance with his fellow judges,
there seems to be a huge difference in number of judgments delivered. During
Justice Joseph`s tenure, judges including Justice S. H. Kapadia, Justice
Altamas Kabir, Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice D. K. Jain, Justice P.
Sathasivam etc. have penned down more than sixty judgments each. Furthermore,
there is a marked difference, when compared to judges like Justice Arijit
Pasayat and Justice S.B. Sinha, who have penned down as many as 426 and 336
judgments respectively. Although the number of judgments written by a judge
cannot be seen as an exhaustive benchmark for their performance, it does
provide certain indications.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Few months later, I came across
the news that Justice Joseph was being appointed as the Chairman of Telecom
Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), New Delhi. I found this to be a
hilarious joke as Justice Joseph was coming as a replacement for Justice S. B.
Sinha. Justice Sinha during his judgeship was known for being a workaholic while
Justice Joseph was infamous for being a habitual laggard. A <i>Bar & Bench</i> reader raised an
important question in the story relating to Justice Joseph’s appointment, which
I quote below:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Who will write the judgments
now?” The <a href="http://barandbench.com/content/tdsat-get-new-chairman-former-supreme-court-justice-cyriac-joseph-replace-sb-sinha-chairman#.UVeKChxTDzw">other
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In early March, <a href="http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-04/news/37437192_1_tdsat-telecom-disputes-settlement-chief-justice">Economic
Times</a> reported that the Centre had asked the Chief Justice to take into
account a report from an "agency" before taking a final decision on
Justice Joseph’s appointment to the TDSAT. The report had not raised any issues
relating to integrity; but it had observations on the former judge's
"style of functioning". In particular, the report had commented on
alleged delays in delivering verdicts. It
is also interesting to note that due the ambiguity prevailing over Cyriac
Joseph’s Chairmanship, <a href="http://barandbench.com/content/tdsat-rendered-defunct-ambiguity-prevails-over-justice-cyriac-josephs-chairmanship#.UVfhypNHLHU">TDSAT
had been rendered defunct</a> with the retirement of its only serving member,
P.K. Rastogi. How the tribunal will fare with Cyriac Joseph at its helm is
anybody’s guess. A few days back,<a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/keeping-track/1091096/0"> Indian
Express</a> reported that, “Since the UPA government's move to appoint
former Supreme Court Judge Cyriac Joseph as chairman of the Telecom Disputes
Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has come a cropper apparently because of
an adverse report by an intelligence agency, the government is now learnt to be
planning to make him a member of the National Human Rights Commission”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rights Commission (NHRC) is inexplicable. Justice Joseph’s record clearly
indicates that he has done no substantial work at the Supreme Court of India.
The figures indicated in the Judges Scorecard report and the fact that he heard
Mulayam Singh’s disproportionate assets case for three years and left without
delivering a judgment testifies that. Appointment of Justice Joseph to any
judicial or quasi judicial post is nothing short of outrageous, especially
during times when the propriety of post retirement posts and benefits for
Supreme Court judges are being fiercely debated. At a time when our justice
dispensation system is breaking under the burden of backlogs, Justice Joseph has
set the wrong example by his lacklustre show at the Apex Court. <o:p></o:p></div>
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to be appointed to another post and be allowed to enjoy all the luxuries that accompany
it and thereby waste the taxpayers’ money. If the government does not want the
Tribunals and the Commissions to be rendered defunct, appointment of Justice Joseph
should be reconsidered.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-50856269478191518092013-02-25T16:15:00.002+05:302013-02-25T16:15:59.299+05:30Legal Education in India<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.5pt;">Legal education in India hitherto has been notionally perceived as a domain
integrally gelled with the judicial establishment associated with its 'colonial
legacy’ tag though there has been a slow paradigmatic shift in the pedagogy in
the last decade or two.</span><br />
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The post-47 Indian state’s obsession with 'modernity' and 'development'
has unmistakably prioritized science, technology and medicine as the frontier
areas of pedagogic discourse and the middle class in India has been largely
hooked on this 'mantra'... Even though the Nehruvian phase witnessed innovative
impetus for promotion of liberal ‘science’ and humanities given his ideological
and professional background, his advocacy of ‘scientific temper’ unquestionably
privileged science as ‘the’ area of study and research per se<br />
Without going for sweeping generalization, it still can be argued that the
trend has pitiably pushed study and research on philosophy, ethics, history,
law and governance etc. almost to the margin, and the trend of
peripherialisation perhaps reached its logical climax with the call of ‘end of
ideology/history’ coinciding with the advent of globalization.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is in this historical trajectory, one needs to think how academics in
these domains continues to be seen with low priority in terms of career
choices, popular appeal and an unfortunate lack of decisive state intervention
‘to remedy’ the structural anomalies visibly afflicting these areas. The
reality is: India’s journey of ‘modernity’ will remain utterly hollow and sham
in the absence of ‘empowerment’ of these intellectual enterprises.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The institutional legitimacy of law schools can really scale hegemonic
heights when it gets transformed as a site not for learning the ‘black letters
of law’ but instead becomes platforms to ‘cultivate critical thinkers, social
reformers and creative leaders free to pursue an array of career options’. Here
lies the undeniable justification for roping in legal academics proportionately
in the regulatory body for legal education for policy prescriptions and norms
on legal education, than mindlessly making it an outfit or a remote control of
Bar Council of India (BCI).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Isn’t it
that ‘babudom’ wherever they are, shouldn’t be an irritant on our often
proclaimed march to match global excellence? Otherwise perhaps, one wonders,
the fond conviction (?) of PM In branding National Law Universities (NLUs)
“islands of excellence amidst a sea of institutionalized mediocrity” will
remain a myth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In this
light, the ongoing hullabaloo over the Bar Council of India’s ongoing protest
over divestiture of their control over legal education in India via the
proposed Higher Education and Research Bill assumes widespread significance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
proposed Bill is a radical departure from the existing, non-performing,
multiple regulatory system to a decentralised, disclosure-based,
self-regulating arrangement. The Bill envisages the legal academia to call the
shots in administration of legal education in the country instead of the
bureaucracy, in whose hands the power is vested presently. It lays greater
emphasis on research promotion and innovation in higher education. It will
enable the vice-chancellors of various law universities to lead and coordinate
ample legal research in their institutions rather than scurrying around places
in search of funds from different government sources. A standard setting for
competitive excellence, a necessary component for any kind of global education
services, is now often neglected and fragmented. Apart from facilitating a
holistic hassle-free education, the Bill also provides for norm-based and
performance-based distribution of grants, without distinction between Central
and State Universities, which is a welcome thing in the context of
globalisation and knowledge-based economy, now in place. The Bill seeks to
promote autonomy of higher education institutions and universities for free
pursuit of knowledge and innovation. It will promote and coordinate higher
education and research through ensuring autonomy of universities, proposing an
interdisciplinary framework for law students to have a wider variety of choices
in the pursuit of learning, encouraging good practices in universities and
promoting research and innovation in higher educational institutions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Bar
Council of India has been constantly opposing the Ministry of Human Resources
Development’s alleged attempt to usurp its regulation of legal education in the
country through its proposed Bill. But has the BCI really done anything worth
noticing in the sphere of legal education in about half a century, throughout
which it has called all the shots?<o:p></o:p></div>
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As far
as legal competence is concerned, the Advocates Act of 1961 lays down that the
BCI will regulate legal education in consultation with the Universities in
India regulating such education. History suggests that nothing of this sort has
happened, which is backed by the fact that only one member of the BCI’s legal
education committee is a full time academic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That
legal academicians have been constantly snubbed by BCI members and officers
when it comes to critical inputs on the administration of legal education in
the country is indeed unfortunate. It is denigratory to the role that legal
academics have played and continue to play in legal education today. The
stranglehold of the Bar Council on legal education is one of the many reasons
why law schools in India have remained vocational institutions which churn out
reasonably competent lawyers, however fail miserably when it comes to being
places of genuine legal scholarship. The faculty at prominent national law
schools, legal academicians that they are, in the true sense of the word, have
a fairly good idea of the structural reforms that would be required to make law
universities places of academic and co-curricular excellence.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As
Shamnad Basheer in his <a href="http://www.lawexams.in/legalarticles/2012/05/10/set-the-bar-higher-by-shamnad-basheer/">column</a> puts it,” the BCI would do well to keep in
mind that the purpose of law schools is not to merely mass-produce technically
competent lawyers ready to serve the bar. Rather, it is to cultivate critical
thinkers, social reformers and creative leaders free to pursue an array of
career options. Law schools must therefore be encouraged to experiment with
their curricula and conceptualise courses that foster critical and creative
thinking beyond the black letters of the law."<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By Safi Mohan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I
am very glad to inform that I thoroughly examined the 1<sup><span style="font-size: small;">st</span></sup>
edition of M.A Rashid’s The Ultimate Guide to the Judicial Services
Examination 2013 for all States. This book covers 26 subjects and 15
Model Question papers with answer key. This is a useful book for all
law students in India, those who are seriously preparing for law
examinations, especially Judicial Services, IAS, Law officers in
banks and UGC-NET-JRF examinations. Systematic arrangements of
subjects, latest case laws, and recent amendments of different
Statutes are the highlights of the present work. It is recommended to
use recent bare acts along with it. Considering the content and size
of the book it is moderately priced and useful for all law teachers
and law students and a worthy addition for all law libraries in
India. I admire and congratulate the author and the publishers for
their sincere efforts and hopefully expecting the 2<sup><span style="font-size: small;">nd</span></sup>
edition in the next year.
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Safi
Mohan M.R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Assistant
Professor in Law</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Govt.
Law College, Kozhikode.</span></div>
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Kerala
Government had sought an explanation from the National University of Advanced
Legal Studies (NUALS), Cochin regarding a <a href="http://www.barandbench.com/index.php?page=brief&id=2888" target="_blank">petition submitted by students,parents and alumni alleging horse-trading and political indulgences taking place for the post of Vice-Chancellor at NUALS</a>. </div>
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NUALS,
through its Registrar, in response to the Petition has submitted an explanation
to the Higher Education Department. The
explanation mentions that the University has already initiated the steps to
constitute a Search Committee to appoint the new Vice-Chancellor in September
2012 and the process is reportedly in progress. The explanation states that apart
from this, the University has nothing to do with the appointment of the new
Vice-Chancellor. </div>
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Further
through the Petition, it was also brought to the attention of the Chancellor
and Pro Chancellor that the University had failed to appoint a permanent
Registrar and the post of Finance Officer was kept vacant since inception. With
regard to this, the explanation states that the present Registrar (contract
appointee) satisfies all the qualifications for the post as prescribed in the
Regulations and term of office has been extended from time to time by the
Executive Council after considering his performance. </div>
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Regarding
the Statutory post of Finance Officer, the explanation mentions that steps are
being taken to appoint a suitable person to the post. The University
explanation stated, “Though the University had instituted the post of Finance
Officer prescribing the qualifications and other conditions in the NUALS
Regulations, the post was created only at the meeting of the Executive Council
held on June 30, 2012 in view of the tremendous increase in the financial
transactions of the University. “</div>
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NUALS
through the explanation also made it clear that; the University is not in a position
to appoint Registrar and Finance Officer on the scales of pay prevalent in
other Universities of the State, due to financial constraints. The University
had to meet the entire expenditure including salaries from its own resources
and is not receiving any recurring non plan grants from the Government for
meeting the expenditure. Details about the <a href="http://strippedlaw.blogspot.in/2012/06/law-school-money-accounts-of-nuals.html" target="_blank">financial accounts of NUALS</a> can be
read here. </div>
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The
petition was submitted to Justice Manjula Chellur, NUALS, Chancellor, who is
the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the Pro-Chancellor, P K Abdhu Rabb, State
Education Minister; regarding the. A copy was also marked to Dr. K. M. Abraham,
Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala who is
also a Member of the Executive Council, NUALS. You can read more about the
petition <a href="http://www.barandbench.com/index.php?page=brief&id=2888" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-39939894825186782792012-11-17T15:05:00.000+05:302012-11-20T08:47:46.002+05:30An open letter to the GNLU Director – Dr. Bimal N Patel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Bimal Patel Ji,<br />
<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nE3LjxdH2S0/UKdYE6TggwI/AAAAAAAAAUc/dNL7ErD3w8E/s1600/GNLU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nE3LjxdH2S0/UKdYE6TggwI/AAAAAAAAAUc/dNL7ErD3w8E/s1600/GNLU.jpg" /></a>I have always held you and your institution in high esteem. I still vividly remember doing a story in 2011, while I was covering CLAT, which indicated the GNLU as the <a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/2/1549/clat-2011-results-nls-still-the-favourite-gnlu-biggest-gainer-followed-by-nujs-and-nluj-" target="_blank">biggest gainer of CLAT 2011</a>. I have even advised many CLAT aspirants to opt for the GNLU above many other law schools, since I strongly felt that, the GNLU would emerge as one of the best law schools in the country considering the pace of its growth. I admire the steps you have been taking to make the GNLU a truly world class University in the next five years.<br />
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However, I feel the year 2012 has not been good for GNLU and its growth. A lot of things have brought GNLU in news for the wrong reasons which the administration could have avoided.<br />
<br />
CLAT aspirant, Donnie Ashok, had to file a <a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2486/successful-clat-candidate-denied-admission-by-gnlu-approaches-gujarat-high-court-which-directs-gnlu-to-keep-one-seat-vacant" target="_blank">writ petition in the Gujarat High Court against the GNLU for refusing him admission</a> to the university on the ground that he did not clear the 10+2 exam in his first attempt. The High Court had directed GNLU and the CLAT convenor to keep one seat vacant at GNLU. However, the matter was later <a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2513/donnie-v-gnlu-case-amicably-settled-gnlu-director-grants-admission-to-donnie-" target="_blank">amicably settled and Donnie was granted a seat</a>. GNLU could have avoided this litigation and the cost involved had the GNLU considered the merits of Donnie’s case earlier within the system; which the GNLU did not do. <br />
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Few months later GNLU was in the news for making <a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/9/2683/gnlu-students-asked-to-do-community-work-for-attending-party" target="_blank">189 of its students to contribute 4 hours of community work</a>, viz. gardening, weeding, watering plants, planting trees for attending a party without ‘authorisation’ from the college authorities. Personally I have felt this to be an invasion on the privacy of the students. The administration has nothing to do with the personal life of students outside the campus. I am sure that the students of the GNLU are capable of choosing between right and wrong. <br />
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Again the GNLU was in the news for alleged arbitrary admissions. As per the <a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-31/ahmedabad/32960483_1_admission-process-gujarat-national-law-university-llb" target="_blank">report of Times of India</a>, a senior forest official had alleged that the University was following arbitrary rules and regulations in the admission process thereby doing injustice to students who deserve admission on the basis of merit. It is often alleged that though the Review Commission was appointed to plan and execute the list of criteria to make GNLU, a true world class University in the next five years; what fuelled the immediate formation of the Review Committee was the TOI report regarding arbitrary admissions.<br />
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Allegedly 400+ students had submitted a Petition to the Review Committee, a copy of which is with me. I was terribly disappointed after reading the Petition. The students raised issues about non appointment of a permanent Registrar, need for a students’ association, mandatory PSU internship, examination rules, back door admissions and a lot of other things. Once, you told me during a telephone conversation on this petition, “See the issue is not about a Bimal or a Raghul but the University”. Considering and respecting that fact, I have not let the report out in the media and have only made a brief reference about the same in a <a href="http://www.barandbench.com/brief/2/2948/gnlu-appeals-against-decision-of-the-single-judge-in-detention-norms-case-gnlu-students-petition-to-the-review-commission" target="_blank">report which I did recently</a>. <br />
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The petition also raised the issues relating to <a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2867/gujarat-hc-sets-aside-gnlus-decision-to-detain-students-and-goodness-marks-rule-gnlu-to-file-lpa-against-this-order-" target="_blank">detention and goodness marks norms which has been quashed </a>by Gujarat High Court. <br />
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It was sad for me to learn that you were filing an appeal against the order of the learned single Judge. The Court while setting aside the goodness mark norm mentioned that, “by including this ‘Goodness’ marks condition, the University has “given a tool in the hands of the faculty members, which could be used by them at their own whims and caprice. Such discretionary power in the hands of the faculty members would change the atmosphere of the college like for bad where everything would be under the command and control of the faculty members and the students would refrain from a free discussion in the class-room with the fear that if their view-point annoys the concerned faculty then it would weigh against them at the time of awarding the “goodness” marks. Such discretionary power is against the spirit of education”.<br />
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It is also a disheartening fact that the expenses for pursuing litigation are being met out of University exchequer when the said amount could be used for other fruitful purposes like development of infrastructure or for providing fee concession to under privileged kids who enter the law schools. <br />
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I am in full agreement with the view of the learned single Judge regarding the detention norms and goodness mark norm that the same should be quashed. These two rules will only be a blot on free academic atmosphere that a law university like GNLU asserts to guarantee. Hence, I humbly request you to honour the decision of the learned single judge of the Gujarat High Court and withdraw the appeal you have filed. I sincerely hope that the matter is amicably settled and GNLU emerges as the best legal institution of the country in the years to come. As you rightly pointed out, the issue is not about a person but about the University! <br />
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Best Regards,<br />
Raghul Sudheesh<br />
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-12074364926133950232012-11-07T00:48:00.001+05:302012-11-07T00:48:26.297+05:30Service Tax in Restaurants - What the law really says!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On Saturday, November
3, 2012, The Delhi High Court Bar Association published a notice titled
“Service and Service Tax!” (shown above in the image). The notice contained averments claiming that
restaurants in India were incorrectly charging 4.94% service tax on the total
bill of a customer and that service tax payable at a restaurant is only payable
on the ‘service charge’ component of the Bill. The contents of the notice were
also spread among lawyers and law students across the country via Facebook and
tax law related websites such as CAClubIndia etc. This news spread like
wildfire and became very popular online since the averments indicated overt
defraudment of the public and many people resorted to expressing their
resentment about the same on social media sites, under the impression that the
contents of the notice were based on the correct position of law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At the outset, I’d like
to make it clear that the notice has been made based on an incorrect
interpretation of the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 and that
this would be evident if one merely looked at the relevant provision in the
rules. Let me try to explain the correct position of law as simply as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rule 2C, inserted via
the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Second Amendment Rules, 2012 provides
that:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"2C. Determination
of value of service portion involved in supply of food or any other article of
human consumption or any drink in a restaurant or as outdoor catering.- Subject
to the provisions of section 67, the value of service portion, in an activity
wherein goods being food or any other article of human consumption or any drink
(whether or not intoxicating) is supplied in any manner as a part of the activity
at a restaurant or as outdoor catering, shall be the specified percentage of
the total amount charged for such supply, in terms of the following Table,
namely:-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1) Service portion in
an activity wherein goods, being food or any other article of human consumption
or any drink(whether or not intoxicating) is supplied in any manner as a part
of the activity, at a restaurant - 40 %<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2) Service portion in
outdoor catering wherein goods, being food or any other article of human
consumption or any drink(whether or not intoxicating) is supplied in any manner
as a part of such outdoor catering - 60 %<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Explanation 1.- For the
purposes of this rule, "total amount" means the sum total of the
gross amount charged and the fair market value of all goods and services supplied
in or in relation to the supply of food or any other article of human
consumption or any drink(whether or not intoxicating), whether or not supplied
under the same contract or any other contract, after deducting-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(i) the amount charged
for such goods or services, if any; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(ii) the value added
tax or sales tax, if any, levied thereon:"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What this means is that
service tax as prescribed by the rules is chargeable at normal rates i.e. 12.36
%. This rate is applicable to only 40% of the total bill amount, since the rest
falls under the abatement mentioned above. Since 12.36 multiplied by 0.4 is 4.94%,
this is the percentage of tax that is to paid on the TOTAL bill amount (since
Explanation 1 says that 'total amount' means gross amount charged in or in relation
to the supply of food etc.). There is no involvement of a ‘service charge’
component here since the abatement of 60% means that 40% is considered as the
implicit service charge for taxation purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thus, it is quite
evident that the service tax of 4.94% is to be calculated on the Total Bill
Amount and not merely the ‘service charge’ component of the Bill, as claimed by
the Notice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">First of all, I think it
is highly irresponsible that a well respected body such as the Delhi High Court
Bar Association would release such a notice without backing
the same with the requisite amount of research. Owing to the source from which
the notice was released, most lawyers and law students did not bother to check the
veracity of the claims since they assumed that the authors of the notice
would know their law. I think they should rectify the harm done by issuing a
press release accepting that what was stated in the notice was incorrect in law. Secondly, what
this whole debacle illustrates is the lack of knowledge on service tax among
the legal community. The general conception among law students that tax law is
greek and latin does not help this cause either. So, in simple terms, everyone
just assumed that since it’s called ‘service tax’, it is paid only on the ‘service
charge’, which seems very logical. I think this should be a sort of wake up
call to all interested students/general practitioners who believed this story
and they should seriously consider brushing up more on their tax law knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Owing to the growing
rate of Facebook hoaxes, as aptly underlined by the whole ‘Samsung paid Apple
in pennies’ incident, as lawyers/law students, I feel it is our duty and moral
responsibility to do research and to verify ANY claim based on ANY law
ourselves before sharing it on a social media site. The ignominy that this
incident has attached to it is as shameful as a doctor prescribing incorrect
medicine for a fairly obvious disease. We are supposed to know the law, and
even if we don’t know it yet, we absolutely MUST find out what the law is
before giving advice to the public because that is what our law schools,
internships and careers are supposed to teach us – how to do legal research!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sriram P. Govindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10186621913176555356noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-12778441599441629652012-10-23T18:53:00.003+05:302012-10-25T10:04:20.494+05:30Results of the NUALS-CPSLR-Giri & Giri Essay Competition declared: Avneesh of RMNLU tops the list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The results of the NUALS-CPSLR-Giri & Giri First National Legal Research Essay Competition 2012 were declared recently. Avneesh Kumar, a 5th year student of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow bagged the first prize while securing 221 marks out of 300. Avneesh was followed by Shashank Pant from UPES, Dehradun who scored 219 marks. The third prize was bagged by Sudeshna Banerjee and Sanjana Gandhi from KIIT Law School, Odisha as joint authors. They scored 215.5 marks.<br />
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The rank list of the top ten students is as follows:<br />
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<b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Rank</span></b></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Avneesh Kumar, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5th year,B.A.LL.B.(Hons.),
</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">RMNLU, Lucknow</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">015</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">221</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Shashank Pant, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4th Year,
B.A.LL.B.(Hons.),</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">UPES, Dehradun</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">020</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">219</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sudeshna Banerjee
and</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sanjana Gandhi,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4th Year, B.A.LL.B.(Hons.),</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">KIIT Law School,
Odisha</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">023</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">215.5</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lekha Vijayan, </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: black;">9th Sem,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span></span>NUALS, Kochi </span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">031</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">209</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ashima Jain and </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Aman Raja, 5th Semester,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Institute of Law,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>NIRMA University, Ahmedabad </span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">019</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 60.9pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">204.5</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 38.1pt;" valign="top" width="51">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 138.9pt;" valign="top" width="185">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Vasundhra Minocha
and</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Pranav Nanda,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2nd Year,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Symbiosis Law
School, Pune.</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">007</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 60.9pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">204</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 38.1pt;" valign="top" width="51">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">7</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 138.9pt;" valign="top" width="185">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Anees Backer, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5th Year, B.A.
LL.B. (Hons.),</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">NALSAR University
of Law,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hyderabad </span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">033</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">198</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 38.1pt;" valign="top" width="51">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">7</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">8</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 138.9pt;" valign="top" width="185">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jayati Ghosh, </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2nd Yr. B.A. L.L.B,
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Symbiosis Law
School, Pune</span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">004</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">196</span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 38.1pt;" valign="top" width="51">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">8</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prarthna Baranwal
and</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Garima Srivastava, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Aakriti Pandey and </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Palash Taing,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4th Year, RMNLU, Lucknow</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and Symbiosis Law
School,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">186.5</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">11</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adeeba A. Rahman
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Aishwarya H, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4th Year, BA LLB
Hons,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">NUALS, Kochi </span></div>
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Aditihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11878692159600752902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-268035792601894272012-10-21T22:38:00.001+05:302012-10-21T22:38:52.302+05:30A short scrutiny of a rare Scholar – A combination of the “Bar, Bench and Academics”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
NB: This is a guest post from a Law Student who wishes to keep his identity confidential.<br /><br />Looking back it appears not a long-gone time when the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, reckoned his views on the mushrooming of law schools in the country. According to him, besides a few “islands of excellence”, law colleges in India were “a sea of institutionalized mediocrity.”<br /><br />As is unfamiliar to none, the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, was conceptualized and brought into existence under the dynamic leadership of Professor Madhav Menon, on having received a missive from the then Chairman of BCI, Mr. Ram Jethmalani, requesting him to bring about a change in the system of legal education in the country. Since its inception, the law school has done exceedingly well for itself; in terms of both academics and alumni record. Further, a review of the recent Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) preferences of the high-scoring candidates indicates that NLSIU is still the top school of choice for prospective law students. To this date, there exists as much as 15 National Law Schools in India, in toto.<br /><br />The National Law Schools, inter alia, have been highly acclaimed for its rich repository of some of the best brains of the country. Even otherwise, to begin with the lucrative placements at the end of the 5-year course, to the academic exposure, everything about a N-tag Law School has always been a constant buzz of attraction for the law students. Law schools of the non-national stature have also maintained a reputable position for themselves with similar contribution to the legal field; having given a few of the most polished minds of times. However, boiling down to the main point- there has always been an apparent higher footage, in the sense of choice/preference, for the National Law Schools over other Law Schools of the country.<br /><br />Having said that, it is pertinent to draw the attention to those impulsive individuals, under whose intense leadership these Institutions are generally necessitated and maneuvered. They give voice to the curriculums and co-ordinate the system to exist and operate in such a way so as to benefit hundreds in the best manner possible. Luminaries from higher judiciary, dignitaries holding immense and enriching experience in academics, and scholars with astounding credentials are among the ones upholding the position to run these ‘islands of excellence’. At the outset, a reasonable standard of expectation dwells with these individuals for the betterment and maintenance of brilliancy in such Universities. Under such pools of expectations, lies the responsibility to uphold the status quo and look forward for a decent and apt projection of their credentials.<br /><br />And here we arrive at the unfortunate part. As much as it is a matter of concern, it’s a matter of disgrace at the same decibel for all of us that one such eminent personality in the legal fraternity has failed us in this aspect. A person upholding the position of a Vice-Chancellor in one of the most reputed National Law University is seen to have taken the minimal interest in projecting the most appropriate of his credentials to the public. And what more; such a scene is conspicuously maintained in the official website of the University! The curriculum vitae which talks of the “Martial Status” of the Vice-Chancellor, instead of “Marital Status”, which claims of his position as the “standing council” for educational institutions and which revolves around his “unique combination of bar, bench and academics” is certainly not an appealing gesture to be appreciated by any graduate, or otherwise, for inspiration or reference.<br /><br />However, this is not a point of debate challenging the originality or credentials of the Vice-Chancellor, or questioning the veracity of his academic excellence and experience. Instead, it should drill a reasonable doubt in our minds as to whether we should actually look up to such persons when it comes to preceding hundreds of students when they themselves take no heed in suitable projection and consort to such harum-scarum profiles! It is nothing but a conscious measure to highlight the fact that persons of such stature and eminence are expected to at least mete out to the acknowledged norms.<br /><br />And now we head towards another heated debate of the year, i.e., the pandemonium caused by CLAT 2012, which, inter alia, concerns the involvement of the aforesaid luminary. This year saw the hue and commotion questioning the potentialities of the organizing University when it came to the preparation and management of one of the biggest entrance examinations of our country. Doubts arose as to the credibility of the University to indulge in a fair and prudent procedure of conducting an exam which was undertaken by more than twenty thousand aspirants. What appeared to be the case, prima facie, was that the CLAT committee failed to give the right instructions to the "expert committee" that the concerned Vice-Chancellor speaks of. Needless to say, the expert committee would not have committed this blunder had they been told that they were not supposed to be asking the non-essentials as per the prescribed syllabus. And then of course the inevitable; why was the "expert committee" not informed about the syllabus? And to this there can be only two possible reasonable explanations. Either it could be an oversight, or it could be intentional.<br /><br />But then, shouldn’t there be safeguards put into place to avoid oversight, mistakes, or corruption? Evidently, these questions are relevant not only for this year's CLAT, but to all future CLATs which are going to be held. Unfortunately the answers all seem to be negative from the outcome. Prima facie the concerned University and the CLAT committee did not put into place any process that ensures a mistake-free, good quality question paper.<br /><br />Under the blanket of such discussions, apropos the powers and limitations enshrined upon this dignitary and the manner and extent to which they are executed, settles the reiterated distrust for such a person. Like they say, a mistake committed by one person may not necessarily affect him, but in turn affects others either directly or indirectly associated with him. The write-up was just an attempted approach in bringing about the tiniest hinge of disbelieve on such a person who, apart from being derelict as regards his own recognitions, has also been conspicuously framed as a delinquent leader.<br /><br />In the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. So why not as the future of tomorrow, we expect our present to be led and maneuvered by persons beyond any scope of doubt? In any case, isn’t that the way it is supposed to be? After all, this is what we are taught at our law schools- the case at hand is innocent unless proven beyond any scope of reasonable doubt!<br /></div>
Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-31657750098994539372012-10-17T23:49:00.002+05:302012-10-17T23:57:24.421+05:30RGNUL Hostel Rules: Reasonable or Authoritarian?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This
post is never a comment on the RGNUL administration or the system prevailing
there. After I wrote in Bar & Bench about some issues prevailing in RGNUL;
one person was kind enough to send me a copy of the Hostel Rules.</div>
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The
person has conveyed to me that though there are some unpleasant norms in these
rules; all of them are not strictly followed. The same situation or may be even
worse will probably be prevailing in other Universities. The attempt through
this post is to open up a platform to generate a debate on larger issues
involved.</div>
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National
Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) was set up by the Bar Council of
Kerala Trust in 2002. NIALS was under the supervision of Cochin University of
Science and Technology. Later in 2005 by virtue of The National University of
Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) Act 27 of 2005, the National Institute for
Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) merged with the NUALS and became an independent
University. This in short is the history behind the establishment of what is
currently known as NUALS.</div>
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Prof.
K.N.C. Pillai was the first Director of NIALS and Prof. S. G. Bhat was the
first Vice-Chancellor of NUALS. After, the retirement of Prof. Bhat, the post
was kept vacant for more than a year. During this period, the current
Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) N. K. Jayakumar, was serving as the Legislative
Secretary in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on deputation from the University of Kerala, where he served as a Professor. Immediately after his retirement
from the University of Kerala, he was appointed as the Vice- Chancellor of NUALS. It is often
alleged by many that the post of Vice-Chancellor was kept vacant for a year to enable
Dr. Jayakumar to assume Vice-Chancellorship.</div>
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When
I joined NUALS in 2006, we were promised that the construction of permanent
campus would be completed within a year and that the University will shift to the
permanent campus by the next year. The permanent campus, however, became a
reality the year I passed out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to
the redtapism and lacklustre administration I along with many others could not
even study for a single day at the new campus. That the administration is
insensitive to the needs of the students and growth of the University equally
is a fact that I can vouch for from my experience at NUALS. </div>
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I
recently learned from my juniors at law school that the scenario has improved a
lot. The campus itself has made a lot of difference and Dr. Jayakumar played an
instrumental role in setting up the campus. Campus placement has also improved
drastically and lot of other fruitful events and activities are happening at
present. I was really happy to learn all these developments.</div>
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The
current Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Jayakumar is due to retire in December and the
bargaining/horse trading for the post has already begun. In all circumstances,
Dr. Jayakumar is unlikely to get an extension of the tenure except for the
reason of ongoing campus construction; which is very minute.</div>
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There
are three main contenders to the post; I am not mentioning any of the names
over here. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Recently
Krishna Kumar, Professor of Education at Delhi University and a former Director
of NCERT, wrote in “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hindu</i>” an
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3743238.ece" target="_blank"><i>excellent column on India not nurturing young talent in academics</i></a>. He
mentioned, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Someone rare enough to be
independent of personal as well as intellectual lobbies is the first to be
eliminated. In the semi-final act of short listing, those lacking support from
the dominant lobbies get weeded out. Then, in the ultimate moment, hard bargaining
takes place and the institution’s future gets sealed. If there is someone with
an unusual background or achievement, you can depend on the selection committee
to find a technical ground to reject him or her</i>.”</div>
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<span class="usercontent">As per Section 27 of the NUALS Act, the Chancellor appoints
the Vice-Chancellor on the unanimous recommendation of the Search Committee appointed
by the Chancellor. The Search Committee shall consist of a) One nominee of the
Bar Council of Kerala, b) One nominee of the University Grants Commission and
c) One nominee of the State Government. As per Section 27(3), In case the Search
Committee is unable to recommend a name unanimously, the Vice Chancellor shall
be appointed by the Chancellor from among a panel of three names submitted to
him by the Committee within three months. Section 27 (4) stipulates that, In
case, the Committee fails to make an unanimous recommendation or to submit a
panel as in section<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27(3), the
Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor among a panel of three
names submitted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to him by a majority of members
of the Search Committee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the
rules governing appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Under the current political scenario, effectively, the Kerala
Bar Council nominee and State Government nominee will have the final word.
Prior to Amendment in 2008, the Search Committee consisted of a nominee of the
Bar Council of India and not that of the Bar Council of Kerala. Also, it is a
known fact that the Kerala Bar Council nominee and State Government nominee
will be political appointments. </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">My request to the Chancellor of the University, Madame
Justice Manjula Chellur is to instruct the Search Committee to adopt a
transparent and fair process in the selection process. I would say that, even
the vacancy for the post should be advertised and notified in all national
dailies across India. </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">The more the people, more the options we have. We would not
have to choose between few bad options. The Committee should also follow a fair
and transparent process during all stages of the selection and they should have
concrete reasons for suggestion a names/names. This should be included in a
report and the same should be made available to public. </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">I would like to conclude by noting that, this incident is
never an isolated event. This is what happens in each and every University and
I would recommend everyone to read Krishna Kumar’s article in “The Hindu” for a
critical analysis of the system.</span><br />
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<span class="usercontent">I will be sending a Petition to the Chancellor about the need for a transparent process in the selection of the new Vice-Chancellor and anyone who wishes to sign the Petition along with me; please let me know about the same. My mail id is raghulsudheesh@gmail.com or you can reach me on phone at +91 87221 53555.</span> </div>
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-59173578574480063342012-08-20T10:33:00.000+05:302012-08-20T10:38:29.937+05:30Lordship says Courts should not legislate but my Lordship you legislated from the Bench! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpW57VttYC8/UDHEM-c8zRI/AAAAAAAAAUE/eq5jHeQw5nU/s1600/mkatju.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpW57VttYC8/UDHEM-c8zRI/AAAAAAAAAUE/eq5jHeQw5nU/s1600/mkatju.jpg" /></a><span style="text-align: justify;">Recently the Press Council of India Chairman and former Apex Court Judge, <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sc-slowly-taking-over-parliament-katju/282886-3.html">Justice Markandey Katju remarked</a> that, “Shouldn't there be a restraint amongst judges? The Supreme Court has been playing a legislative role which is totally unwarranted. The Supreme Court should show restraint, many times the Supreme Court has taken over Parliament, Legislature and I gave a judgment that judges are not emperors that they can do whatever they like”. </span></div>
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I fully agree with Justice Katju on these issues and also regarding the appointment of judges through Collegium system and <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/politics/time-to-end-secret-cabal-of-supreme-court-collegium-27524.html">I myself have been verycritical about this in the past</a>.</div>
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In <i>Aruna Shanbaug’s</i> case, on May 7, 2011,
Justice Katju delivered a landmark judgment legalizing passive euthanasia in
India. Justice Katju in that case remarked, “We are laying down the law in this
connection which will continue to be the law until Parliament makes a law on
the subject”. In this case the Apex Court gave very detailed directions
regarding the proceedings for removal of life supporting system. This is
nothing but judicial legislation. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On October
21, 2010, in <i>D. Velusamy vs D.
Patchaiammal</i> where Justice Katju laid down the legal framework for
recognizing a woman's rights in a live-in relationship, he mentioned, “In our
opinion not all live in relationships will amount to a relationship in the
nature of marriage to get the benefit of the Act of 2005. To get such benefit
the conditions mentioned by us above must be satisfied, and this has to be
proved by evidence.” This is also another instance of judicial legislation done
by Justice Katju. This case was also famous for another reason, as Justice
Katju used Wikipedia (which can be edited by anyone and anytime) to discuss the
meaning of the term “Common Law Marriage”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/10/stories/2011051063171700.htm">anothercase</a>, Justice Katju directed the trial/High Courts to award the death sentence
to the convicts in "honour killings" cases, treating them in the
‘rarest of rarest’ category. Further in a <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2336677.ece">case regarding fake encounters</a>, Justice Katju
remarked, “Cases where a fake encounter is proved against policemen in a trial,
they must be given death sentence, treating it as the rarest of rare
cases".<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span>The Criminal Procedure Code mandates that a judgment shall state ''the
reasons for the sentence awarded and, in the case of sentence of death, the
special reasons for such sentence''. Interpreting the scope of the term
“special reasons” in the <i>Bachan Singh</i>
case, the Court mandated that death sentence shall be awarded only in the
‘rarest of rare cases’. This is a judicial amendment of the Code and Justice
Katju has been only adding to this by classify cases in the ‘rarest of rare’
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In 2009, a
two judge Bench comprising Justice Katju and Justice A.K. Ganguly made a
reference to a five judge Bench differing with the order passed in 2006 by a
two-judge Bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat regarding guidelines on
student union elections in colleges and universities and a subsequent order to
control the ragging menace. The <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111254611000.htm">Bench said</a>, “the initial order directing the implementation
of the report of the J.M. Lyngdoh Committee was wholesome and the court also
directed the manner of implementation. The Bench felt that the proper course
should have been to send the recommendations to the Parliament to make a law or
to the Universities concerned so that they could take a decision on
implementation.” It was this sane Judge who later created exhaustive guidelines
legalizing passive euthanasia. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All these
show the inconsistency of Justice Katju as a Judge and as a person. Now that he
has retired from the Apex Court, he can criticize the Court for judicial
legislation and say that 90% of Indians are fools! I am reminded of Francis
Bacon’s words, “much-talking Judge is like an ill-tuned cymbal”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-75612344893642971102012-08-11T00:22:00.001+05:302012-08-11T00:22:51.563+05:30Call for Research Assistants at H. R. Khanna Law Research Foundation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">H. R. Khanna Law Research Foundation, is a think tank organization based in New Delhi. Eminent Supreme Court lawyer, P. George Giri is the Honorary Chairman of the foundation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The foundation invites applications from law students for the post of 'Research Assistant'. Any law student in India is eligible to apply. Selected candidates will have to work with the foundation for a minimum period of three months and the work can be done online. Physical presence is not needed. Selected candidates will be asked to research on varied topics of law.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An ideal candidate should possess the following qualities:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Should be a quick learner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Should be really ambitious and creative. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Should be able to work under tight circumstances to meet deadlines.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Should be able to work with team and self-directed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Should be a problem solver. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Interested candidates may submit their resumes and a letter of interest to <hrkhanna.foundation@gmail.com> on or before August 20, 2012. Selected candidates will be intimated about the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All 'Research Assistants' would be provided with certificates signed by the Honorary Chairman, P. George Giri. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stripped Law would recommend all law students to avail this opening as this can definitely lend an extra edge to your resume. </b></span><br />
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Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-47048878305986430182012-07-12T23:35:00.000+05:302012-07-12T23:39:01.678+05:30Full Text of UK Court Judgment that lifts ban on Samsung's Galaxy Tab<a title="View Judgment of UK Court lifting ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/99925657/Judgment-of-UK-Court-lifting-ban-on-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Judgment of UK Court lifting ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab</a> <object id="doc_81518" name="doc_81518" height="600" width="100%" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" style="outline:none;" > <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=99925657&access_key=key-1isef3n2hbqax32m1qsg&page=1&viewMode=list"> <embed id="doc_81518" name="doc_81518" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=99925657&access_key=key-1isef3n2hbqax32m1qsg&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed> </object>Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-81061017249493815892012-06-26T16:42:00.000+05:302012-06-26T22:05:14.578+05:30Stripped Law launches Project LIEN in collaboration with GLC- Calicut<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is always room at the top they say. However, when it comes to legal education in India, this room does not seem to be well utilised. The state of legal education in India portrays two quite extreme sides, when it comes to the nature and quality of education being imparted. There are the elite national law schools and other first tier institutions and then there are the others. Law may remain the same, however, due to lack of opportunity and high standards of assimilation of knowledge, the ‘others’ clan often produces an army of educated unemployed devoid of practical application skills. <br />
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This is the reason behind the mythical perception of legal education beyond the ambit of the elite law institutions. Indirectly, it not only leads to a qualitative as well as quantitative decline in the number of professionals in the legal arena, but also affects the prospects of law as a vocational option. As such, it is the responsibility of the legal fraternity as a whole to pool in the available resources and improve the existing scenario for the sake of the students and channel out this improvement in the broader perspective. Project LIEN marks the introduction of one such initiative, which seeks to connect the high end resourceful branches of the legal fraternity to the lower end of the law students and thus develop an extensive knowledge assimilation program. It provides a platform for the expert academicians in various fields of law to interact with the students of the ‘other’ law colleges and instigate a cycle of sharing information and skills among the students. <br />
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Project LIEN on one hand provides a unique opportunity for the legal fraternity to contribute towards the grass root development of the legal education sphere, and on the other hand a chance for the students to develop practical skills. There have been several plans coming up regarding setting up a National Law School in every state in the country. However, LIEN operates on the line of thought of making every other law institution in India an equivalent hub of knowledge and skills as the top law institutions of the country. <br />
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The Project proposes a four staged process. Initially, the students are sensitized by various legal experts as to the various areas of law, for instance, mergers, acquisitions, intellectual property regulations, etc. This forms the First Stage and would facilitate insight into various legal dimensions, delivered by the experts themselves. The main objective of this stage would be to deliver an extra edge of practical application of law to the students, besides the basic theoretical concepts. <br />
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The second stage would include the formation of student groups. These groups will be formed by the students among themselves after the sensitization process is over. The groups will be formed according to the interests of the students in the various areas of law. For instance, there may be an IPR group constituted by students interested in the Intellectual Property Regulations. Each group shall also appoint a team leader. These student groups will then sensitize each other on the area chosen and will get updated to the maximum. Each student can pick up a specific sub-topic and update the other group members regarding the same. In this way, each student will be able to get a comprehensive insight of the particular area. <br />
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After the intra-group sensitization concludes, the groups begin an inter-group approach and assimilate the knowledge of their areas to students of other groups. This can be done by organising seminars, workshops and other such activities. This forms the Third Stage. <br />
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After the extensive exercise of information exchange, the process of institutionalisation will start, when the students will initiate the process of forming academic power houses among themselves. The students create a platform and then participate in the subsequent developments in their respective areas of interest by analysing and commenting on the advancements happening in the legal arena. This forms the fourth stage. <br />
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The project derives its origins from a program conceptualised by the batch of 2011 of National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi. Unfortunately, with the lack of proper monitoring and support, the desired results could not be achieved. As such, Stripped Law founder Raghul Sudheesh has now decided to reinforce the idea by compiling and collaborating available resources with adequate monitoring so as to take this to the next level. Project LIEN derives its basis from a system supported by the academic fraternity of the legal education sphere and the assistance of the students and teachers of the target institutions. It involves a collective effort to bring about success in achieving the objectives targeted by the project. <br />
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So far, eminent personalities like Prof. MP Singh, Prof. Shamnad Basheer, Apar Gupta and Advocate M.A. Rashid have joined the Board of Advisors for the project. Many academic experts have volunteered for the sensitization program.. The Pilot project has already been initiated in the Government Law College, Calicut. <br />
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In furtherance of advancing the collaboration between the different spheres of the legal regime, Project LIEN calls for volunteers from all levels of the legal fraternity to aid this initiative and contribute to their social responsibility. <br />
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Law Students can apply as volunteers for implementation of the program at the institutional level. Interested Student Volunteers can apply with a statement of purpose to the email id given below. <br />
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Further, partnerships and collaborations from all the people and institutions of the legal fraternity are invited to further strengthen this noble project. <br />
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Any inquiries in this regard can be made to <br />
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Mr. Raghul Sudheesh <br />
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Email: <a href="mailto:raghulsudheesh@gmail.com">raghulsudheesh@gmail.com</a>. <br />
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Mob: +91 87221 53555.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Matching its steps with the current trend
of information revolution, <i>Stripped Law </i>brings to you <i>Law School Money</i>,
an exclusive feature offering insight into the accounts of law schools.
Confidentiality just got a new cheat code! In the first link of this feature,
we bring to you NUALS accounts information. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Three RTIs were filed by <i>Stripped Law</i>
founder Raghul Sudheesh regarding the accounts of the funds/grants/aids
received by the National University of Advanced Studies for the past nine
years, the expenditure on the travels of the Vice Chancellor and the
expenditure on the fifth convocation.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">The institution claimed to have received a
grand total of Rs. 8,20,00,000 from the government agencies including the
Kerala Government and the University Grants Commission. The grants received
from other private agencies totalled to Rs. 63,28,751. While the list of the
private funds received seems to be self explanatory, the utilization details of
the grants received from the government agencies has been provided. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">The major
chunk of these grants (approximately 7 crores) seems to have been spent towards
infrastructure development. The Rs. 1,70,000 grant from the Kerala Government
has been solely directed towards the development of the library. (<i>See Tables 1-6)<u><o:p></o:p></u></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">In addition, information was also sought
regarding the expenses incurred by the University for all the Trips and travel
of Vice-Chancellor of NUALS for the past two years, i.e. 2010-2012. Details of
the expenses incurred on the fifth annual convocation of NUALS this year were
also sought. Refer to tables <i>7-8</i> for details that were received in reply
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Table 1: </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">The
Grants Received from the Government Agencies<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Period</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of Kerala: Plant Grant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,00,000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Kerala: Plant Grant (Modernization of the Library received on 31/03/2011)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,70,00,000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Government
of Kerala Plant Grant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="157"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">3,00,00,000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 238.5pt;" valign="top" width="318"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">University
Grants Commission<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="157"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,50,00,000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableLightGridAccent2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: page; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 543.8pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 238.5pt;" valign="top" width="318"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">GRAND TOTAL</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="157"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">8,20,00,000</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>. </i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Table 2: </i>The Grants Received from the Government Agencies
</span></div>
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableLightGridAccent2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: margin; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 32.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Period</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Agency</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Amount Received</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2006-07<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Endowments- CK Sivasankara
Panicker Endowment</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2006-07<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Legal Aid Program: Funds
from NALSA</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2007-08<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Share of expenses received
from Surana & Surana, Chennai for the conduct of National Trial Advocacy
Competition</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">50,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2007-08<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Stetson Moot Court
Competition- Financial Assistance for team members to participate in the
finals </span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">50,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2007-08<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Endowments- VR Krishna Iyer
National Foundation for Law and Social Justice Endowment</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2007-08<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Legal Aid Program- Funds
from KELSA</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2008-09<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Share of expenses received
from Surana & Surana, Chennai for the conduct of National Trial Advocacy
Competition</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">99,326</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2009-10<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Share of expenses received
from Surana & Surana, Chennai for the conduct of National Trial Advocacy
Competition</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">75,928</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2009-10<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Financial assistance from
BPRD, Delhi for Police Training Programme</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,20,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Share of expenses received
from Surana & Surana, Chennai for the conduct of National Trial Advocacy
Competition</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">75,651</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Stetson Moot Court
Competition- Contributions received from the Bar Council of Kerala to meet
travel expenses of the team members</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">22,500</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Financial assistance
received from Kerala State Planning Board for conducting seminar for
Emigration Act (Balance Amount of Rs. 59,347 has been refunded after settling
the expenditures)</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Financial assistance from
BPRD, Delhi for Police Training Programme</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">45,702</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Endowments –NUALS – TR
Raman Pillai Memorial Endowment</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"> Share of expenses received from Surana &
Surana, Chennai for the conduct of National Trial Advocacy Competition</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">77,644</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Share of expenses received
from Surana & Surana, Chennai for the conduct of Philip C Jessup Moot
Court Competition</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Endowments – NUALS- MK
Nambiar Endowment</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">50,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Grants under Erudite
Scholar Scheme received from the Kerala State Higher Education Council</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,00,000</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 301.5pt;" valign="top" width="402"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">GRAND
TOTAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.9pt;" valign="top" width="145"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">63,28,751<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Table 3</i>: Utilization- Plan Grant from Government of Kerala</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Particulars</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Amount</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Campus
Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.9pt;" valign="top" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">89,00,000</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Riso Digital
Copier<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.9pt;" valign="top" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,78,488</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Audio Visual
Equipments for Seminar Hall (Payment Made during the financial year 2011-12)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.9pt;" valign="top" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">98,000</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">LCD & DLP
Projectors<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.9pt;" valign="top" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,35,248</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Desktop Computers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.9pt;" valign="top" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,12,124</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Books including
Halsbury’s Laws of India (Complete Set)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">3,21,520</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Library furniture
and accessories<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.9pt;" valign="top" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,56,894</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">GRAND TOTAL</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,
00,02,274<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Table 4:</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> Utilization:
Plan Grant from the Government of Kerala</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Particulars</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Received
during FY 2011-12</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Amount Granted</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">(in Rs.)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Amount Spent Under Planned Schemes (in Rs.)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Expenditure incurred in excess (in Rs.)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Buildings and
Furniture<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,25,00,000</span></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" valign="top" width="168"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,25,00,206</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-206</span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Moot Court Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">10,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" valign="top" width="168"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">10,03,761</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-3,761</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Seminar Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">25,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" valign="top" width="168"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">25,01,037</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-1,037</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Centres<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">40,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" valign="top" width="168"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">40,05,522</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-5,522</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">GRAND TOTAL</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">3,00,00,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" valign="top" width="168"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">3,00,10,526<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-10,526<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Table 5:</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> Utilization:
Plan Grant from the Government of Kerala for upgradation of Library</span></span></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableLightGridAccent2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Particulars<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Received during
the FY 2010-11 and Utilised during the FY 2011-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Amount Granted<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">(In Rs.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Amount Spent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">(In Rs.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Balance to be spent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">(In Rs.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Library Buildings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,35,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,35,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">0</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Library Books,
Journals and Racks<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">30,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">30,02,314</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-2,314</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Automation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">5,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">5,02,392</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-2,392</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">GRAND TOTAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,70,00,000</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">1,70,04,706</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">-4,706</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Table 6:</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> Utilization:
Grant from the UGC</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Particulars<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Amount Granted<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Amount Spent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Balance to be spent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Building<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,50,00,000</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2,50,00,000</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">0</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Table 7</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">:
Expenses of the Vice Chancellor of NUALS for his trips and travels<br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Period<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Expenses for
Travel including Air, Rail and Road<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Expenses for Room
Rent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Expenses for food
and beverages<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Expenses for
Alcoholic Beverages<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Expenses for
diesel/ petrol for official vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2010-2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Taxi charges</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">New Delhi on</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">21/02/ 11</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 2,246.00/-</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Flight charges</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 17,795.00/-</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 84,229.00/-</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">2011-2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 79.8pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 99,270/-</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Table 8: </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Expenses
of the fifth Convocation of NUALS in 2012</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Particulars<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Amount<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Panthal (Agency: M/s. Bharatha Trading Company,
Paliimukku)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 60,000</span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Food Expenses<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 18,909</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Printing of Invitation
Cards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 6,000</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Incidental
Expenses<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 87,766</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Total<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rs. 1,72,675</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">image from <a href="http://www.google.co.in/imgres?hl=en&biw=1366&bih=667&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=S6AFq1oPYt532M:&imgrefurl=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/business-news/2010/10/21/unemployed-law-school-student-pens-letter-to-dean-asking-for.html&docid=F6TcL_5yjl26pM&imgurl=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/storage/news-images/GETTY_B_102110_StudentDebtvsDegree.jpg%253F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%253D1287684518061&w=504&h=339&ei=LznkT6TnOsiJrAeX2_jxCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=906&vpy=161&dur=137&hovh=184&hovw=274&tx=155&ty=108&sig=102770942774230052953&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=191&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:84">here</a></span></span></div>
</div>Aditihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11878692159600752902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-22032978156608258062012-06-21T12:48:00.004+05:302012-06-21T12:57:04.103+05:30Over Moderation of the Internet: Is Journalism leading to a State of Oligarchy?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-61I2cet6qE8/T-LKt4KpJ6I/AAAAAAAAAOg/fR2AD4bFAqg/s1600/26medium-600-jpg-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-61I2cet6qE8/T-LKt4KpJ6I/AAAAAAAAAOg/fR2AD4bFAqg/s320/26medium-600-jpg-1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">You read news, you feel for it, you grumble to yourself and keep the newspaper aside. This whole scenario seems to belong to the dark ages now. Journalism is no longer a one way process. If you have the news, we have our comments. The “blogging revolution” as they call it, along with the loosened identity limitations has enabled the people to have a more free flowing discussion. The option of anonymity makes them say a little more that what they would ordinarily have said. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">But does this two-way process really facilitate a free flow of conversation? Well, a basic glance at your facebook and twitter wall will prove that not all thoughts documented by these online platforms are worth it. Many sensitive issues witness disrespectful and abusive comments which put the utility of such a system to waste. Pouring oneself out cannot always have an intelligent edge to it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This extra freedom of expressing yourselves sometimes crosses the boundaries of civility and respect. That is what makes moderation necessary. However, using moderation to mould the conversation rather than just cleaning it up is what does not seem to be a fair deal. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In the current developing phase of online journalism, there have been a lot of instances where the journalists, bound by protocols and ethics really cannot bring out the <i>prima facie</i> story, and all we get at the end is the over cleaned up version. Meanwhile, the anonymous commenting serves as a tool for the readers and sometimes brings out the real X factor behind a news piece. However, the over-extension of the “safe play” by the moderators, ends up giving us only what they want us to know and not what really is the true story. Of course moderating has its own significance in preventing the discussion from turning into a chaos of personal attacks. What plays an important role here is the editor’s prudence in deciding what can lead to a productive discussion while what can be the source of chaos. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">However, this prudence can sometimes get affected and sometimes over stimulated by some undesirable factors. Many instances of such kind have been occurring in the field of legal journalism too. The political influences play a game of bureaucracy and affect the working ambit of journalism and the field which is supposed to be free and unbiased unwittingly ends up being a forced instrument of the whims of certain high end people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The instances are many, be it banning of cartoons to “protect” the already dark face of politics or the moderation on comments on the relatively smaller forums like the online portals. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">While on the face of it, it may not seem that big a deal. However, this really is affecting the process of formation of public opinion at large. Today when you read a news piece online, often the comments prove as informative if not more as the news itself. Let me give an example here. I recently read a news piece on the candidacy of </span><a href="http://www.firstpost.com/politics/six-reasons-why-narendra-modi-may-never-be-prime-minister-339350.html" style="background-color: white;">Narendra Modi as the PrimeMinister</a><span style="background-color: white;">. On the two-page post, there were around 400 comments posted by the readers. I must say, the post would have been incapable of creating the impact it did if it weren't for some of the well written comments. There were comments against the political leaders, political parties and even against the portal itself. However, barring a few unnecessary ramblings, the whole discussion was made comprehensive by the reactions of the readers. The informal way, the straight forward approach were a few other things which made the comments an effective and useful extension to the main story.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Rick Conrad, web editor for the Halifax’s Chronicle Herald aptly illustrates the importance of hearing out the other side. According to him, “We’re kind of isolated in here sometimes in how we approach stories and it’s really interesting to see what real people think, because for all intents and purposes, journalists aren't real people in a way.” Although he stresses on moderating “reactionary” content, however, giving the two way traffic an unnecessary u-turn can eventually jeopardize the very objective of the exercise.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">As such, while readers should understand their responsibility of realizing the best potential of such online portals to raise the pressing issues and bring forward alternative dimensions of the, it is also for the editors to understand their part. Journalism is all about bringing out information and making the masses aware. The journalists should understand its democratic essence and should protect it from being impaired on the whims and fancies certain oligarchs. It is understandable that standing against the high end power houses is not an easy task. But that is where the online instruments come handy. As such, what is needed is to use the modern tools to beat the political limitations and enable the readers to realize their power, rather than playing dummies as the hands of the pseudo white collared in their desperate attempts to hide the dirt.</span></div>
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</div>Aditihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11878692159600752902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-3947057235074087822012-06-12T14:30:00.000+05:302012-06-12T19:11:59.988+05:30CLAT Secretariat ‘a closed chapter’ says the CLAT Core Committee; Now all hopes on Delhi HC petition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB">The CLAT Core
Committee 2012 in its first meeting at NLU Jodhpur held during October 1-2,
2011 had dropped the idea of establishment of a CLAT Secretariat. Earlier, this
issue was raised in the meeting of CLAT 2011 held on September 21, 2012; however,
no decision was reached regarding this. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The CLAT
Secretariat, once established, would receive the funds/application fee for
conducting CLAT. Under the current setup, the fund is channelled directly to
the university conducting CLAT. While the organizing University utilize the
funds it receives as application fee for conducting CLAT, the rest is to be retained
by the said university. If the establishment of the CLAT Secretariat is
approved, the Universities subsequently conducting CLAT would no longer be
financially benefitted from the conduct of CLAT.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In response to
the RTI application filed by me, asking for the minutes of the meetings of the
CLAT core committee, an exclusive copy of the minutes of the first Core
Committee meeting held on 1<sup>st</sup>-2<sup>nd</sup> October 2011 was
obtained by me. The document indicated a unanimous disapproval of the proposal.
Although no apparent reason for such a strong negative response has been
stated. The minutes clearly state that this “chapter be treated closed”,
although, the reason behind such a closure was not made clear. Given below is
the extract from the document:</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">“It was pointed out that in the meeting of CLAT 2011
held on 21.09.2011 at WBNUJS Kolkata; there was no decision with respect to
agreement of establishing CLAT secretariat. Members were of the view that the
said minutes needs no confirmation. The CLAT Core Committee discussed the idea
of establishment of CLAT Secretariat and unanimously disapproved. The chapter
be treated as closed.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Besides this, the
response to the RTI application was a delayed one and was received a week past
the limitation period of thirty days. The application, as tracked on the India
Post website, was received by the NLU Jodhpur authorities on 30<sup>th</sup>
April 2012. While the document sent in response portrays the date of 31<sup>st</sup>
may 2012, which is still one day late, the postal tracking facility on the
India Post website reveals the sending date as 7<sup>th</sup> June 2012, about
a week later than the deadline of 30<sup>th</sup> May 2012, in accordance with
the RTI Act 2005. Strangely enough though, the Demand Draft of Rs. 10 attached
to the application as the fee for asking for information under RTI Act 2005 was
sent back instead of being retained by the NLU Jodhpur authorities.<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Further
as per the RTI Act, a reply provided by the Public Information Officer should
also include details of the appellate authority and time period for filing
appeal; this was also not complied with. </span></span>All this
questions the awareness of the NLU-J administration with regard to the rules governing
RTIs as per the RTI Act 2005.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Moreover, the
information asked was not completely provided. According to the application the
information asked included the minutes of all the meetings of the CLAT Core
Committee 2012 that have taken place till date. However, the information sent
in response included only the minutes of the first meeting held in October
2011.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In addition,
another RTI was also filed by me regarding the expenses of the first core
committee meeting. The figures revealed by the information which was sent in
response to this application are as follows:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 75.45pt;" valign="top" width="101"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Travel<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Room
Rent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Food
and Beverages<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Alcoholic
Beverages<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Grand Total<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Per Person<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 75.45pt;" valign="top" width="101"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 21,808</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 5,154</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 4,523</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Nil</span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EFD3D2; border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.65pt;" valign="top" width="106"><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Total Expenses<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 75.45pt;" valign="top" width="101"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 3, 48,928</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 82,464</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 72,368</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Nil</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72.6pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rs. 5,03,760<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
</td>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">As such, while
meetings costing Rs. 5 Lacks each have resulted in nothing but fiascos
increasing by the day, may be cutting down in the expenses of the same would
have facilitated scholarships for some students like<i><a href="http://www.barandbench.com/brief/2/2486/successful-clat-candidate-denied-admission-by-gnlu-approaches-gujarat-high-court-which-directs-gnlu-to-keep-one-seat-vacant"> <b>Donnie</b></a></i> whose
entire tuition fee of his 5 year law course at GNLU could have financed from a
part of the aforementioned expenses.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Now all hope for
the establishment of a permanent CLAT body lies in the <i><b><a href="http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2456/clat-petition-appeal-filed-against-decision-of-single-judge-delhi-hc-issues-notice-permanent-clat-governing-body-might-be-a-reality">Delhi High Court petition</a>.</b></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>NB:I would like to thank Aditi Choudhary from NUJS, Kolkata for her inputs on this post.</b></i></span><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
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It is a hotly contested matter
today whether legal practitioners should be allowed to advertise their
profession. While those who favour the proposition say that there is nothing
wrong with displaying your achievements and employing creative ad agencies to
boost your image in the media, many (including the custodian of legal practice
in this country, the Bar Council of India) still believe that Law is a noble
profession that must not be tainted by commercialisation. </div>
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The BCI regulations mandate that
practitioners of law in India must not advertise or solicit either directly or
indirectly through the media. There has been a recent amendment to these rules,
wherein law firms are allowed to set up websites. However, these websites must
only contain only “basic information about the names and number of lawyers in a
law firm, the contact details and areas of practice”.</div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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On visiting the websites of over 100 top law firms, I have found that unless the words ‘basic information’ is interpreted extremely
liberally, several of the firms are in blatant violation of the law. The
screen-shots of the violations are available with me.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Most law firms’ websites go
beyond providing names and numbers of the lawyers, by including their CVs, complete
with professionally-taken photographs. The websites mention the areas of
practice of the firm, but go much further than that by using colourful wording
to emphasise the skill, ability and efficiency of their lawyers in each area of
law. Perhaps the forerunner in advertising its lawyers is top law firm ALMT,
which apart from providing ‘basic’ information, has biographies of each of its
partners, often running into hundreds of words. Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan
has a searchable database of all its lawyers, and also showcases elaborate
biographies and professional photographs of them. </div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Many of the firms, like DSK
Legal, Luthra & Luthra and OP Khaitan and Co. also devote prominent space
in the home-page to displaying the various awards that they have won. On the website of Nishith Desai Associates,
each listing in the ‘Areas of expertise’ column opens into a new tab, where a
PDF called ‘Statement of Capabilites’ is displayed. It elaborates on the
experience and achievements of the firm, using typical advertisement jargon
such as ‘customised to meet client needs’, ‘ incorporate best global
practices’, ‘we adopt a 360-degree approach’, etc. Out of the 5-page PDF that
is displayed for each area of law, only the last half of the last page is
adherent to the law, as it mentions the names and contact details of the
lawyers. </div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
This is not limited to Nishith
Desai alone. Firms like Fox Mandal and DSK Legal have downloadable PDF
brochures available on the site, which squarely fall under the ambit of
advertisements. The DSK Legal brochure uses phrases such as “when trouble
arises, you will be glad to have us on your side”. Fox Mandal, as well as some
smaller firms such as Agnihotri & Jha, CL Gupta &
Associates, Singhania & Partners among others, has also creatively added a
‘Client Testimonial’ section to its website. One of the Fox Mandal client
statements is a glowing testimony that says that the firm must receive more
awards for its excellent service. Singhania & Partners, strangely, also
boasts of a ‘Gallery’ section which has pictures of its lawyers on office trips
and vacations!</div>
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The BCI regulations mention how
an advocate’s sign board or name plate must be of reasonable size. This rule is
presumably so that lawyers do not use attractive signboards to solicit clients.
However, websites, which can be considered to be online sign-boards, do not
seem to show any semblance of austerity. There appears to be intense
competition among law firms in creating aesthetically pleasing websites, as can
be discerned from visiting the extremely well-designed websites for firms such
as Fox Mandal, O. P. Khaitan & Co, Luthra, J Sagar & Associates, H&B Law
Offices, etc. Most of the attractive websites also contain photographs of the interiors
of the firm, as if to convey grandeur and professionalism. It is difficult to
discern how any of this information regarding a law firm can be deemed to be
‘basic’. While Vaish Associates Advocates has a ten-minute video on its
homepage, the website of Swamy
Associates, a Chennai-based law firm, goes a step further from just looking
nice, it even has catchy techno background music! </div>
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<br /></div>
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Most of the law firms attempt to
absolve themselves of any liability by showing a disclaimer. All disclaimers
read more-or-less the same, claiming that the information printed on the
website is ‘merely for informational purpose’ and ‘is not intended to be a
source of advertising’. Some law firms, like Luthra and Nishith Desai make the
user say ‘I accept’ to the disclaimer before entering the website. It is quite
ironic how once the user accepts the sombre-looking disclaimer, they are taken
to a flashy website with colourful font, layout, language and photographs. On
opening the website of Anand & Anand, one can only view a high-resolution
picture of its impressive head office. In order to open any of the other pages
that contain information about the firm, the user has to register themselves
with a user name and password. Perhaps the firm believes that complicating the process
will make the information on the website seem less like an advertisement. The
website for Kocchar & Co. is not any different from the other
heavily-advertised law firms, as it has client testimonials, lawyer biographies
and a list of awards won. However, when one clicks on the ‘Practice Areas’ tab,
the following message is displayed: <i>Rules
of the Bar Council of India preclude the Firm from providing information about
its practice areas or expertise on the web.</i> It appears as if the firm is
selectively blind to the regulations. Some firms, big ones like DSK and O.P. Khaitan, as well as several others like CL Gupta, Daksh Associates, HK Legal,
Global Juris, Advani & Co, Lexntech, etc. don’t have disclaimers. </div>
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<br /></div>
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The disclaimers universally
declare that the websites are not for the purpose of solicitation. However,
many of the websites include a feature where interested parties can schedule a
meeting with the firm online. KPM & Associates devotes a prominent portion
of its website homepage to a box labelled ‘Arrange A Session’. It invites the
user to enter their name and contact details, and choose a time for the
meeting, one of the options being ‘Immediately’. In its bid to reach out to as
many people as possible, an IPR firm called Krishna & Saurastri even appears
to take the surrogate-advertising route. The website asks visitors to leave
their contact details behind to receive a Free DVD on patent law (solely
informational, of course). A picture of the DVD is prominently displayed on the
site, and not surprisingly, the DVD cover has the name of the firm proudly
displayed. It’s almost reminiscent of advertisements for club soda and “music
CD’s”! </div>
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<br /></div>
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However, it is unfair to pin down
all law firms for flouting BCI regulations. Firms like King & Partridge and Dua Associates have websites, but they adhere to the BCI
standards by providing only what information is strictly necessary. Mundkur Law
Partners has an especially solemn website, which doesn’t contain any
information, but only politely invites visitors to email them with queries. The
website of Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe also contains only
a plain message on its website that it is not allowed to advertise. The message
states- “<i>While we may not be in agreement
with this view, what we hold in high esteem, is to maintain discipline by
following the Bar Council’s mandate”.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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Also, some of the biggest firms
like Amarchand & Mangaldas, AZB & Partners and Desai & Diwanji go
on to prove that internet advertising isn’t a pre-requisite for success; they
do not have websites at all. </div>
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In light of all the above
discussion, there are some pressing questions that need be answered. By making
visitors sign a disclaimer, are the law firms admitting to advertising on the
sly? Can extravagant website designs, fancy wording and displays of accolades
and testimonials be considered solicitation or influence on the consumer? Either the Bar Council of India must open its
eyes to this trend and clamp down on those who flout the regulations (who could
make up nearly every note-worthy firm, apart from dozens of upcoming ones) or
recognise the changing nature of the ‘noble’ legal profession and relax the
rules against advertising. </div>
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<b>NB: I would like to thank Arpita Seth (NLIU, Bhopal) and Spadika Jayaraj (NLSIU, Bangalore) for their research on this post.</b></div>
</div>Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com602tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410528583357675801.post-26272079861366434912012-02-07T01:29:00.002+05:302012-02-07T01:29:38.077+05:30Advertisements and Law School Rankings – The Umbilical Cord Connection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Law school
rankings have always been a controversial topic. A<span style="background: white; color: #353535;"> four member committee headed by former Supreme Court judge,
Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">was appointed by former Chief Justice of the AP High Court, Nisar
Ahmed Kakru to investigate complaints filed by NALSAR students and faculty
members. The committee</span> came up with a report highlighting the
administrative mismanagement and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">suggesting a complete overhaul of the management </span>at the
premier law school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white; color: #353535;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">While much emphasize
have been given by media on the misuse of power by NALSAR authorities and the
alleged sexual abuse by Prof. Veer Singh; media intentionally or
unintentionally tried to forget a very important and vital part of the
committee report dealing with “Advertisement Expenses” incurred by NALSAR. The advertisements
were in the popular “India Today” magazine.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">The report of
the committee does not rule out the possibility of advertisements influencing
the rankings, it merely says “<b><i>advertisements given by
NALSAR may not have a bearing
on its being rated
by "lndia Today" as the
best, or the
second best, law school in the country.</i></b>”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">NALSAR have been
giving advertisements in “India Today” ever since 2006. In the year 2006 when “India
Today” carried an impact feature on NALSAR, it was ranked 1. For this advertisement
NALSAR incurred expenses around 8 lakhs. In the July 18, 2011 issue where
NALSAR was ranked 1 by India Today, NALSAR had a one page advertisement on that
issue. There are other similar figures which are detailed in the report. Almost
every year since 2006, NALSAR has advertised in India and they come out as the
best or the second best law school of the country in the rankings! Let’s hope that
there is no direct or indirect umbilical cord connection between the rankings
and advertisement!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpts from
the report are copied below.</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>While the advertisements given by
NALSAR may not have a bearing
on its being rated
by "lndia Today" as the
best, or the
second best, law school in the country, what is of concern is the needless and wasteful expenditure
incurred in this regard.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>"India- Today", July 18th 2011 issue, carries
details of the “India Today - Neilson" survey of the Top 10 law colleges
in the country among whom NALSAR, Hyderabad is shown as No.1. Curiously, the very same issue carries a one
page advertisement by NALSAR.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>Ever since 2006-07, NALSAR has been issuing advertisements in
"India Today". The advertisements, invariably,
appear in the very same issue in which the top 10 or 25 law colleges in India
are rated. For the year 2006-07,
"India-Today" issue dated 5.6.2006 carries an impact feature of two
pages. For this advertisement feature, NALSAR paid Rs.8.00 lakhs, (Rs.7.91, 636
after deducting TDS), vide Cheque No.241452 dated 13.6.2006. The said issue
lists the top 10 law colleges in the country among whom NALSAR is rated as
No.1.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>For the year 2007-08, "India Today" issue dated 4.6.2007 carries an
impact feature of two pages, an advertisement given by NALSAR. This impact
feature is in the very same issue in which the top 25 colleges in the country are listed among
whom NALSAR is ranked No.2. Rs.8, 50,000/ -, (Rs.8, 40,369- after TDS
deduction), was paid by cheque No.346024 dated 20.6. 2007.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>The "India Today" issue dated 2.6.2008 lists the
top 25 colleges in the country wherein NALSAR is shown as No.1. The very same issue carries a one page
advertisement given by NALSAR
for which Rs.3,60,000/ -, ( Rs.3,51,842/ - after deducting TDS), was paid vide Cheque No.262028 dated 1.10.2008.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>"India Today" issue dated 22.6.2009 lists the top 25 law colleges in the country
wherein NALSAR is ranked as No.2. The
same issue carries a one page advertisement by NALSAR. Rs.3, 50,000 I- was paid as advertisement
charges by NALSAR, (Rs.3, 46,034 after deducting TDS),) vide Cheque No.265666
dated 25.7.2009.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>For the year 2010-11, “India
Today" issue dated' 28.6.2010 rates the top 10 law colleges in the country amongst whom NALSAR is ranked as
No.2. The very same issue carries a one page advertisement given by NALSAR for which Rs.3,50,000I-
was paid, (Rs.3,43,000 after deducting TDS), vide
Cheque No.902816 dated 10.8.2010.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>We are informed that, unlike NALSAR, the National Law School,
Bangalore does not incur such needless advertisement expenditure.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</div>Raghul Sudheeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852770423262702638noreply@blogger.com5