Volunteers of Legal Aid and Extension Cell of our College organised Legal Awareness Programme at St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on 18th February 2020. Legal Aid Extension Cell student secretary Ms. Geetha delivered a talk on importance of legal aid and fundamental duties and formation of law, Ms. Dafny 3(5) BALLB discussed about sexual offences and it’s punishment, Ms. Mercy 2(5) BBA LLB discussed about Public Interest Litigation, Deepitha 4th BALLB discussed about ADR, Suhana 4th BALLB discussed about Right to Information Act and Ayesha 3rd BALLB delivered talk on domestic violence. Legal Aid and extension cell faculty convenor Mr. Karthik Anand in association with MBA department of St. Joseph engineering college organised the programme.
Our college organised one day national seminar on Comprehensive Analysis of Human Rights of Children in India sponsored by National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi on 12th February 2020. Dr. Ravindranath Shanbhogue, President, Human Rights Protection Foundation, Udupi inaugurated the seminar. Sri Udayananda, Senior Advocate, Mangaluru, Dr. Mahabalesh, Professor and HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine and Technology, K.S Hegde Medical Academy, Dr. Anantha Prabhu, Cyber Law Trainer, Karnataka Police Academy and Dr. Rameela Shekar, Retired Professor and Practicing Psychologist were the resource persons for technical sessions. Dr Tharanath, Principal/Chairman presided over the seminar. Various High School teachers participated in the programme. Mr. Pushparaj, Asst. Professor of Political Science coordinated the seminar.
Farewell program of Sri Bharatraj Jain the Physical Director of SDM Law college (till 2009) and Business Management, was arranged on 18.01.2020 in the college conference hall. Faculty and staff of both the colleges participated and felicitated him.
On 11th of January 2020 during the National Conference on Challenges of Higher Education organised by KRMSS, A National Teacher’s Movement, Mangalore university zone in collaboration with Mangalore University, Mangaluru and NAAC, Bengaluru broucher of National Law Fest has been released by Dr. P.S. Yadapadithaya, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore university, Dr. B. Yashovarma, Secretary, SDM Educational Society, Ujire, Dr. Tharanath, Principal of the college along with other dignitaries.
Releasing broucher of National Law Fest
In view of proposed agitation by some parties on 02.01.2020 parents are advised to take care of their ward who will be attending the examination on the same day. Examination will be held as per schedule.
On 13th to 15th MARCH 2020
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ABOUT LEX ULTIMA 2020 :
SDM Law College is pleased to organise LEX ULTIMA 2020 from 13th – 15th March 2020. It is a unique and one of a kind national level law fest which will culminate a host of competitions that will test the wit and knowledge of the best students from India’s premier Law Colleges. Here are some of the highlights which make our fest truly distinctive and remarkable.
ELIGIBILITY:
Law schools/Colleges/ Institutes/ Universities, recognized by the Bar Council of India, are eligible to participate in the competition. The participants should currently be pursuing their Bachelor’s Degree in Law i.e., Three-Year or Five-Year Law Courses.
TEAM COMPOSITION :
Each team shall consist of four members. A team must compulsorily participate in all events. One person can participate in maximum of 5 events only.
The Moot Court Society organized Magister Juris 2019 from 21 October 2019 – 26 October 2019.
The first event organized under the banner of Magister Juris was Legal drafting on 21 October at 2:30 pm in room number 203 . One member from each team was allowed to participate. The topic given was Drafting a plaint and written statement . Students were given 1 hour to draft the same . The total participation was 24 students .
The second event organized was Judgement Writing on 22 October at 2:30 pm in college library . Only one member from each team were allowed to participate. The students were given a problem containing facts and evidence . The students were expected to write a judgement for the problem . The books for reference were given . The topic given was CrPC and ipc . The total students participating were 24 .
On the same day research paper presentation was organised in room no 203 and room no 204 There are four topics given to the participants out of which the participants were allowed to chose one topic and present before the judges. The participants were given 10 minutes to present it before the panel of judges. The total number of participants were 10.
On 23 October 2019, law fiction writing competition in room no 204 at 2:30 pm. It was a team event were two participants were allowed to participate. There were certain words given out of which the participants were expected to make a fictional case in one hour. The total number of participants were 26.
The next event was law Quiz (Prelims) which was conducted by Prof Uday Kumar, Asst Prof of SDM Law College. The total number of participants were 21. The questions were asked from law as well as general knowledge. Out of 21 students only 6 were qualified for the finals organized on 25 October 2019.
On 25 October law quiz finals we’re held in seminar hall at 3:15 pm. Before the prelims there was a tie breaker round for the sixth finalist as 5 teams we’re having the same score. The tie breaker was conducted with 5 question posed and one team got selected for the finals. The finals of law quiz started with the questions from various areas of law and general knowledge. Mr Amith Castelino and Vrinda Bhandarkar emerged as the winners of the competition.
On 26 October 2019 the final day of Magister Juris 2019 began with the inauguration ceremony. Ms Swathi Shenoy was the MC for the inauguration. Mr Ravi M Naik, the Prinicipal Judge of Family Court, Mangalore was the chief guest of the event. The event started with the prayer song by Ms Lagma and welcome address by Mrs Chandralekha, Faculty convenor of Moot Court Society. Mr Ashwin Kutinha, Secretary of Moot Court Society gave a overview of Magister Juris. It was preceded by lighting of lamp and inaugural address by Mr Ravi M Naik. Dr Tharanath, the Principal of SDM Law College gave the presidential address. There was distribution of prizes to the winners of the Selection Moot Court Competition by Mr Ravi M Naik. Ms Geetha, Secretary of Legal Aid and Extension Cell gave the vote of thanks.
The first event of the day was client counselling. There were about 26 judges judging the event in 13 court halls. The participants were given 15 minutes for the competition. It was a team even. The topic was given beforehand i. e Consumer Protection Act and Indian Penal Code. The participants were expected to communicate with the clients and elicit the facts of the case from the clients. The participants could score marks by get the confidential information from the clients. There was best client award given to the participant who could match up with the criteria given.
The next event of the day was negotiation. The students were expected to assemble in BBM conference for the draw of lots. After the draw of lots the party 2 were expected to move to tutorial hall 2 for the distribution of problems. They we’re given 15 min to read the problem and negotiate the terms. There were 22 participants engaged in 11 court halls. In the meantime the judges were provided with the refreshments.
After the lunch break, the next event was bail petition. 7 court halls were engaged with 14 judges. There was petitioner and respondent, the petitioner being the accused asking for bail and the respondent the state giving their set of objections. There was 13 sets of participants defending both the petitioner and respondent.
The last event of Magister Juris 2019 was Domestic enquiry. The students were giving 10 minutes each to present their points as employer and employee. The students were expected to perform before the judges as panel members. There were 11 set of students presenting their case as employer and employee.
On 8-11-2019 Youth Parliament Training inaugurated by Dr.Dayanand Naik, Associate Professor, Dept of Pol.Science, Mangalore University and he trained the participants in the SDM Conference Hall. Dr. Balika, Vice Principal presided over the session. Mr. Pushparaj, Asst. Prof. of Political Science address the participants. Mr. Karthik Anand, Faculty Convener coordinated the session.
