Volume 5 - 2018
Editor : Dr. Sukhvinder Badan Singh Dari Co-Editors: Dr. Prageetha G Raju K Shanthi
STRIDE, Stride is the Pride Newsletter of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The main objective of this Newsletter is to provide specialized information to the outside world about the ongoing activities on a day to day basis at our splendid campus. This earnest effort will reach the prospective law graduates who may be in search of one of the best law schools to pursue their law graduation, and for the parents who wish to see their young progenies as prolic and dynamic legal professionals.
Our STRIDE standpoints for:
S- Success: Being successful for the fourth consecutive year since its launch in 2015, we share the success stories of our student toppers in academics, moot-court competitions, curricular and extra- curricular activities.
T-Thriving: A newsletter which thrives to give a glance of massive multitudinous events in the campus.
R-Resplendent: It is lled with extensive news of the dignitary visits to the campus
I-Innovative: Paves a way for the novel accomplishments
D-Developing: Gives an insight of the community based development programs that provide monitoring, supervision and services to people through our legal aid centers and digital aid centers
E-Eminence: Shares a vision of its in-house faculty members and students who have great zeal, and potential and are couched with prociencies and always exuberant to unveil the curricular and extra-curricular activities, to the world.
3 IN THIS ISSUE
1. Director’s Desk 05
2. Editor’s Note 06
3. Faculty team 07
4. We, the Students - Our Student Accomplishments 09
5. Orientation Program of the Fifth Batch students 18
6. Dignitary Visits & Guest Lectures 25
7. Cells and Events 55
8. Symbiosis in News 119
4 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad!!
Law as a profession and legal education as a discipline is a popular choice of students in modern India. The changing demands of the legal market at the national and global levels has made it essential for the legal education in India to cater to the needs of a new brand of legal consumers. As Law is an important tool for building of a society and Legal Profession entangles all strides of life, our Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, is an arena assimilating the symbiotic thoughts of law and its allied courses and has a rich blend of diversities with students from all over India. It has a splendid campus with world class state of the art infrastructure and environment-friendly atmosphere with lush green elds all around the campus which provides adequate space for vibrant student life and stimulating student activities. Due to the expanding role of law professionals, the curriculum at Symbiosis Law School is enriched with all interdisciplinary courses necessary to produce the competent law professionals. The B .A . LL.B and B .B .A . LL.B programs offered at our campus are structured to meet the demands of aspiring law graduates. The faculty at our campus are ooded with research and innovative skills, who not only help the students to build their professional skills but also strive to prepare them to meet the challenges of work in a progressive multinational legal community. Welcome to our sprawling campus with a world class infrastructure which is conducive for academic as well as personality development. We, as a team, not only strive to provide quality and value-based legal education but also endeavor to fulll the noble objectives of our Founder Chancellor, Dr. SB Mujumdar in this regard, under the able guidance of our Pro- Chancellor, Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, by contributing to the progress of the society at large. The vision is reected in providing Legal education as a global standard and spreading the essence of Vasudaiva Kutumbakam. We create a platform of interactions for students with scholars and thinkers of national and international repute.
Prof. ( Dr.) Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan Director
5 Editor’s Note
I am delighted and honored to bring to you Volume V of the annual newsletter of Symbiosis law School-Hyderabad, STRIDE (2018).
This pride Newsletter is an attempt to secure to our readers an opportunity to look into the myriad of activities undertaken at our splendid campus on a daily basis. Its annual publication is an endeavor to inform the outside world and strengthen our brand by projecting our prolic and dynamic students through the activities performed. It also reects the belief of our founder Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, who views knowledge to be beyond conservative barriers and best achieved with creativity.
Bringing out this newsletter was an exhilarating experience that lled me up with the fervor of learning and being a part of various activities. The entire editorial team has made an effort to leave no stone unturned in order to bring to you this wholesome reading.
This newsletter is published with Almighty's grace and intends to present to our readers a canvas of activities painted from a pallet of sheer hard-work and perseverance.
I wish all readers an inspirational read.
Dr. SukhvinderBadan Singh Dari Editor-in-Chief
6 FACULTY TEAM
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.” -Simon Sinek
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad campus has a rich mix of faculty members from the Law, Management, and Social Sciences streams. All of them strive to share the vision of the Founder and are committed to provide quality value-based education enriched with solid research evidences and engaging students with innovative teaching methods, talks from eminent scholars and thinkers across the country and abroad.
Our faculty members are our vital resources, leaving their mark on the learner’s minds.
Regular Faculty: Prof.(Dr.) Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, Director Mrs. K. Shanthi, LL.M. & M.Phil. (NUJS), LL.M.(Essex, UK), Ph.D., CityU Hong Kong LL.M, LL.B, MBA, M.Sc. APSET Director Assistant Professor
Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari, Mrs. Ambrina Khan, PhD, LL.M, BA LL.B, DHRML LL.M (NLSIU Bangalore) UGC-NET Associate Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Mr. D. Ganesh Kumar, PhD, MBA, - NET/JRF M.A.,M.Sc.,LLM,NET, APSET, PGDCA, PGDTVP Associate Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Binnuri Anuradha, Mr. Ahmar Afaq, Ph.D, LLM, LLB, APSET NET, LL.M., B.A.LLB Associate Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. B. Srinivas, Mr. Shree Rahul, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., NET LL.B, LL.M, NET, APSET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Kishore Kumar Yathamsetty, Mr. Pankaj Prakashrao Umbarkar, Ph.D, NET, APSET, MBA, M.A. NET, LL.M., B.A.LL.B Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Rajanikanth. Mrs. Shipra Chauhan, Ph.D, NET, APSET, MBA LL.M, BA LL.B(Honors), NET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Sanu Rani Paul, Mrs. Dhanya K A, B.ALLB(Hons.), LLM, NET, Ph.D BA LL.B, LL.M, NET JRF Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Rengasamy Stalin, Mr. Hifajatali H Sayyed M.A., Ph.D BSL., LLB., LLM., NET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Pooja Rhine, Mr. Mohd Irfan Ali Abbas Ph.D, M.Phil, M.A, B.A(History) S.B, BALL.B, LL.M, NET, APSET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Dr. Priyanka R Mohod, Mr. A Chandrasekhar, BA LL.B, LL.M, NET, SET, Ph. D M.phil, NET, SET Assistant Professor AssistantProfessor
Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, M.Phil., M.A.(Political Science), NET Assistant Professor
7 Visiting Faculty
Dr. M. Prashanth Kumar, B. Com, MA, M. Phil, Ph.D Dr. G Vidyanath, Ph.D, M.Phil, M.Com Mr. Deepak Kushwaha,MA German Dr. S N Ghosh, Ph.D., FCS (India), ACIS (UK), AICMA, AICSI (UK), LLB, PG Diploma in Labour Laws Mr. Sangameshwar, MBA Mr. K.Nageshwara Rao, M.Sc.,CAIIB Mrs. Paramita Roy, Ph.D, LL.M., LLB. Mrs. Pragya Bharadwaj, BBA LLB Ms. A.Vani, LLM.,LLB.,BA.,NET Mr. Sudeep Pandey, LL.M. Ms. Suchita Misra, LL.M. Ms.Shristhti Khare, LL.M. Ms. Syeda Arshiya Mahjabeen, LL.M. Ms. Ummul Waraah, LL.M Mr. Gaurav, BA.LL.B (H), LL.M, PhD(Law), NET JRF Ms. Sanjana Jagga Bali, B.Sc. LLM Ms. Sumathi C, MA (Spanish) Mr. Anant Gupta, BBA LLB (Hons) Mr. Mutyala Ravi Kumar, M.Tech, B. Tech Ms. Vaneetha Patnaik, LL.M. LL.B. Mr. Pushpa Lamba, B.CA., M.B.A., PGDPE., Ph.D Mr. Rangam Sharma, BBA LLB. Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, LLM Mr. Anant Gupta, BBA LLB (Hons) - National Law University, Odisha Ms. Hemamalini, M.S., M.Sc., B.Sc., Certicate in Counselling & Psycho Therapy Ms. Shivalaxmi Arumugham, M.sc Criminology, B.Sc. Computers Mr. Amish Abdullah, LLM,BA.LLB Mr. Joseph Shyam, (Ph.D),MBA,B.Sc. Computers,Diploma Heena Mall Vaidya, LL.M., (Corporate Law)
8 We, the Students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad GENDER WISE - 2018 ADMITTED BATCH
BA LLB - MALE BA LLB - FEMALE BBA LLB - MALE BBA LLB - FEMALE
STATE/UNION TERRITORY WISE ADMITTED STUDENT
No of Students 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 … Goa Goa Bihar Kerala Assam Odisha Punjab Delhi * Delhi Sikkim Tripura Gujarat sgarh Haryana Mizoram Manipur Manipur Nagaland Rajasthan Karnataka Telangana Jharkhand Tamilnadu Meghalaya Cha Lakshadeep Pondicherry U aranchal U aranchal West Bengal West Maharashtra Chandigarh * Chandigarh U ar Pradesh U ar Daman and Diu and Daman Andhra Pradesh Andhra INTERNATIONAL Madhya Pradesh Madhya Jammu &Jammu Kashmir Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Himachal Pradaesh Himachal Andaman & nicobar nicobar & Andaman Dadar & Nagar Haveli & Nagar Dadar
9 Our Student Accomplishments
WINNER : H.M. Seervai Gold Medal Essay Competition in Constitutional Law 2018
Ms. Vidhi Singh, BALLB IV Year of 2015-2020 batch has made Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad proud by winning the H.M. Seervai Gold Medal Essay Competition in Constitutional Law 2018 organized by NLSIU Bangalore on the topic “Passive Euthanasia: An Analysis of Supreme Court Judgements”.
Ms. Vidhi Singh, BALLB IV Year ( 2015-2020) batch
10 MOOT COURT ACHIEVEMENTS
The students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad has made the institution proud by winning trophies and accorded in various National Moot Court Competitions held across the country.
The spate of victories and achievements has come as a result of dedication and enthusiasm shown by our students, and support given to the new review policy that has been implemented by the Moot Court Association for the benet of the students.
Here is a glimpse of what has been achieved and this has all happened in one semester of this academic year.
RUNNERS UP – M.S.S Law College Moot Court Competition
Held on the 28th and 29th September, 2018, our college was represented by Chaitanya Tripathi (2016-21), Yogesh Shukla (2016-21) and Barun Garg (2017-22) in this moot which was based on Constitutional Law and facets of the Right to Information Act.
The team reached the nals of the competition and were awarded with the Runners-up trophy
From left to right – Chaitanya Tripathi, Yogesh Shukla and Barun Garg
SECOND RUNNERS UP – 3rd Dehradun Law College National Moot Court Competition
Based on facets of Constitutional Law, the 3rd Dehradun Law College National Moot Court Competition was held between 5th October, 2018 and 7th October, 2018. A team comprising of Devika Mallik, Nayantara Bhattacharya and Aritra Deb – all from the 2016-21 batch outperformed all participant teams and won the Best Memorial award. Devika was adjudged as the Best Bdvocate (female), the team stood Third in the competition.
From left to right – Aritra Deb, Devika Mallik and Nayantara Bhattacharya
BEST SPEAKER – CMR VI National Moot Court Competition
The 6th CMR National Moot Court Competition was held between 5th October, 2018 and 7th October, 2018 in Bangalore, Karnataka. A team comprising of Misthi Seth, Tressa Maria Joseph and Bhoomi Kuroop – all belonging to the 2016-21 batch represented our institute at this national moot court competition. Whereas, the team amidst tough competition reached the quarter-nal stage, Mishti Seth was unanimously declared as the Best Speaker of the competition.
Mishti Seth
11 WINNERS – Sri Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Memorial National Moot Court Competition
A team comprising of Kumkum Mandhanya (2016-21), Palakh Agrawal (2016-21) and Dheeraj Kumar (2017-22) emerged as the winners of this National-level moot court competition held on the 6th and 7th of October, 2018. The moot proposition was based on Constitutional law.
Palakh was declared as the Best Mooter of the competition.
From left to right – Kumkum Mandhanya, Dheeraj Kumar and Palakh Agrawal
SECOND RUNNERS UP –SASTRA Surana & Surana South Regional Trial Advocacy Moot and Judgement Writing Competition
A team comprising of Ashaab Khan, Aamir Javed and Atharv Singh – all from 2015-20 batch were participants at the (SASTRA) Surana and Surana Trial Advocacy Moot & Judgment Writing Competition, 2018 held between 12th October, 2018 to 14th October, 2018 in Tanjavur.They were declared as the Second Runners up and their memorandum was declared to be one of the best.
From left to right – Atharv Singh, Aamir Javed and Ashaab Khan
WINNERS - 5th VIPS International Law Moot Court Competition
Held from 12th October to 14th October, 2018, the 5th VIPS International Law Moot Court Competition’s moot proposition was based on contemporary issues in the context of Public International Law and International Humanitarian Law.
A team comprising of Shreya Ananth, Bhavna Menon and Sagar Subramanian – all belonging to the 2016-21 batch represented Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad in the competition and were adjudged as the Winners of the competition.
Shreya Ananth was declared as the Best Speaker.
Left to Right – Sagar Subramanian, Bhavna Menon and Shreya Ananth
12 BEST SPEAKER – NEHU 2nd National Moot Court Competition
A team comprising of Kritika Chandak, Yash Raj and Prafful Parashar – all belonging to the 2015-20 batch represented our institute at the National Moot Court Competition. Amidst tough competition, the team reached quarter-nals of the competition and Yash Raj was declared as the Best Speaker of the competition.
Yash Raj
BEST JUDGEMENT – Pravin Gandhi Law College’s 9th Nyayavalokan Trial Advocacy and Judgement Writing Competition
A team comprising of Ankita Roychoudhury, Falaq Patel and Prafful Parashar – all belonging to the 2015-20 batch were participants at the competition where they were awarded with the Best Judgement award.
Ankita Roychoudhury
Some other small but SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
S.NO. PARTICIPANTS COMPETITION AWARD Yashodhara Roy 6th KIIT National Moot Court Qualified till Semi- Final 1. Shramanna Dwibedi Competition, 2018 Round Varshini Puni Vedjanani 8th ILNU National Moot Court Qualified till Quarter Final 2. Asha Sreedhar Competition, 2018 Round Arundathi Das Gauravjeet Sokhi Surana & Surana and UPES Qualified till Quarter Final 3. Barkha Sahu School of Law National Round Amitoj Singh Insolvency Moot, 2018 Dhwija Shah 1 Surana & Surana - Qualified till Quarter Final 4. Abhinav Pisharody International Investment & Round Manan Chandak Arbitration Moot, 2018 Ashi Pahariya IMS Unison University’s Qualified till Quarter Final 5. Paulomi Das National Moot Court Round Riddhi Agarwal Competition- 2018 Mishthi Seth Qualified till Quarter Final CMR VI National Moot Court 6. Bhoomi Kuroop Round Competition- 2018 Tressa Maria Joseph
13 Sports Achievements
Won Third Prize in Inter-Institute Badminton Tournament conducted by Symbiosis School of Sports Science, Lavelle Hill Top, Pune
Winner Inter-Institute Volley Ball Tournament conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
Won Third Prize in Inter-Institute Foot Ball Tournament conducted by Symbiosis School of Sports Science, Lavelle Hill Top, Pune International Course Achievements
Students from SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, HYDERABAD, visited foreign countries through International Cell of SLSH to attend various programmes in the academic year 2017-2018.
Name of the student, Programme and Host University Period course and year, PR No. Duration Shwetanki Tyagi, BA.LLB Semester Exchange Leeds Beckett January to May 2015 – 2020 5 Months UK 2018 Anisha Roy BA.LLB 2015 Semester Exchange Leeds Beckett January to May – 2020 5 Months UK 2018 Shagun Bhandari Semester Exchange Leeds Beckett January to May BBA.LLB 2015 – 2020 5 Months UK 2018 Pranav Monani BA.LLB Semester Exchange Universitat Pompeu January – March 2016 – 2021 3 Months Fabra (UPF), Spain Vyshnavi Moola BBA Semester Exchange Universitat Pompeu April – June LLB 2016 – 2021 3 Months Fabra (UPF), Spain S. Sivasubramanian Semester Exchange European Law 01 May 2018 – 30 BA.LLB 2015 – 2020 2 Months School – Brunswick June 2018 Krishnaveni Ramaswamy BA.LLB 2015 – 2020 Shilpa Margaret Kurian Summer School Nottingham Trent 30th June –7th July, BBA.LLB2015 – 2020 7 Days University (NTC) 2018 Shivam Chaudhary Summer School – BA.LLB2015 – 2020 Geneva Revanth Soheal Singh Bhati BA.LLB 2016 – 2021 Villivalam Nihal Summer School Nottingham Trent 8th – 15th July, BBA.LLB 2016 – 2021 7 Days University (NTC) 2018 Khanjan Jayesh Somaiya Summer School – BA.LLB2015 – 2020 Strasbourg Saipriya Rajappa Velur Summer School Nottingham Trent 21st – 28th July, BA.LLB2015 – 2020 7 Days University (NTC) 2018 Summer School Berlin
14 Participations in Conference, Seminar, Workshop, Symposium & Competition:
Name of the Organising Date of Name Course Title of Paper Event Institute Event
Joby Noble BA LLB International Death Penalty Conference on Saveetha is it an Emerging trends School of 10/8/2018 effective Aastha Asmita BA LLB in Constitution Law Deterrent to crime?
Aamir Javed BBALLB National 17/5/2018 Mohd. Ashaab BA LLB 3rd NUSRL University National Trial of Study to Neha Advocacy &Researchin 20/5/2018 BBALL.B Competition,201 Law, Ranchi Priyadarshini 8 Jayant Jain BBA LLB Ajeenkya D Y Ajeenkya D Himanshu BBA LLB Patil YPatil 09/2/2018 Purohit NMCC University Chetan Patil BBA LLB 7th ILNU The status of National women Janvi Ahuja Student Confere Nirma refuges BBA LLB Anwesha nce University In and gender BA LLB Bhattacharya onInternational stitute of Law discrimination Humanitarian under human Refugee Law 08/8/2018 rights law Enforceability Siddhant Kumar International BA LLB of International Jain National 27/6/2018 Arbitration Seminar on NLSIU, & Awards: Enforcements Bangalore 28/7/2018 Effectiveness Riddhi Mundhra BBA LLB Trends of and critical Arbitral Awards Analysis International Lions Club Women Conclave on International, mediators - Anushka Misra BA LLB Conflict District 19/8/2018 A need in Resolutions in 322B2 Future NUJS IMW'18
Sonal Gupta BA LLB Wild life Conference on National 25/9/2018 crimes and Animal Law laws: and University - to International Vishruti Environmental BA LLB Odisha 26/9/2018 Accords and Chauhan Welfare treaties
15 2nd National Droit Penale: Symposium and Indian law Awards 2018 in Journal on 22/9/2018 Abortion Ban - Anushka Misra BA LLB collaboration crime and to An unknown with faculty of Criminology 23/9/2018 crime lawUniv. of ISSN 2456 - Allahabad 7280 Gunjan National Role of BA LLB Chawla Symposium on 8/9/2018 Geographical Geographical DSNLU to indication in Shubham Sharma BA LLB Indication and 09/9/2018 conservation of plant variety Traditional protection - Products Issue and Challenges Kumar Gaurav BBA LLB International New Law Seminar on College 28/9/2018 Terrorism Recent Bharthi to technology Samyukta trends in BBA LLB Vidyapeth 29/9/2018 and Juvenile Prabhakar Juvenile Justice Pune System Ashutosh 2nd National Ranjan BA LLB Symposium Droit Penale: Srivastava and Awards Indian law Role of Judicial 2018 in Journal on 22/9/2018 Sensitivity in collaboration crime and to prevention of Nishant with faculty of Criminology 23/9/2018 Crimes against BA LLB Mohanty law ISSN 2456 - Women Univ. of 7280 Allahabad Intellectual Aastha Asmita BA LLB Property International 18/8/2018 protection of Conference on NLU, Assam to the plant and Intellectual Kiran Savithri 19/8/2018 farmers rights BA LLB Property rights Padala under PPVFR Act - 2001 Patent Rights Joby Noble BA LLB or Patient International 18/8/2018 Rights - Conference on NLU, Assam to The conflict Intellectual Shubham 19/8/2018 between IPR BA LLB Property rights Agrawal and Right to health Changing Anurag Dwivedi BA LLB International 18/8/2018 Trends in the Conference on NLU, Assam to broadcast Intellectual 19/8/2018 reproduction Aditya Kaushik BA LLB Property rights rights Dhruv Dev National BA LLB Easement of Gupta Seminar on Juvenile Access to Jus Dicere 19/8/2018 Siddharth Succour: BA LLB Criminal Justice Srivastav A possibility and legal reform
16 Sayantike BBA LLB National Juvenile justice Sengupta Seminar on system : Access to Jus Dicere 19/8/2018 protection or Ankita Kar BBA LLB Criminal Justice persecution and legal reform Decoding the Enforcement constraints 27/7/2018 trends of NLSU, in enforcing Atharva Singh BA LLB & Arbitral Bangalore foreign 28/7/2018 Awards Arbitral awards Ayush Khare 1st Juslex national Trial Kritik Agrawal Saveetha 31/8/2018 Advocacy and BBA LLB School of to Trial Advocacy Judgment Law 02/9/2018 Tanmay Wahal writing Competition 2nd National Symposium Droit Penale: An Analysis on and Awards Indian law the lesser 2018 in Journal on 22/9/2018 known facet on Sweta Mishra BBA LLB collaboration crime and to Cruelty against with faculty of Criminology 23/9/2018 Husbands by law ISSN 2456 - wives Univ. of 7280 Allahabad 2day National Shivam Mishra workshop on AcademicIndust Christ law 14/9/2018 Attending BA LLB ry Interfere on University & workshop Contemporary Bangalore 15/9/2018 Rajath Ratna Incorporate and commercial laws 2nd National Droit Penale: Symposium and Indian law Awards 2018 in Journal on 22/9/2018 Position of Yukta Dubey BA LLB collaboration wit crime and to women h the faculty of Criminology 23/9/2018 lawUniv. of ISSN 2456 - Allahabad 7280 28/7/2018 Parliamentary Doon Youth Debate Yukta Dubey BA LLB & 29/7/2- Debate summit Completion 18 05/9/2018 Mohd Faizan 12th Real Estate to BBA LLB FICCI Mazid Summit 07/9/2018
17 Orientation Program 2018 2nd- 7th July 2018 Batch: 2018 – 2023BA LL.B & BBA LL.B
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad welcomed its students of the fth batch (2018-2023) of B.A. LL.B and B.B.A. LL.B programs. As a matter of practice a week-long elaborate orientation programme was conducted to orient the new batch of students from 2nd July 2018 to 7th July 2018, at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad (SLSH)campus.
Day 1: 2nd July, 2018 Session 1
The commencement of the induction programme of the new batch (2018-2023) was graced by Honorable Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao (Retd.), Justice Madras High Court & High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad as the Chief Guest and Mr. Sam Freeman, Lead India, Queensland Skills & Education, Consortium, Australia as the Guest of Honour in the Seminar Hall of Symbiosis International University, Hyderabad campus. Ms. Ambrina Khan, Assistant Professor, SLSH welcomed the guests, followed by the screening of a documentary lm, Symbiosis-Biography of an Idea, which portrays the founder's ideology behind starting Symbiosis International University and lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari, Ofciating Director, SLS Hyderabad, delivered the welcome address.
18 The Guest of Honour, Mr. Sam Freeman recommended the students to utilize the resources available in the campus and enhance their analytical and critical thinking skills to become able and efcient lawyers. He spoke about the wide range of opportunities available to the law students. He said that he was delighted to see a huge crowd of newly admitted students who had a spark.
The Chief Guest Honorable Justice N. Ramamohana Rao (Retd.), Justice Madras High Court & High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad addressed the new batch and conveyed a message that learning is a process and we are all learners till the end. He urged the students to see moral values as an integral part of professional life. One does not need to be after material things because professional satisfaction is a precious thing to cherish. He also appealed to the students to integrate and inculcate the research skills in Law which is an essential component and a vital requirement to be cohesive in and as a society.
The inaugural function concluded by the Vote of Thanks proposed by Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Associate Professsor, SLSH followed by National Anthem.
19 Session 2
The second session started with the presentation by various bodies functioning in the law school.
Moot Court Association and their functions. He also shared the need for campus discipline to be adhered strictly in order to avoid severe repercussions.
Day 2 & 3: 3rd & 4th July, 2018
These two days were entirely scheduled for the introduction of Cells and Centre’s functioning in the SLSH campus.
Centre for Specialization in Business Innovation (CSBI)
Ms. Ambrina, Assistant Professor & Faculty Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Associate Professor& Faculty InCharge, and student members gave a in-charge, CSBI along with her team of students presentation on the vision and mission of the moot presented the modus operandi of their cell. They court association and its achievements. also submitted a detailed report of the activities of the cells and plans for the current year. International Cell Research & Publication Cell
Dr. Prageetha G Raju , Associate Professor & Faculty in- charge, of Research & Publication Cell spoke about the importance of the cell and in- house journals available to the students. She urged the students to make use of the resources available to enrich their writing abilities and research skills. She also highlighted INCUBATOR - Dr. Rengasamy Stalin, Assistant Professor & an inhouse student magazine whose objective is to Faculty in-charge, International Cell along with his inculcate writing ability amongst students. The cell team shared the need and importance of the cell urged the new students to research and write and gave the insights of its functioning. articles for INCUBATOR which can be shown to the Corporate to secure good Internships and Training & Placement Cell subsequently, good placements.
Mr. Vidyadhar Raghavan, Ofcer, Placement Grievances Redressal Cell and Corporate Relations and his team introduced the procedures and the need of Training & Dr.Prageetha G Raju, Associate Professor & Chair Placement Cell. They shared the importance and Person, Grievance Redressal Cell counselled the the role of internships for law students to build students about the redressal mechanism and also their careers. warned the students not to resort to unfair means.
Campus Discipline and Facilities Learning Resources: Library and Computer Lab Lt. Col. Patil, Campus Administrator, Symbiosis Hyderabad Campus spoke about the Campus Mr.Shree Rahul, Assistant Professor& In-charge Discipline and Facilities available in the campus. spoke about the books available and online He introduced his entire symbiosis society team resources for both academic and research purposeavailable in the library.
20 Centre for Policy Drafting and International Legal Aid Centre Understanding Dr. B Anuradha, Associate Professor and Faculty- Mr. Shree Rahul, in-charge, Legal Aid Centre and the student Assistant Professor and representatives spoke about the activities which Faculty in-charge, Centre took place under the Centre. for Policy Drafting and I n t e r n a t i o n a l Website PR Media Cell Understanding. The Centre for Policy Drafting and Mr.Sathish Kotha, Lab Instructor and Faculty I n t e r n a t i o n a l Incharge and his team spoke about the cell. Understanding (CPDIU) was established with the Student Council objective of helping students understand the process of policy making. Since the legislative process begins with the formulation of policy, the activities of the Centre are of particular relevance to the law school’s curriculum. Following their engagement with Centre, students perceive the law as not just a written, rigid text- but as a codication of many disciplines.
Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy
Ms. Sindhu Akella, Student Representative of the Student Council of SLSH spoke about the constitution of the 1stStudent Council of SLSH and various bodies and Committees working under it.
Centre for Specialization in Performing Arts
Mr. Akshay Jain spoke about the importance and the objective of the Centre.
Mr. AhmarAfaq, Assistant Professor and Faculty- Centre for Rights of Differently abled in-charge, CIPRA and his team presented the overview of their Centre and the growing importance of IPR.
Centre for Human Rights
Mr. Ahmar Afaq, Assistant Professor and Faculty- in-charge, Centre for Human Rights and his team of student representatives gave an insight about their center.
Sports Cell Mr. Akshay Jain and Rishabh Gaurav said that the Mr. Ahmar Afaq, Assistant Professor & Faculty in center aims to work on disability rights and for charge, Sports Cell. The team explained the persons with disabilities. importance of Sports Cell to inculcate the tness, the Cell members gave an overview of the cell.
21 Centre for specialization of Cyber Law Alternative Disputes Resolution Cell Studies
Mr. Irfan Ali Abbas, Asst. Professor and Faculty In- charge and his student team presented the overview of the upcoming events Mr. Sowryan Bhattacharya spoke about the objective of the Centre and said that its main Debate and Literary Cell objective is to inculcate a culture of social change through technology and to understand research Mr. B. Srinivas, Asst. activities to solve cyber legal issues. Professor and Faculty In- charge of Debate and Centre for Sports Law and Policy Literary Cell along with his student team members presented the activities of the cell. He explained how the participation in extracurricular activities like debate and literary activities would help the students to improve their communication and thinking skills thus contributing to overall personality development.
Presentation on Legal Database: The importance of Legal Database and the process/procedure to get the reliable and authentic data was explained by the executive of Lexis Nexis, executives of SCC Online and Manupatra. Khanjan Somayya and Devesh Kyal highlighted the objective of the Centre and said that its aim is to spread awareness and future prospective career options in the eld of Sports Law and Policy Drafting.
International Law Advancement Centre (ILAC)
Mr. Pankaj Umbarkar, Assistant Professor and Faculty-in-charge of ILAC along with his team spoke about the aim and objective of the Centre and gave an insight of the events conducted and their Mr. Srinivas Methuku, Asst. Professor & upcoming events. Examination In-Charge made students acquainted with the Examination patteren and evaluation at SIU, SLS H. In detail CGPA process, internal and external examinations were explained to students.
22 Environmental Cell Administrative Ofcer, and coordinators of SLS H.
The student in-charge of the Environmental Cell gave a brief description of the cell and its importance in today’s world and the kinds of work undertaken by the cell since its inception.
Day 4: 5th July, 2018
A one-day workshop on “Gender Sensitization with special reference to Women” was organized on 5th July, 2018 as part of the Induction programme for the students of batch 2018-2023.
Day 6: 7th July, 2018
The Valedictory session of the Orientation Program was graced byProf. E. Suresh Kumar, Vice- Chancellor, The English and Foreign Languages University as the Chief Guest. Speaking on the occasion, Professor Suresh Kumar emphasized on the beauty of English language and said that language and communication form an integral part. Mr. Sampath Bulusu, General Manager- Legal, Shell Hazira, Ahmedabad, an alumni and a The second half of the day on July 5th a workshop pillar of strength of SIU and SLS H, was the Guest on Research Methodology was also organized as a of Honour. He interacted with the students and part of the induction program to give the students enlightened them with his exposure in the an overview of how important, it is to carry out respective eld. They shared their experiences, research and what are the various methodologies wanted the students to know what is right and followed in carrying out the research work. wrong and motivated them to do right things and have wonderful career and contribute to society. The day also saw the inauguration of “AWAAZ” student run an in-house quarterly broadsheet, which aims at providing a platform for showcasing the various ideas and views of the students. It is a voice of the students and faculties alike.
Day 5: 6thJuly 2018
The new batch of students were taken on an Outbound Activity to Dholari Dhani, Kompally. They were accompanied by a few senior students, Administrative Ofcer, and coordinators of SLS H.
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The Valedictory ceremony ended with Vote of Thanks proposed by Mr. Srinivas Bandameedi, Assistant Professor, followed by National Anthem.
Certicates of Merit, awarded to the students by Every evening as a part of ice- breaking sessions Examination Department and Moot Court with seniors the new students had cultural Association were given by the Chief Guest and he activities like Anthyakshari and Dumb Sherradas, congratulated the students for their achievement. Dance, Singing and had sports like Football, Volley Ball, Throw ball, badminton.
The new students also had cultural activities like Talent hunt, Treasure Hunt, Fashion Show, Ice breaking session and DJ Night. Treasure Hunt was organized by the cultural cell members. There was also a rapid re session for the short-listed candidates for Mr. and Ms. Fresher- 2018. Based on participation in different activities Mr. and Ms. Fresher- 2018 were selected and declared.
The Orientation Programme ended with a DJ Night organized by the senior students.
24 Dignitary Visits and Guest Lectures
GUEST LECTURE SERIES
The Training and Placement Cell is an integral part of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The T&P Cell works on the enhancement of professional training to all the students of the esteemed institution The Cell has been established with the goal of assuring thorough training and also to serve the purpose of placements to the students of the institution.
Guest Lecture by Yashojit Mitra on “Mergers and Acquisition Transactions-An Introduction”, dated: 19th January, 2018
Mr. Yashojit Mitra, a partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’, Mumbai ofce, was invited by the Training and placement Cell of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad to give a guest lecture on Mergers &Acquisition Transactions-An Introduction. Mr Yashojit Mitra introduced the students to the world of M&A. He explained the different types of M&A, Life Cycle of an M&A Deal; Basic documentation required for an M&A of any time and nally some basic negotiation techniques. He illustrated with real time examples and gave an overview of the working of the M&A department in a law rm. The session lasted for 3 hours.
M&A is an elective subject for the senior batch and a topic of great importance in every eld of negotiation, the students gathered a lot of information about the same. Mr Yashojit clearly explained the types of M&A to them amongst many other topics, thus preparing them sufciently to take up M&A subject with condence
Felicitation by the Deputy Director
Guest Lecture byShreevardhan Sinha on“The role of a corporate lawyer from incubation to establishment of a rm-The Life Cycle of a Company”, dated: 26thFebruary, 2018
The Training and Placement Cell of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad has invited Mr. Shreevardhan Sinha, a Partner and senior member of Desai & Diwanji's corporate commercial practice to deliver a guest lecture on"The role of a corporate lawyer from incubation to establishment of a rm-The Life Cycle of a Company". He has been with the rm since 1998, except for a brief period when he was based in the United States and was the global head of the South Asia practice of a white-shoe rm.
Mr Shreevardhan Sinha clearly explained the different stages of a company and the type of investors holding a right in the company at various stages. He explained the difference between pitchers, angel investors, venture capitalists, seed funders and also explained about exit strategy of a company. At each stage, the role of a corporate lawyer which is different,was explained with clarity. The session lasted for 90mins. The students enjoyed the session as the concept was new. They were given insights into pitching for funding, type of investors and the role of a shareholder in company's ownership. Overall, it was a good experience.
25 Felicitation by the Deputy Director
Guest Lecture by Anand Bhushan (Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas) on “INTERSECTION OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY”, dated: 13th July, 2018
Mr. Bhushan, Head for Chennai Ofce and Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. visited the Hyderabad campus to deliver a lecture on the topic of "Intersection of Law and Technology". He emphasised on the importance of the need to create design law and also how 3D printing can substitute the human labour in the 21st Century. Then he discussed about how lack of market plan and future planning can turn out against an organisation by taking the famous example of Kotak. The speaker explained the importance of Data protection in Information Technology Law, and how vulnerable the data of the common people by citing examples of Cambridge Analytica. He further elaborated the concepts of Articial Intelligence, Block Chain and SMARS. On the later stage of the lecture, he further discussed the trending link between Intellectual Property Rights and Technology. He further proceeded with the validity of blockchain technology and further concluded the lecture by putting a question as to why BITCOIN is legally invalid in most of the countries? Throughout the lecture, Mr. Anand Bhushan engaged the students by an interactive session.
Mr. GV Anand Bhushan(Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas)
One Day Guest Lecture On “THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF INDIAN LAW GRADUATES IN UAE” by Mr. P. K. Abdul Raheem, dated: 17th July, 2018
Mr. P K. Abdul Raheem (Partner- ARG Law Partners & Associate Mohammed Aleghfeli Advocates & Legal Consultants, United Arab Emirates) was invited as the resource person to deliver a one-day lecture on "The Future Prospects Of Indian Law Graduates In UAE". This program was organised by the Centre for Human Rights. This lecture was to inform the budding lawyers about upcoming and ongoing opportunities in the UAE along with the importance of commercial international arbitration. The guest was felicitated by the Ofciating Director, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari. Mr. Ahmar Afaq (Head- Centre for Human Rights & Convenor and Dr. Rengasamy Stalin, co-convenor of the event.
26 Mr. P. K. Abdul Raheem, in the rst half of the session, gave an insight about the increasing openings for the Indian Law Graduates in UAE Job Market since it is a hub for various industries like oil, natural gas etc.. While addressing hundreds of students from all the batches he pointed out that it is not necessary to a lawyer to know everything by heart but understanding the essence is more important. After the short and crisp presentation, the oor was left open for the audience to interact and clarify their doubts.
The post-lunch session was open to International Commercial Arbitration and the students were exposed to certain new concepts like the arbitration center, arbitration seat and many more. The focus of the same being that in the busy life where everything is being done in the form of a contract, arbitration nds its place in the commercial eld and the parties prefer to go for an alternative to the lengthy, tedious and costly court proceedings. The inquisitive minds then put forth the various queries they had regenerated over the course of the session. The day came to an end with the vote of thanks by the member of CHR
Guest Lecture by Dr. Usha Ramanathan on “PRIVACY AND THE LAW”, dated: 26th July, 2018
Guest Lecture on Privacy and the Law was organized on July 26th 2018 by Centre for Specialization in Cyber Law Studies. Dr. Usha Ramanathan was invited as the resource person who gave a practical insight of the topic.
Felicitation by the faculty
27 Guest Lecture by Ms Persis Hodiwalla & Mr. Persie Jalgaonwala on “FACETS OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW”, dated: 28th and 29th July, 2018
Ms. Persis Hodiwalla, an In House Legal Counsel with more than a decade long years of work experience in the Media and Entertainment sector was invited as the resource person to discuss the topic "Facets of Media and Entertainment Law". She has been associated with major Film production houses in India and has worked on almost 14 Films and also in other areas of this eld wherein she was associated with agreements and contracts related to Film Production, Distribution, and Segregation of lntellectual Property Rights.
Mr Persie Jalgaonwala, a Computer Graphics (CG) artist with more than a decade years of work experience in the eld of visual effects, wherein he had an opportunity to work with big post-production houses like Prime Focus, Pixion, Imaginators Films Private Limited in their Visual Effects and Lighting Team was also invited as a resource person to address the topic "Facets of Media and Entertainment Law". The lecture, which was spread over a span of 2 days primarily dealt with the Facets of Media and Entertainment Law. Various aspects including the protection of intellectual property, the requirements for creating a website/visual effects etc. were discussed in detail.
The lecture started on a very interesting note where Ms. Hodiwalla strolled through the process of drafting of contracts required for the media and entertainment industry. Each and every clause and its importance were highlighted in this part of the session. The next session dealt with trademark protection. It was a fun-lled and interactive session where the names of movies and the trademark-related aspect were discussed at length. On the second day, the aspects of copyright and data protection were taught to the students. Mr. Jalgaonwala also threw some light on website designing and the likes.
Lastly, the session ended with a question hour where students put forward many questions and tried to seek clarity about the working of the media and entertainment industry. The students were fortunate enough to listen to the inspiring journey of the speakers which motivated them and prepared them for the challenges ahead.
Speakers:Mr Persis Jalgaonwala and Ms Persie Hodiwalla
Guest Lecture by Mr. Adab Singh Kapoor on “LAW OF MAINTENANCE ININDIA” dated: 13th August, 2018
Mr. Adab Singh Kapoor, currently the managing partner at Adab Singh Kapoor & Associates was invited as the resource person to discuss the topic "Law of Maintenance in India". He emphasized on the various reasons for the increasing rate of divorce in India. He then discussed the importance of deciding maintenance in divorce litigation. Throughout the lecture, Mr. Adab Singh Kapoor referred to cases he had handled. He emphasized on Laws governing maintenance which are divided on the basis of secular laws and personal laws. The various laws that come under secular laws such as Code of Civil Procedure 1908, Special Marriage Act 1954 and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 and those that come under personal laws such as Hindu Marriage Act 1955, Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956, Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936, Indian Divorce Act 1869, Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 and Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 were discussed by him in depth. He also discussed the various factors that are taken into consideration while determining the amount of maintenance to be provided.
28 Students were shown the format of an afdavit of assets, income and expenditure that is to be lled during maintenance proceedings. Right to quality legal counsel is a basic right that any party in a maintenance proceeding must have, was emphasized by him during the lecture. He also cleared various questions which the students had, relating to matters of family dispute and maintenance and child custody.
Conclusion: The lecture by Mr. Adab Singh Kapoor had a very good response as his lecture was very motivating and focused on the law relating to maintenance in India.
Guest Lecture By Dr.S. Ananth on “IQTA SYSTEM OF DELHI SULTANS” and “CHANGE IN CURRENCY SYSTEM FROM THE MUGHAL TO THE BRITISH PERIOD” dated: 18th August, 2018
Dr.S. Ananth,was invited by Symbiosis law School as the resource person for the Guest Lecture organized by the History Department of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, on two topics – Iqta system of Delhi Sultans and Change in currency system from the Mughal to the British Period. The main purpose of this Guest Lecture was to teach the students legal aspects of Indian History. S. Ananth, the resource person gave the 1st year students students (Batch 2018-23) an insight of the introduction of Iqta system and how it functioned under the Delhi Sultans until it was replaced by another system introduced under the Mughals. The students were given exposure regarding how in this system, the land under the Delhi Sultans was divided into several large and small tracts called the iqtas, which were assigned to ofcials, nobles and military ofcials. Post the Lecture on Iqta system, the students also had an interactive session with Dr.S.Ananth, where they were able to gather information about various aspects of this system.
The second lecture that was organized was on Change in the Currency system from Mughal to the British Period.Having worked as an Adjunct faculty with the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad (An Organization promoted by Reserve Bank of India), Dr.S.Ananth delivered a lecture on the Currency System. He gave the students an insight of how the monetary system of Mughals had functioned, with Sikka, being the royal prerogative and metallic currency under the Mughals. He then went onto explain the students regarding the features of Indian Money market in the 18th Century under the British. In his lecture he mainly focused on Sher Shah's currency system, the impact of the Battle of Plassey on the currency system and eventually how RBI was established. The students had an interactive session with Dr.S.Ananth where questions were asked in regard to the mint system and its importance. Both these sessions gave the students immense knowledge on the topics that were covered by the Resource person, which is also a part of the course in History. The Guest lecture was organized by the Faculty in Charge Dr.Pooja Rhine and Coordinator in-ChargeMr.Ravi Kumar
Guest Lecture on “INTRODUCTION TO TRADEMARK LITIGATION IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS” by Mr.D.Venkat Reddy, dated: 22nd August, 2018
Mr. D. Venkat Reddy was invited as the resource person to deliver a lecture on "Introduction to Trademark Litigation in Intellectual Property Rights". The Guest Lecture focused on giving a practical perspective to the students in the domain of trademark litigations. The basic overview of law relating to trademarks and the different kinds of trademarks was given and live examples of trademarks were explained. The personal experiences of the expert in dealing with the trademark litigations in the court
29 were explained to the students, with emphasis on the nature of reliefs sought in cases of trademark infringement and passing off, and the various defenses taken by the opposite party for refuting the claim of infringement or passing off. The Guest speaker adopted a practical case-study based learning method and posed real life situations before the students in order to invoke their responses, and also claried the doubts of the students.
Guest Lecture on “Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act” by Ms. Sanjana Bali, dated: 27th August to 1st September, 2018
Ms. Sanjana Bali, Partner at KB Partners, a full service law rm in Delhi was invited by Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad to deliver a lecture on Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act. It was entirely a practical session for the students of batch 2015 to 2020.
Guest Lecture on “CIVIL SERVICES AS A CAREER” by Dr.Tanugula Ramakrishna Rao, dated: 15th September, 2018
The motivation among youth to get into the Civil Services is very high and it requires a different kind of approach than the conventional competitive exam format to clear the exam. In this context the CIVIL SERVICES ASPIRANTS CLUB (CSAC) which aims to provide a direction, motivation and inspiration to students who are interested to choose Civil Services as their Career Option has invited Dr.Tanugula Ramakrishna Rao, Director (Commercial), NMDC, Hyderabad, as theResource Person to conduct a guest lecture on “Civil Services as a Career” on the 15th of September, 2018 which was open to all the interested students from 1st to 5th year.
This event aimed at providing students with a direction for their preparation for civil services. It was a platform to make students understand the signicance of Bureaucracy in India and the methods of preparation for Civil services aspirants and also to answer their queries regarding civil services as their career. The core committee members of the club are C. Nandita, Shraddha Reddy, V. Nihal, V. Revanth Reddy, Srikrishna Indurthi and Arijit Nayak.
Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor, the faculty-in-charge of the Club gave an inaugural address and also felicitated the guest. He thanked the guest for consenting to address the civil services aspirants of SLS Hyderabad.
Dr. T.R.K. Rao addressed the students about civil services as a career.The resource person along with his lecture gave avaluable guidance and tips to achieve the objectives of the Club and suggested events that could be conducted in the near future. The resource person expressed his willingness to offer his support for the betterment of the students of SLS-H and society at large.
GUEST LECTURE on “TRADE UNIONS and LABOUR LEGISLATION” by Mr.C. Sridhar and Mr.Pinapaka Prabhakar, dated: 21st September, 2018
In order to give a better and experienced exposure in the course of Labour and Industrial Laws for the students of IX Semester, a guest lecture was arranged by two experts in the eld of Labour Law on 21st September. Mr. C.Sridhar, (Advocate)Vice President and Legal Advisor, Labour Law Practitioners Association Trade Unions and Mr. Pinapaka Prabhakar, Best Trade Union Leader National Award Winner 2007 and Convenor, (Worker's Welfare Association Telangana State Committee ) were invited as the resource persons.
30 Prof. Dr.B. Anuradha,Co-Ordinator of the program felicitated the guests. It was an open house discussion on the functioning of trade unions and Implementation of various labour legislations. The students positively responded to the guest lecture by asking various questions and understood the various aspects of the open discussion.
Guest Lecture on “LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY” byDr. Y F Jayakumar and Dr. S B Dwarakanath, dated:22nd September, 2018
In order to give a better and an experienced exposure to Semester I students as part of their curriculum, two senior academic experts, Dr. Y F Jayakumar, former Dean and Head of Dept. of Law, Osmania University (Retd.) and presently Principal of Pendekanti Law College, Afliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad and Dr. S B Dwarakanath, Head, Dept. of Law, & Professor of International Law, University College of Law, OsmaniaUniversity,Hyderabad, from the eld of research methodology in Law, were invited as resource persons to host a guest lecture on Legal Research Methodology.
Prof. D Ganesh Kumar and Dr. Prageetha G Raju coordinated the programme. Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari, Ofciating Director, SLSH, felicitated the guests with a memento and shawl. The sessions were held for 4 hours. The lectures had positive response from the students who tried to understand the concepts of the legal research methodology. A research assignment was also given to the students to test the outcome of the lecturewhich was evaluated for 25 marks and almost all the students were able to write the research paper with the inputs given in the guest lecture.
Prof Dwarakananth and Prof YF Jaya Kumar delivering lecture in ICT lab
Guest Lecture on “NEW INDIAN SPACE BILL 2017” by Mr. Vikrant Pachnanda, dated: 4th October, 2018
In pursuance of the objective of the Centre for Aerospace and military laws, the team of CASML organized its very rst event in the form of a guest lecture on the topic New Indian Space Bill . Mr. Vikrant Pachnanda, a dispute resolution counsel, and aviation attorney in the Supreme Court of India was invited as the resource person. To make the session more organised and qualitative for the students a cap of 50 students was placed on a rst come rst serve basis. The students who registered for the session actively participated, which made the session interactive and informative.
The Government of India introduced Indian Space Bill in 2017 and opened this for public scrutiny so that
31 active members of the society can come up with their feedbacks for the same and therefore this event was planned in order to make this session more of an interactive session rather than a guest lecture so that the students can explore and come up with new proposals, new ideas and express them in a one to one talk with the guest.
The faculty in-charge, Mr. Sudeep Pandey along with Professor Dr. Anuradha Binnuri felicitated the guest. The event came to an end by vote of thanks proposed by Professor Shree Rahul.
Members of the Cell with Mr. Vikrant Pachnanda
Breing by one of the members of the Cell Faculty in-charge Mr. Sudeeep Pandey and Prof. Shree Rahul
Mr. Vikrant delivering the lecture
32 Guest Lecture On “DRAFTING A PATENT CLAIM AND PROCESS OF OBTAINING A PATENT: APPLICATION, PUBLICATION, EXAMINATION, OPPOSITION, AND GRANT OF PATENTS” by Mr. Ashok Ram Kumar, dated: 6th October, 2018
The Guest Lecture by Mr. Ashok Ram Kumar focused on a practical perspective to the students in the area of Patent Claim drafting and Grant of Patent. The basic overview of law relating to Patents was explained to the students with the help of live examples. The personal experiences of the expert in dealing with the patent drafting, patent ling and patent litigation before the Controller and the court were portrayed before the students, with emphasis on the international ling and Patent Cooperation Treaty. The Guest speaker adopted a practical based teaching method and posed real life situations before the students in order to invoke their responses, and then claried the doubts of the students.
Guest Lecture on “ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE PRESENT WORLD ORDER” by Ms. PREETI BISWAS, Dated: 12th October, 2018
The AWAAZ edit board organized a guest lecture on the role of media in the present world. Ms. Preeti Biswas the Senior Correspondent of The Times of India was invited as the resource person to address the students on this occasion. Media is considered to be the “fourth pillar” in democratic countries along with legislature, executive and judiciary as without a free media, democratic system cannot cease to exist.
Ms. Biswas explained about the importance of Media, she stated that the Indian media has travelled a long way, from days of newspaper and radio to present-age of television and social media. News that was seen as medium to educate the people on issues that were of utmost important for the society became a source of viewpoints. Media act as a chain between the government and the citizens of the country. People have faith in media as it has an impact on the audience.
How does the industry work?
For a journalist, according to the guest, it is all about narrating stories. Their days begin with stories and end with stories. Thanks to television and social media, news travels at the speed of light today. Journalism has become extremely challenging now. Thanks to WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook, journalists are always in a conict of getting things rst or getting things right.
Example: Sridevi's death. The Delhi incident wherein a boy allegedly misbehaved with a girl at a signal point. Immediately, the girl posted her account on social media which went viral. As it appears, the boy is now facing legal charges even as the girl is out of the country. We create impressions. And it's important that they cover both sides without being biased or forming any opinions. Although many people claim that the credibility of Indian media is fast eroding, she said that she believes it is still intact. It is because of media, including movies, songs, documentaries etc. that section 377 was decriminalized after 87 years. Not just that, the apex court also ruled stating that adultery was no longer a crime, striking down a 158-year-old colonial-era law which it treated women as male property.
Challenges faced
Freedom of expression is curbed. People try to stop stories. Journalism is about reporting what no one wants to hear, rest all is public relations. Example: Fee issues, Scams.
Role of media in verifying facts
While the role of media is to primarily report, circulation of fake news has now put the onus on media to verify facts as well. It is the
33 unintentional false information. This can be anything from rumours to gossip, to inaccurate reporting that gets corrected. Mob lynching incidents in the country have taken place due to pictures and videos that were misrepresented and created problems between religious groups. Such images and videos became viral on WhatsApp among community groups and people take them as real.
Legal Issues
Speaking about the legal issues in journalism, she said that it is crucial to resist taking sides, for if you do, then you are likely to lose balance. Media is like a mirror that reects events and trends without distorting what is — whether good or bad. Like any other employee, even journalists are governed by ethics and laws. •Copyright and Intellectual Property -- don’t use an image without proper permission and credit •Defamation – when journalists publish or report on a false statement about an individual, they are defaming them. People plant news.
Role of a journalist
While speaking about the role of a journalist she said that, almost all of them come into the sacred profession of journalism by choice. Atthe beginning of their career, many of them had other options, but throughafrmative action chose this path. By doing so,they forsake many ordinary pleasures of life. Thus, journalism has become a lifestyle for them and this is something that they are on their sleeves- very proudly. For them, nothing gives them more kick than a paper well-brought out, a page well-designed, a story well-written and a picture well- displayed. Nothing is more dampening to them than spotting errors and misses in their paper every morning. Yet they cannot be described as living in their own world. This is not only regarding news but also designing strategies to take on competitors.
Ms. Biswas responded to a range of questions raised by the students on the ownership of media, the advent of social media, the credibility of various forms of media, the political Ms. Preeti Biswas releasing the 2nd edition and corporate nexus in media. of AWAAZ
Release of the AWAAZ 2nd Edition
Ms. Biswas released the 2nd edition of AWAAZ of this year after being felicitated by Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, faculty in charge and Editorial advisor to AWAAZ. The second edition of AWAAZ covers a range of issues ranging from Section 377, the national Moot Court Competition, the menace of fake news, trends in science and technology, threats to rights to expression, gender rights, relevance of criminology, experience of students about their eld trip to Nilgiris and creative expression through poems and sketches. It mainly focuses on contemporary issues that dominated in that last two months. The second edition received numerous submissions in the form of articles, reports, poems, prose, sketches, commentaries and opinions on a wide range of Ms Preeti Biswas with the members of the issues. AWAAZ. From Left Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, Faculty/Editorial Advisor, Ms Smriti Rao, Ms Ms Shreya Devki delivered vote of thanks on behalf of team Antara Balaji, Ms Shreya Devki, Ms Lakshmi AWAAZ and SLS Hyderabad. Menon (Editorial Board Members) and Mr Arjun Ramprasad ( Design & Layout)
34 Guest Lecture by Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, on “NEED FOR MEDIATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES”, dated: 13th October, 2018
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, had the pleasure of hosting noted environmental lawyer from the Supreme Court, Mr Sanjay Upadhyay for a guest lecture to ourstudents, on the need for mediation in environmental law. Mr. Upadhay, being An India Visiting Fellow to the Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley, started India’srst enviro legal defense rm and is serving as an expert to several international organizations such as the ILO,UNDO, FAO, Greenpeace, etc. Mr. Upadhyay ensured that he met the expectations, and even exceeded the same, as he engrossed his audience of law students from various batches on the practicalities of environmental law and introduced the concept of use of ADR methods in environmental law cases. Not only was it a unique concept, but was viable, as clearly demonstrated by Mr Upadhyay through his experiences. Further, Mr Upadhyay was kind enough to patiently answer the queries of students regarding environmental law, Thestudents asked relevant questions pertaining to the need of the judiciary and legislations to improve their approach on environmental law,measures for ensuring the safety of animals prone to accidents, PETA and many more. Moreover, he also entertained a post lunch session for queries alone, where interested students approached him with questions regarding a career in environmental law. Undoubtedly, Mr Upadhyay’s lecture had several outcomes as it made the students realize the plethora of opportunities in this particular eld, furthering the interest of many for the same and motivated all students to work for the interest of the environment. It was indeed, both an honour and pleasure to have such an esteemed guest.
Guest Lecture on“COMPETITION LAW” by Mr. Rangam Sharma dated: 13th and 14th October, 2018
Two day Guest Lecture by Mr. Rangam Sharma,was organized by Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The discussion on 13th October was on Section 5 and Section 6 of the Competition Act. These sections provide an insight of how the Competition Commission regulates different Combinations which can be in the form of acquisition- direct or indirect, mergers and amalgamations. The discussion involved a lot of interaction with the students as well as small activities were conducted through which they realized the practical aspects revolving around such combinations. The discussion as received by the students was enthralling. The discussion on 14th October was regarding the interface between competition commission and other sectoral regulators like TRAI. It was emphasized during the lecture that the competition authority also addresses the unfair transfer of wealth that may take place between the consumers and rms wielding market power. The conicts between CCI and the sectoral regulators could be caused by legislative ambiguity or jurisdictional overlap or legislative omission. Lastly the lecture also took place on Leniency provisions and search and seizure power of the DG.
35 Seminars/Workshop Series
One Day Workshop on “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS” by Professor Vijaykumar S Chowbe on 10th February, 2018
The Objective of the Workshop was:
• To expose the students of symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad to the eld of Intellectual Property Rights and give an insight into the industry.
• To enable the students to equip their skills in dealing with national and international issues and cases concerning IPRs.
The speaker was Professor Vijaykumar Sri Krishna Chowbe from Amaravati University, Maharashtra. A very experienced academician with an approximate of 15 years of teaching experience in the eld of intellectual property rights was also a faculty in the prestigious HNLU, Raipur. The workshop began with the welcome address and felicitation of the guest by the Deputy Director of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad,Dr. Sukvinder Singh Dari. The subject matter of the lecture was focused on the rudimentary understanding in the eld of intellectual property rights. Prof Chowbe focused on the denition and the intricacies of law in the domain of Copyrights. Additionally, practical aspects were utilized as examples to provide clarity in conceptual understanding of the same. Following the same, Prof Chowbe focused on the concept of trademarks and threw light on the same using various examples. Additionally, landmark cases were also discussed especially in the eld of copyrights. In addition, Prof Chowbe emphasized on the importance of understanding the basics of law in general since without the prior understanding of the same it would serve to be futile to understand the eld of intellectual property Rights.
The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Rachel Johnson, a second year student of law.
The lecture served to be helpful to the students of law and established a foundation in the eld of intellectual property rights. The Workshop accommodated a total strength of 200 students primarily composing of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students of law.
The Student Participants of the Workshop were awarded with a certicate of participation thereafter.
Workshop on “ENVIRONMENTALISM: GREEN DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC POLICY” by Dr. Puroshottam Reddy, Dr. Narsimha Reddy, Mr. Keshava Reddy, Dr. Indrasena Reddy, Dr. T. Vijaya Lakshmi and Ms. Sravya Reddy on 6thMarch, 2018
Through the recent endeavors that humanity has undertaken to satiate its needs for luxury and comfort, environment has been neglected and exploited. We have always been selsh in our approach towards utilizing the environment for our convenience.
The workshop was held to portray the importance of conservation of environment and how environment is degrading around us without our knowledge and to inculcate a snsibility among the citizens.
36 Dr. Puroshottam Reddy, the Chief Guest, invited speakers from various disciplines to help the students understand their environment and their issues better. Prof M.I. Baig, Director, SLS, Hyderabad gave a welcome speech and thanked the resource persons for addressing the students on the signicant issue of concern. Prof Baig felicitated all the resource persons before the commencement of the workshop.
Speakers from various disciplines came to address the students on environmentalism, harm that human activities have been causing to the environment and the ways through which we can minimize it.
The objective of the workshop was to enable the students:
• To highlight the relevance of environmentalism in the public policy. • To facilitate the role of the student community in the conservation programs. • To provide students with a theoretical and empirical understanding of governance and public policy.
The list of speakers and the issues they addressed in the Workshop were:
Dr. Narsimha Reddy
Dr. Narsimha Reddy, a Public Policy Expert enlightened the topic of Environment and stressed upon the problems that are faced in the current period. He emphasized on the sustainable development goals and how they would in the long run achieve the desired results. He also addressed the issues of, rivers drying, groundwater depletion, sea water ingression, oods and landslides, drought and desertication, loss of species mainly leading to the loss of biodiversity.
To provide a vivid description of how dangerous the result of loss of biodiversity is, he also supported his issues with examples of Neem leaf eating semilooper; warning situation of rise in pathogens and AMR in and around Hyderabad.
Substantiating the acknowledgement of importance of environment protection all around the globe, he provided a basic knowledge and understanding of the UN Frontier Report 2017: Environmental Displacement and UN Frontier Report 2017: Nano-materials.
His speech was directed to the noteworthiness of “Environment Governance”.He stressed on principles such as inclusivity, representativity, accountability, efciency, and effectiveness, as well as social equity and justice, are the foundations of good governance. He said Environmental governance is effective only if it leads to fair and sustainable management of ecosystems.
Mr. Keshava Reddy
Mr. Keshav Reddy’s speech concentrated mainly on the impact of air pollution on the environment, “Air pollution, Governance Crisis.” His speech began with a general idea on the disasters faced by the world relating to air pollution by instating examples of London Smog, Minamata Bay, Japan and Bhopal Disaster.
He further moved on to discuss about the air pollution, impacts in India leading to Slow Murder of the population highly exposed to it, GDB (Global Disease Burden) an Initiative of WHO, Global Warming Impacts, Premature Deaths over a million in India, Labour costs US$ 38 Billion, Health Costs staggering and which is not yet estimated, Birth Defects increase and the various diseases caused due to air pollution like Cardiovascular Diseases, BP, Strokes and even Cancers.
To provide an insight to the Indian scenario in the development and protection of the environment diaspora, he also spoke about the various environment laws in India and their historical background along with highlighting the initiatives taken by the Indian environmentalists to save and protect the environment from degradation like the famous Chipko Movement. He concluded by comparing the situation of air pollution in a developed country like USA and a developing USA and showed the vacuum in proper legislation and implementation of laws instigating a dire need for better laws and more proper vigilance.
37 Dr. Indrasena Reddy
Dr.Indrasena Reddy spoke about the impact of globalization, industrialization and urbanization on the Environment. He elaborated the same by giving reference to the depletion of the ozone layer. He spoke of the dumping of industrial waste and the detrimental effect it caused to the ecosystem. A notable point stressed upon by him was with reference to unethical business transactions by the industries which led to large scale exploitation of natural resources. He stated that while more resources were being consumed, little and less of the same were being efciently utilized.
Dr. Indrasena Reddy provided an informed insight on the Mussi river in Hyderabad. He provided a case study analysis and shed light on the poor condition of the river and how it affects the ecosystem. He drew a parallel between the Thames River and Mussi, stating how the river may be revived.
He concluded his address by informing the audience as to the recent developments in law regarding water bodies, notably the development in New Zealand. He further elaborated the sustainable development goals.
Dr. T. Vijaya Lakshmi
She briefed the students about the depleting green cover in and around the regions of Hyderabad. She also enlightened the sad state of the soil composition near RangaReddy District. She provided the students an insight of the condition of water table and the presence of strong minerals in the ground water leading to severe health problems to the villagers. One of the major points she stressed upon,was the depletion in the effective soil depth for the endemic plant species due to reduction in humus caused as a consequence of excessive usage of fertilizers.
She concluded her address by suggesting traditional methods of agriculture as substitute to those practices developed during the contemporary period.
Ms. Sravya Reddy
A social activist, the founder of the SHE Foundation in Hyderabad, who has actively worked on the betterment of lives of women in society, addressed the gathering and emphasized on the importance of feminism in the society and how providing women with better living conditions is an integral duty of the state. This included, but was not limited to, the importance of proper sanitation and women hygiene, which had an indirect but signicant effect on the environment.
The workshop ended on an optimistic note highlighting the role of state and society in addressing the challenges confronting environmentalism. Mr. R Radhakrishnan, faculty in charge for the workshop gave vote of thanks to all the resource persons for highlighting the varied aspects of environmentalism and its linkages with the public policy.
Workshop on “Gender Rights and Sensitization’ by Prof. M.V.Lakshmi Deviand Ms. Shravya Reddy,on 24th March, 2018
Promoting gender equality and empowering women is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The standard norm has been to debate about the eroding value system in the present society for the violence against women. Absence of gender sensitization amongst the males may be attributed to the gender inequality to a large extent. The issues of violence, subordination, and inequality based on gender, needs to be addressed by signicant institutions like family, educational institutions, media and work place, which play a vital role in formulating attitudes and values on gender perspectives and relations.
Gender not only refers to the physical identity of men and women, but also refers to the role they play in a society that is conditioned by various factors arising out of social, political, economic and cultural contexts. Sensitization, at this juncture becomes important because of the prevailing inequality leading to socio- cultural discrimination of a single gender. This discrimination is being practiced by the members of the other
38 gender of the same society, strongly supported and legitimized by religious and educational institutions, media, and the polity to a large extent. According to Gloria Stienem, "We've begun to raise daughters more like sons, but few have the courage to raise our sons more like daughters." The patriarchal order of Indian society continues to play an important role in the differentiated entitlements to for access to rights and resources.
In the present Indian scenario, the MDGs seek to promote gender equality and empower women that come as a boon to all the women globally. It is universally understood that it is the sensitization of gender in a society that can bring about a paradigm shift in the roles, rights, and privileges of men and women thus paving the way for socio-economic equality.
In a country like India, which is governed by the male patriarchal order, women suffer from multiple disadvantages. Some of the reasons for the prevailing unequal gender relations are attributed to the lack of gender sensitization, as a result of the inherent conditioning of minds of the people. In other words, the role of the family, peer groups, and educational institutions merit attention, in terms of the creation of a socio- cultural environment.
In India, gender as a social construct, continues to play an important role in translating the power relations between men and women based on masculinity and femininity; India practices power distance too which is reected in relations between men and women at family as well as at a societal level. As Simone de Beauvoir had stated that, “One is not born a woman, but becomes one”- it is imperative that educational institutions and the civil society intervenes and contributes towards an egalitarian system which promotes gender relations and dignity, based on equality, justice and fairness.
The workshop by SLS-H sought to address the issue of gender rights and the relevance of sensitization. It seeks to inform the law students about the various issues involving safety, security and dignity of women. It is an attempt to make the law students conversant with the various problems faced by women and provide legal remedies to them.
The objective of the workshop was to enable the students to:
Highlight the prevailing trends with reference to gender equality Role of the state and civil society in identifying role of women in national development. Contribution of woman’s movement in breaking stereotype.
The Speakersinvited by Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad to address the Workshop were:
Prof M.V.Lakshmi Devi, Principal, KV Reddy Law College, Hyderabad
Prof Lakshmi Devi spoke on, “Gender Equality & Inequality. Shestated that women in Indian have confronted unequal gender relations. Prof Lakshmi Devi mentioned that as per law there are provisions for gender equality, but emphasized that if we want equality or don’t want equality, we ourselves want inequality. In other words she called for differentiating inequality based on biological differences from the inequality based on social constructs of gender. She spoke about the constitutional guidelines pertaining to gender rights and equality and also gave a historical account of the evolution of the movements for gender equality and sensitization across the world.
39 Ms. Shravya Reddy, Founder WE & SHE Foundation
Ms Shravya Reddy spoke about the inherent biases in the patriarchal society where even women at the top especially celebrities are targeted. She illustrated the example of female lm stars being unfairly targeted for the failure of their lms, while the male stars getting the credit in case the lm becomes a block buster. She also explained the students about the challenges in dealing with skill development and condence building training for women.She briefed the students about her foundation which works for the women who had dysfunctional marriages. She is also the Founder of 'BLAWN & BIG' which caters to the victims of fat shaming and dark skinned and to change the mind set of people globally towards these issues where the aim was to bring together, like minded people to share their experiences and drive the campaign forward so that it reaches the masses and people drop their idea of this social stigma and accept beauty in all forms.
The Outcome of this Workshop was, dissemination of knowledge amongst the students on gender equality and setting a strong base through mobilization of students and creating awareness through various sources of research and communication.
The Workshop ended with the suggestions made by the resource persons about the role of the students in gender sensitization. Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, the faculty in charge for the workshop gave vote of thanks to the resource persons and the student participants.
WORKSHOP ON “ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION” by Mr. V. L. N. Rao, Mr. Ravindranath Duttaluru Tagore, Mr Ravi Kolkar, Mr Raj Reddy and Prof. Purushottam Reddy,on 30th March, 2018
The resolution of dispute forms a large part of Justice delivery system. India has long tradition of resolving disputes through ADR methods viz. Nyaya Panchayat System. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) allows parties in conict to resolve their issue before goingto court for ling a law suit. It also aims at providing mutually benecial conclusion. At present there are about 30 million cases pending in Indian Courts and various enactments like Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 2015, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and recognition of Lok Adalats by Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 which aims to counter the situation. The need of the hour is to create awareness of ADR methods among Students and Professionals. Keeping the same in perspective, a one day workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms was organized by Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR).
The main objectives of the workshop were:
• To create awareness among students to ADR methods. • To understand the primary Dispute Resolution Process and functions of various ADR mechanisms. • To explain the strength and weakness of various ADR methods. • To provide a platform for deliberations and discussion related to ADR. • Describe and compare various legal implication of each method.
The speakers at the workshop were esteemed members, Mr. Mohammed M.Ali, President and Mr. Satya S.K Mandiga, General Secretary, Mr. V.L.N.Rao, Vice President, of The society for Alternative Dispute Resolution & Education’ (SADRE). The other members were: Mr. Ravindranath Duttaluru Tagore, Mr. Ravi Kolkar and Mr. Raj Reddy. Prof Purushottam Reddy an Eminent Environmentalist presided over the panel.
40 The workshop was declared open by keynote welcome address of Prof. Dr. M.I. Baig, Director Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. Prof Baig later felicitated all the members of SADRE.
The speakers took over the dice and addressed the gathering of 130 students. Introduction to ADR Mechanisms and the need of such mechanisms in present Indian legal scenario was dealt by Mr. Mohammed M. Ali, President (SADRE) and lecture was carried forward by emphasizing about each mechanism by Mr. Satya S.K Mandiga, General Secretary (SADRE). The workshop fullled its aim of creating ADR awareness amongst the student community. The workshop also helped the students to discuss and deliberate the need of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Indian scenario where courts are overburdened. The workshop also helped the student to discover the undiscovered areas of each ADR mechanisms. Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, faculty in charge for the workshop gave a vote of thanks to the resource persons and called for more interactions in near future. A certicate of Participation was given to students who participated in the workshop.
Workshop on “Gender Sensitization” by Prof. Dr. Rekha Pande, on 5th July, 2018
Gender Sensitization refers to modication or change of behaviour by raising awareness of gender equality concerns. Gender is a socially learnt behaviour based on social expectations form men and women. It varies across the world. A "stereotype" is a thought process which allows one to make a judgement based on the immediately visible characteristics like gender, race or age.
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized a one-day workshop on "Gender Sensitization with special reference to Women" on 5th July, 2018 as a part of the Induction programme for the students of the batch 2018-2023. Resources persons called for the workshop were - Prof. Dr. Rekha Pantle, Professor and Director of Centre for Women's Studies, Central University of Hyderabad and Nikhila Henry, Special Correspondent of The Hindu newspaper. They provided an insight to our students on the concept of Gender Sensitization. Dr. Rekha Pantle sensitized the students about the development of sensitivity towards women in the context of historical development and the importance of the role of women in the development of the society. While Nilkhila Henry spoke about the necessity of gender equality in work place. This workshop helped the students understand and stand by the idea of Gender sensitization.
Workshop on “Research Methodology” by Prof. Dr. Rekha Pande and Dr.Prakash Kona, on 5th July, 2018
A workshop on Research Methodology was organized as a part of the induction program to give the students an overview of how important is it to carry out research and what are the various methodologies that are followed in carrying out the research work. One of the resource person Prof. Dr. Rekha Pande, Director of
41 Centre for Women's Studies at the Central University of Hyderabad, spoke about how to choose a topic for the research and what are the various methodologies that are followed for the research in various disciplines in Social Sciences and more specically in Women's studies. An eminent faculty of The English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Dr. Prakash Kana, was the second resource person on "Research Methodology". He provided the students of the new batch 2018-2023 with an insight into the research and methodologies that are used in Humanities with special reference to Law and Literature.
One – day Workshop on “Creative Writing” by Professor V. Sudhakar, on 13th July, 2018
The Literary and Debate Cell of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organised a creative writing workshop on 13th of July'2018, for the students of all the batches. Professor V. Sudhakar from The English and Foreign Languages University was invited as the Guest of Honour for the event.
The guest was felicitated by Mr. B. Srinivas, Faculty- in - Charge of the cell. The event witnessed a total registration of 144 students. The hosts for the event were Nikita Samadariya and Sudarshan Satalkar.
Professor V. Sudhakar dealt with the concept of creative writing as an art of mind and food for the soul. He dealt with various sub-themes of what actually makes a person be creative in his/her own space and express his thoughts without a glitch of the doubt. He referred to great authors like Sigmund Freud, Agatha Christie in inculcating the vibe of the literature and the emotion of one in expressing the thoughts.
He further added to the fact that as children one does desire to achieve certain things. But Parents, society and peer circle don't support them or are ignorant of the same. These suppressed feelings take a root to the literary world. One feels at home and is at its own wisdom and discretion all the time and thus, this plays a materialistic approach in building a person's passion for writing. Sigmund Freud and many other noble literate laurates also dealt with the same, and this actually shaped them into the kind of authors they are at present.
Prof. Sudhakar further said that there are two aspects in the literary world. One is Reality, and the other is Fantasy. To help this sprout language plays an important role. It is a complex process of imagination. There can be multiple images and thus these form a picture. The correlation of these images creates a subtle picture that is what makes up a story a perfect one. A number of questions were raised by the participants
42 such as, 'Is it really necessary that creative writers need to be an introvert?'which was answered by the guest that nothing of this sort is pre-determined. One can be introvert in terms of speech but not when one is expressing through literature. It depends and varies from writer to writer.
To end, he laid out certain guidelines for the young adult literate enthusiasts. He said,
• One needs to read a lot in order to be a great writer • Has to think differently • Visualise in a different manner • And allow critics to be a part of the write-up
These instances and little practices shall help one in turning out to be a great author in the upcoming time. After the event, the vote of thanks was delivered by Sudarshan and proceedings were made for the 1st open mic,'Mic drop', which was judged by Prof. V. Sudhakar.
Workshop on “Impact of Industrialization in Rural Areas” by Dr. Sujatha Surepally, on 24th July, 2018
“Every act of creation leads to an act of destruction”, similarly every act of creation of new technology has destroyed nature as well as the lives of many dwellers. It has now become very essential for the millennial to know the impact of the so called “development” which has benetted a part of society by crushing away the aspirations and lives of the others. In this context the Environmental Law Clinic conducted the workshop on the topic “Impact of Industrialization in Rural Areas” for creating awareness among the students regarding the pros and cons of Special Economic Zones (SEZ).
The speaker for the workshop was Dr. Sujatha Surepally, a renowned environment activist and academician.
The speaker started with a brief introduction about SEZ and its adverse impact on the environment and explained the businesses set up in the zone, nancial policies including investment, taxation, trading, quotas, and customs and labour regulations applicable in SEZs. She has enlightened the students on various aspects of establishment of SEZs. Speaker- Ms. Sujatha Surepally
Cell-in- charge Prof. Ahmar Ahfaq Guest of Honour Prof. Srinivas Bandameedi handing felicitating the speaker over token of gratitude to the speaker She explained that SEZ have been acquiring land from the farmers by including them as shareholders of the SEZ projects. She opined that the government should take the responsibility ofrehabilitation of the farmers who are displaced and that the family members of the farmers should be reserved some vacancies of employment. She expressed her concern over the poor plight of displaced people who are denied all the perks assured to them and only receive an amount as meager as Rs.18000/- or so per acre which is not sufcient for the survival of the labourers and the members of their family. She also suggested that employment should
43 be provided to the local workers and that limitations of maximum land acquired for SEZ etc. has to be set as the farmers are helping to SEZ and as much economic development is done through SEZ.
Dr. Sujatha Surepally spoke on how the concept of sustainable development is remaining as a myth and how this approach is going to hurt us in the long run. She described of how she spreads awareness about local issues at the state level through the quarterly she edits and the newspapers for which she writes. She also discussed the Anti- Polavaram dam movement and shared the stories of indigenous tribes and how they are resorting to degrading work like prostitution to make both ends meet due to developmental activities and the consequent displacement. The speaker also expected all the aspiring lawyers to have a balanced outlook on development of urban as well as rural areas.
A total of 150 registrations were accepted for the workshop. It was a highly interactive session with the students engaging in a lot of discussion with her. It was extremely delighted to see the active participation of students of all the batches. It was a sheer delight to have Dr. Sujatha to acculturate the students with an apprising topic and to help them realize that everybody needs equal importance and benets in this race of industrialization.
The audience captivated by Dr. Sujatha’s speech.
International Seminar on “TERRORISM AND ITS SPINAL NETWORKS” by Dr. George Richards, Mr. Ramachandra Sundaralingam and Mrs. S. Bhavani Sankaran, on 16th and 17th
August, 2018
The Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice and International Cell conducted an International Seminar on "Terrorism and Its Spinal Networks" on 16th and 17th August, 2018. The esteemed guests were Mr. Ramachandra Sundaralingam (International Drug Expert The International Criminal Police Organization INTERPOL, France; Dr. George Richards (Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Anthropology, and Forensic Studies, Edinboro University Pennsylvania, USA, and Mrs. S. Bhavani
44 Sankaran ( Location Investigation Manager, Risk, Intelligence and Control, HDFC Bank Ltd. Chennai, Research and Scholar- part time, Bharatidasan University, Trichy).
A total of 150 students registered themselves for this seminar, and they were selected on the basis of their statement of interest. This seminar enriched the students in the eld of drugs, terrorism and Cybercrime. The topic of terrorism networks was covered by Dr. George Richards, whereas the lecture on drugs and its evolution was taken over by Ramachandra Sundaralingam and the scope of cybercrime was deliberated by Mrs. Bhavani Sankaran. The seminar gave a wide range of knowledge and information about drugs and its consequences. This seminar, helped to draw a conclusion of how and why the networks of terrorism are increasing day by day and how the vulnerable societies are targeted and how they become a prey to drugs and maa. Mr. Ramachandra gave his real-life encounters with the International Drug maa and criminals and he also stated that how youth nowadays are falling prey to drugs. Mrs. Bhavani Sankaran, through her lecture enlightened the participants about the various reasons for increase in cyber crimes and how the weak and vulnerable people are affected by it. The Seminar opened the platform for students and academicians to present their paper on various aspects of Terrorism and its Spinal Networks. The participants also actively participated throughout the seminar and put forth their perspective through open discussions and feedback on the paper presented during the seminar.
It was followed by Concluding Speech and Vote of Thanks by Dr. Rengasamy Stalin - Head - Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice and International Cell.
WORKSHOP ON “INTRODUCTION & EVOLUTION OF SPORTS LAW”by Mr. Tarun, on 27th August, 2018
The Centre for Sports Law and Policy conducted a workshop on ‘Introduction & Evolution of Sports Law’ on 27th August 2018. The workshop was conducted at the conventional hall from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The guest speaker for the workshop was Mr. Tarun, who is a research and teaching associate at GNLU. Mr. Tarun was welcomed by a member of the CSLP, Ananya Muthamma and he was thereafter felicitated by ofciating director Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari.
The workshop was divided into four sessions:
The rst session began with the evolution of play, game and sport. The meaning and scope of play, game and sports were discussed. 'State of Mind' being the most essential part of 'Play' was understood. A book on 'Role of Play' by Johan Huizinga was referred to, which specied 'Man' as a maker, as a player and as a living being with a reasoning power. The process of how 'play' converted into a 'game' and further a 'game' converted into a 'sport' was briey discussed. Various characteristics and attributes of Sports were looked into. This session ended by knowing the concept of Eros vs. Thanatos and added a bit to the importance of' Sports & Culture.’
The second session dealt with the 'Rise of Modern Sports and International Bodies.' Birth of the Modern World from 19th century which further led to the evolution of 'modern Sport' was briefed. Difference between uni-centric and multi-centric sports system and how 'sports' and 'power' plays an important role on Globalisation was discussed.
The third session involved sports, politics and international relations which is the biggest reason for the existence of sports law. The importance of organisation structure was analysed be referring UN (United Nations) along with the issues of international organisations, conventions and limitations. Mr. Tarun enlightened the students by illustrating examples of famous personalities like Anita L. Defrantz (a brilliant rower who serves on the legal affairs commission of the IOC), Tony Smith and John Carlos(the 'black' athletes) and Jackie Robinson(American professional baseball player) who fought against the discrimination they faced and further helped the students know about their struggle and obstacles faced and subsequent achievement of success in their respective careers.
The fourth and last session focussed on the need, challenges and the way forward in the arena of sports. The guest speaker threw light on the legal aspect of sports law, which involved the role, and rise of the World Anti-
45 Doping Agency (WADA), which serves as a signicant institution in maintaining the true spirit of sports, by eliminating and deterring the manipulation of sports through corrupt practices. Special emphasis was made on the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), its divisions, and the position of India at the CAS, which plays a signicant role in resolving disputes between nations with regard to sports.
The workshop concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Ahmar Afaq, head of CSLP and he thanked the guest speaker Mr Tarun for his enriching guidance on sports law, the Ofciating Director for giving the cell an opportunity to conduct the workshop, the cell members and the students for actively taking part in the workshop. The workshop was very informative which provided the students with a clear idea on the niche of the subject.
Workshop on “MATERNITY LAW” by Dr. Meeta Sengupta on 29th August, 2018
The Centre for Specialization in Business and Innovation(C.S.B.I) had conducted a workshop on Maternity Law on the 29th of August, 2018. Dr. Meeta Sengupta, a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, was the speaker of the day.
The number of students from various batches who turned up for the session were 200. The workshop had an interactive ambience and the topics that were addressed revolved around the responsibilities of the male partner, that is, the father of the child in upbringing the baby and the role of the company in bearing with the mother who worked as an employee in the company. She explained as to why women quit their jobs; The number of educated but unemployed women is on the rise due to the fact that once a woman is pregnant, she becomes incapable of carrying on with the day to day ofce work and leave becomes a necessity but since she gets no incentive to get back to her work after the delivery of the baby, quitting her job and taking care of the baby seems to be the most appropriate way to nurture a healthy household as per the societal norms and beliefs. She talked about how there is a huge difference in wages of the working men and women. In fact, even at the same post, the male gets paid more than the female. She then went on to explain how important it is to recognise the work of the women as much as the men and in fact, by way of payment for the work, the
46 acknowledgement of skills is done, which should be unbiased towards any gender. She also spoke about how from the very childhood, the minds are fed with the belief that the men are superior to women. The fact that women are responsible for taking care of the family and that the men should be the bread winners of the family was debated and discussed by the honourable speaker and students and conclusively stated that not only the household work should be shared by both the partners but also the job of earning for the family should be shared with. This led to the discussion of the relevance of paternity leave for the father of the baby, immediately after the delivery of the baby, so that responsibilities could be shared equally.
The students who participated in the workshop developed an insight about the topics and voiced their opinions freely. The session was very much appreciated and it ended on a goodnote . The objective of the workshop being fullled, it paved the way for conducting more workshops of such kind in the near future.
Seminar on “INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW AND ARBITRATION” by Mr. V J Mathew dated: 14th September 2018
A Seminar on International Maritime Law and Arbitration was organised by the International Law Advancement Centre [ILAC] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. Mr. VJ Mathew, Senior Advocate at High Court of Kerala, Founder of VJ Mathew & Co., Kochi, Vice- President of Indian Maritime Board and the Chairman of Kerala Maritime Board was invited as the Guest Speaker for the day. The event received an overwhelming 120 registrations from almost all the batches,who participated enthusiastically in the seminar. The main themes taken up for discussion for the Seminar were, Introduction to Maritime Law and Introduction and Basics of Arbitration
The programme started with a welcome Address by Mr. Pankaj Umbarkar, Assistant Professor SLSH Hyderabad and Faculty Incharge ILAC who gave an inspiring message to participants. He then felicitated the guest, by presenting him a memento. A range of topics on International Maritime Law and Arbitration were widened in the seminar
Mr. VJ Mathew, Senior Advocate at High Court of Kerala started his tremendous speech which covered many realistic aspects on International Maritime Law and Arbitration Law. He shared his practical experiences with theoretical way. The use of doc-warrant and war nger certicates etc., were a few on which he threw light. He explained the basics and important concepts of Maritime Law by citing and discussing case laws, which made the seminar interesting for the participants. He later, interacted with the participants of the programme in question and answer session, where the students claried their doubts on the relevant topics. He then concluded by congratulating the whole team of ILAC for the unique idea of this event.
Mr. Pankaj Umbarkar, Incharge ILAC delivered vote of thanks and thanked the guests, Ofciating Director Sukhvinder Sing Dari for his support, teaching and non-teaching staff, student participants and all members of ILAC team for the success of this event.
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SYMINARET'18
SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL,HYDERABAD’S 1st FEST 9th & 10th March, 2018
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, a Constituent of Symbiosis International University, Pune, hosted its rst ever Inter-College Fest on the 9th – 10th March 2018. Boman Irani, an esteemed lm personality and a photographer, was invited to inaugurate this event. The inaugural function started with the lighting of the lamp and was hosted by RJ Rishi Raj.
48 49 On Day 1, 9th March 2018, after the inaugural function there were events and competitions like Inquizitive (Quiz Competition), Malhaar and Melisma (Western solo singing and Indian Solo Singing), Bizmaster (Business event), Jhoom and Copyphee (Group dance and Solo Dance), Talent Hunt (Fast Track to Fame), Turn Coat (Extempore), Cosmos (Photography) and Cookalicious (Cooking without re). The day ended with a performance by Best Kept Secret.
50 51 52 Day 2 of Syminrate saw events like Jewels of Nizam (Treasure Hunt), El-Debate, Pitch Perfect (Group Singing) and Bizmaster (Business Event) were organized. Besides these events, there were other events organized on day 2 like Cosmos (Photography), Jhoom and Coryphee (Group Dance and Solo Dance nals), Creative Writing, Modern Modest Beauty (Fashion Show) and Halla Bol (Street Play).
53 54 Centers/Cells and their Endeavors
LEGAL AID CENTER
Mediation Awareness Drive from 14th February 2018 to 16th February, 2018
The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized a three-day full-edged Mediation Drive. On 14th February 2018 a full day Mediation Awareness Drive was conducted at Shadnagar Bus Stop. On 15th February, a Mediation awareness drive was conducted in the Village of Nandigama and on 16th February, a Mediation Guest Lecture was conducted for the students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. It was organized to nd and propagate ways to enhance access to justice for the Indian commons, through popularising alternatives to litigation. The event witnessed an overwhelming participation of villagers from Nandigama and passers-by in the streets of Shadnagar. It was highly distressing that more than 54 percent of the people in India haven't heard of Mediation. Some confuse it with Negotiation or think it is the same as Arbitration. The state of access to justice in India is alarming. Even if one ignores the cost and time issues, the basic problem with an adjudicative process is that the power to decide a case is given to a third party, usually a judge or an arbitrator. If one is not happy with the decision, they appeal, and it goes on.
Activities:
DAY 1: On the day of 14th February, the team of Legal Aid Centre along with Faculty-in-charge M. V. Chandramathi and two volunteers for technical assistance proceeded towards the Shadnagar Bus Stop. They gathered at the ticket counter and grabbed the attention of the public and started interacting with them and distributed the pamphlets. An interested and attentive crowd gathered around the cell members and asked many concept based questions regarding Mediation, and how it can help in resolving the disputes. Many people opened up to the members regarding certain legal issues they faced and showed interest to resolve their disputes through mediation with the help and support of the Legal Aid Centre of SLS-H.
Namratha Kale—Member, explaining Mediation as a means to resolve disputes at the Shadnagar Bus Stand. Legal Aid Centre In Charge explaining to a lady on Mediation on a family dispute
55 DAY 2: On the next day, i.e. 15th February the team of Legal Aid Centre visited the Nandigama Village. They reached the Village and were welcomed by the Sarpanch of Nandigama Village Mr. Krishna and Deputy- Sarpanch. The pamphlets printed in English and Telugu regarding mediation were distributed among the crowd by the team. The gathering was addressed by Faculty-in-charge Ms. M. V. Chandramathi, who shared a realistic story of how people suffer due to legal problems and how going to court and nding a lawyer is a very difcult task. She further explained the concept of mediation and its advantages to the inhabitants of the village. In the mediation awareness drive, the students directly engaged themselves with the public and explained to them about the process of Mediation. The team received many questions related to certain legal issues from the inhabitants of the village, the issues were noted and have been safely registered by the team for further follow-ups and resolving them. The team also promised them that if there are more than 10 cases in the village the team shall visit the village again with the qualied mediators to resolve their disputes.
Legal Aid Centre explaining about the Mediation and wishing to come back for conducting mediation for family disputes.
DAY 3: On 16th February a team of Legal Aid Centre in collaboration with Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organised a Guest Lecture for the students of Symbiosis. The spokesperson for the Guest Lecture was Arjun Natarajan, he explained and enlightened the students about how mediation is done, the future of mediation and encouraged our students to learn the art of negotiation and shape themselves into good mediators. The lecture was effective as the students gained knowledge in mediation and how it effectively works in recent days.
Mediation Drive on Family Disputes at Nandigama Village on 21st March, 2018
The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized a full day Mediation Drive on Family Disputes at Nandigama Village. It was organized to enhance access to justice for the common Indian, through popularizing alternatives to litigation, the event witnessed an overwhelming participation of a great number of villagers from Nandigama. This Camp was a follow-up Camp to resolve family disputes through the means of mediation in the Nandigama Village.
Mediation drive of family disputes being conducted at Nandigama Village by the Legal Aid Centre
56 Many parties came to resolve their family disputes through mediation. Some of them were very painful, and there was no remedy to such problems. Although an attempt was made to resolve them with the utmost care. Few instances of Family disputes which were resolved at the mediation drive are as follows-.
Case-1: K. Lakshmaiah—Husband and wife-- K. Yadamma married for 25 years have now separated due to misunderstandings in their marital relations. Theirs was a love marriage and the couple have 2 sons through their wedlock. Wife is working as a head nurse at Govt. Hospital. The Husband, on the other hand, takes care of the eld work (farming). He has no formal education but has the good property worth crores of rupees. Their sons are well educated and doing MBBS and other specialisation in Hyderabad. Now due to misunderstandings between the wife and husband regarding the delity of the Husband they are separated. This case was heard and counselled by the Faculty-In- Charge of the Legal Aid Centre, Ms. M.V Chandramathi to resolve the dispute amicably.
Case 2: A. Anjaiah & A. Krishna. The case is of two brothers having a dispute over the land partition, and this was also tried to be resolved through mediation.
Two brothers resolving their land dispute through Mediation, Members of the family discussing over their family dispute Mrs.M.V.Chandramthi is the mediator and team Legal Aid Centre is observing the mediation Case 3: Husband- Pentaiah & Wife- Rukkamma. The couple has been married for eighteen years and has two sons through their marriage. Husband went for second marriage after the birth of their second son. It was an inter-caste love marriage. The husband stated that the wife belonged to a lower caste and hence married for the second time with a girl belonging to the same caste. He has two other children out of his second marriage. This issue could not be solved through mediation.
Case 4: Husband- Shekar and Wife Mounika. The couple got married four years ago, and it was a love marriage. And now they have a son. The wife is harassed by her husband and in-laws. The wife's mother was being crippled with their torturous blows on the head and private parts. This case was advised to proceed through appropriate legal procedures.
Shekar & Mounika trying to resolve their dispute through mediation
Thus, there were many such instances which came up for mediation. The follow-up campaign organised in Nandigama received an overwhelming response where an initiative was taken to hear and resolve the disputes between the parties.
57 First Visit to the Ranga Reddy District Court on 21stJuly, 2018
The main purpose of the visit was:
1. To get the Legal Aid Center of our collage afliated. 2. To nd out the procedure of afliation. 3. To enquire about the Legal Aid camps conducted and nd out all the major aspects of the Legal Aid awareness camps. 4. To get a better understanding of how mediation camps are conducted. 5. To enquire about the procedure for establishment of a panel of lawyers for mediation.
The team of the Legal Aid Centre met the superintendent Ms. Sunita. Upon enquiry of procedure of afliation, a letter-head was prepared regarding the same and addressed to the Chairperson and the Principal District Judge, District Legal Services Authority of Ranga Reddy court. It was found that regarding the Legal Aid camps conducted, their focus was on Sexual Abuse, Women's rights, Children's rights, Labour laws, Abuse of Drug and anti-ragging in colleges. The Legal Services Authorities suggested that an awareness camp on drug abuse would be held in the college.
Second Visit to the Ranga Reddy District Court on 21st August, 2018
This was a second visit to the court. The main purpose of the visit was a follow-up action and for a brief discussion of the events to be conducted in collaboration with the District Legal Services Authority.
Guidance was extended by Ms. Sunita who is the superintendent of the District Legal Services Authority, Ranga Reddy district. Extensive support from the DLSA with regards to events planned by Legal Aid Center was guaranteed. The support to be given was in the form of providing with the required resource persons and also permission to conduct the event in a particular locality/school or any other premises.
PARALEGAL VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAMME by District Legal Service Authority, on 26th- 28thSeptember, 2018
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad has always strived to provide free legal aid to all the needy in and around the vicinity of the campus. To further these interests, the Legal Aid Centre has been established, through which various legal aid initiatives could be taken up. However, a need for well-trained members, to carry on the activities more efciently and effectively, was felt. With the collaboration between the Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and the District Legal Services Authority under the aegis of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority has organised a Paralegal Volunteering Programme. This programme was open for all the citizens who wish to carry out the activities of the DLSA within its jurisdiction.
The students who attended the programme were: Deepa Karanam, Anusha Kulkarni, Devashree Gupta, Aishwarya Chevuturi, Aarti Krishnan, Nitya Tadakamalla, Shayan J. Bisney, Varun Ambati and K. Mukhendu Kaushik.
The students, during these three days, were briefed and taught the basics of the following laws, alongside the duties and responsibilities of paralegal volunteers under the authority of DLSA.
Day 1: 1. Basic Structure of Constitution by Dr. G. Vinod Kumar. 2. The Basics of Criminal Law by Dr H. Vijaya Lakshmi. 3. Legal Services Authorities Act and Role of Para Legal Volunteers by Sri Shaik Madar.
Day 2: 1. Law relating to family by Dr. B Jaipal Reddy. 2. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 by Smt. Sarala. 3. Senior Citizens Act, 2007 by Sri T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy. 4. Communication Skills by Smt. B Kavitha.
58 Day 3: 1. Labour Laws by Sri K Gopala Krishna Murthy. 2.Child Rights by Mr Sadiq.
The programme has benetted the attendees in the sense that all the laws that have a signicant impact on our daily lives have been summarised and articulated in a manner that felt satisfying and appealing.
At the end on Day 3, all the attendees were given a photo ID Paralegal Volunteers cards, by the Chief Guest, Smt Renuka Yara, Hon'ble Principal District Judge - cum- Chairperson, R.R, DLSA, valid for one year peiord.
“AVAGAHANA’18”: ‘Drug Abuse- A Social Disorder’? on 6th October, 2018
Panel Discussion, as a part of awareness program “AVAGAHANA'18” was organised on 6th October 2018 by the Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, on the theme, 'menace of drugs that plagues the Indian society and deliberate ways to tackle this problem'. Drug abuse is a dynamic problem with many faces. Thus it was felt that it was important to invite people from all walks of life and different professions in the panel discussion, so that, a wholesome idea about drugs and substance abuse could be created and established. The roots of Avagahana stem from the fact that today there is a problem of drug abuse in India, where the young school and college going kids are the most affected irrespective of generations. Taking into account almost 1500 college going children, the Legal Aid Cell of Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad took the initiative to conduct an awareness drive to understand the root cause of the menace and curb the same. Through the course of this panel discussion and the questions put forth to the panellists, the aim was to raise awareness on how professionals from various elds can deal with this issue. Knowledge related to drug abuse could help people from using these harmful and banned substances.
The Panel Discussion started with the 'lighting of the lamp' ceremony that marked the beginning of the event. Post this, the Faculty in charge – Dr. Anuradha Binnuri gave the welcome address.
The speakers for the panel were:
Dr. Akun Sabharwal (Civil Servant), a 2001 batch Indian Police Service Ofcer borne on the Telangana Cadre, presently Commissioner and Ex-ofcio Secretary of Civil Supplies, Controller of Legal Metrology and Director of Enforcement, Dept. of Prohibition and Excise. He initiated the crackdown on drugs in Hyderabad and has also been supporting the campaign “Say No to Drugs” to bring awareness on drug abuse especially in Educational Institutions. Dr.Akun Sabarwal shared a video of an emotional story about a young, disturbed girl of drug abuse. This allowed the crowd to think over and redirect upon the impact of drug abuse. This was perhaps the best start as it opened a world of possibilities for both the panellists and the crowd.
Dr. Purnima Nagaraja (Psychiatrist), a passionate psychiatrist, she combines conventional therapies such as drug therapies with unique counselling and psychotherapeutic techniques. She is the founder of Dhrithi, an institute that focuses primarily on individuals and various issues that confront them. Dr. Purnima elucidated on the larger perspective as to the reasons why the instant problem has become so rampant. She mentioned about the trauma that young minds face and further went on to discuss the topic at full length with Mr. Shree Rahul a Professor of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad who gave a legal standpoint on the same and his own opinion of the legal position as the legal background is very important.
K. Srinivas Reddy (Reddy (Journalist), one of the senior most journalists in Telangana State and the editor of a daily newspaper Telangana Today, gave an idea of the impact of media on young minds on drug abuse and how the media is also helpless in a few cases and said that these issues have to be discussed in a fresh manner.
Mrs. Rajeshwari Luther, the co-founder and director of Hope Trust a rehabilitation centre for addiction therapy, behavioural health, research and training was the moderator. She herself being a Doctor by profession and a part of various de-addiction service providers, gave her own professional opinion and personal experience which she has faced. She also shared her experiences with Dr. Akun Sabarwal in the recent cases of drug-busting in various schools of Hyderabad.
59 It was an unbiased, non-judgemental discussion which painted a true picture of the on-going scenario of drug abuse in the 21st century. It was an unbiased, non-judgemental discussion which painted a true picture of the on-going scenario of drug abuse in the 21st century. The students were also given an opportunity to ask their questions by chits so that they do not feel judged by their peers for a certain kind of question.
As the need was felt to engage students in this panel discussion, not only to nd their opinions but also to make them aware, as they are the most important stakeholders of drug abuse today, Poster Making and Article Writing Competitions were also held. The President of the Cell – Ms. Deepa Karanam proposed the Vote of thanks.
60 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC
AFFORESTATION DRIVE on 10th February, 2018 (Event organized by the members of the Environment Law Clinic on SYMINARET, 2018 at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad)
Environmental Law Clinic of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad was established with the motto of incorporating a sense of responsibility towards the environment among students and creating awareness about each person's individual responsibilities to contribute for the prevention of future degradation of the environment.
Participants of SYMINARET’18 planting sapling in the Campus
Towards accomplishing this noble aim students of the Environmental Clinic formed a publicity drive PECO, People for Environment Conservation. Under the auspices of PECO, the members of Environmental Law Clinic held an awareness programme on afforestation on the occasion of the rst Annual Fest of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, SYMINARET. The objective of the programme was to ensure concern and commitment towards the protection of Environment and promotion of Sustainable Development among the younger generations of the society; through conducting a plantation drive in the campus, as part of the activities of the Law Clinic.
About #PECO:
#PECO stands for People for Environmental Conservation is a campaign aimed at promoting environmentalism at the college level. It acts as a medium for networking among various colleges and institution to instil a sense of understanding in the colleges across India where their utilisation of resource and activities impacts the external environment. It aims at bringing about an acknowledgement amongst colleges regarding their crucial role in protecting the environment and to inculcate a sense of responsibility towards the Environment amongst students and staff of all colleges and to take steps towards the preservation of the same.
Objectives of the Afforestation drive:
Afforestation drive was one of the most innovative strategies to spread awareness and also build interest in environmental concerns. 20 fruit bearing and owering plant saplings were planted in various parts of the campus by the participants who have come to attend the fest invited from various colleges and the students and faculty of Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad. The objective behind this action was to facilitate them to plant a tree as a symbol of joining the environmental conservation initiative of #PECO and
61 to take back the evergreen idea of plantation with them to their college. Plantation of trees in the campus would also help in increasing the greenery of the campus, and it is also an initiative to save the sparrows of the area.
All the support for the initiative was offered by the Campus Administrator and the workers on the campus. As networking and publicising the #PECO objective was also one of the aims behind #PECO, the members of the Clinic distributed badges for the participants, faculty members, invitees as part of campaigning for #PECO, handmade placards and photo frames were also used for the same purpose.
Director, SLS-H planting a saplng in the campus Plantation by faculty members
#PECO initiative received an overwhelming response from the participants and Symbiosis fraternity. There was active participation from the students and faculty members in making the initiative a huge success. The students were motivated and hoped towards coming up with similar initiatives in the near future.
Members of the Environmental Law Clinic
62 Orientation Programme on Enivronmetnal Law- 15th February, 2018
Environmental Law Clinic of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad was established with the motto of incorporating a sense of responsibility towards the environment among students and creating awareness about each person's individual responsibilities to contribute to the prevention of future degradation of the environment. As the Clinic is in its nascent stage, an Orientation Programme was organised on 15th February 2018 to enlighten them on various environmental issues and their role in mitigating such issues. Prof. K. Purushotham Reddy, an eminent environmentalist, academician and development activist of India addressed the students.
Members of the Envronmental Law Clinic with Prof. K. Purushotham Reddy
Interaction with Prof. K. Purushotham Reddy
The orientation programme was scheduled for two hours, and Prof. K. Purushotham Reddy began his discussion by enlightening the members on the mishaps of industrialisation in America by giving a glimpse of the famous environmental science book written by Rachel Carson, “Silent Springs” which had documented the adverse effect of pesticide on the environment. He gave an insight into the activist role played by Miss. Carson which had led to the banning of DDT in most of the countries, thereby giving a message to the members of the Clinic that “Eternal vigilance is the price of democracy”. He further explained the circumstances leading to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972, otherwise known as Stockholm Convention and the role played by Indira Gandhi in the Conference. He also gave the students a brief outline of the laws existing in India passed after the Stockholm Conference for the protection of the human environment. He also emphasised the role played by Advocate M.C. Mehta and his experiences while collaborating with him in countering various issues on the environment.
63 Afforestation and Environmental Awareness Drive on 24th March, 2018
Teaching Staff of the School with Members of the Clinic Members of the Clinic interacting with the Students
The main purpose of the Environmental Law Clinic behind the programme was to make the students of the school aware of the Environmentalism. The members of the cell also introduced #PECO initiative which is an acronym for People for Environmental Conservation to the students of the school which is the brainchild of the cell. The main idea behind introducing the initiative was to inculcate the awareness in the students about their environment and the instrumental role they can play in its protection and to enlighten them with how they can save the Environment from degradation.
There were over 500 students, 20 teachers and 50 parents for the programme. The Members of the Environmental Law Clinic distributed plant seeds to the students from 5th class onwards till 10th class as a souvenir of the awareness gained about protecting the environment. The main idea behind the distribution of seeds was to drive home the idea of Environmentalism and to imbibe in their minds the protection and sustenance of Environment. The students understood the concepts that were taught to them on Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection and showed their Distribution of Seeds by the Members of the Clinic eagerness to plant the seeds that were distributed to them.
This drive received an overwhelming response from the students, teachers and the parents of the students as well as the people living nearby the school. The school authorities also appreciated the team efforts and encouraged them to undertake such drives in the future in their schools. The school authorities also encouraged the members of the Clinic to conduct such drives in other branches of their school. The event provided an opportunity for the members of the Clinic to realise its constituent objectives and to ourish the idea of #PECO beyond the campus of the Law School.
Ambiente-photography Competition on 9th July, 2018
On 9th July 2018, a photography competition –Ambiente, was conducted to try and reminisce the mesmerising quality nature had and capture this enchanting element in the form of pictures. The competition was mainly conducted to appreciate the beauty of nature and also the outlook of the person capturing it in his lens with his photography skills.
64 The event posters around the campus built enthusiasm among the students and on the day of event, the participation was surprisingly high. The photographs were to be submitted by mail to the Environmental Law Cell id by 12.00am. Around 20 submissions were made. Photographs of varied elements of nature of waterfalls, insects, migratory birds, simple yet intrinsic leaves and even pictures of the beautiful campus painted with fascinating colours of the sky were submitted.
Although it turned to be a tough call, the panellists who were unanimously chosen to be well-experienced and had a knack in photography and PR media (Ritwik Tandon and Tanmay Karmakar) selected the pictures that had best adhered to the guidelines of the event proposed and had an astonishing revelation of the Mother Nature in their picture.
The prizes for the winners were distributed.
Plantation Drive on 9th July, 2018
Every new beginning requires an amazing start. In order to blossom, the Environmental Law Clinic came up with the idea of a plantation drive, to acquaint the new batch to realise the actual meaning behind the word “Symbiosis” which means living in harmony with every other living being. This event was meant not only to instil a sense of responsibility towards the environment but also to make everyone in the SLSH campus feel at home.
On 9th July 2018 plantation drive was successfully carried out in the open ground near SCHC in Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad. Saplings of plants like jamun, guava, custard apple, pomegranate etc. were planted.
The main objective of a plantation drive doesn't only restrict to environmentalism but also the factor that every person has to take care of his/her surroundings and this can be achieved only when he/she is at peace with his/her surroundings. The main motto of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University is “Vasudeva Kutumbakam” which means “The world is one family” and a family should never forget the essence of the environment around them. This activity aims at bringing oneness, compassion, collaboration and togetherness among the members of this wonderful family, in turn, achieving fellowship with affection.
A photography competition was also organised on the following day of the plantation drive called AMBIENTE for students of all the batches, where they had to submit a photograph related to the environment. There was active participation from students of all the batches.
Ÿ 1. Ofciating Director- Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari as the Guest of Honour 2/3/4/5.Plantation by the students of batch 2018-23. 6. Plantation by faculties
65
LITERARY AND DEBATE CELL
‘MIC DROP’ An Open Mic Event On 13th July, 2018
The Literary and Debate cell of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad conducted an event on 13th July 2018 at the convention hall. The theme of the event was an Open Mic, named 'mic drop.' There was not, and limited scope for the same as one could come up with various themes and issues to recite poetry, enact a monologue, Slam poetry, Stand-up comedy and whatsoever comes under the domain of literature. The language for the same was set to English and Hindi.
For the event, the total number of registration was 17. The participants showcased a variant arena of literature and social issue with much velour and sparkle. The event lasted for 50 minutes, and the winners were Aarsheya Singh and Anubhoothi Sharma. The winners were credited by a memento and certicate of Merit, by Prof. V Sudhakar from the English and Foreign Languages University who was invited as a guest to grace the occasion.
Writing Competition on 11th of July, 2018
The Literary and Debate cell of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad conducted Writing competition in three genres, i.e., poetry, essays and short stories. All the entries for these genres are sought to be sent to [email protected]. This event was wholly an online based assignment wherein the students of Symbiosis Law School could forward their literary works in the three given arenas. The theme of the three genres was well dened and mentioned in the guidelines that was forwarded to all the batches through a bulk mail on 7th of July '2018. The theme for the essay writing was any contemporary issue, to which one could relate to in the present world. Likewise, for short stories, it was any social issue, and for poetry, it was any human emotion. The deadline for these submissions was kept as 11th of July '2018 until 11:59 p.m.
At the count of the eleventh hour, the total number of entries for poems was 30, for essays 28 and for short stories was 17. Upon receipt of these entries, the scrutiny committee of the cell was set up to blindly review the entries at the earliest. The blind peer review committee consisted of Ms. Margdwitee, Ms. Nikita Samdariya, Mr. Pulkit Dubey, Mr. Joby Noble, Mr. Navneet Dogra, Mr. Sudhanshu Satalkar, Ms. Shivani Srivastava, Ms. Chitra Loungani, Ms. Sharbani Mahapatra, Ms. Saumya Kapoor, Ms, Divyanshi Tahiliani, Ms. Aditi Khullar and Ms. Pravalika Balaram. Further, there was a double-blind peer review wherein the best among the rest was nalised for each genre and accordingly the winners for the best entries were declared.
The winners of the writing competition were:
POETRY: First prize - Marisinetra Shradha Akunuri Second prize - Amulya Anil
ESSAY: First prize - Laasya Pemmaraju Second prize - Dylan Sharma
SHORT STORIES: First prize - Arjun Mohan Second prize - Thirivikram
The winners of the writing competition were honoured by Prof. Sudhakar from The English and Foreign Languages University on 13th of July '2018. As winners, they received a memento, a certicate of credit and a certicate of participation. The other participants also received certicates of participation according to the genre they had sent entries.
The entries to the writing competition showcased the writing enthusiasts among us ranging from the shadowed emotions of individuals to the contemporary legal issues of the world. The variety of events proved
66 to bring forward these noble literates on our campus. They received such a platform to nurture their skills and write for the love of literature.
Though they are enrolled in a law school the basic interest or one's passion is something which is very different, and it stays with him/her as long as they breathe.
Participants at the 'MIC DROP', Competition
Professor V. Sudhakar from The English and Foreign Languages University and Mr. B. Srinivas, Faculty In- Charge, awarding the prizes to the Winners.
First Prize: Aarsheya Singh Second Prize: Anubhoothi Sharma
1. Marisinetra Shradha Akunuri, rst prize winner of poetry writing. 2. Amulya Anil, Second prize winner of Poetry Writing 3. Lasya Pemmaraju, rst Prize winner of Essay writing 4. Arjun Mohan, rst Prize Winner of Story Writing 5. Trivikram, second prize winner of Story Writing
67 MOSAIC 2018 on 21stand 22ndof August, 2018
The Literary and Debate cell of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad conducted its annual event Mosaic-2018 in three genres, i.e., submissions of Paintings, Quiz Competition, Painting, Face painting Competition, Photography Competition and Asia Parliamentary Debate. The said events were held on 21st and 22nd of August 2018 where the students of Symbiosis law School came forward to showcase their debating skills and creative thoughts through painting and photography. The theme of the three genres was well dened and mentioned in the guidelines. The theme for painting and face painting was related 'any contemporary issue' to which the artist could co-relate and produce a message to the viewer, to which one could relate it to the present world.
For Quiz Competition, held on 21st of August, it was based on Pop- culture, i.e., the involvement of popular T.V series among Game of Thrones, Sacred Games, Friends, Star Wars and Harry Potter. There were four rounds for the quiz namely, pen-paper test which had 15 questions in three sets for all the 28 teams registered. Then the rst four qualifying teams went through Buzzer round, Audio-visual round and Rapid re round. Finally, the winners were declared. On the same day simultaneously the Face painting competition was also held. Five artists had registered for the same, and each one had been assigned with a Photographer to cover the same artist and model for the day. Later in these photographers had to produce a theme to the artist and through their shutterbugs, the best clicks had to be presented to the cell the very next day. The judges for face painting were Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Associate Professor and Dr. Rajinikant, Assistant Professor.
On 22nd the Asian Parliamentary Debate was conducted where 7 teams (registered) and one dummy team competed with one of these teams over two pending bills, i.e., Triple Talaq bill and 123rd amendment bill of Constitution, one for the 1st round and later one for the nal round. The judges for the same were Prof. Priyanka, Prof. Pankaj Umbedkar, Prof. Dhanya, Prof. Ganesh and Prof. Satyanarayanaa. All the painting competitions and the submitted photographs were judged by Dr. Srinivas Bandameedi the faculty - in-charge.
WINNERS OF THE EVENTS: Face Painting: First Prize- Rachel Mary Johnson and Shriya : Cash prize-Rs. 600 Second Prize- Namrata Bhowmik and Diya Mal: Cash Prize-Rs. 400 Quiz: Sudarsan Stalker and Kshitij Karn : Cash prize- Rs. 1000 Asian Parliamentary Debate: Sharanya Sinha, Laxmi Menon, Siddharth Mitra : Cash Prize- Rs. 1500
A GLIMPSE OF THE EVENTS :Face Painting
68 CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
3rd NATIONAL ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION on “CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN INDIA”in January, 2018
Centre for Human Rights is committed to develop an understanding of the Human Rights in students. The main objective of the centre is to make students instrumental and champion the cause of Human Rights. Centre for Human Rights with an intent to achieve its objectives conducted a 3rd National Level Essay Writing Competition on the theme of “Contemporary Human Rights Issues in India” in January 2018. The theme was divided into 16 major sub-themes such as Human Rights of persons with disabilities, Gender Justice and Human Rights, Vulnerability faced by the old age people, Women's rights, Rights of Minorities and so on.
The information pertaining to the competition was spread in the social media in December, 2018. The overall response was overwhelming; around 300 essays were received from across the country from various law schools. In order to maintain transparency in the process, the essays were scrutinised by an external faculty. They were checked for plagiarism tests and the word count was taken into account. The originality of each essay was highly appreciated and the ones which were effective enough in conveying the author's ideas well were ranked the best compared to others.
There was a tough competition between the participants and the names of the winners were announced through social media. We had three winners namely, Phalguni Mahapatra from Hidayadullah National Law University, Raipur; Aditi Chopra from Amity Law School, New Delhi and A.K. Neslin from NUALS, Kochi, who secured the rst, second and third position respectively. They were awarded a cash prize of Rs.5000, Rs.3000 and Rs.2000 respectively in order of their merit. A majority of the lot chose to write on the gender issues along with the rights of the women in the present era. Each participant was awarded a participation cum appreciation certicate, to motivate them in the eld of writing. Alongside a few best essays have been decided to be published after undergoing the necessary changes.
DATA PROTECTION FRAMEWORK IN INDIA
India lacks behind in having a proper statute to recognize data protection laws and protection of personal data. Recently, the Government of India had set up a Committee of Experts to study various issues relating to data protection in India and formulate specic suggestions on principles underlying a data protection bill and draft such a bill. The primary objective was to ensure the growth of the digital economy while keeping personal data of citizens secured and protected. Therefore, to curb the issues related to the same, a White Paper was drafted to welcome public comments on how a data protection law must be framed.
69 Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with International Law Advancement Centre, to answer the questions provided by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology through their White Paper on Data Protection framework for India (attached below), inviting public comments, organised a group discussion on 23rd January 2018. The event was divided into four folds of discussion- 1. context Setting, 2.Cross Border Flow of Data, 3.Consent and 4.Right to be forgotten. The majority of the participants were of the view that the three basic things that should be checked are the consent of the party whose information is being sent, measures must be taken to safeguard the data being sent, and penalty should be imposed in case misused.
The active participation of the students, as well as the resource person, concluded that even if data protection laws are created, there should be a framework where there is a balance between privacy and public interest. To draft the legislation, it is imperative to understand how the technology works. Concerning data protection, only then it can be equipped to regulate the whole process. Once equipped, it will be easier to understand and draft legislation pertaining to the concerned issue or dispute.
The discussion was brought on to the paper and recommendations were duly sent to the concerned authorities.
INAUGRAL CEREMONY: 14TH JULY, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights had taken its form in January, 2018. However, to give it a formal beginning, the Centre was inaugurated on 14th July, 2018. Honourable Justice A. Rajasekhar Rahu, Judge of the High Court of Judicature Hyderabad and Ms. G. Rosy, founder, Sankalp Foundation were the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour respectively.
As a part of the Symbiosis culture, the ceremony began with the lighting of the lamp by both the guests along with the Ofciating Director, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari and the Head of the Centre for Human Rights, Professor Ahmar Afaq. The welcome address was given by the Ofciating Director, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari followed by the felicitation of the guests. The most awaited moment came with the formal inauguration of the Centre by the unveiling of the curtain of the marble shield.
Speaking on this occasion, Ms. G Rosy spoke about her struggle in life and how her father used to tell his daughters, to be like Mother Teresa. And these very words inspired her to take up this profession. Today, she operates a full-edged orphanage with about 2000 children being a part of it. Apart from this she runs school imparting primary education to all the needy children. Her inspiring words touched the hearts of many in the audience. The Honourable Justice, A. Rajasekhar Rahu, spoke about the importance of Human rights in the day to day. He quoted a few cases decided by the Honourable Supreme Court, throwing light upon the importance of Human Rights and how to invoke the same amidst the Indian society. Both the guests wished the Centre good luck, hoping that it would reach greater heights and leave an imprint behind.
70 The objectives of the centre, to the student community were addressed by the Head of the Centre for Human Rights, Professor Ahmar Afaq. He began with a 'couplet'; “Mata e loh qalam chin gye to kya ghum hai, ki khoon a dil me duba di hain ungliyan meine, zaban par mohar lagi hai ki kya ki rakhdi hai, har ek halqa e zanjeer me zabaan meine…” Meaning if they snatch my ink and pen, I shouldn't complain for I have dipped my ngers in blood of my heart, if they seal my tongue I shouldn't complain for I have a tongue ready to speak for each ring in my chain. He expressed his sorrow over the ongoing issues in Syria and the desire to be changed. His words came from the very bottom of his heart and were meant to leave an embark on the student community. He is a leader of a kind who doesn't say follow me but come along, and that exactly how he manages to take his team along. He then introduced his team to the audience. To motivate the young mooters, the winners and the outstanding performers of the Zenith, 2018 were given a token of appreciation for their outstanding performance. A perfect start should have its end; the vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Rengasamy Stalin. His words were an expression of how proud he was to be a part of an event and the stood as a guarantee for all, that the team shall full the promises it has made. He assured the audience as to how the team had already building blocks. The program was concluded by the National Anthem.
71 A Visit to Rohingya Camp on 15th August, 2018
On the 15th of August, 2018 a visit was made to the Rohingya Camp by the team of the Centre for Human Rights consisting of three students and a professor of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad along with Dr Richards, an Associate Professor at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, to Balapur area in Telangana. The place is a home to almost 28 Rohingya refugee camp and the aim was to study their condition and to come up with suggestions and solutions. The habitat of the camp were facing problems of sanitation, improper cooking conditions, medical, unemployment and some other crisis. They also voiced their opinion about the conditions in Myanmar and traced the way the government took away their citizenship.
The Rohingya Refugee camp is situated in Balapur which is under Cyberabad district of Hyderabad. The visit was made on the 15th August, 2018, the contact person who helped to locate the camp was Mohammad Faiyaz, a businessman who is closely associated with the Rohingya camp in Balapur. The group consisted of Mr. Ahmar Afaq, a law faculty at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and also the faculty in charge of Centre for Human Rights, Dr. George Richards an Associate Professor at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Rupal Chawal a second year student of SLSH and also a member of CHR, Priyanshee Peeyush a fourth year student and Monalisa Mukherjee a fourth year student.
According to Myanmar state reports, on 9 October 2016, armed individuals attacked several border police posts in Rakhine State, leaving nine police personnel dead. Weapons and ammunitions were also looted. The attack took place mainly in Maungdaw Township.A newly formed insurgent group, Harakah al-Yaqin, claimed responsibility a week later.
On 3rd February 2017, the Ofce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report based on interviews with more than 200 Rohingya refugees, which said that the abuses included gang-rape, mass killing, including children. The army and police were stated to have burned "homes, schools, markets, shops, and mosques" belonging to or used by the Rohingya people. An estimated 92,000 Rohingya people had been displaced because of the violence in January 2017 around 65,000 had ed from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh between October 2016 and January 2017, while 23,000 others had been internally displaced. On 14thAugust 2017 India announced that it was to deport an estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees including 14,000 of those registered with the U.N. refugee agency as well. In the months leading to the announcement, a string of anti-Rohingya protests had been held in the country.
The Rohingya Refugee camp is situated in Balapur which is under Cyberabad district of Hyderabad. The visit was made on the 15th August, 2018, the contact person who helped to locate the camp and have an insight about the same was Mohammad Faiyaz, a businessman who is closely associated with the Rohingya camp in Balapur. The group consisted of Mr. Ahmar Afaq, a law professor at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and also the headperson of Centre for Human Rights, Dr. George Richards an Associate Professor at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Rupal Chawal a second year student of SLSH and also a member of CHR, Priyanshee Peeyush a fourth year student and Monalisa Mukherjee a fourth year student.
Mr. Mohammad Faiyaz directed the way to the camp, the rst camp was placed near a local restaurant named Diamond Hotel and it was mutually decided to visit it at last, the camp which was rst entered was Camp No 20. Mr. Mohammad Faiyaz contacted the guide of the camps, Mohammad Taha to come and guide, while Monalisa Mukherjee communicated with a boy in his early twenties in Bengali, while Mr. Ahmar, Dr Richards, Priyanshee and Rupal too communicated in Hindi language.
The observations made in this camp were that they were built shadily with the help of plastic and the doors were brought from a market in Hyderabad for amount of Rs.400, a family of ve to eight resided in each house, the electricity was not provided to them, the water for domestic use was two tanks that was established in front of the camp by some other helpers who had previously come to inspect the camp, the drinking water howsoever still have to be brought by them at the cost of Rs.10, the barrel was big enough to provide water for one family a day but on drinking it was found that the water was semi ltered. The bathroom was just covered in plastic and was of such poor conditions that one member needs to guide the other who is using the washroom, the sewage was of an open system and the sewage sludge had occupied a part of the trodden road. Some other observations were that there was no medical aid provided to them, they had to pay for their own
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The homes they build with plastic, wood and clothes.
Mr Ahmar and Dr. Richards along with Mohammad Taha inspecting the camps that are built
Sewage system in the camps
Common washroom used for 32 families without proper walls
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The one in light blue shirt with shades on his head is Mohammad Faiyaz.
Mr Ahmar and Dr Richards having a conversation with the refugees Mr. Ahmar, Dr. Richards and Rupal Chawal posing with the children
Mr. Ahmar, Dr. Richards, Rupal Chawal, Priyanshee Peeyush and Monalisa Mukherjee
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The sewage overowing in the streets in front of the street
The identities provided to them by the Myanmar government.
The refugee card provided by UNCHR.
The earthen oven used for cooking purpose The boy diagnosed with defect in his eyes
75 INTERNATIONAL LAW ADVANCEMENT CENTRE
STATUTE- REBOOT on 23rd- 24th July, 2018
Statute- Reboot was organised by the International Law Advancement Centre [ILAC] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad from 23rd to 24th July 2018. The event received an overwhelming 20 registrations, from all batches of 2018-23, 2017-22, 2016-21, and 2015-20. On 23rd July 2018, teams were called for an Orientation Programme, where the rules of the competition were explained. Following the orientation, the teams were allotted time slots by way of Draw of Lots.
On 24th July 2018 the competition was divided into two sessions, namely, Morning Session and Afternoon Session. Dr. Rengaswamy Stalin, Assistant Professor & Convenor, Event Management Committee, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, gave an, indeed, inspiring message to the participants. He shared his experiences of the last few years which were, for sure, enriching and moving. He then concluded by congratulating the entire team of ILAC for the original idea of this event. The teams then were given time for preparation.
Tthe Afternoon Session welcomed the judges to Classroom 127, where the rounds were held. Members of ILAC escorted the judges to the classroom. The judges of the panel were: a. Mrs. Ambrina Khan, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad b. Mr. Ahmar Afaq, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad c. Mr. Shree Rahul, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
The sessions began, and the teams gave their presentations on either one of the following International Statutes: a. UN Charter b. Geneva Convention Protocol I c. Kyoto Protocol
The teams presented their ideas, and amendments to the chosen statute by way of articles, PowerPoint presentations, skits, among other modes. The judges' questioned the participants on the various points raised by them. The judges' were happy with the overall performance of all teams. The sessions were a learning experience for the participants.
The participants and judges' appreciated the idea and complimented the same as interesting, creative and one of its kind.
76 The competition witnessed some neck to neck performances. Nevertheless, it resulted in two distinct winners, grabbing the 1st and 2nd Positions.
After the declaration of result, Miss. Madurita Parwani, President of ILAC offered vote of thanks. She thanked the SLSH administration, event management team for making arrangement within a short span of time. She owed her thanks to the Ofciating Director for his kind support for the success of this event. Last but not least, the event summed up with the aspiration of forthcoming events by ILAC.
THE CENTRE FOR SPECIALIZATION IN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION (CSBI)
THE ASYMMETRIC SHOCK – 2018 on 3rd and 4th March, 2018
The First Model World Economic Forum
A National Event
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organisation committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. It is headquartered in Geneva.
About ‘The Asymmetric Shock’?
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad campus conducted 'The Asymmetric Shock- 2018' which is the First Model World Economic Forum, that seeks to replicate the proceedings of the World Economic Forum to tap into the potential of young and exuberant student minds to reect on current socio-political and economic issues pressing the globe.
The Asymmetric Shock summarizes the happening of an unexpected event, which would act as a crisis simulation. It hopes to encourage international macroeconomic understanding amongst the participants, and improve their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
77 The participants have been allotted proles of different pharmaceutical and energy companies, which would debate and deliberate on an agenda that would affect the global economy, as well as global politics to a great extent. The participants shall represent different industries/industrial sectors of the economy/individual companies, and debate, for the best interests of their industry/ies as well as business- (For instance, energy companies, along with pharmaceutical giants form an integral part of the changing global scenario in terms of the environment, as well as the distribution of resources across the world). Business know-how, Environment consciousness, coupled with wholesome market research would be the key to solving the crisis.
Reason behind calling it ‘Asymmetric Shock’?
Asymmetric shock denotes any change in the microeconomic conditions affecting different parts of the country/world differently. This is often mentioned as a source of difculty for countries that share a common currency, (for example, Euro Zone or any other commonality).
The event extended over a period of two days with a total of four sessions, each of about 2-3 hours. Each session was presided over by a Moderator. There were two sessions of Committees on the rst day. The rst session commenced with an inauguration ceremony followed by a brieng session. It was an open caucus which was an open discussion. The second session involved discussion on the agenda provided.
The second day also had two sessions of the Committees. The third session was a detailed discussion based on the agenda provided. The fourth session was the concluding session.
The end of the second day was marked by the valedictory ceremony. All the participants received Participating Certicates, and the winners received Certicates of Appreciation, along with cash prizes.
About the Event:
A Background Guide was given to the participants on “Impact of Waste Management on Renewable and Non- renewable Energy” and was necessary that Research Methodology was to be adopted.
The delegates have been allotted proles of different pharmaceutical and energy companies, to debate and deliberate on an agenda that would affect the global economy, as well as to a great extent global politics. The allotted delegates were expected to represent, and debate, for the best interests of their industry as well as business- as energy companies, along with pharmaceutical giants form an integral part of the changing global scenario in terms of the environment, and the distribution of resources across the world. Entrepreneurship values, as well as wholesome research, would be the key to solving the crisis situation.
Firstly, by no means must this background guide was to be associated with the entirety of research to be done. This document was purely for reference. Any and every aspect of the committee's working and purpose was outlined in this background guide, for the 2 days. The research was to be analytical; statistics are appreciated much more than opinion, and there is nothing like statistics with one's opinion. This agenda required in- depth understanding of a country's economy, and therefore concepts like employment, marginal analysis and macro-economic policy to be mandatorily understood.
Proceedings of the Event:
Dr. Ashok Pankaj was the Chief- Guest of the event. The day, 3rd March 2018 started with the welcome address by Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari, Deputy Director, by welcoming the Chief-Guest Dr. Ashok Pankaj, Director and Professor of Center for Social Development, New Delhi, followed by lighting of the lamp by the Deputy Director, the Chief Guest and Dr. Prageetha G. Raju, Faculty In charge, CSBI and the President and Vice-President of C.S.B.I.
Dr. Ashok Pankaj, the Director of Council for Social Development, explained the rationale behind adopting the term – Asymmetric shock and the origins of the same. His illustrative and elaborate speech shed light on the important aspects that needed considerable discussion and debate for a sustainable future. He also laid
78 down the road map for the possible discussions at the forum. This gave the delegates a clear idea about the challenges they had to deal with, and they were all motivated to tackle the problems head on. With these words of inspiration. Dr. Ashok Pankaj declared the conference open.
Students of CSBI cell with the Chief Guest, Dr. Ashok Pankaj, Deputy Director, Dr. Sukhvinder S Dari, and Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Faculty Incharge, CSBI
Chief Guest, Dr. Ashok Pankaj addressing the gathering
Professor S. Indrakant, presently holding RBI Chair Professorship at Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad since February 2013 was the Chief Guest for the valedictory function on 4th March 2018.
The forum kicked off with Pzer opening the General Speakers List. The delegate educated the forum as to how their company was the forerunner of mass production of penicillin and how they efciently dealt with the waste that was generated. Immediately after this, Mitsubishi put forth their efcient technologies that were changing the world for the better. Mitsubishi is a leader in solar, wind and thermal power generators. When asked about how they were dealing with the waste generated under such circumstances, they put forth an impressive list of techniques that they deployed at their plants. When enquired about their techniques to control the nano-materials however, they did not have a reply. The other companies such as Merck and Galaxo Smith and Cline also put forth their innovative ways to deal with the waste generated in their operations.
79 Moderated Caucus1:Agenda – “Waste Management Techniques used in Renewable Energy” – Proposed and passed by Mitsubishi, total time period of 10 minutes, with each individual speaker getting 1 minute. This was the rst moderated caucus that was passed by the forum. Although companies such as Mitsubishi, Gold Corp, Merck, Galaxo, Tata Sons, Aker, Electrobras pretty much supplemented each other's statements, it is really interesting to see how Siemens dealt with the current agenda. They spoke of how private entities should also step in to collect municipal solid wastes. The term municipal solid waste was used by the company over and over again. When it was pointed out that the functions that they were proposing were beyond the purview of their scope of operations as directed by their objects clause of the company, the representatives of the company took to questioning the credibility of the press in posing them such questions. Not typical for a company of such repute to carry themselves in such a fashion!
With this, the rst moderated caucus came to an end, and the forum reverted to the general speakers' list which was taken forward by Aker and Electrobras where the representatives stated the need for the companies to aim for sustainable growth.
Moderated Caucus2: 3 agendas proposed by Siemens, Mitsubishi and Lukoil respectively. Status – all the motions fail. When all the motions failed, and the discussion was reverted to the General Speakers List, the Executive Board expressed their disappointment with the attitude of the forum. They urged the companies to look into and address the issues that the world was facing.
With the above words of advice in mind, the companies Merck and Gold Corp spoke of how techniques such as recycling go a long way in waste reduction and control. Merck did put forth that in 2016, the waste that they generated dropped from 30% to 49% and this was possible through a simple and a 'not so new technique' which was strict adherence to waste segregation.
Moderated Caucus 3: Agenda – “Sustainable Development in the climate, water and biodiversity” – Proposed and passed by Astrazeneca, total time period of 10 minutes, with each individual speaker getting 1 minute.
This informal debate saw healthy participation from Gold Corp, SR Oil, Aker, Lukoil, Mitsubishi, Merck, Seimens, AstraZeneca and Aker where the companies urged for the progression towards adhering to economic, social and environmental principles to achieve sustainable growth. They illustrated how all the companies are responsible for the waste generated and how they must shoulder the responsibility to dispose the waste so generated. Post this, the forum took to the tea break where the representatives, quite responsibly deliberated the fate of the world in terms of waste management over tea. It was evident that there were quite a lot of innovative solutions that were brewing.
Knowing exactly what they wanted, immediately after tea, the forum unanimously passes a motion.
80 Moderated Caucus 4 : Agenda – “Emergence from Waste to Energy” – Proposed and passed by Galaxo, total time period of 10 minutes, with each individual speaker getting 1 minute.
Galaxo was the rst speaker where the representatives spoke of thermal and non – thermal strategies, gasication processes, anaerobic and physiochemical technologies for waste digestion. With a lot of other companies pitching in their ideas, the ABB and Gold Corp nodded in agreement with the techniques presented by Galaxo. Galaxo leads the post break session.
Crisis! - Epidemic due to contaminated and stagnant water resulting out of improper waste management.
Just when the day was coming to an end, the representatives were asked to deal with a crisis of an epidemic which erupted due to improper waste management. Whilst the remaining few mins of the committee time was used by the companies, trying to settle a debate between moral implications and protable actions, Pzer comes forward with a statement from their CEO stating that they were already in talks with various affected governments and urged for all the pharma-companies to come together to share Intel and solve the problem at hand at the earliest. Seeking more clarications from their CEO and urging the forum to come up with efcient and immediate solutions, the board adjourns the meeting to the 4th of March, 2018. Things still remain unclear and tense.
The second day, 4th March was the day of the conclusion of the event. The sessions got completed before lunch, and the valedictory ceremony began. Dr. S. Indrakant, RBI Chair Professor from Council for Social Development, Hyderabad was invited as the Chief Guest and was requested to give away the prizes for the winners. He addressed the students about world economic crises plaguing the world and the role young citizens and that too lawyers need to play to address them. The session ended with vote of thanks by Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Faculty in charge, CSBI and everyone proceeded for lunch.
Dr. Indrankant S giving away the prizes to the winners
81 Peer to Peer Discussion (p2p) on 25th July 2018 Artical Intellignce: With Specic Reference To Cambridge Analytica
The second session of the Peer to Peer sessions by the Centre for Specialisation in Business and Innovation was conducted on the 25th of July, 2018 at the Moot Court Hall. The session was conducted through the format of informal talk and revolved around the theme of “Articial Intelligence: With Specic Reference to Cambridge Analytica”. The speaker was Tanmay Rai, of the 2015-2020 batch. The talk revolved around major aspects of the concept of articial intelligence, and how it played a role in the Cambridge Analytica Data Leak. The session had 25 to 30 students, all of whom actively participated in the discussion. The speaker was chosen based on voluntary interest, and an abstract submitted by him regarding the topic. The centre received a positive response from the 2018-23 batch, this time coupled with the 2016-21 batch as well. The students were required to read upon the concept of articial intelligence, privacy and the meaning it bears, and how a potential data leak is not only a threat to privacy but also being used as a political tool around the world.
The speaker took up various practical examples from around the world, such as the online presence of the ISIS, the USA elections and Brexit. He pointed out how in each of these cases, the usage of data and online simulation swayed the decision, and delved into the concept of psycho-graphic manipulation as well. He was encountered with a variety of questions, disagreements and speculations from the audience, much of which only presented more points to explore. The purpose of the peer to peer sessions have always been to encourage discussion, dissent, debate and opinion sharing.
This session saw rigorous participation from the audience, and a passion towards truly understanding the concept of the web, and the privacy agreements that we all unknowingly enter into with social media giants, applications and the Government itself. The aim of the session was also to engage people to participate in the discussion of the nexus between the political and social environment and how it is affected by privacy, data leaks and false information., and how dangerous all of these are when put together. The speaker specically referred to the concepts of information authenticity, especially the spread of online information and news, and how the political sphere slowly might defeat the purpose for which articial intelligence was developed.
The students who participated provided the centre with valuable and constructive feedback. The event was pleasant, informative and achieved the entire objective of peer to peer learning.
INTERACTION WITH THE SPORTS AUTHORITY OF TELANGANA STATE (SATS)
The Centre for Specialisation in Business and Innovation (C.S.B.I) was glad to have had a productive interaction with the Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS). The student members along with the research associates met the MD and VC, Sri. A Dinakar Babu, IAS, who was receptive and supportive towards the idea of cooperating with the centre for its research initiative- Envision: A Way of Sports for Telangana. Through this initiative, the centre aims to create a concrete policy approach to improving the sporting culture of the state of Telangana.
82 CONCURRENCE on 14th August, 2018
MARKETING v LAW
'Concurrence: Marketing v Law' an event, the rst of its kind by The Centre for Specialization in Business and Innovation was conducted on the 14th of August, 2018. The event revolved around the concept of competition between teams, which required the skills of diplomacy and negotiation.
A total of 16 teams participated in the event, and each team consisted of two people, playing the role of either a lawyer or a business development manager which they could choose upon their discretion. However, interestingly the event was formatted as such that no team would be in the same room together. They were to be seated in different rooms against the legal counsel/business development manager of the other team. One would normally think that the strategy to be adopted would be “to be against the opposition” since they were essentially not your team. That was most certainly not the case because the business development manager and the lawyer would need to listen carefully to the other's stance, regarding the viability of airing a controversial advertisement and come to a mutual agreement that was the best suited for the company in question within a timeframe of 20 minutes.
To judge the performances of each student and the pair in question within a room, the cell cordially invited 8 faculty members from the college. There were 2 judges present in each of the 4 rooms. Observably, many of the judges were keen in offering their opinions and asking questions rhetorically, while the discussion was in progress and thus resulting in a more interactive negotiation between the pair. It was also pleasant to note the conversation between the participants and judges, post the discussion, where the judges provided their constructive feedback to each student. The judges were also quite appreciative with regards to the organizing and the concept of the event.
P2P: 22ndAugust 2018
Semester Exchange Programme
The third session of the Peer to Peer Session by the CSBI was conducted on the 22nd of August, 2018 at the Assembly Hall at 9 PM. The session was in the form of an informal talk by the speakers who spoke about their experiences in the Semester Exchange Programme that they had participated in Spain. Around 30 students attended the session.
Their talk revolved around the Erasmus (short for European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) Programme in Europe which provides opportunities for students to study or gain work experience in a different European Country while completing a degree. They spoke on the course curriculum that is followed in the European Universities, their teaching plan, study schedule, internships, part-time jobs, examination pattern and social life in the university that is arranged for, by the university.
They also spoke about the difculties and hurdles that they had undergone being alone in an absolutely different country who majorly converse in Spanish & a little bit of English. Also, how important it is to have
83 complete background research & having everything else, as in, Visa, passport, ight tickets ready before returning forth into the world that lay ahead.
All work & no play makes Jack a dull boy. They implicitly emphasized on this point by sharing with gathering about the trips to Madrid and other places where they enjoyed during long weekends. Also, they enlightened the crowd about the popular delicacies that are a must try if one is visiting Spain or any other European nation.
The students who participated in the session developed a keen interest in going for a semester exchange program as and when the opportunity arises. The guidance that was provided by the speakers were very much appreciated and valued by the gathering as it was both fun as well as informative.
The session ended on a good note & achieved the objectives of not only peer to peer learning but also made way for the upcoming peer to peer sessions.
MOCK IPL AUCTION on 27th August 2018
Mock IPL Auction is the third edition of the popular and loved mock auction organised by Centre for Specialisation in Business Innovation (CSBI) of Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad. The event was organised on 27th August. The governing council meet was conducted prior to the commencement of the IPL Auction.. The venue was the Convention Hall of SLSH.
The Governing Council Meet was conducted with 11 participants. The agenda of the meet was to discuss and elaborate the various commercial aspects related to the IPL Auction.
Each team consisted of 8 members. The nal round was simulated in the same manner as the real IPL Auction is conducted. Various player proles were displayed with their base price and each player was bid upon.
The winning team was awarded a cash prize of Rs.2000 and certicates of merit. The team 'Delhi Daredevils' was adjudged as the winner.
The event was a grand success and brought in participation from various batches of SLSH. It was a fun and innovative way for students to learn the concept of budget handling as nance management is a crucial part of any career. It helped students develop business-minded thinking and also showcase their love for the sport.
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CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Certicate Course on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms on February 17th and 18th, 2018
The resolution of dispute forms a large part of Justice delivery system. India has a long tradition of resolving disputes through ADR methods viz. Nyaya Panchayat System. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) allows parties in conict to resolve their issue before going to court for ling a lawsuit. It also aims at providing a mutually benecial conclusion. At present, there are about 30 million cases pending in Indian Courts and various enactments like Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 2015, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and recognition of Lok Adalats by Legal Services Authority Act, 1987, aims to counter the situation. The need of the hour is to create awareness of ADR methods among Students and Professionals.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
The main objectives of the course are: To create awareness among students about ADR methods. To understand the primary Dispute Resolution Process and functions of various ADR mechanisms. To explain the strength and weakness of various ADR methods. To provide a platform for deliberations and discussion related to ADR. Describe and compare various legal implication of each method.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY:
The course aims to introduce students to Alternative Dispute Resolution/ Negotiation and Conict Resolution, i.e. Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation along with Negotiation. It aims to cover the existing Laws on the subject and nding lacunae in the current legal framework.
RESOURCE PERSON(S)
MR. ANISH WADIA : Mr. Anish Wadia, MCI Arb, an experienced lawyer in India, England and Wales (incl. the Supreme Court), and a Solicitor Advocate - Dubai viz. the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has been invited as the resource person. He is the rst Indian lawyer to be accredited as a Tribunal Secretary (in International Arbitration) by the HKIAC as well as the rst Indian to be admitted to the Solicitors' Association of Higher Court Advocates (SAHCA), U.K.
Mr. RAJIV NAIK : Mr. Rajiv Naik, an independent counsel, practising on the original side of the Bombay High Court with a focus on domestic and international arbitrations was invited as the 2nd resource person.
Mr. ARJUN NATARAJAN : Arjun Natarajan, a Delhi/NCR based litigator, was invited as the 3rd resource person. He is one of the rst persons in India to have been empanelled with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, as an expert in mediation & conciliation, who has successfully undergone training in mediation or conciliation as per Rule 4 (i) of Companies (Mediation and Conciliation) Rules, 2016. As part of the training programme, certain rules and regulations were laid down.
85 One–dayworkshop On Alternative Dispute Resolution On March 30th, 2018
BACKDROP
The resolution of dispute forms a large part of Justice delivery system. India has a long tradition of resolving disputes through ADR methods viz. Nyaya Panchayat System. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) allows parties in conict to resolve their issue before going to court for ling a lawsuit. It also aims at providing a mutually benecial conclusion. As the need of the hour is to create awareness of ADR methods among Students and Professionals. A one day workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms was organised by the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution under the able assistance of Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, Faculty Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.
OBJECTIVE
• The main objectives of the workshop were: • To create awareness among students to ADR methods. • To understand the primary Dispute Resolution Process and functions of various ADR mechanisms. • To explain the strength and weakness of various ADR methods. • To provide a platform for deliberations and discussion related to ADR. • Describe and compare various legal implication of each method.
RESOURCE PERSON(S):
The speakers at the workshop were esteemed members of 'The society for Alternative Dispute Resolution & Education' (SADRE). The workshop was carried forward by two speakers naming-
1. Mr. Mohammed M.Ali, President (SADRE); 2. Mr. Satya S.K Mandiga, General Secretary (SADRE)
The two speakers were accompanied by other members of SADRE including Mr. V. L. N. Rao, Vice President (SADRE), Mr. Ravindranath Duttaluru Tagore, Mr. Ravi Kolkar and Mr. Raj Reddy. Prof Purushottam Reddy, an Eminent Environmentalist, presided over the panel.
PROCEEDING
The workshop was declared open by the welcome keynote address of Prof. Dr. M.I. Baig, Director Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, followed by felicitation of all the panel members.
The speakers took over the dais and addressed the gathering of 130 students. Introduction to ADR Mechanisms and the need of such mechanisms in present Indian legal scenario was dealt by Mr. Mohammed M. Ali, President (SADRE) and was carried forward by emphasising on each mechanism by Mr. Satya S.K Mandiga, General Secretary (SADRE).
86 The lecture lasted for two and half hours which included an interaction between students and panel members. Vote of thanks was given by Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, faculty symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. A Certicate of Participation was awarded to every student who participated in the workshop.
CONCLUSION
The workshop fullled its aim of creating ADR awareness amongst the student community. It also helped the students to discuss and deliberate the need of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Indian scenario where courts are overburdened. The workshop also helped the student to discover the undiscovered areas of ADR mechanisms.
ADR AWARENESS DRIVE - 12th to 14th July 2018
Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) hosted its rst ADR awareness drive. The drive was introduced to the campus and the society at large to sensitise and spread awareness on ADR mechanisms.
The Objectives of this event were:- • To Create Awareness Amongst Student Community About ADR • To Sensitize The Importance of ADR • To Discuss The Contemporary Issues In The Field of ADR
Events conducted:
1. Workshop (13TH JULY)
The numbers of students who applied and took part in the workshop were 170 students across all batches.
Prof. Deepu Krishnan was the invitee for this workshop, addressed the students. The students were exposed to rst-hand knowledge about mediation and conciliation in our country. The resource person explained the role of the mediator and the career prospects in mediation.
2. Group Discussion on the topic “Impartiality in arbitration proceedings” on 12thand 13th JULY
This event had a cap of 40 students, despite an incredible amount of registrations that were received. Prof. Shri Rahul, Prof. Shipra Chauhan and Prof. Irfan Ali Abbas judged all the rounds.
87 The nal round was held between the top 5 of the preliminary rounds with guest speaker Prof. Deepu Krishnan, the guest judge. The topics that were dealt with for the preliminary rounds were based on various contemporary issues in the country in regards to ADR.
3. Just A Minute (JAM) (12thJuly)
The event was based on spontaneous responses of the participants. Spot topics were given to the participants, and they were instructed to respond spontaneously. The judges for this event were -Prof. Shri Rahul and Prof. Sudeep Pandey.
4. Essay Writing (14TH July)
Awareness drive without an essay writing competition would not be complete, and this is exactly why our Centre decided to hold it with general topics at the place. This event was monitored by our cell members, and the essays were adjudged by one of the faculty members. . 5. Quiz Competition (14th July)
The objective of this event was to motivate the student to be aware of the recent trends in the eld of ADR. This event was monitored by the cell members.
6. Primer to law school (13th July)
The guest speaker for the drive, Prof. Deepu Krishnan spoke to the rst year law students about the life that they are going to lead for the next ve years and emphasised on the fact that how research and writing skills are important.
The drive and event for 3 days was planned and executed successfully and benetted the students of SLS-H by focusing on the recent developments in the eld of law. The event was rst of its kind in the short history of SLS-H.
Training Session for Mediation and Client Counselling by Mr. Nisshant Laroia On 28th and 29th July, 2018
Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) conducted a training session for the students of all the batches regarding the practical aspects of the Mediation and Client Counselling sessions. It also aimed at preparing the students for the internal Mediation and Client Counselling Competition.
The training sessions were conducted on 28th and 29th July 2018 – 2 days with a total of 280 participants along with the members of CADR including Vatsala Pandey, Vivek Joshi, Akshat Agarwal, Sivasubramanian, Rohan Gulati, Nandita Reddy, Mihir Ganachari, Pradhosh Shetty and Sharanya Sinha.
The resource person, Mr. Nisshant Laroia, is a partner at 'The PACT' and is an Accredited Mediator at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and IICA Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation. His alma mater is Gujarat National Law University and has a vast experience in participating and conducting ADR competitions.
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The event started with the felicitation of the resource person by the faculty in-charge in the Assembly hall. The rst session of the Training Program was attended by 75 students from the Second Year (Batch 2017-18). The session started with the introduction to ADR mechanisms and its advantages and included various techniques and soft skills required to excel in the modes of Consensual Dispute Resolution. In the end, the every student participated in the Mock Session of Mediation where they got the opportunity to apply the learning of the session.
July 29th, 2018-Session 3
This session was exclusively conducted for the students of 1st Year (Batch 2018-23) and was attended by 126 students. The session started with the basic introduction to ADR and contained all the elements of the previous sessions. In addition to the mock mediation, the students witnessed as mock Client Counselling Session which included 3 members of CADR. All the queries and questions of the students were addressed by the resource person and the members of CADR.
The response of all the three sessions was overwhelming. The resource person answered all the queries of the students. The resource person besides giving a training session to the participants he also mentored the members of CADR in conducting the Mediation and Client Counselling Competition and gave his invaluable advice and tips to achieve the objectives of the Centre. The resource person was very much willing to extend his support along with his organisation for the betterment of the students of SLS-H and society at large.
FOURTH NATIONAL ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION ON 10th AUGUST, 2018
Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) conducted a national essay writing competition on various themes which was open for the students enrolled in a 5-year integrated undergraduate law degree and 3-year law degree programme, recognised by the Bar Council of India. The last date for submission of the essay writing competition was August 30th 2018.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPETITION
Through the national essay writing competition, the centre aimed to:
• To promote academic research on themes pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution; • To provide a platform for students to showcase their thoughts on Alternative Dispute Resolution; • To create awareness amongst students pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution. • As a part of institution’s social responsibility to create awareness about ADR in the society the institution is not charging any registration fees for the competition.
THEMES FOR THE NATIONAL ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION
1. Alternative Dispute Resolution as means of achieving restorative criminal justice in India. 2. Analysis of Arbitration Council of India under the proposed Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill,2018. 3. Intervention of third parties in domestic and international commercial arbitration with reference to India. 4. Potential of International Arbitration to handle disputes of Human Rights. 5. Online Dispute Resolution and its signicance for India. 6. Assessment of permanent Lok Adalats in India. 7. Mediation and Conciliation as methods of resolving disputes in India.
89 The Competition aimed to promote research and knowledge creation in the eld of Alternative Dispute Resolution and attracted numerous entries from across the nation.
PRIZES
The top three essays were conferred with ‘Cash Prizes’ of Rs. 5000 INR ,Rs. 3000 INR and Rs. 2000 INR respectively along with a ‘Certicate of Merit’. All the participating candidates received a “certicate of Participation’.
The winners of the 4th National Essay Writing Competition were:
The Centre congratulated the winners and wished the winners as well as all the participants all the best for their future.
1st Intra Mediation and Client Counselling Competition on 18th and 19th August, 2018
Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) conducted an Intra-Mediation and Client Counselling Competition open for all students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad on the 18th and 19th of August, 2018.
Before the competition, a brieng session was conducted for all the participants on 17th August 2018 which was taken by Mr. Pitamber Yadav, currently an associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) India.
Through the Intra-Mediation and Client Counselling Competition, the center aimed to:
• To promote academic research on themes pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution; • To provide a platform for students to showcase their skills on Alternative Dispute Resolution; • To create awareness amongst students pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution Competitions; • As a part of institution’s social responsibility to create awareness about ADR in the society the institution did not charging any registration fees for the competition; •To create an organized structure for sending students to External Alternative Dispute Resolution Competitions.
The students had a very interactive session with Mr. Pitamber Yadav about Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation and client counselling competitions. The feedback from the students was overwhelming, and many questions were answered which fullled the aim of the center to create awareness in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Mediation Competition on 18thAugust, 2018
Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) conducted an intra-mediation and client counselling competition for the students of 1st Year to 4th Year to inculcate and foster the skills, knowledge and prociency concerning the eld of Alternative Dispute Resolution by giving them a simulation of the real-life practice.
The dates for the competition were from 18th to 19th August 2018 – 2 DAYS of over 200 students
90 participating across the events. The event in charge was Asst. Prof SB Md. Irfan Ali Abbas, the faculty in charge of the Centre, with student coordinators – Vatsala Pandey (President CADR) and Vivek Joshi (Vice- President CADR) and the whole team of CADR.
The objective of Intra Mediation competition was to endeavour, inculcate and foster the skills and prociency concerning the eld of Alternative Dispute Resolution of the students by giving them a simulation of the real- life practice. Further, the Competition aimed to select and promote the best candidates amongst the participants to represent Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad in External ADR Competitions.
There were a total of 8 conference rooms to facilitate the competition and each of which consisted of one judge.
This was the rst time, that a Client Counseling Competition was held at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and organised by Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR).
There were a total of 76 teams participating in the competition, and on the other hand, CADR members who were involved as the organizing center for the 1st Intra Mediation & Client Counseling Competition, 2018. A Client Counseling Competition is a simulation of a lawyers' chamber when a client or many clients at once approach the lawyer(s). The competition was structured in a manner the clients approach the lawyers with their problem where the lawyers is to settle down the client, gain his/her condence, understand their problem, extract relevant facts, condential information, discuss satisfactory remedies with the client whatever he/she may want from the other party and discuss or negotiate the fee from them.
In this Competition, the Clients were trained by CADR to maintain condentiality as to which team would face which client.
Mr. Pitamber Yadav was the resource person and judge for the purposes of orientation and brieng of the Judges for both Mediation & Client Counselling Competitions on August 18th -19th respectively. He explained the competition structure, problem for the competition and marking criteria for the participants prior to the commencement of the competition.
There were 14 judges, all of who are practising advocates in the courts or associates at law rms, and were cordially invited to judge the Client Counseling Competition. Since it was the rst time ever that a Client Counseling Competition was organized at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, the participants were enthusiastic about it, and not only did they learn about the technicalities of the competition, they also had a fair experience of how to deal with clients and their legal problems and apply laws to solve the same.Hyderabad, the participants were enthusiastic about it, and not only did they learn about the technicalities of the competition, they also had a fair experience of how to deal with clients and their legal problems and apply laws to solve the same.
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3RD ZENITH - INTERNAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION 2018: 31stMARCH, 2018
Three Day Orientation on Professional Memorial Drafting, Editing and Formatting Dated 12th to 14th September, 2018 By Mr. Anant Gupta, Co-founder: Memo Pundits
Mooting is a medium through which all essential and necessary traits of a lawyer are showcased and highlighted. Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad believes in inculcating mooting, research and drafting skills among the students from the very rst year.
The Moot Court Association (MCA) of Symbiosis law school, Hyderabad (A constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune) organized a “Three-Day Orientation on Professional Memorial Drafting, Editing and Formatting” for the Top 50 teams of Zenith 2018 to hone their memorial drafting skills, to eventually improve their performance in external moot court competition. The orientation program was attended by 150 students, from II to IV year.
The speaker for this event was Mr Anant Gupta, co-founder of Memo Pundits, who is a graduate from National Law University, Orissa and has been an active mooter in law school. Memo Pundits was co-founded by him during his law school, and before working on this initiative full-time, he was working with Shardul Amarchand and Mangaldas.
The Three- Day event involved Mr. Gupta getting the students well-acquainted with the basics of memorial drafting, and discussing in detail the various aspects involved in drafting an award-winning memorial. He also discussed certain tricks involved in making memorial drafting a less hectic process. The workshop was very informative for students, as they were also shown memorials by winners of top international moot court competitions like Phillip Jessup.
92 Three-Tier Orientation on Mooting and Advocacy Skills on 12th, 21st& 26th July, 2018
The Moot Court Association Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, is constituted to incubate research and enhance advocacy skills amongst the learners by regular basis orientation and training programs, honing, drafting and argumentative skills of its budding lawyers.
Mooting considered is the backbone of a law school, as it is a medium through which all essential and necessary traits of a lawyer are showcased. The Moot Court Association of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad believes that honing the argumentative and persuasive skills of a law student is vital. By considering this fact the cell organised a 3-tier orientation on Mooting and Advocacy Skills to facilitate the Felicitation of Mr. Rangam Sharma students.
The primary objective of the orientation on Mooting and Advocacy Skills was to enlighten the students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad about the process of mooting and provide them with a platform to develop advocacy skills. The radical purpose of this workshop was to exercise participants' legal thinking as well as enhance their ability to deal with legal practice, thus providing them with a practical platform which helps the students adapt to not only to the construction of Rule of Law but also requirements of work.
12th July, 2018- Introduction to Mooting Skills
A detailed presentation was made on Rules and Procedure of a Moot Court and how a Moot Court proceeding is carried on by the Student Mooters.
21st JULY, 2018 - The Essence of Mooting
Mr. Rangam Sharma, a lawyer in the eld of Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, was the spokesperson. He focused on the importance of mooting and its relevance in the practice of law and advocacy.
26th JULY, 2018 - Memorial Drafting Orientation & Demo Moot
A lecture on how to draft Memorial was conducted by Senior student researchers. A Demo Court Proceeding was presented by MCA members of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.
Lecture by Mr. Rangam Sharma Students Attending Memorial Orientation
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Demo Moot by MCA Members
MCA Members Acting As Judges inthe Demo Moot
Courtroom Master Reading out The Script Of The Court Room
Pleading in Demo Moot Demo Moot by MCA Members
MCA Members Acting As Judges in the Demo Moot
Courtroom Master Reading out The Script Of The Court Room
Pleading in Demo Moot
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3rd Zeal Moot Court Competition, 25th August, 2018
Moot Court Association (MCA) of Symbiosis law school, Hyderabad (A constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune) hosted the 3rd Zeal Internal Moot Court Competition for First Year students on 25th August 2018.
The single day event started with the brieng session in the morning for the judges held in the assembly hall. Ms. Ambrina Khan, Assistant Professor, Faculty In charge of Moot Court Association, welcomed the judges to the moot court competition. They were felicitated by Ofciating Director and Convener, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari. The judges were then escorted to the 11 courtrooms set up in various classrooms across the campus. There were a total of 92 teams participating in the competition in 4 sessions across 9 courtrooms and, 5 sessions across 2 courtrooms. The day saw rigorous mooting by the participants and was adjudged by some of the most elite names in the legal industry as well as internal faculty.
The event started with the memorial submission on 22nd August 2018, followed by the draw of lots and exchange of memorials in the evening of 24th August 2018. The entire competition was wrapped up on 25th August 2018 by 5.00pm.
Draw of lots
Welcoming the judges
The Mooting
95 3rd Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad National Moot Court Competition 2018
“Every king was once a helpless baby, every mighty ocean was once a ripple, and every great structure was once a blueprint. It's not where you are today, it's where you are going that counts.”
The 3rd National Moot Court Competition of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad began on the 28th of September, 2018. The inaugural ceremony, which marked the beginning of the three-day event, graced by Hon'ble Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, Judge at the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who was the Chief Guest for the day and the Guest of Honour, Prof. (Dr.) S. Surya Prakash, Vice- Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad.
The ceremony began with the auspicious lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest, the Guest of Honour, the Ofciating Director of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari and Mrs. Ambrina Khan, Co-Convenor of the event and Faculty In-charge of the Moot Court Association. The welcome speech was delivered by Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari which was followed by the dignitaries sharing their words of wisdom and guidance with the audience. A trailer for the upcoming drama, “The Good, the Bad and... the Divine?” was played which built an element of curiosity in the audience. The ceremony concluded with Mrs. Ambrina Khan declaring the courts ofcially open and delivering the vote of thanks.
The next two days saw rigorous mooting by the participants which was adjudged by some of the most elite names in the legal industry. Out of the 52 teams that had registered for the competition, 30 teams cleared the Memorial Selection Round and got selected for the oral pleadings round. The Preliminary round, which was divided into two parts, saw an elimination of nearly 22 teams which was based on their marks of both the memorial round as well as the pleadings round. Out of the 8 teams that had qualied for the Quarters round, only 4 entered the Semis. After a heated battle of words in the Semi-nal round, the 2 best teams went head- to-head in the Final round which was adjudged by Mr. Supratim Chakraborty, Mr. Sampath Bulusu and Hon'ble Justice V. Ramasubramanian.
The Valedictory ceremony witnessed the presence of Mr. Supratim Chakraborty, Associate Partner at Khaitan and Co. and maker of the moot problem, Mr. Sampath Bulusu, General Manager Legal at Shell Hazira LNG and the Chief Guest, Hon'ble Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Judge at the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The much-awaited drama, “The Good, The Bad and…. The Divine?” was performed by the students of Symbiosis pertaining to the famous Sabarimala temple judgement. The Guests of Honour and the Chief Guest shared a few words with the audience on the importance of mooting and making every moot court experience count. This was followed by the announcement of winners and distribution of prizes. The vote of thanks was delivered by Mrs. Ambrina Khan who expressed her gratitude towards every person responsible for having made this event a successful one. The Valedictory Ceremony ended with a brilliant movie made by the photography team.
The rst prize was bagged by School of Law, Sastra (Deemed) University, Tamil Nadu. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun bagged the rst runners-up prize. The second runners-up were Symbiosis Law School, Noida who also received a prize for the best memorial. The prize for the best speaker was shared by Rishabh Bhuppal from Symbiosis Law School, Noida and Varsha Singh from School of Law, Christ (Deemed) University.
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Induction Program on 16th July, 2018
The Centre for Gender Sensitisation (CGS) was added in Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad family on 16th July 2018. The main objectives of the Centre are as follows:
1. Orientation towards Education and Redressal. 2. To analyse personal and cultural attitudes towards the other gender. 3. To understand and analyze gender role stereotyping and origins. 4. To examine the effects of gender role stereotyping on career choice for both males and females.
In the light of the aforementioned objectives, the founding members have accordingly with the prior approval of the faculty- in-charge, had conducted the recruitments of the members.
NAAZ (PART I) on 18th September, 2018
The event was organized in the light of the Honorable Supreme Court's Judgment on 6th September 2018 which decriminalized homosexuality striking down the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The judgment was welcomed by the much neglected and oppressed LGBT Community and their supporters. In the judgment given by the ve-judge constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Mishra, it was observed by the Apex Court that the said provision (section 377) in the IPC violates the fundamental rights, Article 14, Article 15 and Article 21 enshrined in Part III of the Constitution of India. It was said that the current law was seemingly unfair, biased and should be not be left unprotected and uncompromised. This landmark judgment was celebrated among thousands of people who belonged to the marginalized LGBT community. It provided them with a ray of hope amidst all the prejudices and biases against them and assured them with a life of freedom, individual expression, and dignity.
The most eccentric purpose of the event was to encourage a ood of opinions over the said issue and also to create a sense of awareness over the complexity of the issue. As we all know that the issue of homosexuality is still looked down upon by a large segment of society and the culture has still not been able to achieve a wider acceptance from the mainstream as compared to the western countries.
The issue still carries a lot of speculations, oods, uncertainties and ambiguities. It creates a conict of morality for the general public who, by large, do not know what to choose – Social Morality or Legal Morality? The older generation still nds the idea hard to swallow, and most of them rmly believe that the promotion of such concepts will lead to a social breakdown. The structure of the society will be affected and this emerges as a deterrent to the continuation of the human race. It was in the light of the mentioned scenario that the Center insisted for organising the event NAAZ to instil sensitivity towards the issue among the students of the campus.
In the due process of preparation for the event, the Center conducted several meetings. Meeting Sessions were full of ideas and creative concepts. After a series of discussions, the members of the cell uniformly consented to the idea of creating a big poster on sec 377 Judgment which will be inviting opinions of all the students in the college. The name of the event was in unison agreed to be
99 kept as “NAAZ”, an Urdu word which symbolises Pride. The theme colour was purposely selected as RAINBOW colour which is a prominent and widely recognised symbol of the LGBT community. The event welcomed students who were willing to express their opinion on the remarkable judgment.
The idea was nalised, and the main poster contained a large Indian Map coloured in equal proportions with different colours of rainbow was pasted at the entrance wall of the mess, catching the attention of all the ones who entered. Above the map, the heading NAAZ was brimming with glittering rainbow colours. The free spaces of the map were used to stick notes wherein the students and faculties were supposed to write their comments and opinions. The initiative of the Centre was largely appreciated, and the event conducted witnessed a range of thoughts and opinions over the issue. The students participated in large numbers and penned down their joy which came after the much-awaited judgment. The creativity of the cell members was admired by many students and faculties and congratulated the team for the success of the event.
NAAZ (PART 2)
The small initiative "NAAZ" has given the Centre an opportunity to conduct various competitions like Essay Writing (on the theme LGBTQ in relation to recent judgement or Liberalization of LGBTQ in the light of works of Shakespeare), Photography, and Poster Making Competitions with an objective of spreading awareness of the recent judgement regarding section 377 of Indian penal code. The students were informed for the same for registrations and submissions from 11th September 2018 to 21st September 2018.
OBJECTIVES OF THE EVENT:
1.Art, freedom and creativity will change society for the better faster. Through the means of writing, photography and art the Centre intends to bring about much needed sensitization on gender issues.
2.Competitions have been organized with the objective of providing opportunities to the budding lawyers of Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad to voice their opinions on the decriminalization of section 377.
3.The Centre has the objective to broaden the horizons of students through their vision for a liberal society.
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Capsule Course on Cyber Law, Dated: 23rd To 25th July, 2018
23rd July 2018 marked the beginning of the rst ever event organised by the Centre for Specialization in Cyber Law Studies (CSCLS). The Capsule Course on Cyber Law was a week-long series of guest lectures on the respective subject by various reputed people of the eld.
On the rst day, the CSCLS was met by an enthusiastic audience of around seventy people, all eager to start their learning experience. It was led by the esteemed Mr. Pragati Ratan, a cyber forensic expert at RBVRR TS Police Academy.
The lecture started with shocking details of the reality of the cyberspace, and the dire need of precaution against crimes in the arena. All illusions shattered, he revealed the ghastly effect of the development of technology on the safety and security of an individual, presenting examples of social media and other daily applications that pose a threat to our privacy at all times. The striking truth about the happenings in this Underworld of sorts was made clear by a video, 'Tinder Murder', played to give an insight of the offences that every person in proximity of computers is vulnerable of.
He further went on to explain the intricacies of the operations and laws to prevent as well as consequence of the crimes committed in the cyberspace, giving instances of his own experiences working in the CID. This helped to give a vivid glance at the workings and outcomes of the cyber laws, and the importance of their nature.
Thus, having given a deep understanding of the necessity of protection against cyber threats, Mr. Ratan went on to list the precautionary measures against such malicious crimes. He accompanied all his points and concepts with examples to inform and conrm the severity of the situation at hand, and what changes could be recommended to mend the circumstances of the world.
These interesting case studies kept the spectators engaged and curious for more, adding on to the enthusiasm raging amongst them. Their countless questions made up for a more fun and interactive session, and by the end, all curiosity quenched and passion for the subject bubbling at every corner, the cell considered the rst day of the capsule course a certain success.
Day 2
The Centre for Specialization in Cyber Law Studies for its second day of the Capsule course had the eminent Mr. Gokul Narayan as the speaker of the day. The concept that the guest had chosen to educate the students was the Information Technology Act 2000. He believed that the perceived notion of this Act by the commoners is being heavily inuenced by the media, who portrays it in a negative light. He also strongly advocated that the eld of law and technology are complete opposites. He stressed that the area of technology is a dynamic one with changes in every blink of the eye and on the other hand the subject of law is rigid and constructive. He said that the combination of the two poles would either require stagnant or dynamic laws.
Mr. Pragati Ratan
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Prof. Rengaswamy Stalin with Mr. Gokul Narayan
Mr. Ashok Ramakumar the keynote speaker
The discussion then gravitated to the sections of the IT Act. The statements and clauses in the Act are subject to criticism and interpretation. We dealt with different sections and denitions, in an attempt to understand it.
Then the discussion moved to the concept of E-contracts. It deals more with the communication aspect rather than the dening one. The primary concern of these types of contracts is the privacy and condentiality of communication and the authenticity and identity of the parties. With regard to these issues, the area of digital signature was being addressed by the speaker which deals with cryptography of codes in order to maintain the privacy. The students were given examples in order to understand the two types of cryptography-Symmetric and Asymmetry.
The discussion moved to intermediary liabilities and its related sections. In addition, various sections with the privacy of a person, unauthorized access and many more were dealt. For a more interactive session, they had a trial on an imaginary cybercrime with arguments from both sides. The audience's perspective helped steer the discussion. Overall this session was an enriching one and added a feather of knowledge to the students.
DAY 3
25th of July marked the end of capsule course with Mr. Ashok Ramakumar as a keynote speaker. The lecture was enthralling as the subject matter of discussion was “IPR Infringement in Cyber Space” Mr. Ashok Ramakumar is a practising advocate in the eld of IPR. The main subject of the aforementioned discussion was to show how IPR and Information Technology Act coalesce at a particular point.
The lecture started with the guest imparting the knowledge about the recent trends in the I.T. Act and then through the medium of various case laws where he illustrated when the I.T. Act and the IPR collaborated. He also gave examples of Copyright infringement in Cyberspace through Meta tagging and cybersquatting. He spoke about various types of computer contaminant and gave a brief idea about domain name infringement.
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Group Discussion on Data Privacy Bill, Dated: 21st and 22nd September, 2018
The Centre for Specialization in Cyber Law Studies organised a two-day Group Discussion on Data Privacy Bill. Day one of the programme dealt with the issues regarding the jurisdiction, and cross border data transfer. The guests gave a very viable solution to the jurisdiction problem in data privacy. Active participation was seen in the event. Very valuable feedback from the participants regarding the data privacy bill like the jurisdiction clause in the cases of cross border data transfer which is complementary to the General Data Protection guidelines was received. The main problem with the jurisdiction clause was seen to be that the country on which the data was breached the person will be liable under the laws of that country, not the country from which the data was originated. The problem encountered was the process of collection of data in case of any contingency which is disputed due to Government guidelines. The main problem with data collection is that it will lead to the entry of corporate interest and that in turn will lead to the conversion of people into databases. The day one ended with amicable solution from both the panels and the main issue was sought out very commendably.
The Agenda for the second day was Data Principle Rights given in the data privacy bill. The discussion ranged from topics of ownership of data, Accountability, rights during the transfer of data, data tracking, correction and right to be forgotten.
The rst question was about individual right when data duciary gives data to a third person. The question was whether the third party will be liable to the individual whose data was taken. It was concluded that the right of the individual will be applicable to the third party also.
The next topic and the one greatly debated upon was the “fee” charged from an individual for retrieving his/her data. The question was of two-fold.
1. Whether the charging of fee for retrieving one’s own information right? 2. Should it be a standard fee?
Many of the students were of the point that charging fee is wrong as it can be demotivating to ask for data and that it can also result in selling of one's own data. However, the bench took the view that fee can be charged taking in concern the amount of manpower required by companies for nding an individual's data from volumes of information. This led to the second question of the amount of fee to be charged, it was concluded, a standard fee should be charged irrespective of the volume of information.
The third question was in regard to the time for getting the information and action for failure. After discussion, it was concluded that a time slot should be given with respect to the volume of data asked and in case of failure to provide the same penalty should be imposed on the duciary.
The fourth topic for the discussion was making correction in data provided, it was suggested that the DPI should investigate rst before making any said corrections. The question of whether provision for the third party to correct was unanswered.
The last topic of discussion was about Right to be forgotten. The attendees had a varied stance on this point on when it should be applied and when it shouldn't. It reached to the conclusion on the matter that any data that is signicant or affects the public should not be deleted. The conict between media's speech and expression with the right to be forgotten was discussed but did not reach a conclusion due to time restraint.
The Group Discussion was productive and many of the ideas pitched in were recommended to the board, for consideration.
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CENTRE FOR CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL CELL
Faculty Development Program on 16th& 17th of August, 2018
The Faculty Development Programme was organised by Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice and International Cell in the Video Conference Room on 16th and 17th of August from 4 PM to 5 PM by Prof. George Richards of Edinboro University, Pennsylvania to the faculties of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The objective of this programme was to introduce the online teaching methods and an international style of teaching to the faculties here.
On the rst day of this programme, the session was more interactive wherein Prof. George Richards garnered input on the current teaching methods employed by the faculty of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and gave an assessment on how to further improve their current teaching methodologies. He also exposed them to the teaching methods employed at Edinboro University and gave an overall insight into the various techniques used by teachers in the USA.
On the second day of this programme, the session focused on the pros and cons of online teaching methods and the various assessment methods used to evaluate the students' performance. He ended the session with a discussion hour, where the faculty were able to voice their personal experiences on online teaching, and also ask questions regarding any query in their mind.
The faculty were immensely proted from this program.
104 Training Programme on “criminology and Forensic Science” From 17th To 22nd September, 2018 (6 Days)
The Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice which is one of the centres of specialization in Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad conducted six days Training Programme on Criminology and Forensic Science. The resource persons were, Mr. Michael L. Valan, Dr. Rengasamy Stalin, Mr. Yuvaraj S, Mr. Mebin Wilson Thomas, Mr. A. Peter Kiran and Mr. Sunny Joseph. The participants for this programme was selected based on Statement of Interest and the total registration received was 105 in number which included students from Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad and participants from across the country. The syllabus outline for the six- day session was divided into both theoretical and practical aspects. The initial three days of the session was reserved for the theoretical details and further three days from the practical sessions. The certicates were awarded based on evaluation which was conducted at the end of both theoretical and practical session.
DAY 1:
The event began with the conrmation of the Registration and the distribution of the Forensic kit to all the participants. It was followed by the Inauguration ceremony which included the Opening Speech, Welcome address and Lightning of the Lamp. The occasion was graced by the presence of the Convenor of the Event and the Ofciating Director, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari, Head of the Training Programme, Dr Rengasamy Stalin and the Deputy Head of the Event, Prof. Ahmar Afaq. The event was also graced by the presence of the Prof. Michal L. Valan who further conducted the session on the Introduction of Criminology and Criminal Justice System. He further elaborated on the topic of Sociological Theories of the Crime. The session was completely theoretical based and the topic covered includes the basic understanding about crime and its deviance, community social disorganisation and various other theories like Crime theory, crime and economic theory, gender power and crime theories and others. The platform was further open for all the participants to indulge in the discussion and throw questions related to the topics covered in the session.
DAY 2:
The second day of the Training Programme was divided into sessions based on the subject matter. The rst session was conducted by Dr. Rengasamy Stalin who covered the topic of Radical Criminology. It was completely an interactive session and the Basic understandings of the participants were enriched by the discussion on the topics like Marxist theory on Crime, Engels and Social Revolution Theory and such other theories. It was followed by the session of Mr. Yuvaraj S. who delivered a lecture on Psychology of Crime and its various aspects.
DAY 3:
The third day of the event was conducted by Dr. Rengasamy Stalin who followed an activity based learning methodology, and the participants were actively involved in the discussion. The topic of discussion was Society, Culture and Deviance wherein the participants formed a group of four and discussed the circumstances under which an ideal society can exist. Questions like 'Do human behaviour shape society or society shape human behaviour' was posed and the platform was left open for the discussion and exchange of opinions.
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An examination was followed by the activity which was conducted in an online pattern. The question was released through a Google form and the time span of one hour was allotted to each participant to answer the multiple choice questions.
DAY 4, 5 & 6
The total of 105 participants were divided into a team of three and a parallel session was conducted for each team on Finger Print Examination, Polygraph Brain Electrical oscillation and signature proling and an Extensive Crime scene Investigation was carried out followed by an evaluation. These three sessions was completely based on practical approaches.
FINGER PRINT EXAMINATION
The session was based on a practical approach and was conducted by Mr. A. Peter Kiran. The participants were taught how to take ngerprints, examine and match them, lift the prints from a glass bottle using dust and tapes, lift the prints from the door, collect overlapping prints and various other practical approaches on ngerprint examination.
POLYGRAPH BRAIN ELECTRICAL OSCILLATION AND SIGNATURE PROFILING
The session was conducted by Mr. Sunny Joseph which included the polygraph test or the lie detector test, brain mapping and electrical oscillation tests. It was further followed by a combination of theoretical legal and practical discussions as to the usage of such tests in India and its limitations.
EXTENSIVE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
The session was conducted by Mr. Mebin Wilson Thomas and was divided into parts. It extensively dealt with the investigation and collection of evidence from the crime scene. The rst part involved the examination of the indoor crime scene and closed space. The participants indulged in the discussion, drawing the patterns and sketches of the crime scene, methods of determining the mode of crime and various other practical aspects. The second part involved the examination of the crime scene in an open space and various modes of collection of evidence were discussed including the collection of blood, examining the dead body, and discussions based on the determination of criminal psychology on the basis of the crime scene. Participants were further divided into groups and were required to examine and collect the evidences.
VALEDICTORY CEREMONY
Day 6 was the concluding day, and the sessions were followed by a valedictory ceremony and distribution of certicates to the participants. The photograph session with all the participants, heads and the team was organized the post-lunch session. The concluding remarks during the valedictory ceremony were given by the ofciating director and the convenor of the event Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari which was followed by the distribution of certicate. The vote of thanks was addressed by the Deputy Head of the event Prof. Ahmar Afaq.
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MERAKI: FOR A CAUSE dated: 28th& 29th August, 2018
The Centre for Rights of Differently-Abled headed by Akshay Jain organised a two-day event from 28th August 2018 to 29th August 2018 for raising funds. Arnav Rao and Reshma Valliapan, eminent personalities were invited to grace the occasion. The centre worked meticulously for almost a month to make this event a success. It has planned a comedy night, a colloquy, a cupcake sale and eight different fun events to raise fund. The centre for this purpose created committees like Logistic Committee, Finance Committee, PR media Committee, Documentation Committee and a Guiding Committee which monitored different teams and helped those teams in establishing coordination.
The Cupcake sale was headed by Muskan, Poster Making was headed by Purvi , Jingle Making was headed Meenakshi, Daily Life was headed by Ankita , Tied Up was headed by Ananya Ajay Kumar, Basketball was headed by Bhavana, Spicy Food was headed by Krati, Poetry Slam was headed by Riya, Football was headed by Saumya, Quiz was headed by Sri Harshita and all other members were assisting the teams heads to make it success. The Guiding Committee was headed was Akshay Jain and Rushabh, Logistic Committee was headed by Krati and assisted by Arijit, Riya, and Swadhin. The PR Media was headed by Muskan and Purvi, assisted by Diya. The documentation committee was headed by Bhavana and Waghisa, assisted by Sri Harshita and Saumya. Finance Committee was headed Meenakshi and Tressa, assisted by Shubhani and Saumya. These teams and committee worked coherently for the smooth conduct of the events. The two main events Comedy Night and Colloquy were headed by Akshay and Rushabh respectively, and all other members were divided into two parts to facilitate these events.
For the purpose of creating awareness regarding the events, the PR Media worked extensively on social media and college class groups. The logistics team worked day and night to sell tickets of the comedy night. The nances were meticulously planned by the Finance Committee to avoid any kind of issues.
On 28th August 2018 Comedy Night and three other events were organised, and on 29th August 2018 Colloquy and ve other events were organised.
All the events were a huge success as it was appreciated and participated by many students. The cell's hard work brought results as it was able to collect fund worth fty thousand rupees which it plans to identify prospective NGOs and donate the amount.
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REPUBLIC DAY 2018
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad celebrated the 69th Republic Day on the campus. Mr. G. Rama Chandra Rao, Partner-Dispute Resolution was the Chief Guest of the day.
Chief Guest of the function
MAKAR SANKRANTHI 2018
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad laid on the foundation pillars of Vasudaiva Kutumbakam celebrates the festivals through the cultural committee with great joy and vigour. As part of this tradition, Makar Sankranthi was celebrated in the campus.
108 Teachers Day Celebrations on 5th September, 2018
The Cultural Cell of Symbiosis Law College, Hyderabad, organised teacher's day celebrations for all the faculties on 5th of September 2018. This day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. On this day the students of the Cultural Cell organised cake cutting and lunch for the faculties of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad which was followed by distributing gifts to all the teaching staff.
Ethnic Day- 2018 from 24th- 26th September, 2018
Cultural Cell organised a three days celebration from 24th to 26th of September 2018 for the Ethnic Day. Each of these three days was celebrated with a theme. The theme for 24th September 2018, the rst day of the Ethnic day was mismatch. In the evening a fashion show organised and a movie (Zindagi Na Milegi Dubara) was screened by the cell.
Day two of the Ethnic Day had the theme of twining; wherein two people was to wear similar clothes. Competitions like Musical Chair, Hopping with tied legs, etc. were conducted.
Last day of the Ethnic day was, each class was given a theme to decorate their classrooms and were judged by the faculties. The evening had dance competition where prizes were given to the best team, which was followed by candlelight dinner.
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“JANUS 2K18” on 22nd of September, 2018
The Corporate and Competition Law Forum conducted its rst event-JANUS 2K18 on the 22nd of September 2018. The session was based on the concepts of Litigation and the Corporate sector. Three eminent lawyers in the eld of litigation and corporate Ms. Shireen Sethna Baria, Ms. M. Savithri Sravanthi and Mr T. Anand Subramanium, from the boutique law rm based in Hyderabad known as Vakils Associates, visited SLS-H to speak to the students about how to proceed once they receive their law degrees. The guests were welcomed by the cell members and felicitated by Dr Rengasamy Stalin and Mr. Hifazat Ali.
About 100 students attended the session enthusiastically and paid attention to the key points highlighted by the speakers. They spoke from their own experiences and discussed the attitude and skills a lawyer should possess to do well in their future.
Ms Shireen had spoken from the Non Litigation options which did not require practising of law after graduating from law school. She had done so This included Media Law, Sports law and many more options. She has worked in both Litigation and Corporate, so her inputs assisted a lot of students.
Ms Sravanthi and Mr Anand spoke about the Non Litigation where practising law would be necessary such as in the Corporate Sector. They spoke about their journey and how only dedication and hard work can give you a successful future.
In conclusion, they told the students to be t mentally, physically and socially as the eld of work they have chosen needs a lot of dedication and determination. They truly said that a lawyer never stops studying. You are bound to learn and research about every eld of knowledge be it medical or engineering for the rest of your lives.
The session ended with a round of questions and doubts the audience had which the panel delightfully answered, and the event concluded successfully.
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SYMBILIVE ON 25th JULY, 2018
The Center for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy (CIPRA), an integral part of Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad was established with a vision to promote IP research and to develop advocacy skills within students through competitions and workshops. CIPRA also has the vision to promote GI awareness among the masses and undertake various GI projects to help the various sectors of the country.
We live in times where following one's passion has become an act of utmost courage and resolve.
Somewhere among the ironed pressed shirts and polished shoes, our raw selves have taken a backseat. This July, going beyond the Black and White to reignite their passion CIPRA presented SymbiLIVE – to celebrate Individuality and Originality of Thought.
At SymbiLIVE, the Ones who dared and conquered were engaged in a dialogue on SLS Hyderabad.
Arveen Kaur Chugh, the speaker, was a typical law school student. She has chaired various MUNs hosted by the top law schools of the country and made her mark by assisting in the making of the books titled “International Commercial Contracts” authored by Prof. Dr. Bimal N. Patel and Prof. Saira Gori and “Harnessing Biodiversity & Nutrition by Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables” by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & GNLU. With her experience in the eld of Intellectual Property and her innovative ideas, Arveen gave a different insight on the subject of Corporate Law.
Megha Bhatia, the speaker, holds an LLM from University College London in one hand and a resolve to help children across the globe on her mind, Megha left no stone unturned to make the change she believed in. Founder of Our Voix, a Youth – lead organisation aimed at addressing the issues of child sexual abuse.
Nimisha Verma, the other speaker, was an artist who works as a freelance model for ne art /conceptualised shoots. Being a social activist, she is the founder of a nonprot organisation called 'Home for artists' which provide accommodation to homeless artists and travellers an opportunity to meet and work with various artists at one place. Travelling in different cities to hold meetups and unite artists Nimisha loves to write and speak through her photographs calling herself her own canvas. "I hope I can motivate and move people because words have greater power in them if used correctly."
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AWAAZ - Speak the Unspoken
Debate Competition on 20th August 2018
“Conicting views and contrasting ideas are the essence of all great debates throughout history, from the Greeks to the Oxford Union Debating Society."
In order to exhibit the debating skills of the students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, two sessions of debating were organized by the AWAAZ Editorial Team. The motions were such that they enthralled the speakers from the get-go.
Both the sessions were held on 20th August 2018. The style of debating adopted was that of the Oxford Union Debating Society. The participants were much enthused to try a new style of debating, and the responses received were excellent.
The judges for the preliminary round comprised of Dr. Kishore Kumar, Dr. Pooja Rhine and Ms. Srishti, judging one-half of the participants while the others were judged by Mr. Hifatajali Sayyed and Dr. Priyanka Mohod. A contentious topic was given for the preliminary round brought out many strong arguments from each participant. With the negligible difference in their nal scores, the top 6 advanced to the Final round, judged by Mr. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Rengasamy Stalin. A faculty of Political Science and an expert in Criminology respectively, both the judges witnessed some daring standpoints backed by accurate facts. The preliminary round engaged a erce debate between 11 participants in the aforementioned Oxford Union format over a relevant proposition- “Should the Central Board of Film Certication possess its censorial entitlement”?
The round was graciously adjudged by Dr. Pooja Rhine, Mr. Hifajatali Sayyed, Dr. Priyanka Mohod, Ms. Shrishtti Khare and Mr. Kishore Kumar.
The participants raised excellent arguments for and against the proposition, ranging from the history of censorship to analyses of the very powers given to the Board as such and the constitutionality of assuming such a censorial entitlement, all of which were effectively questioned by fellow participants as well. The debate was both exciting to watch as well as informative- each student who participated had clear points and thorough research. Indeed, it was quite a task to select the nalists, for the margins of difference were very low. Ultimately, Navneet Dogra, Sudarshan Satalkar, Abhay Patil, Dylan Sharma, Arjun Mohan and Kratvi K made it to the nal round for an even more challenging proposition and debate.
In the nal round, the selected participants were shown videos of speeches made in JNU as a context for the topic that was revealed to them an hour prior to the debate: "Does Media Trial Affect Public Opinion and Curtail Free Speech?”
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The participants covered various elds of study and linked it to the freedom of speech ranging from philosophy to politics. They related the Indian scenario to the rest of the world and in that context, also discussed the situation pre and post-Trump's election. The debate was indeed intellectually intriguing. The points of information raised were full-rounded and well informed which made all the participants think on their feet. The winners were announced after much deliberation by the judges.
Arjun Mohan, stood in rst place. Dylan Sharma stood in second place. Sudharshan Satalkar stood in third place. All three were presented with books written by renowned authors as prizes, by Dr. Rengasamy Stalin and Mr. R. Radhakrishnan.
Induction Program by C-FACT on 21st August, 2018
On 21st August, 2018, Centre for Finance, Accountability, Corporate Governance and Transparency organized a session on Corporate Governance which basically focussed on the practicality of corporate governance and scope of corporate governance. The session was open to all the students of symbiosis, and approximately 100 students attended. The session was conducted by Ms Purnima Kamble, Partner, Fox Mandal and Associates, during which attendees shared opinions, thoughts, and questions during the session to unveil their idea of the Corporate World.
C-FACT opened this conference for one and half hour divided into parts. The rst hour was conducted by the Guest, i.e. Ms Purnima Kamble, brieng about Corporate Governance and its Components and guiding the students about its practical approach and the realities of the Corporate arena, which was fruitful for the ultimate year students deciding their path. The second hour of the same was conducted by the members of the C- FACT brieng the roles and responsibilities in the cell, and what platform C-FACT is designing for Students. Thus, carrying its motto,
“CEMENTING STEPS TO LEAD YOU TO THE CORPORATE WORLD.”
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STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
STUDENT’S ACADEMIC VISIT TO GACHIBOWLI POLICE STATION, CYBERABAD COMMISSIONERATE HYDERABAD, ON 10th & 11th AUGUST, 2018
The Students of V- Semester of the Batch of 2016-21 along with Satyanarayana Chukka, Advocate, Hyderabad, the Faculty in charge paid a visit to Gachibowli Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionarate Hyderabad, Telangana State on 10th & 11th of August, 2018
On the Day 1, Hundred (100) students have attended and visited the Police station and observed the working of Police and different sections of the Police Station which is considered to be the Hi-tech Model police station and No.2 in the state of Telangana. The Sub-Inspector of Police Sri Rajender attended the students and explained to them about the daily and regular proceedings in a lucid way.
Day 2 Eighty ( 80 ) students of the Second batch have attended and visited the proceedings, and Sub- Inspector Sri Srinath attended the student's observations and explained the working system of Weapons, Registering FIRs, Interrogation of the accused etc. It is a very useful visit and almost all the ofcials of police including the Dy. Commissioner of police have appreciated the participation of the students and recommended for many more visits to the public ofces of this kind in future.
INTERACTION OF THE STUDENTS OF SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, HYDERABAD With METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE on 5th October, 2018
Mr. Satyanarayana Chukka, Advocate & Faculty in charge of the subject Law of Crimes II ( Cr.P. C) conducted an “Interaction talk with the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad" on 5th October 2018. The talk was arranged in two sessions for the V Semester/ III Year students of 2016 -2021 Batch. The Guest Speaker was IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, Hon'ble Sri D. Durga Prasad who interacted with the students. The interaction was on the topics of the syllabus of Cr.P.C:
(I) Pre-trial Process of FIR, Investigation, Arrest, Production, Remand, Filing of Charge –sheet etc. (II) Trial Process & Kinds of Trials (III) Juvenile Justice Law in India
The interaction was found to be fruitful as most of the students spoke to the Hon'ble Magistrate directly by putting questions to him and sought clarication on many topics of the Judicial process, particularly at the lower level of the Judiciary.
INDUSTRIAL VISIT
(LABOUR LEGISLATIONS) on 10th -October-2018
Students of the IXth Semester (Batch:2014-2019), of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad were taken on an Industrial visit to Kurnool Cylinders Pvt. Ltd, Plant-II at Kothur Mandal, as part of their credit course on Labour and Industrial Law. Apart from regular class work an industrial visit was organised by SLSH for the students to have an insight into the implementation of various labour and social security legislation.
The Resource persons for the Industrial visit were: Mr. Hari Prasad Reedy, Director, Mr. Mohan Reedy Quality Control Manager, Mr. Ramana Reddy Quality Incharge, Mr. Bheema Rao Quality Incharge and Mr. Ravindra Production Manager. Dr. B. Anuradha, the faculty-in-charge of the course and Mr. K Peter Samson (PA to Director) personally visited the industry and attained permission from the concerned authorities.
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The Resource Persons were felicitated with a memento and a Shawl by Dr. Rengasamy Stalin, Assistant Professor, SLS-H. There was a positive response from the students to the industrial visit and interacted with the concerned resource persons and claried their doubts by asking various questions and went around the industry to understand its functioning. This industrial visit was a part of Research Project to be undertaken by the students.
ANTI-TERRORISM DAY
MAY 21st 2018, MONDAY
As the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has declared 21st May 2018 as Anti-terrorism day and every year 21st May shall be observed as Anti-Terrorism day Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized Anti-Terrorism day. The main objective behind the observance is to wean away the youth from terrorism and the cult of violence by highlighting the sufferings of common people and showing as to how prejudiced it is to the national interest. All Universities and Institutes of higher learning are called upon to observe this day to create a determined and a sustained drive to bring about a mass awakening against terrorism and violence by making appropriate projection through research, lectures, and teachings. It is hereby instructed that the academic community may highlight the sufferings of children, women, and all others who are horrifyingly victimized through terrorism.
The Government of India has instructed all its citizens to take an anti- terrorism pledge. Mr. D. Ganesh Kumar, Asst. Professor of Law anchored the program. He opened the program welcoming the audience and stating the purpose of assembling. He dened terrorism and anti-terrorism and set the momentum of the programme followed by Introduction to Anti-Terrorism Day by Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Associate Professor. She elucidated the objectives behind the observance of Anti-terrorism day and highlighted that Academicians play a prominent role in curbing terrorism and cult of violence among student through their teachings.
Dr. Srinivas Bandameedi spoke about Anti-Terrorism Day and its Signicance & Efcacy. He observed that this is the same day, on 21st May, in the year 1991, our former Prime Minister, Shri. Rajiv Gandhi was brutally assassinated by a suicide bomber. This horric incident indelibly registered in the minds of people. Even today we can see the pieces of his clothes and shoes in Indira memorial museum, New Delhi. These objects bring back the tragedy to our minds sending chills down the spine.
It is indeed the day to mourn the death of our former prime minister; it is also the day to immerse in more profound contemplation to dream about a peaceful society. Terrorist outts may have their own ideologies
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with convincing reason and logic. No one has a problem until this ideologies have friction with the other ideologies. But violence in any form cannot be justied on the name of ideologies because there is no space for violence in sensible modern societies where political institutions are more open for discussions and debates. Interestingly, one of the prominent political thinkers who believed in the philosophy of violence for political change made strikingly contrast statement, He quoted “Let a hundred owers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend." This amazing statement is relevant to every civilized society in every age because it clearly talks about the importance of ideas, the clash of ideas, and the elimination of ideas but not about the elimination of the people. He humbly requested all the teachers and all staff members of SLS Hyderabad to carry forward the essence of nonviolence and inculcate it among the students.
Dr. Prageetha G Raju administered the Oath and all the teaching and non-teaching staff of SLSH repeated after her. The oath is as follows:
“We, the people of India, having abiding faith in our country's tradition of non-violence and tolerance, hereby solemnly afrm to oppose with our strength, all forms of terrorism and violence. We pledge to uphold and promote peace, social harmony, and understand among all fellow human beings and ght the forces of disruption threatening human lives and values.”
The program concluded with vote of thanks proposed by Mr. D. Ganesh Kumar.
D. Ganesh Kumar’s anchoring Dr. Prageetha G Raju’s introductory remarks
Mr. Srinivas talking about signicance and efcacy of 21 May
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Colleagues repeating the oath after Dr. Prageetha G Raju
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