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1. Justice Dipankar Datta, in the EVM case, has shown that he is not going to kowtow to the anti-BJP camp and will not hesitate to rebuke them. As the senior most Cal HC judge in the SC (and currently the only Cal HC judge there) he will very likely be delegated by the CJI to have a say in the NUJS VC selection. If Datta refuses to be a TMC rubber stamp, this could checkmate any attempt by Kishore Datta and the TMC to rig the process like last time and handpick their own candidate.
2. According to an NDTV article today, which interviewed top psephologists, the Bengal elections will be neck and neck with wafer thin margins in many seats. The chatter from Bengali news channels, as well as psephologists, is that the TMC is assured of around 10 Muslim-dominated seats and the BJP of around 10 Hindu-dominated seats, with the remaining 22 seats up for grabs. Whoever wins the election will be the favourite to win the state in 2026. The million-dollar question is this: even if the TMC appoints their own handpicked VC, what stops this person from switching loyalties to the BJP if the BJP wins in 2026? A BJP win is theoretically possible going by what the psephologists are saying.
So, we still have wait till 4 June, and the TMC remains in pole position, but Datta & Co may not get a cakewalk like last time.
The other X factor is the SJA. Will they copy NLSIU students and mobilise students and alumni to write a petition to the CJI demanding a transparent appointment?
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ndtv-battleground-contest-of-fine-margins-between-bjp-trinamool-in-bengal-5589210/amp/1
Apart from the technicality of age limit, what really are the sins of NKC? Why would we want him gone at the earliest?
Elections wouldn't matter much for NUJS as an institution. Ofc, certain individual fortunes may change for better/worse. NKC is staying on till 2026 at least. He will ofc try to appoint an acolyte as his successor.
For example, what really is the work of Information Officer. On paper he is to function as PIO. But how many RTIs does NUJS receive? NKC and Co are well-known for stonewalling RTIs and so NKC may have wanted to have a PIO of his choice. But the admin flab is costing students
The entire debacle with ipleaders happened due to his over activism without knowing proper facts
He claimed on his tinder profile that he got the VC fired, that wad the extent of his activism
Such a dead giveaway when you are trying to act anonymous
Do you suggest it should have rolled over and accepted claims brought against it?
How would that help
Since there is no unanimity concerning the faculty members who were questioned hence not mentioning the names that came up.
But this much can be said that the complainant had mentioned the names of two senior Professors (a male and a female) as witnesses to the alleged sexual harassment by NKC. She has also complained against two Associate Professors (a male and a female and both ex-Noojies) for working with or alongside NKC.
It was also mentioned that majority members of LCC Barasat are well known to a former NUJS ICC Head who is friends with the complainant and her witnesses here. That explains why the complaint was made there and not to the ICC here.
NKC knows that it will be difficult to continue for a full second term. Depending on political and personal equations he will lobby to get an acolyte as his successor so that gravy train keeps running.
Let the betting tables open!
Is it the FIR or LCC Barasat effect? In 2018 a NBW was issued by a court in MP against a then Assistant Prof of Law. Lord Taluk quickly processed his lien request to MNLU Mumbai. Stayed out of state till the local police signaled him to return after a few years.
By the way, why didn't the Associate Professor also complain about other deliberate omissions of NKC? I admit she isn't obligated to do so but when she is claiming that NKC has festered serious rot in NUJS and has subsequently victimized her because she spoke "truth" to power....it is odd that she would drop well-documented instances of abuse of power by NKC, especially the manner in which he killed off inquiries and related RTIs. The Wire ran two articles on these issues.
NKC/NUJS did not contest those articles.
And with all the talk of "setting" (a DSG in HC who was handling several sensitive cases was dropped unceremoniously) getting betrayed is a certainty. Btw, the state legal convenor of the principal opposition party knows about all this and more. So does a certain much talked up ASG in Delhi. Both have bigger fishes to fry.
The "Bengali VC" thing isn't an issue this time. It was a bogey raised last time to scare off some people and limit the pool to TMC friendly academics. NKC wasn't the first choice but he was able to get into the good books of KD and his patrons/mentor. He also had Justices AR and SS and Lord Taluk to bat for him.
FM et al will only come into picture if NKC has lost the confidence of KD and Co. Is that the case? I don't see EC (which mostly means KD and Co) acting against the VC. Has it even asked the VC why he hasn't initiated the search process for his successor.
Clearly NKC wishes to stay on (as long as possible) and KD and Co also want him to continue. SJA et al don't matter.
There was no online courses regulation from UGC before 2018 by when ipleaders courses had stopped
Ipleaders was a vendor, they can’t be faulted for lack of legal compliance if any by nujs 😂😂
ipleaders was stuck with NUJS riding tiger as NUJS sucked out the profit from each course
Once the ipleaders went independent they grew by leaps and bounds, as is visible to everyone, despite severe reputational damage caused by nujs saga
Had nujs stuck to ipleaders it would have benefited from the growth but has now lost out thanks to conspiracy theorists like you
While iPleaders ran courses, nujs made several crores from it; but never before or after it had made any significant money from any distance or online courses
Just some facts for you 🥰
She should be prosecuted under public corruption laws for this very obvious act of corruption
The fact that she is not pulled up is a matter of corruption
Someone needs to file a case against her in Cal HC
If that were true, then how did the ICC of IIM Calcutta deliver findings against the Director. The ICC report was robust enough for the IIM-C Board to remove the Director temporarily in the interest of doing a a thorough inquiry etc.
Someone pointed out a precedent involving PA vs then AR Admin. The PA lodged an FIR only after she had exhausted all internal processes including an ICC, which was later found biased prompting the EC to change its composition, including the head. The findings of the new ICC were upheld by the EC. By then the PA had also lodged an FIR and after much foot-dragging by the police, the then AR Admin was finally arrested and sent to police custody. Eventually he got bail and many years later his services were finally terminated by the EC in 2019. While the then AR Admin has appealed against this termination in the Cal HC, the case resulting from the FIR is still going on at the local trial court. Ten years and counting!
Right now we have no proof of FIR. No police action. Not even the VC being queried by the police. What about witnesses? Have they been queried? Even the LCC Barasat thing is beginning to sound dicey despite many folks claiming the complainant has been selectively showing the complaint.
The people of WB unlike many other states take forever to change regimes. And when that happens, the notorious ecosystems survive and thrive. So it really doesn't matter who wins or loses in 2024 and/or 2026.
You (may) have the evidence. If NKC is compromised, take it elsewhere. EC, Chancellor, the state govt etc. True many in the "system" were/are complicit. The SJA then did all it could.
But all you do is talk.
While iPleaders knew that the courses did not have UGC approval, it continued bringing in students. No one had ever thought (including SJA, which had no idea about the illegality) that this sweetheart deal would later go very sour.
But it did always amaze me why NUJS kept litigating in the courts instead of doing proper in-hose inquiry just like the EC had directed. NUJS lost the arbitration as well. You'll be so surprised to know who did the arbitration for NUJS. A closer look into how the cases/arbitration was handled will make the "political management' very clear and how the same vested interests triumphed again despite significant jolts due to SJA intervention.
It is ironical that a certain someone is now complaining to EC against NKC for having approved a payout to iPleaders without EC nod.
Nothing ever really changes at NUJS.
By the way, why no talk of MKS?
I am betting FM. Ticks all the right boxes for the TMC.
- himself
- CJI Gogoi’s nominee Justice Mishra (neither judge caring anything about NUJS or legal education in general)
- an interim Cal HC CJ (a clueless and timid person who was in charge for just a month; Datta cleverly waited until the permanent CJ left)
- an unknown, small-time businessman who was a TMC spokesman at the time (he was removed after the SJA challenged his appointment as violative of the NUJS act)
This time, I fell Datta will wait for Chandrachud to retire (in November), because Chandrachud may cite Sudhir’s example and want an academically well-qualified VC. By November, Justice Bose will also have retired. So, you will Justice Khanna as CJI. He will probably nominate Justice Dipankar Datta to the selection committee. As for the other members, my bet would be Datta’s mentor Kalyan Banerjee (TMC MP) and maybe Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee or Justice Girish Gupta.
She saw an opportunity as ipleaders was making very good money and grabbed it by signing a deal with her own company effulgent
Then she stirred up trouble for iPleaders so that iPleaders shuts down and her own company gets a free reign
SJA rained on her parade when they discovered she is director at effulgent and self dealing
Distance education students became victim of this sordid plot by effulgent lady
If she resigned as director- that would have shown on MCA records
If anyone bought this story it was because they don’t know how MCA works 😝
Question is how did she get appointed director by a private company without informing NUJS where she has a full time job drawing full time salary
In reality despite being considerate towards NUJS no judge could help it because the violations by NUJS were way too blatant
Hence winning streak of ipleaders - NUJS has lost every case so far right upto SC
SVR took a few classes at NUJS once. Such a gem in weaving theory and practice. Not sure if he would have left his practice and joined NUJS. But some people felt threatened by student response and moved internal levers to ensure that SVR wasn't even brought in "visiting" capacity.
Early batches of NLUJ can tell you about the Dube duo. Isn't DD now the Head of IIT KGP Law now? How is that working?
Later when Dr NLM exited NLUJ and was involved in starting up IIT KGP Law, the Dube duo moved too. Dr NLM tried very hard to install NKC as the Law School head when NLM was moving to KIIT. But IIT KGP Law rejected NKC. Later NLM helped NKC secure the directorship of KIIT Law.
Follow the IoUs (as also some other things) and the ducks line up.
Even when PIB exited finally in 2018, EC allowed him to "resign" and remained indifferent when Lord Taluk and later NKC killed off those inquiries. EC didn't even care when the state govt initiated an inquiry that deeply troubled NKC. And that inquiry report too got buried.
Where is the evidence that VC is in hot water with EC? Has the EC initiated an inquiry against NKC for the so-called unapproved release of funds to iPleaders? Did the EC ask the VC to formally explain how NUJS lost in HC, arbitration and in the SC? Did it ask how and who chose the university lawyers and the briefing that they received from VC?
Has the EC initiated an inquiry against NKC for not completing the inquiries that the EC itself initiated?
Has the EC initiated an inquiry against NKC for the alleged SH complaint? What about the much talked about FIR? How does the EC ignore all this especially when it has at least 4 faculty members who are now at loggerheads with NKC.
Maybe it is the Associate Professor who is in hot water for overplaying her hand.
PIB and even Lord Taluk had vested interests in killing off those inquiries. But NKC came with a "clean slate". He left CU Law just before TMC came to power and after a detour or two served KIIT Law for nearly a decade.
NKC was bleached of all red by the time he applied for VC position here. So why did NKC actively kill off all the inquiries and heartily embrace PIB acolytes and their counsel?
The lady was very much a director of Effulgent when the deal was being negotiated and signed.
Locating a "law university" in Bongaon wouldn't be considered "big" by the Matua community. TMC has already given them a full-fledged university, which can expand further.
Asansol/Durgapur isn't just Ghatak teriitory. The region has other satraps as well. Also it has a functional airport nearby and several industries and urban areas.
In terms of his record, Prof Dube and Mrs (Prof) Dube were not popular or highly respected, to put it mildly. That’s all I’ll say. The point about student-authored publications can be verified by looking at their publications list.
In contrast, Prof Dube’s successor, Prof SV Joga Rao from NLSIU, was very popular at RGSOIPL. Prof Joga Rao is also much liked at NLSIU as a teacher. His classes on evidence law are quite famous and RGSOIPL students he taught also benefitted from his lectures. He has also been a litigator and has valuable practical experience, in addition to contacts with many generations of NLSIU alumni.
As for Prof VCV, he was also well-liked at RGSOIPL and has a pleasant personality. The most positive change he made was in the area of curriculum reform and in building the exchange programme with GW law school, funded by Mr Vinod Gupta.
2. Faizan's publication record isn't anything to brag about either. He mostly writes newspaper op eds and disseminates his views through his YouTube channel and interviews.
3. There is zero chance of the ten year rule getting waived for any public university in India at present. There will be immediate litigation. Even Sudhir had to qualify that, which he just did, courtesy MP Singh. You are just spouting random names now. Nemika is a great candidate simply because she topped her batch? She doesn't have any experience whatsoever as an admin anywhere. There are good candidates available if the search committee keeps an open mind, but they probably won't. It should ideally be someone who has studied or at least taught successfully at a good NLU.
I will subscribe
- pretty much every publication of his is co-authored either with his wife (Dipa Dube) or with one of his former PhD students at the IIT law school, such as Rajrupa Sinha Roy, Aparup Pakhira, Bhagwan Gawali etc.
- a large number of his publications are on subjects outside his domain of expertise (which is supposed to be corporate law)
- he has published in the US China Law Review, which has been exposed online as a scam journal
https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2020/48/i-published-a-fake-paper-in-a-peer-reviewed-journal/
- I cannot spot any well-regarded journal he has published in all by himself, and even the co-authored articles are not in top tier journals (Jindal Law Review is the only Scopus-listed one)
http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/IP/faculty/ip-indrajit
Based on the above, I think there are far better people who can be appointed. If the 10-year Professor bar is removed, then former NUJS profs like Prabhash Ranjan (SAU) or Vishwas Devaiah (BITS, ex-JGLS) can be chosen. Among NUJS alumni, Nemika Jha (JGLS) would be a great choice and she was also the gold medalist of the first batch.
If a TLC person has to be appointed and the 10-year professor rule followed, then Faizan Mustafa can be appointed. I am sure he will prefer NUJS to CNLU. He is also ideologically aligned with the current political dispensation in the state.
TMC may have proposed these two campuses for its own reasons. Irrespective of who comes in 2026, these two campuses are happening.
Both SJA and certain faculty members came across this but independently. The papers were reviewed by the EC and an inquiry was initiated. NKC killed off that inquiry (ironically at the request of the Associate Prof who now claims that NKC sexually harassed her) because no money changed hands apparently and the courses never took off.
a) University not being GST, FCRA compliant (SJA had exposed this in 2018-20)
b) VC declining CSR sponsorship from HPCL
c) NUJS again messing up with UGC grant accounts
d) Improper recruitment of admin personnel
e) Massive expenditure for boarding and lodging of BScLLB (Hons) students and alleged corruption in creating the lab infrastructure, recruitment of faculty etc
It's all there in the EC records but NKC will not allow uploads and SJA could care less.
However, I disagree that one of the inquiries against the Associate Prof is non-serious. Ofc, the VC is being petty with its timing. As per EC records, the National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) had approved a Rs 4 lac research project in 2012-13. There is some confusion whether the entire amount was released or an initial tranche of Rs 1 lac.
NFCG repeatedly sent reminders to NUJS (when SAK was appointed as Registrar by PIB) for the research report. This went on for years till NFCG wanted NUJS to refund the money sent unless the report was submitted. NKC refunded Rs 1 lac and removed the Associate Prof (was Assistant Prof when she was assigned the research grant) from her centre. Later in a retaliatory move, NKC persuaded the EC to authorize an inquiry against the Associate Prof who ironically wants SAK ensnared as well.
This was discovered and pointed out by SJA to EC and enuqiry started but she has managed to put a lot on that enquiry
a. Srividhya Raghavan
b. Shubhankar Dam
c. Navajyoti Samanta
d. Swaraj Paul Barooah
e. Anuj Bhuwania
f. Nemika Jha
g. Pritam Baruah
You can add 20 more to the list. Each a million times better than NKC, a billion times better than Rathin, a trillion times better than JK Das, and a quadrillion times better than AK Poddar.
If a TLC fellow must at all be appointed, then at least VC Vivekanandan or Faizan Mustafa can be considered because of their long association with NALSAR. But DEFINITELY NOT Indrajit Dube, Dipa Dube, Srinivasulu, VS Elizabeth, that lady dictator at NLUO (forget her name), Nagaraj, Nandimath etc etc.
https://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/Law/J-K-Das.pdf
What did happen is that certain students got their GPA bumped up during reevaluation, when papers were sent to universities outside NUJS, like Hazra and South City. That was always controversial.
Grade inflation/liberal marking et al have been happening consistently since the time of Menon. Many other unpalatable things happened (but never got recorded/documented) as well when the "golden trio" of Menon, Chimni and MPS reigned. Alumni including those in the faculty may disclose those to you.
Why single out SJA/students, especially when the reality is well-known? When SJA exposed PIB, it was widely known that a lot of additional information was hunted down by individual students. The faculty member who has lodged SH complaint against NKC was exposed by some of her colleagues. SJA and students had no covert/overt participation beyond what was available in the EC/AC records.
Don't just tell. Show what "bad things" have been done by NKC.
I have no love for NKC. He is like any other self-serving VC. But do you have anything solid against him? Wishy washy will not do.
Not sure if RB will make the cut. NKC is anti-RB, especially so because the state Law Dept got RB to head an inquiry/audit, which caused problems for NKC. While the university has stopped uploading EC/FC/AC records, please check/do RTI and you will find mention of it in the EC records. You can even RTI the Law and Judicial Dept of GoWB. NUJS archives may also have a copy of the public notice issued by the RB headed inquiry committee for submissions before the committee. NKC "complied slowly" and had it put up on NUJS website (only) for an extrenely limited duration. Still, quite a few aggrieved distance education students among others made in-person submissions. Others submitted stuff online.
But as with other EC-directed inquiries, NKC received help from AG and certain regime friendly judges to bury this inquiry as well. Many whisper that NKC used his influence to scuttle RB's chances as VC for NLU Meg and possibly Tripura as well.
The SJA has been hollowed out and student leadership is woefully absent. SJA is more likely to remain a place holder for admin acolytes. Students will always have differences etc. But something as basic as ensuring admin transparency shouldn't have been difficult to maintain. How did SJA 2020 and successors mess up instead of building up on the crucial victories of their predecessors?
NKC and Co know that SJA is ineffectual. Faculty are a divided and self-serving lot. AG and Co have other equations at play. So NKC is likely to continue till 2026 and like many other VCs, he will try to get one his acolytes gets installed as a VC or ensure that someone worse takes over. That's how PIB happened.
History is set to repeat again.