Year at a Glance
College Events:
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Fresher’s Meet – 2017 was held on 29th – 30th November, 2017.
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Ms. Celina Fernandies, Asst. Professor, Jai Hind College Judged the Dramatic Writing Competition.
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Adv. Amaro Henruqies, Judged the Judgment Writing competition.
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Dr. Priya Mittal, Asst. Professor, Bhavans College, Judged the Rajneeti – Parliamentary Bill Drafting Competition.
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Mr. Shreyas Pardiwalla, Theatre Actor and Scriptwriter Director and Mr. Vishtasp Kothavala, Bboy Freak n Style Pogo Group, Judged the Street Play Competition.
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Ms. Nishtha Kanal, Journalist, Asian Age, Judged the War of Words Debate Competition.
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The Three-day event ‘Shastrartha – A Legal Philosophical Discourse’ was organised from 22nd February, 2018 to 24th February, 2018. Mr. Bhagwantrao More, (IPS), Member, MSHRC was the Chief Guest at the inaugural function. Interactive Sessions and innovative competitions were held for the benefit of the students.
Speaker
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Topic
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Mr. Bhagwantrao More (IPS), Member, MSHRC
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Inaugural Address
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Ms. Rini D’Souza, Associate Consultant , 4th wheel
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Action and its Reaction Social impact assessment
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Ms. Neeti Sachdeva, Secretary General and Registrar – Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration
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Arbitration: The current scenario
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Mr. Amin Sheikh, Owner - Bombay to Barceleno Café
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Success Mantras: Lessons from Streets to Spain
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Mr. Ashwin Bhadri, CEO, Equinox Lab
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FSSAI Compliance
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Mr. Aanjan Shrivastav, Actor & Director
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Actions speak louder than words: Diary of an Actor and Director
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Mr. Jay Satye, Advocate
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Rule for Games: An insight on Gaming Laws
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Ms. Leena Haldar, Life Coach
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Emotional Freedom Technique
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Mr. Siddarth Ratho, Associate, Nishit Desai Associates
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Legal periphery of Drones
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Mr. Sharan Jagtiani, Counsel, Bombay High Court
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Art of Advocacy
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Mr. Siddhant Shah, Architect
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Access to all: An architect’s mission
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Prof. Dr. Vinay Patkar
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Valedictory Address
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Competitions: Reverse Engineering - Petition Drafting; Donning the Wig-Judgment Writing and Narrative Jurisprudence.
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The College Moot Court Society [MCS] organised Nyayavalokan 2017 - National Trial Advocacy and Judgment Writing Competition from 5th October, 2017 to 8th October, 2017. Mr. Amin Solkar, Mr. Devendra Singh, Advocate, High Court Bombay and Mr. Hiten Venegaonkar, Addl. Public Prosecutor was the Chief Guest at the inaugural function. The Finals of the National Trial Advocacy & Judgment Writing Competition was adjudged by Hon’ble Justice Makarand Karnik and Hon’ble Justice Sarang Kotwal, Bombay High Court.
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Annual Issue of the Students’ Newsletter “L’avocat” was released on 27th January, 2018 by Mr. Mohan Sivanand, Editor-in-Chief (Retd.), Readers Digest.
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Vividh – 2018 an Intercollegiate Cultural Event, held from 15th February, 2018 to 17th February, 2018.
Workshops & Interactive Lecture Sessions:
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The College organised half day paid workshop on ‘Financial Crimes: Legal Perspectives conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Dandona, C.A., Financial Consultant & Fellow Member, ICAI on 24th April, 2018.
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The Colleges’ Centre for Consumer Advocacy organized a seminar on “Consumer Awareness and Advocacy” on 23rd April, 2018 for First Year B.L.S./LL.B. students.
Speakers : Ms. Varsha Raut and Mrs. Vasundhara Deodhar, Mumbai Grahak Panchayat
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The College’s Constitutional Law and Policy Reform Society (CLPRS) organised 2nd Constitutional Law & Policy Debate Competition, 2018 on ‘Whether the law relating to Adultery in India is gender discriminatory and unconstitutional’ on 21st April, 2018. Adv. Abha Singh was Chief Guest at the inaugural function. Justice P.D. Naik, Bombay High Court, delivered the valedictory address.
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The Moot Court Society of the College conducted the National Legislative Drafting Competition, 2018 and held a Symposium on ‘Regulating Legal Profession’ on 17th April 2018.
The Panelists at the Symposium were -
Dr. Manohar Kamath, Hon. Secretary, Consumer Guidance Society of India
Adv. Siddhartha Shah, Siddhartha Shah and Associates
Adv. Anuradha Maheshwari, Advocate & Legal Consultant, Lex Mantis
Mrs. Reena Agrawal, Sociologist
The draft bills submitted for the competition were adjudged by -
Mrs. Reena Agrawal, Sociologist
Mr. Nandlal Kale, Deputy Secretary, Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat
Mr. Rajesh Kothari, Solicitor
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The college organised one-day National Conference on “Entertainment Law Jurisprudence: Contemporary Perspectives” on 12th April, 2018. Mr. Dominic D’souza, Vice President (Legal), Hinduja Ventures Limited was the Chief Guest at the inaugural function. Ms. Priya Sugathan, Assistant Editor, Bombay Times, delivered the valedictory address.
Panel 1 : Interface of Media & Law
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Panelists
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Designations
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Adv. Ms. Radhika Dudhat Pereira
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Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
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Adv. Ms. Priyanka Joshi
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Manager Legal, Zee Music Company
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Mr. Rafael Pereira (Moderator)
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Cadre (Event Management firm) Director
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Adv. Mr. Himanshu Nagarkar
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Advocate, Constitutional and Cyber Law Practice
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Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kher
(Moderator)
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Senior Advocate, Intellectual Property Law & Moderator of the 1st Panel
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Panel 2: Entertainment : Changing Contours
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Panelists
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Designations
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Mr. Jamshed Mistry
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Independent Counsel, Supreme Court of India
Senior Counsel in the Central Government Panel for Advocates of the High Court of Bombay Specializes in Media Law and Arbitration
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Mr. Viveck Vaswani
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Actor, Director, Writer, Teacher
Creative consultant, Bombay Talkies
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Mr. Amit Behl
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Film, TV and Theatre Actor.
Senior joint secretary of CINTAA (Cine & TV artistes association)
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Mr. Kaizad Kotwal
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Professor of Theatre, Media Studies and Film at the Ohio State University
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Ms. Andrea Costabir
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Senior journalist and Editor, Savvy magazine
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The Colleges’ Outreach Society organized a Guest lecture for awareness programme on the project on ‘Back for a Call’ Conducted by Mr. Pradeep Tripathi, CEO, Green Yatra, on 9th April, 2018.
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The College Moot Court Society [MCS] organised the 12th Grand Intra Moot Court Competition on 6th and 7th April, 2018. The Competition was adjudged by Rajiv Chauhan, Senior Advocate (Designated) and President of Appellate side High Court Bar Association and Ashok Purohit, Advocate, High court.
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The College organized Legal Colloquium on ‘Millennial Lawyers - Beyond Billable’ in association with CII Indian Women Network Maharashtra Chapter on 4th April, 2018.
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The College’s Society for the Advancement of International Law and Affairs (SAIL) organised a discussion on ‘Indian Ocean Region : Battle for Supremacy (Tug of War Between India & China) on 26th March, 2018.
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Six days Certificate Course in ‘Conflict Resolution via Dialogue and Mediation’ on 16th – 18th March, 2018 and 23rd – 25th March, 2018.
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Pravin Gandhi College of Law and Jitendra Chauhan College of Law organised National Workshop on ‘Free and Fee based Legal Databases: An Aid to Legal Research’ on 24th March, 2018. Ms. Uma Narayan, Deputy Registrar, Library Museum, Legal Research and Publications was the Chief Guest at the inaugural function.
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The College’s Women Development Cell and Internal Quality Assessment Committee (IQAC) in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry celebrated ‘International Women’s Day’ on 8th March, 2018. Ms. Harshini Kanhekar, Senior Fire Officer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Mumbai was the Chief Guest for the programme.
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The College organised 2 day workshop on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – 2016’ conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Dandona, C.A., Financial Consultant & Fellow Member, ICAI on 27th – 28th February, 2018.
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The College in association with Department of Forensic Medicine of Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackarey Medical College organised ‘Medico-Legal Workshop’ at Cooper Hospital on 6th – 10th February, 2018.
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Lecture and Screening of documentary ‘Santhara: A challenge to Indian Secularism?’ by Mr. Shekhar Hattangadi, on 8th February 2018.
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A Guest Lecture on ‘Advocacy (Mooting) as a learning and teaching tool’ by Dr. Theresa Lynch, Director of Advocacy, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham on 1st February, 2018 for Fifth Year B.L.S./LL.B. students.
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The College’s Constitutional Law and Policy Reform Society (CLPRS) organised virtual workshop on ‘Constitutional Law Debates’ in association with Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) conducted by Vineeth Krishna, Lead Associate Editor, Constitutional and Civic Citizenship Project along with PRAJA Foundation on 23rd January, 2018.
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The College organized an IQAC Initiative Guest Lectures by Dr. Meeta Shah, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Counsellor, NMIMS University from 22.01.2018 to 25.01.2018 for the students of Second Year B.L.S./LL.B., Fourth Year B.L.S./LL.B. and Fifth Year B.L.S./LL.B. classes.
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Interactive Session on ‘How to Read and Understand Financial Statements” in association with CII Indian Women Network conducted by Dr Sangeeta Pandit, HOD, Finance at Sydenham Institute of Management (SIMSREE), Professor/Corporate & Faculty Trainer on 25th January, 2018.
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The College organized an IQAC Initiative Guest Lectures by Dr. Meeta Shah, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Counsellor, NMIMS University from 22.01.2018 to 25.01.2018 for the students of Second Year B.L.S./LL.B., Fourth Year B.L.S./LL.B. and Fifth Year B.L.S./LL.B. classes.
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A Guest Lecture on ‘Marine Pollution: Issues & Concerns’ by Adv. Afroz Shah was held on 9th December, 2017.
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The College’s Constitutional Law and Policy Reform Society (CLPRS) organised Guest Lecture on “Law: A Noble Profession” by Justice (Retd.) A. M. Thipsay, High Court Bombay for First Year B.L.S./LL.B. students on 13th October, 2017.
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Beginners Course in ‘Mergers and Acquisition’ in association with CII Indian Women Network on 7th October, 2017.
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Beginners Course in ‘Mergers and Acquisition’ in association with CII Indian Women Network on September 9, 16 & 23, 2017.
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A Guest Lecture on ‘Legal Practice under Insurance Laws’ by Adv. Sanjay Chadha, Founding partner of M/S. BSK Legal was held on 6th September, 2017.
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Interactive session on ‘Virtual Police Stations and Policing’ by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in association with PRAJA Foundation on 9th August, 2017.
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Half day seminar on ‘Goods & Service Tax’ on 1st August, 2017 and 10th August, 2017.
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Resource Person : Mr. Sanjeev Dandona, C.A., Financial Consultant & Fellow Member, ICAI.
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One-day seminar on ‘Trusts – Law, Procedure & Practice’ on Saturday, 22nd July, 2017. Shri S. B. Savale, Chief Charity Commissioner, Maharashtra was the Chief Guest at the inaugural function and keynote address.
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Interactive Session on ‘A Date with Numerology’ in association with CII Indian Women Network conducted by Dr. Prabha Choksey, Ophthalmologist, on 15th July, 2017.
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Workshop on ‘Cancer Awareness’ in association with RACE to Rein-In-Cancer conducted by Dr. Rita Banik, Founder President on 8th July, 2017.
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Workshop on ‘Book Review & Writers’ Bloc’ for faculty members conducted by Mrs. Violet Miranda, Assistant Professor, on 8th July, 2017.
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