The college’s public information officers supplied Legally India with a full copy of the 161-page report today via email.
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Legally India has reproduced several extracts below out of pages 15-18, 35-59, 91-97, 101-108 and 114-139, which were not provided yesterday due to apparent technical issues.
The missing pages include issues such as faculty taking leave without any records; not following procedure in awarding gold medals; accounting oversights in respect of faculty advances; not following UGC guidelines in faculty recruitment; starting distance learning and postgraduate courses and degrees with third party institutions in contrary to UGC or common procedure; as well as the presence of poisonous animals such as scorpions near the campus without adequate medical supplies or personnel available.
No contest
It is understood from student sources that a number of first and second-year students had planned to hold a peaceful protest after today’s surprise exam, to question the lack of implementation of the findings of the report.
But one student involved in the protest said that members of the student body committee (SBC) discouraged the juniors from protesting because it could damage fourth and fifth-year recruitment prospects.
SBC president Abhishek Singh commented: “Everything is peaceful at Nalsar. I am not aware of any such meeting.”
“We had already put up posters for the protest in the mess last night. But the second year students backed out. It didn’t happen,” said a student who was part of the planned protests. “We are now drafting a petition to be presented to the chancellor seeking the implementation of the report.”
A student unconnected to the protests said that only a limited number of Nalsar students were on campus: “Not all the students were on board. There were a lot of people who had already left for [the sports festival] Invicta in [NUJS] Calcutta”.
The student added that some felt it would be better to take more time to decide on a course of action and formulate detailed proposals, rather than reacting in a “knee jerk” fashion.
“People are very happy,” commented one student about student and faculty reactions to Legally India’s disclosure of 100 pages of the the three-judge committee report yesterday. “It’s good that it's out in the open.”
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Previous stories on Nalsargate:
- Download parts of 3-judge Nalsar report slamming exam leaks, student drowning, mooting favouritism, law school rankings & more
- Nalsar VC Veer Singh & others accused of authority abuse, fudged accounts & more by judges, after LI RTI stonewalled
Excerpts and highlights from remaining pages
Leaving casually (page 15 and 16)
Except for a casual leave file, there is no record maintained with respect to any other leave having been taken by the Vice Chancellor. The personal file of the Vice-Chancellor does not contain any leave application. The casual leave file maintained each year does not reflect any such leave having been availed by the Vice Chancellor. The latest trip of the Vice Chancellor to Canada in June, 2011 “) is also not shown as leave of any sort either in the casual leave file or in the personal file or in the Leave register, though he has been paid his monthly remuneration during this period of absence.
From the inception of the University till date, no permission seems to have been sought or obtained by the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar of NALSAR from either the Executive Council or the Chancellor for availing earn leave, duly leave, etc. When the earn leave register was partly inspected on 27.07.2011, the duty leave sheet of Professor M. Sridharacharyulu was updated only till 28.09.2005. However the inspection on 28.07.2011 revealed a few additional entries having been made therein.
Gold meddling? (Page 18)
Contrary to the Regulations the then Vice Chancellor by his circular dated 26.08.2004, while constituting the gold medal committee, informed them that the two gold medals for the best student (i.e., one boy and one girl) would be decided by him. A similar circular, conferring power on himself to decide the two gold medals for best students (one boy and one girl), was issued by the Vice-Chancellor on 15.06.2005.
Though the regulations required the Vice-Chancellor to constitute a committee comprising of five members, a committee of only four members was constituted by circular dated 26.08.2004; a committee of three members by office order dated 20.06.2008; and a committee of four members by office order dated 28.07.2009.
Faculty qualifications under UGC? (Page 39 and 40)
Students have complained, and several faculty members have admitted, that the quality of the faculty recruited in the recent past leaves much to be desired. Students have also highlighted the wide gulf, between course design and course execution, which they attribute to the mediocrity of some of the faculty members recruited \in the not too distant past. To compound the problem, appointment of teachers in the recent past has been on contract basis. Such contractual appointments on fixed remuneration curtails not only the freedom of academic expression of such teachers, but also forces them to toe the line of the management lest their serv1ces be dispensed with at any time.
We were informed that, when qualified and competent alumni, (including those who have studied in institutions such as Oxford University), apply for jobs, they are rejected on the ground that UGC Guidelines do not permit teachers with one-year LL.M or an equivalent degree. In their representation su bmitted to this committee, the Alumini have informed us that, as per UGC Regulations for Minimum Qualification for Appointment of Teachers (Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) promulgated on 30th June 2010, the only requirement for an Assistant Professor of law is 55% in a Masters- Level program at an Indian University, or an equivalent qualification at an accredited foreign University. The NALSAR Alumni are said to have secured teaching jobs in other Law schools in the country.
If other law schools in the country have invited NALSAR Alumni to join their faculty, there is no reason why NALSAR should not consider inviting these talented youngsters who, perhaps, would be more keen on joining their alma-mater than work in other Law schools. NALSAR must, however, ensure that such appointments are not in violation of the law for the time being in force.
There is an urgent need for the University to settle the permanent cadre strength, and advertise for all such positions which are vacant. The best _faculty in reputed institutions, and experts in the subject, should be persuaded to join the faculty at NALSAR. To ensure that the selectee has the required competence, applicants called for interview could be asked to hold a demonstration class, and a faculty seminar, prior to their being interviewed by the selection committee. The feedback obtained from students, and the existing faculty, could be taken into consideration by the selection committee before a final decision is taken on their appointment.
Faculty advances (page 90 and 91)
Tardy maintenance of accounts is best reflected by the fact that amounts given as advance, to the faculty members of NALSAR, have neither been recovered from them nor has the expenditure incurred, pursuant to the advance taken by them, accounted for. The total outstanding amount, given as advance to faculty members, as on 3.7.2011 is Rs.4,75,680-/
Curiously, the advance given to the erstwhile Vice-Chancellor and Registrars have still not been recovered, nor the expenditure incurred in relation to such advance accounted for, though they left” the services of NALSAR more than three years ago.
The advance given to Prof. Lakshminath, erstwhile Registrar of NALSAR, of Rs.25,5001/- on 15.7.2005 is still shown as outstanding. Likewise the advance given to Prof. Ranbir Singh (former Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR) of Rs.37,468-20; Prof. Ghanshyam Singh (former Registrar of NALSAR) of Rs.l8,629/- Ms. GOK Sandhya of Rs.20,000/-, Mls. Kalpana Kannabiran of Rs.4320/- etc., are still) shown as outstanding. Rs.7000/-, shown as outstanding") from Prof. M.Sreedharacharyulu, is for the advance taken by him in May and September 2006 nearly five years ago.
Distance learning? (page 94 and 95)
NALSAR offers a post-graduate degree in taxation and business laws in collaboration with the National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur. The memorandum of understanding between NADT, Nagpur and NALSAR requires the former to pay the latter Rs.10,000/- per student for the said post-graduate degree course. From out of this amount of Rs.l0,000/-, NALSAR is required to incur flight charges, and pay honorarium for those of its faculty members who take classes at NADT.
The post-graduate diploma courses offered m collaboration with ICADR, and the post-graduate degree course offered in collaboration with NADT Nagpur, is supervised by NALSAR-Pro. • While the services of Prof. K.V.S. Sarma, Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu and Prof. V.Balakista Reddy have been utilized for the lCADR courses, Prof. Veer Singh (Vice-Chancellor), Prof. M. Sridhar
Acharyulu, Prof. K.V.S. Sarma, Prof. Vijendra kumar, Prof. Vidyulatha Reddy, Prof. Shafi, Prof. P.B. Shankar Rao and Prof. Neha Pathakji have taken classes at NADT, Nagpur.
Distance learning institute (page 95 and 96)
NALSAR has also entered into a memorandum of understanding, with the Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM). NALSAR awards a post graduate degree in capital markets and financial services in collaboration with IIRM. The fees, for the said postgraduate degree course, is collected, and the accounts maintained, by NALSAR.
Prof. Veer Singh (Vice chancellor), Prof. K.V.S. Sarma, Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu and Prof. M. Vijendra Kumar have associated themselves with this venture.
NALSAR offers a Masters degree in Law of Financial Services and Capital M arkets (ML-FS & CM), a collaboration programme of NALSAR and IIRM. Prof. Veer Singh (Vice Chancellor) , Prof. K.V.S.Sarma (earlier the Registrar) and Dr.Vijender Kumar have received) honorarium from IIRM for conducting classes thereat.
During the year 2010-11 they received Rs.33000/-, Rs.26000/ - and Rs.12000 /- respectively as honorarium. They also received conveyance charges of Rs.2000/-, Rs.4500/- and Rs.2500/- each respectively. Prof. M.Sridhar Acharyulu received Rs.2986/- and Prof. V. Balakista Reddy received Rs.3690/- towards paper setting and evaluation charges from IlRM.
By his proceedings dated 18.8.2011, the Co-ordinator of IIRM informed this Committee that the degree/ diploma certificates issued to successful students, offered through the MoU between NALSAR and IIRM, may be awarded under the seal of NALSAR University with a mention made prominently, at an appropriate place, that the Degree/Diploma is being awarded in collaboration with IIRM. Section 22(1) of University Grants Commission Act stipulates that only a University can award degrees. While NALSAR can award a postgraduate degree, IIRM cannot. Showing their name in the Degree Certificate, let alone prominently, would be improper.
PGDip aviation JV (page 97 And 98)
NALSAR also offers a post-graduate diploma course in Aviation Law, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into with the Institute of Applied Aviation Management (IAAM) on 01.12.2008. Financial information, both with regards IAAM's revenue and expenditure, is not forthcoming and all information concerning IAAM is shrouded in mystery. It is difficult to fathom why NALSAR should associate itself with a private institution whose antecedents and credibility are unknown. The collaboration MoU entered into by NALSAR with IAAM, in our view, needs reconsideration.
Waste of space (page 105)
Though the courses offered at NALSAR Pro are distance education courses and, except for a few contact classes, the entire programme is web based, the entire ground floor of a building at Hyderguda in Hyderabad has been taken on rent by NALSAR. For the office premises at Barkalpura, NALSAR did not have to pay rent. For the present city office located at 3-5-874/18, Hyderguda, three separate lease deeds dated 01.04.2010 were entered into for lease of the ground, first and second floors of the said premises.
One desk, either in the first or the second floor of the said building would have sufficed for collection of fees, and providing information to prospective students, since these two floors are occupied for courses offered in collaboration with IIRM. The distance education courses offered by NALSAR Pro can be conducted from NALSAR Shameer pet campus.
This would also have facilitated senior faculty members such as Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan and Prof M. Sridhar Acharyulu to function from the Shameerpet campus of NALSAR thereby enabling undergraduate and post-graduate students in the campus to have the benefit of their guidance on all week days instead of two days in a
week. (first and second Saturdays of each month being holidays). It would also enable NALSAR to cut down on wasteful expenditure being incurred towards monthly rent
Venom but no medics (page 126)
Unlike a military academy attempts to enforce strict discipline, of a similar kind, on students in a residential University is not warranted. Youngsters, just out of school, join the five year undergraduate course at NALSAR. These adolescents, some of whom may not even have attained majority, need delicate handling, and not strict policing.
Boy students have complained that, while there is a nurse in the Girl's Hostel, there is no trained paramedic residing in the Boys Hostel; there is no doctor on call; and the doctor, who is required to be available 3 hours a day six days a week, only visits the campus on certain days of the week for an hour or so.
The NALSAR campus, and the region around, is said to be snake infested. Students have complained that there are scorpions, besides varieties of insects, some of whose bites are dangerous. Students have also complained that the ambulance available at NALSAR is not well maintained; distilled water (without which the cylinder cannot be used) is not kept in the oxygen cylinder; and there have been numerous instances of the ambulance failing to respond promptly to emergency calls from the students. (Delays of even half an hour to forty minutes have been reported). We were informed that, as at present, students pool in to pay the hospital bills of the student hospitalized in an emergency and, at a later date, recover the amount from him/her.
No antivenom or other antidotes are stocked at the health centre located on the campus. A large student population, which includes students suffering from peculiar medical conditions, makes it important to have a well planned emergency system m place. NALSAR administration should examine whether an emergency response section can be facilitated in collaboration with Mediciti, or and any other hospital located at a proximate distance from NALSAR. The University should take immediate steps to fully equip the ambulance [...]
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Instead of NALSAR bashing we should learn from them and file RTIs to get the truth out in every law school in India.
It is amazing that they could clean their own house. Looking forward to way better times at NALSAR and implementation of all that is good.
Sincerely,
Law school alumnus
@ report - sad state of affairs. extremely sad. shame on the nalsar administration to have caused such damage to nalsar. management is supposed to lead a univrsity to new heights. mismanagement only brings institutions down. mediocrity, cheating, malpractices, fraud.. all these are infectious.. if univ authorities have continued like this for so many years.. wonder how it effected students (who obviously deny being effected at all)
Some other NLU's need such thorough findings as well.
It is difficult for students as there exists a thread over their career.
Even then students must help to keep their university as clean as possible by trying to question the administration without going into direct conflict.
NALSAR can only improve on the administrative follies from here.
Also, the good part of all this has been that the students or alumni of NALSAR has not been alleged with anything. Therefore, change in administration and amendments in the procedures would improve the situation.
Arre unko President banna hai ab.
Dont try to sensationalize this news!
"Hyderabad Scorpion Biryani"? Really?
A part of the same legal fraternity that legally india is a part of, has some problems, and legallyindia, instead of trying to earn money out of this should play down facts like "there are scorpions around the campus"
Such a brilliant move!
I hope the young students while choosing their law school do appreciate this bias inherent in the working of this website.
Apart from lack of motive, I'd also be interested in any evidence that coverage of Nalsar in this matter is unfair or unwarranted?
Finally, do you really think that an administrative scandal of some sort, would affect the future choices of students?
The Thomas report on NLSIU, if I remember correctly, we didn't cover for various reasons.
1. We had no real insight into it, or lead, and didn't have a copy of the report.
2. In January 2011, when it was first published the report was already 2 (!) years old and hardly breaking news.
3. Some of the allegations seemed a tad more trite, which when read, made the entire story appear as more of a manufactured non-story with some massala in it about students doing drugs and having sex.
4. This LI blog by, I might like to add, an NUJS student of all, seemed to sum it up fairly well:
www.legallyindia.com/1684-toi-report-lambasts-nlsiu-inaccurate-cursory-reporting-link-to-reservation-demands
Again, please do tell me what possible motive we would have for blindly supporting NLSIU and putting others down?
Best wishes
Kian
You didn't even have a cpy of this report right when you initially published the story you had filed a RTI which was declined and the first story was more or less out of the TOI story the same way NLS story could have been done.
Just because its 2 years old doesnt mean you cant publish it (by saying that it was hardly breaking news) you are admitting that all you wanted to do with NALSAR one was create sensationalism (I wouldn't like to believe that but well thats the only logic) and even though its like 2-3 years old now poeple still dont whats really in it.
There is no masala if a report highlights the substance abuse in a campus masala seems when your headline has scorpion in it and half a page about scorpions in a college.
Just because a student summed it up saying its innacurate doesnt makes it one am sure.
Moreover, rising instances of drug abuse, sex and drinking among students, indifference to plagiarism in student project reports and decline in serious research pursuit and academic rigour is a common and rising problems in all NLU's just like the problems at NALSAR and it'll benefit everyone to know what course to take and what were the corrective steps taken or guidelines given.
Am sure the NALSAR report apart from the NALSAR bashing has provided a real insight in working of a law school and students can now accordingly take steps along with their respective administrations to make the institutions better and am sure the Thomas report would also go a long way in achieving those aims.
It shouldn't be that difficult for LI to get a copy am sure and also it would do a lot of good to the Law Schools Community and people would also stop allegations of favouratism against LI.
It is my humble request please get a copy of the same and upload it you dont have to do 3 stories out of it if you think its not a breaking news just get the copy upload it whenever you get with a new piece.
Thanks
We will definitely try to get a copy of the Thomas report on NLS, I promise.
Actually, I distantly remember having skimmed a copy of the report once on scribd or a similar service, but I haven't been able to find it again for the last few days. Maybe I'm mistaken, but if not, if anyone does have a copy, please do send it over and we'll be happy to publish it.
A bit of insider info: in terms of Nalsar, we actually did have a lot of information on the report - the truth was that we couldn't publish anything because we were being stonewalled by certain quarters at Nalsar about disclosing the report, under RTI or otherwise.
My colleague Prachi Shrivastava was actually investigating the state of affairs at Nalsar for almost three weeks or so to follow up the background on the Dhanda and Veer Singh dispute, when TOI unexpectedly published the story on the report. As a journalist, it was obviously a shame to have been scooped on the report, which we had found out about, but we have a lot more background on the Nalsar report than we ever had on the Thomas NLS report, hence our reporting on it in detail.
Sometimes in news, things unfortunately fall between the cracks and there is not enough time to chase up a report from 2009, although maybe we should have done. We do our best to cover all that is relevant, but with only so many hours in the day we can not do all we want to.
Nevertheless, we will try to follow up on NLS and other law schools also, as I mentioned initially.
Best wishes
Kian
genius!
Now if the people who comment would have written anything as such it would be understandable. How low will you go LegallyIndia? Listen we might be facing a bad patch now but our student community is very much united. Come on man Kian. Grow up.
Thanks for your feedback, but I disagree.
I do think that an administrative scandal can be a good thing, yes, and can make an institution stronger, if the students and other faculty deal with it in a responsible manner.
Look at HNLU, which is generally said to have benefited from student agitation and the change in administration a few years ago.
Sure, maybe it's a bit embarrassing in the short term and provides a knock, but isn't it better for this stuff to be out in the open? Would you rather that we covered it up and did not run the story?
I don't think Nalsar or any similar institution will disappear overnight - Nalsar has won the MPL twice, has excellent recruitment and reputation academically and professionally.
Why so insecure about apparent failings in the institution that have nothing to do with few or any of these other things?
On that note, I'd like to briefly mention this attitude of 'what happens in college, stays in college', which not only applies to Nalsar but to most law colleges I know of.
I would argue that this near unconditional loyalty in public to an institution, prevents being critical when it is required, and encourages problems to stay hidden and out of view. Sure, I understand everyone is afraid of getting shunned by recruiters or getting singled out by the administration but still...
Stretching the analogy into patriotism, it is akin to saying that the 2G scandal, CWG, Radiagate and so on would have better been left unexposed and unreported, because it harms foreign investment into India. Or is the mainstream media unjustly picking on Congress by reporting it?
Tell me, what is the role of the media, particularly the legal media, if not to report this kind of thing happening at Nalsar?
As an aside, student media in the UK, for instance is far happier to shake the boat. I don't remember the University newspapers in Oxford, for example, run by students, shying away from reporting a scandal or story about their own university to bring it to national attention.
All we at Legally India are trying to do is increase transparency, tell true and accurate stories, as well as occasionally entertain some readers.
I believe everyone at Nalsar wanted to read the report - why keep it hidden from everyone else?
Best wishes
Kian
btw this is same LI which reports a third grade moot by the headline "Young NLSIU team wins RIzvi" i mean except 1-2 year and to some extent 3 years who participate in domestic moots and that tto like Rizvi....stop NLS bias else one day we will have TOI reporting LIgate with of course pictures of your choice....
Assuming that you are not trolling for a reaction here, yet again I pray for you to please answer my initial question.
What possible motive would we have for supporting NLS or NUJS and being against Nalsar? Are you really, really alleging that other colleges pay us money to write good things about them?
I personally have absolutely no horse in this race, or any loyalties, sorry to say.
Best wishes,
Kian
it cannot be denied that NLSIU/NALSAR/NUJS has a very strong alumnus and that they would lobby for it...nothing wrong on their part but as you call yourself journalist u should try to maintain your impartiality...a possible example is when last year NUJS filed case against Outlook the tone of the report clearly made them a hero but had it been any other law school u would have definitely found some big conspiracy theory...
i have a very simple point LI got famous because of the impartial news reporting....but over the months i have realized it is bending favorably towards some particular institutions which is not correct....
you might have the opinion that only few students share this view hence it would perhaps not be such a bad idea to look all news and read comments and see over the years how many people instead of targeting NLS/NALSAR/NUJS have started targeting you
TIME For an urgent board meeting!!!
P.S. i m not from any of the big three law school
Also, it's "come on", not "common"
Apologies for playing with the future of students by disclosing to them the findings in a report that lists down lapses in the running of their University.
Perhaps we should have tried our hand at NOURISHING their future by pushing this document containing grievanes voiced by many among their own, under the carpet.
Considering you find the straight reportage of such student grievances and lapses, as they were, to be sensational, who according to you should take the blame - the judges committee which investigated and put them to paper, or LI which put the paper to print?
Regards,
Prachi
Secondly, I think this is highly motivated journalism. Admittedly, I don't know the reasons for this. Yet it stinks of bias.
Ni amma dengai.
When elders talk it is not good manners for kids to butt in.
The fact that you find news like stuff about scorpions to be in good taste and something that only goes on to divert people from the main issue doesn't exactly speak volumes of the tastes you people imbibe or rather cultivate within your college. People have spent years after years in NALSAR and have not encountered a single snake or scorpion; leave alone being bitten or infected by it.
Lastly; in what can only be seen as an irony; the "lack" of medical facilities can only be witnessed by the fact that there have been umpteen instances wherein people who had come from other colleges (prominently the National Law Schools) for events like Summons or the NALSAR-NLSIU Cricket Series were accorded immediate attention; medical or otherwise; by the staff and volunteers from NALSAR. Everything, rights from heatstrokes to hamstring injuries were accorded immediate attention to by the NALSAR fraternity.
As the adage goes - incomplete knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing.
And like everything else, this morphs into "which NLU is the best" discussion. I hope that the people commenting are largely students, as I would be quite appalled to find that the older lot are also guilty of some rather silly comments. Instead of worrying about the Thomas Report on NLS, why not worry about this report that is recent and relevant? Why the clamour for LI to pull out the RTI info on all the NLUs/JGLS etc. if the net result is that there has to be another outcry against LI when they actually write a story out?
And can people please realise that LI is running a business out here and not here only for whatever is true and pure blah blah blah? What is wrong with sensationalising if the facts are not incorrect? Isn't this sensational news anyways? The constant refrain is that "you don't know" so you can't say anything about the issue at all. Why don't the people in the know actually tell us then? And more importantly, that criticism is the same for almost all of LI's news isn't it? You think the deal reporting does not suffer the same problem?
And let's get one thing straight- no student body in any NLU (or any other college/school) will be entirely unified for the simple reason that interests are not always aligned-this is a fundamental rule. So why feel aggrieved about it and accuse LI about it?
The level of debate on these issues is sadly childish- there will be divergent views. Why not accept them and make up our own minds? These are important issues and a lot of these problems are surely not restricted to NALSAR alone.
As for the rest - you do realise that the news business is little different from selling potatoes? Fortunately Kian does.
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We, alumni, are getting totally disturbed to see our Alma matter hitting headlines for wrong reasons. It is not good for the great institution built by several hands & brains and not just by one single individual ‘that man’ as thought or propagated by some. It is our great fortune that we have honest Constitutional functionaries like our by whom and why Veersingh is appointed, perhaps answers would be startling and the cat will be out of bag. Except heading an army law school, what is there to boast of Veersingh? What is his contribution to legal academics? Why he was chosen? Is it because he is guru and colleague of Professor Ranbir Singh, former Vice Chancellor of NALSAR? Is it because they belong to same caste or same region? Or is there any other ulterior motive or diabolic reason? Veersingh claims support from a big lobby of legal education led by ‘that man’ and it is true. He is strong enough to stall the efforts of Justice Kakru, the previous Chancellor, who ordered inquiry into misdeeds and misdoings of administrators in NALSAR such as claiming huge amounts of money allowing sycophants to make huge money.
The Judges Committee Report, (thanks legally India for bringing it out from dark) is a scathing indictment of Veersingh, his blue eyed boy Vijender Kumar, his blind supporters Registrar KVS Sarma, whom he recommended for three terms and also for fourth term and Balakista Reddy who was supported to run a scandalous course. Then what stopped Justice Kakru from acting on that report?
Probe Pre-CLAT admissions
What was Veersingh’s mission? Is it mission destruction or mission cover-up of scams? Why he has sent out eminent faculty members, and filled in vacancies with adhoc and contract appointments, so that no one questions his selfish authoritarianism which is proved highly detrimental to our great institute? What is motive behind this? Is it to demolish the institution? It appears yes, then why? The root cause lies somewhere. It takes any probing agency to pre-CLAT admissions in NALSAR. After a few years in the beginning, the admissions into our institution were not totally based on the sole criterion of merit, but some ‘other’ reason. What is that reason? Any probe into pre-clat admissions of nalsar will through light on substandard students who are mostly siblings of top personalities, alas including judiciary (both bar and bench) and executive. They are friends, rich and powerful of ‘that man’. How could they gain entry?
The backdoor entry
The backdoor entry gate was opened and clandestine admissions are made, and the clout of that man expanded leaps and bounds. The doors of that gate lie in 30 marks meant for essay type question in exclusive nalsar admission test, with non-computerized answer sheets, easily manipulatable scripts, non-transparent methods and evaluation secrecy, silent and loyal support of two corrupt colleagues belonging to his clan and region, (one expired and another killing the institute) etc. Only two or may be only one evaluated the essay part of answer scripts which had full scope of giving 30 marks to siblings of friends and favourites. This is the real scandal which can be described as nalsargate.
Why not CBI probe into these answersheets and find out whose papers they were, their antecedents and connection to ‘that man’. The real story unfolds. Why he wanted a dummy in his seat? Why that dummy wanted to be advised and ruled by set of two or three substandard faculty members? It is to shield these secrets, allow the nalsar to perish and protect that man? Somebody should assess the damage caused to our great institution by these scandalists and people behind him should be thoroughly punished. It is the institute of people of Andhra Pradesh, who have every right to seek its protection. A couple of unscrupulous and non-committed people cannot destroy our great institute with support of spineless promotion mongers. Our worry is why none try to save our great institution from clutches of these scandalists? Why present CJI or CJAP or Chief Minister of Governor of AP is not acting?
We are not pessimistic to think all those who have power to act received quid pro quo. We think that honest faculty members, alumni and even present students should appeal to authorities to save our great institution from these plunderers. Mukherjee Alumni
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