Annual Report 2016-17

DEPARTMENT OF
LAW

ANNUAL REPORT
2016-17

JaganNath University, Bahadurgarh, NCR, Haryana

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Address: State Highway -22, Telephones: 01276-699700, 01-15

Bahadurgarh–Jhajjar Road, Website: www.jagannathuniversityncr.ac.in
Haryana
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
Program Highlights
1. The Department of Law was established in 2014.
2. The Department offers the following courses:

BALL.B. 5 Year Bachelors of Laws

LL.M. Masters of Laws
Ph.D. Ph.D. (Law)

3. The mission of the Department of Law is to produce value based legal education and mold the character of younger
generation to produce employable students to continuous up-gradation of skills and to produce more number of
entrepreneurs through effective teaching methodology.
4. The objective to prepare our students to be successful in pursing advanced studies, in a competitive universe.
5. Highly qualified & experienced faculty drawn from Academics & industry to sharpen the professional skills for
personal effectiveness & legal development.
6. Regular National and State level Seminars, Quizzes, Competitions and cultural activities are organized.

ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED
Academic Year: 2015-16
S.NO PARTICULARS DATE

Participation in 31st All India Inter University Moot Court Competition February 5-7, 2016
1. sponsored by Bar Council of India Trust
Participation in 6th National Moot Court Competition March 5-6, 2016
2.
Participation in 4th Sh. R.C. Chopra Memorial National Moot Court March 25-26, 2016
3. Competition

4. Participation in Annual Management Seminar on Innovative November 15, 2015

Entrepreneurship- A way to sustainable Development
Participation in Seminar on Arbitration in India: The Emerging February 01, 2016
5. Scenario
Participation in JIMS fest February 26-27, 2016
6.
Participation in Sports Day February 12-13, 2016
7.
8. Inauguration and Establishment of Legal Care and Support Centre March 16, 2016

9. National Seminar on The Role of Competition Law in New Economy: April 23, 2016
Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

Academic Year: 2016-17

1. Participation in RHETORIC-2016 Inter-University Literary Festival at October 07, 2016
K.R. Manglam University
2. Legal Awareness Camp in Dulhera Village October 10, 2016
3. Participation in “National Initiative towards Strengthening Arbitration October 21-23, 2016
and Enforcement in India” organized by NITI Aayog at Vigyan Bhawan

4. UGC Visit November 11-12, 2016

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5. Rohini Courts Visit November 25, 2016.
6. Organized National Seminar on “Criminal Law Reforms in Recent February 11, 2017
Times”

7. Participation in VERVE 2017 Organised by JIMS, Sector-3, Rohini March 3-4, 2017
8. Participation in various events on Sports Day March 16-17, 2017
9. Participation in National Seminar on “Demonetization: Retrospect and March 18, 2017
Prospects” organized by Department of Management, Jagan Nath
University, Haryana
10. Participation in “Loi Fiesta- 2017” 2nd National Law Festival of CPJ March 29-30, 2017
School of Law affiliated to G.G.S.I.P. University, Delhi
11. Participated in the National workshop on “Basics of Advocacy Skill April 8-9, 2017
and Client Counselling” at Faculty of Law of Dr. Shankuntala Misra
National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow, U.P.
12. Participation in National Seminar on GST organized by JIMS, Sector-5, April 15, 2017
Rohini, Delhi
13. Organized Intra Moot Court Competition at Jagan Nath University, May 05, 2017
Haryana

1. Participation in RHETORIC-2016 Inter-University Literary Festival at K.R.

Manglam University

2. Legal Awareness Camp in Dulhera Village held on October 10, 2016

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3. Participation in “National Initiative towards Strengthening Arbitration and

Enforcement in India” organized by NITI Aayog at Vigyan Bhawan
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4. UGC Visit
Professor V. Vijay Kumar visited Department of Law on November 11, 2016.

5. Rohini Court Visit (November 25, 2016)

The Department of Law (Jagan Nath University, Haryana) organized Court Visit for students of
BA LL.B (H) course to the Rohini Courts on 25th November, 2016.
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During the court visit, the students had visited the facilitation Centre, Video Conferencing Room,
Mediation Centre, MACT Court, Family Courts, Civil Courts and Criminal Courts. The students
were taken to facilitation Center where they have been given a lecture about profession as a
lawyer. This would be the first point of contact when they embark on their career as lawyers. The
students were explained about the functioning of facilitation Center for the purpose of filing new
cases, obtaining certified copies and filing/depositing of court fees and various other
miscellaneous functions.
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Students had the best learning experience by observing the court of Dr. Kamini Lau, ASJ.
Criminal Court, Rohini. While being there the students got an insight on how to appreciate each
fact/ evidence in a detailed manner in a criminal trial. They also had the opportunity to observer
the re-examination and cross examination of witnesses.

These court visits would have a special bearing on the personality development and grooming
aspect of the students as they had the opportunity to observe about the court conducts and
advocates. They also had a chance to learn the decorum and code of conduct of the court and its
premises.

The Court Visit Team, lead by Convener Mr. Vijay Pal Singh also explored the opportunity of
organizing Legal-Aid camps under the support/guidance of Delhi Legal Service Authority and it
is envisaged to hold legal Aid Camp in the near future. The court visit ended with lot many
knowledge and learning to the students on 25th November 2016.

6. Organized National Seminar on “Criminal Law Reforms in Recent Times”

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Jagan Nath University, Bhadurgarh conducts one day national seminar on

“Criminal Law Reforms in Recent Times” held on February 11, 2017
Jagan Nath University, Bhadurgarh, Faculty of law conducts one day national seminar on
“Criminal Law Reforms in Recent Times”
With a view to create awareness on Criminal laws and its viability in modern society,
Jagan Nath University has organized national seminar at University premises.
Sh. R.C Bidhan ,IAS, DC, Jhajjar was the Chief Guest at the National Seminar and in
his inaugural address he emphasized the need to develop social behavior to remove
criminal acts .And to enhance efficient information & communication system the right
implementation of laws is prime move to develop society. He focused on self
participation in society to bring reforms for the developed society. He appreciated
university efforts for taking this subject on academic front.
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At the National seminar deliberations were done in its sub-themes of “Criminal Law
reforms in recent times” .And other topics for intellectual discussions are Criminal
laws for women protection, Criminal reforms and democratic stats, Death penalty: A
critical study white collar crime and many other important issues.
Prof. H.L Verma, Vice Chancellor, Jagan Nath University, delivered keynote address on
the occasion. He highlighted the functioning of judicial system and the need for criminal
reforms in social system in correspondence to modern society.
Dr. Anupam Kurwal, UILMS, Gurgaon also addressed the gathering and discussed the
present and future state of reforms related to criminal laws.
Dr. Pramod Mailk, BPS Mahila Vishvidlaya& Dr. Kavita Dhull, MDU, Rohtak also
addressed the seminar.
Dr. Raj Kumar Yadav, organizing secretary delivered the concluding remarks & Vote of
Thanks.

7. Participation in VERVE 2017 Organised by JIMS, Sector-3, Rohini.

8. Participation in various events on Sports Day.

9. Participation in National Seminar on “Demonetization: Retrospect and Prospects”

organized by Department of Management, Jagan Nath University, Haryana

10. Participation in “Loi Fiesta- 2017” 2nd National Law Festival of CPJ School of Law
affiliated to G.G.S.I.P. University, Delhi

11. Participated in the National workshop on “Basics of Advocacy Skill and Client
Counseling” at Faculty of Law of Dr. Shankuntala Misra National Rehabilitation
University, Lucknow, U.P.

A batch of 25 Students of Department of Law, Jagan Nath University,

Bahadurghar, Haryana participated in the National workshop on “Basics of

Advocacy Skill and Client Counselling” held on April 8 & 9, 2017 at

Faculty of Law of Dr. Shankuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University,
Lucknow, U.P. The whole workshop was divided into four technical
sessions.

On the first day of workshop Hon’ble (Mr.) Justice Shahbihul Hasnain was
the Chief Guest and Shri Prashant Chandra, Senior Advocate, Allahabad
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High Court was the Guest of Honour. In the first day of workshop the
students were taught the basics of the advocacy skills, the chief guest
emphasized on the qualities of an advocate like confidence, command over
the language, time management. In addition to this, students were also
taught about how to prepare advance argument, how to frame the argument
and cite judgments.

On the second day of the workshop students were taught how to deal with
the client, enable them to understand the various situations. They were also
taught the importance of English language, not only English language at the
same time the importance of Hindi language and their regional language/s
and how to achieve command over the three languages helps in the case.
Special focus was given to the through preparation of the case.

In the valedictory function Chief Guest was Hon’ble Justice (Dr.) Devendra
Kumar Arora and the Guest of Honour was Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla,
Senior Advocate Allahabad High Court.

The students were trained under the worthy guidance of Dr. Vijay Pal Singh,
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Jagan Nath University, Haryana
during this workshop at Dr. Shankuntala Misra National Rehabilitation
University, Lucknow, U.P. Certificate of appreciation was awarded to him by
the University. Moreover, ten students were also attached with the reputed
group of Legal Amicus. All students are motivated by this skill development
program. It was also aimed to think without territory barriers.

12. Participation in National Seminar on GST organized by JIMS, Sector-5, Rohini,

Delhi

13. Organized Intra Moot Court Competition at Jagan Nath University, Haryana
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On May 05, 2017 (Friday) Department of Law organized an Intra Moot Court
Competition. Students’ participation was remarkable and the details of the
participants are as hereunder:

Team A
1. Rashmi BALL.B. 4th Sem Mooter
2. Priya BALL.B. 4th Sem Mooter
3. Sandeep Rathi BALL.B. 4th Sem Researcher
4. Yashoda BALL.B. 4th Sem Researcher
Team B
1. Nisha Yadav BALL.B. 6th Sem Researcher
2. Ravina BALL.B. 6th Sem Mooter
3. Akshay Malik BALL.B. 6th Sem Mooter
4. Sourabh Aggarwal BALL.B. 2nd Sem Researcher
5. Poonam Sharma BALL.B. 6th Sem Researcher
6. Ashish Khanna BALL.B. 6th Sem Researcher
Team C
1. Kumar Shantnu Jakhar BALL.B. 6th Sem Mooter
2. Tesu Gupta BALL.B. 6th Sem Mooter
3. Aditya Vikram Pratap Singh BALL.B. 6th Sem Researcher
4. Deepika BALL.B. 2nd Sem Researcher
5. Sahil Sehrawat BALL.B. 2nd Sem Researcher
Team D
1. Kritika Arora BALL.B. 6th Sem Mooter
2. Yamini Johri BALL.B. 6th Sem Mooter
3. Shreya Kukreti BALL.B. 6th Sem Researcher
4. Vanshika Sharma BALL.B. 2nd Sem Researcher
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5. Shubham Mishra BALL.B. 4th Sem Researcher

Team E
1. Kartikey Bhardwaj BALL.B. 4th Sem Mooter
2. Sanchit Bhushan BALL.B. 4th Sem Mooter
3. Vijay Kumar BALL.B. 4th Sem Researcher
4. Akarsh Gupta BALL.B. 4th Sem Researcher

These 24 students actively participated through five teams and these were the results
as mentioned under:

1st Prize- Team-C

2nd Prize- Team-B
3rd Prize- Team-E
Best Mooter Male- Kumar Shantnu Jakhar
Best Mooter Female- Ravina
Best Emerging Mooter Male- Sanchit Bhushan
Best Emerging Mooter Female- Rashmi Joon
Best Researcher Male- Aditya Vikram Pratap Singh
Best Researcher Female- Nisha Yadav
Best Memorial- Team-B
Best Presentation Male- Akshay Malik
Best Presentation Female- Tesu Gupta
Best Ability to answer- Akshay Malik and Kartikey Bhardwaj

Dr. Raj Kumar, Dr. Vijay Pal Singh and Mr. Divyanshu Chauhan after the event shared
their experiences with students. Dr. Vijay Pal Singh as a Convener and Mr. Divyanshu
acted as a Coordinator of the event. Prof. H.L. Verma, Vice-Chancellor of the University
encouraged all the faculty members and students for this successful event and motivated
them to organize such events at regular intervals. The event ended with vote of thanks of
Dr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Head, Department of Law, Jagan Nath University, Haryana.
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Photos of the Intra Moot Court Competition held on May 05, 2017 (Friday).

14. Ph.D. Registrations after Pre Ph.D. Course work (DRC held on October 12, 2017).