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NLU count to rise to 25 with Sikkim, J&K and Jabalpur (doubling up NLIU Bhopal) also getting on the NLU gravy-train-wreck

Moar NLUs incoming Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir are set to get their own National Law Universities (NLU), while Madhya Pradesh will be getting a second NLU, in Jabalpur, after amending the NLIU Act 1997, reported the PTI in separate stories, and The Statesman . The Sikkim NLU, whose bill was intr...

NUJS students give VC Bhat ultimatum: Resign now for being ‘undemocratic’, ‘despotic’, ‘incompetent’, or face protests with ‘academic integrity’, memes

NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor (VC) Prof Ishwara Bhat, who has been impeded since last week from joining CNLU Patna as VC by protesting CNLU students, is now facing an ultimatum by the NUJS student body to resign from NUJS this week.

Read highly critical buried NUJS report that SJA won from VC Bhat today • CCTV cameras dead

The student juridical association (SJA) has obtained a copy from vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Ishwara Bhat of the 56-page long-buried and long-overdue report by the statutory review commission.

Correction: 8,000 NLIU degrees since 2003 were probed after 15 fake LLB degrees emerged in judicial probe

At least 15 fake LLB degrees from NLIU Bhopal reportedly enabled some alumni to bag jobs in the lower judiciary, among other places, according to a probe by retired Justice Abhay Gohil, reported the Hindustan Times, adding that the findings have triggered an internal probe by NLIU of the mark sheets of all of its alumni.

Nalsar, NLU Delhi win full autonomy status from UGC • But what does it actually mean? VCs explain

NLU Delhi and Nalsar Hyderabad were granted so-called “Class I” autonomy by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which also granted “Class II” autonomy to NLUO Cuttack and RGNUL Patiala among 62 higher education institutes that have been awarded the status, as reported by PTI.

CNLU students win retired judge as interim VC, stand down for 2 days • Ex-VC keeps self locked away in residence

CNLU Patna students won a first small concession today in their fight opposing the appointment of NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhat to head up their institution, suspending their protests for two days, according to two student sources.

Why CNLU campus is in lockdown protests over NUJS VC move • The cases for and against Bhat (and the case where there is none)

NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhat’s appointment to the post of CNLU Patna’s VC has sparked a campus lock down protest at CNLU, uniting students within 24 hours of us having first published the news of Bhat’s selection to lead the Bihar law college.

Unpopular NUJS vice chancellor Ishwara Bhat to leave for CNLU Patna, before report exhumation • NLIU ex-vc, 3 others also applied

NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor (VC) Prof Ishwara Bhat, who was hugely unpopular with its student body will be CNLU Patna’s new VC, having applied for the post shortly after NUJS had its first ever judicial review commission and four years before his term was due to end.

Next bar exam (probably tentatively) scheduled for 10 June 2018, registrations open

The next All India Bar Exam (AIBE) is scheduled for 10 June 2018 and registrations are technically open, according to the website. 5th May, 2018 – Last date for Online Registrations. at 5:00 PM 29th May 2018 – Release of Admit Card Online. 10th June 2018* – All India Bar Examination-XII in various c...

AIBE 11 results now out after 3 months of sitting on OMR sheets

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has released the results of the 11th All India Bar Examination (AIBE), a little over 3 months after the exam was conducted. The results of the 3 December 2017 exam can be accessed by entering roll number and date of birth, according to a notification on the official we...

Amebdkar U committee finds ALF founder, NLS grad Lawrence Liang sexually harassed PhD student [UPDATE: Liang issues statement]

Well-known human rights activist, academic and lawyer Lawrence Liang, who is a professor of law at Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), has been found guilty by an AUD committee of having sexually harassed a female PhD student of another university, reported Asia Times today.

BCI challenged for vagueness, fees ‘in nature of punishment’ for foreign LLB degree holders by Mumbai Uni graduate

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has been in court for over one year now, defending its decision to debar one candidate from appearing for its lesser known Qualifying Examination for Indian National Holding Foreign Law Degree (qualifier) but the lawyer acting for the BCI in court is allegedly still not familiar with the qualifier exam.

After rebuke, Guj HC manages to secure GNLU director Bimal Patel presence

GNLU Gandhinagar director Bimal Patel and registrar Dr Thomas Mathew appeared before the Gujarat high court today to comply with its 19 February order, following Patel’s non-compliance with two previous orders of the high court.

Guj HC summons Bimal Patel, registrar for potential contempt of prior orders, rages: ‘No one is above law’

GNLU Gandhinagar director Bimal Patel has been asked to appear in person before the Gujarat high court at 11am tomorrow, due to his failure to comply with the high court’s orders.

JGLS student gang rape case: SC orders HC to conclude case within 5 months

The JGLS Sonepat student rape survivor may finally see an end to her five-year ordeal as the Supreme Court has now ordered the Punjab & Haryana high court to dispose of her appeal within five months, as reported by IANS.

Study: 15 NLUs make $10m+ per year from ‘unconstitutional’ NRI quota, who have lower CGPAs, with little trickle-down

NLSIU Bangalore earns annual revenues of over Rs 1 crore as fees paid by students admitted under its foreign national quota even though more than 80 per cent of those students were not even schooled outside India, revealed a study by Chirayu Jain published in Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) in December 2017.

NLIU on schedule with director search process, calls for nominations

NLIU Bhopal has invited nominations to appoint its new director less than two months after its former director Prof SS Singh went on leave following student protests.

NUJS students RTI admin’s alleged burial of first-ever university review report, receive no response

NUJS Kolkata students have filed Right to Information (RTI) requests for the report of the law school’s 16-years-overdue review, as the administration has not made the report public even two months after it was submitted to the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

SC: Will not tolerate continuing blackmail by JGLS rape convicts over nude pictures, demands iCloud password

The former JGLS Sonepat students, who were convicted of raping and blackmailing a fellow student had until now refused to share the password of an iCloud online storage account in which they had allegedly stored the victim’s nude photos, but the Supreme Court has now finally ordered them to disclose it, reported the Indian Express and others.

MNLU Nagpur to get Rs 750 cr gov’t windfall, envisions new 60 acre campus (joint 2nd largest of all NLUs)

MNLU Nagpur will shift from its 45 acre temporary campus to a Rs 789 crore permanent 60 acre campus by 2021, predicted its registrar NM Sakarkar having already been sanctioned Rs 200 crore from Maharashtra for the first phase of construction.