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NEWS LLETTER DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL STUDIES, CHENNAI Message from the Director of Legal Studies, “ A dream does not become With a vision and passion in the pursuit of reality through magic. It achieving pinnacles of academic excellence the Directorate takes sweat, determination of Legal Studies has started to take measured steps to walk ” - Colin the path of success. Thanks to the magnanimous and and hard work benevolent support of the Government of Tamil Nadu, we Powell have a lofty aim to create and update a revitalized curricular matrix refurbished with infrastructural back up. UGC sponsored National Seminars with ISBN & Editor’s Voice ISSN publications, State-level Workshops, Camps, Training The Editorial Programmes, International, National and State Level Moot Committ ee at Court Competitions, publication of Journal of Department of e t Legal Studies containing research oriented articles by High t h e o u t s Court Judges and Legal luminaries all over the country, updation and a d m i r e s t h e enrichment of Syllabi, Curricular modules and study materials supplied to the students, a visionary initiative distinct method of transparent counseling for admission to UG and PG courses, of th e Department recruitment of regular teaching faculty and enhancement of seats in PG Studies and the of Legal Stud ies innovative conduct of Graduation Day function in respective Law Colleges are among e s p e c i a l l y t h e the remarkable achievements of this Department and many more we are unable to pen magn animous gesture due to paucity of space. of the respected Director To add to the infrastructure back up, Specially designed Moot Court halls in of Legal Studies Prof. Dr. virtual replica of real Court halls in all the law colleges, Solar power generation N. S. Santhosh Kumar to and utilization, unique multipurpose hall with transparent roofing, E-Zone with bring out this edition of the Wi-Fi and fibrenet, automation and digitization of libraries, Construction of etter whi ch is a new college buildings for Vellore and Chennai Law Colleges, Creation of News L Website for all the colleges including the Department of Legal Studies collection a nd c onfluence of equipped with information facilitation to all seeking access to the s o m e o f t h e e x e m p l a r y Department, Inter-linking of all the colleges with Video-conferencing happenings in all the Govt. Law through internet facility along with the Department of Legal Studies and colleges of the State. Our attempt much more have been among the phenomenal improvement in this could not be a total compliment of all Department including creation of three new Govt. Law Colleges at co-curricular and extra- Villuppuram, Dharmapuri and Ramanathapuram. the curricular, curricular activities. Indicative samples Unsatiated with the present progress and with an eye on only could be accommodated and many achieving new milestones in Legal Education, the Department has are left out for future publications at the constituted a Legal Education Review Committee consisting of pride and profound academic experts with a mission of identifying the deficiencies if College levels. With any and to suggest measures to completely overhaul the entreaties we commend this News letter to structural patterns and to fine tune the standards of Legal the readers. Education in the state of Tamil Nadu to the Level of National Law Schools. I deem it a pleasure and privilege to extend my sincere thanks to Thiru C.Ve. Shanmugam Hon’ble Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, Government of Tamil Nadu and Thiru S. S. Poovalingam, respected Law Secretary, for their unstinted support to mete out all the Departmental requirements. I place on record my Prof. Dr. J. Vincent Comraj, M.A., M.L., Ph.D appreciation to all the Principals, the Faculty, Principal, Govt. Law College Trichy Administrative Staffs and the effortful initiative of the Editorial Board of this News Letter. Dr. N. Kayalvizhi, M.L., Ph.D - Prof. Dr. N. S. Santhosh Kumar, M.Com., M.A., M.L., Ph.D., Asst. Prof., Dr. Ambedkar Govt. Law College, Chennai Director of Legal Studies & Convener, Convener Committee,TNDALU Proud Moment Of The Release Of The News Letter Hon'ble Mr. Justice T. S. Sivagnanam, Judge, High Court, Madras, Member, Judicial monitoring Committee on Legal Education is releasing the News letter of the Department of Legal Studies which is being received by Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Manikumar in the presence of Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. N. Prakash, Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Sundar, Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. Sathish Kumar, Director of Legal Studies Prof. Dr. N .S. Santhosh Kumar, Prof. Dr. J. Vincent Comraj, Principal, Government Law College, Trichy. Dr. N. Kayalvizhi, Assistant Professor, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, (Editorial Committee) Mr. Arunkumar Rajan, Advocate, and Guest Lecturer and the Students. It is the unique and exemplary occasion which is inscribed in Golden Letters in the annals of the Department of Legal Studies. Legal Education Review Commitee In order to review the existing Legal Education system in Tamilnadu and to make radical suggestions , the Director of Legal Studies Prof. Dr. N. S. Santhosh Kumar has constituted a Legal Education Review Commitee consisting of Prof. Dr. J. Vincent Comraj, Principal, Govt. Law College Trichy as Chairman, Dr. N. Kayalvizhi, Assistant Professor as Secretary, Prof Dr. C. Chockalingam, Principal Govt. Law College, Chennai, Dr. S. M. Balakrishnan and Dr. S. Durgalakshmi , Assistant Professors as members. 2 Release of the Journal of Department of Legal Studies ( JDLS ) The Department of Legal Studies has improvised its publication of the Journal of Department of Legal Studies with ISSN containing research oriented articles by Hon'ble sitting Judges of the High Court, legal luminaries, academic experts and experienced faculty members from all over India with the aim to bring out the latest developments in the arena of legal system prevailing in this country and to sensitize the readers about the social transformation taking place on fast track The Journal was released by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India the then Chief Justice of the High Court, Madras. An illustrious alumnus of this College Justice Mr. V. R. Krishna Iyer was given a laudatory tribute in the quasqui centennial year of the College Constitution Day Constitution Day was celebrated at Dr. Ambedkar Govt Law College Chennai in association with T.N. Legal Services Authority Chennai on 26th Nov 2016, in a grand manner. The Director of Legal Studies Prof. Dr. N.S. Santhosh Kumar presided over the function. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh the then Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Legal Aid Services Authority and the then Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court delivered a Special Lecture. Many dignitaries from the Judiciary, Principals, Professors and large number of students attended the event. 3 Transparent Admission Process for Govt. Law Colleges The counseling for admission of 1056 candidates to the five year B.A.,LL.B., Course in all the Govt. Law Colleges in the State of Tamilnadu was held in the premises of The Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. On the occasion, the Pro-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Thiru C. Ve. Shanmugam, Hon'ble Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons handed over the admission orders to the top ten State level rank holders in the presence of Mr. S. S. Poovalingam, respected Secretary to Government, Law Department, Government of Tamilnadu, then Hon’ble Vice - Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) P. Vanangamudi and the Director of Legal Studies Prof. Dr. N. S. Santhosh Kumar. 8th Convocation of the Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University In the 8th Convocation of the Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar Law university Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the then Chief Justice, High Court, Madras was received by Prof. Dr. N. S. Santhosh Kumar, the Director of Legal Studies. The then Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Sanjay Kishan Kaul delivered a scintillating and thought provoking address. At the convocation v e n u e P h . D . , Scholars and the University Rank Holders were given their medals. At the Grace Passing Ceremony of the Convocation function the Director of Legal Studies presented the list of awardees of the Degrees of PG and UG in Law to the Chancellor, His Excellency Dr. K. Rosaiah. 4 1st Graduation Day in Govt. Law Colleges GLC Trichy GLC Tirunelveli For the first time in the history of Legal education in the State of Tamilnadu the Graduands of PG and UG Law Degrees were given at the respective Colleges. Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Govindaraj and Hon' ble Mr. Justice P. Velmurugan awarded the Degrees in the presence of Dr. N. S. Santhosh Kumar, Director of Legal Studies and Convener, Convener Committee, the Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University in GLC Trichy and GLC Tirunelveli respectively Republic Day and Cado Fiesta At TNDALU The Republic Day was Celebrated at TNDALU in a grand manner. The Director of Legal Studies and Chairman, convener Committee, TNDALU Prof. Dr. N.S. Santhosh Kumar received the Guard of Honour. In the “Cado Fiesta” of SOEL, TNDALU, celebrated by the NCC cadets of the School of Excellence in Law and 37 other Institutitons. Mr. A. K. Viswanathan, the Present City Police Commissioner, Chennai participated in the events as Chief Guest. The DLS delivered the Valedictory address at the National Seminar on “Legal & Ethical Aspects of Librarianship issues and Challenges” at TNDALU Faculty Orientation Programme The Directorate of Legal Studies in co-ordination with Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar law university arranged a faculty orientation program for the newly recruited Assistant Professors serving in the law colleges in the State of Tamilnadu.