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adminOctober 25, 2018News & Updates

Research Training

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: Research Training Program Introductory Meeting
Event type: Seminar / Conference / Guest Lecture / Workshop / Extension Activity
Specify if any other: Introductory Meeting
Event Date(s): 25 October 2018
Venue: Room No.101

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Dr. Gagan K.
Assistant Professor,
SDM Law College,
Mangalore

Summary of the event / Additional information:

R&P Unit convened an introductory meeting as an ice-breaker for the 12 selected participants of our Research Training Program. The meeting started with the preliminary introductions of the participants. This was followed by giving them an insight into the program on three main points:
•Why we’re doing this
•What they can expect from us
•What we expect from them

After learning about what the program would entail, the participants were given a rough idea on the commitment that is expected from them.Dr.Gagan then moved on to explain the Research Theory part of the session where he briefed them on various aspects of research like:
•Why do we do research?
•Man, curiosity and problem
•Research vs superstition
•Scientific research
•Doctrinal vs empirical
•Collection of data
•Analysis of data
•Writing the paper

He especially spoke about the concept of “Empirical Research” at length.

adminOctober 13, 2018News & Updates

World Yoga Day 2018

National Service Scheme Unit of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Law College and Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research in Law Mangaluru organised Yoga Camp from 3-10-2018 to 13-10-2018 in college auditorium.
International yoga champion Yoga Rathna Sri. Gopalakrishna Delumpady inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Dr Tharanath, Principal presided over the function.

Sri. Naresh Malligemadu, Assistant Professor and HOD of Humanities, Ms. Suma Suresh Kogilgeri, Assistant Professor, NSS Co-ordinator and teaching and non-teaching faculty was also present. Mr. Amar welcomed the gathering, Ms. Prithvi proposed the vote of thanks and Mr. Manikanta was the master of ceremony.

adminOctober 10, 2018News & Updates

One Day Workshop of Women Empowerment

National Service Scheme Unit of Shri DharmasthalaManjunatheshwara Law College and Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research in Law Mangaluru in association with District Legal Services Authority, D.K, Mangaluruorganised one day workshop on “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT” on 28-10-2018 in BalikaAshrama, Kankanady, Mangaluru.

Sri. Kadlooru Styanarayanacharya, Hon’ble Principal District and Sessions Judge and Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Dakshina Kannada, Mangaluru inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Smt. Laxmi Rao Aroor, President, Balika Ashrama was the Guest of Honour, Sri. Naresh Malligemadu, Assistant Professor and HOD of Humanities presided over the function.Sri. MallanagoudaPatil,Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Dakshina Kannada, Mangaluru was also present.

Ms. Suma Suresh Kogilgeri, Assistant Professor, NSS Co-ordinator welcomed the gathering and Mr. Santhosh Kumar, Librarian, Assistant Co-ordinator addressed the gathering. Unit leaders Mr. Nagaraj Bhandari, Ms. Veekshitha and Secretary Mr. AkarshAchar was also present. Ms. Prathiksha was master of ceremony. Ms. SwathiShenoy proposed vote of thanks.

The workshop started with formal inauguration. After this students performed a skit. Later there was two technical session. The resource person from various Government department enlightened the students on various topics such as Health, Scholarship, about establishment of small scale industries, child marriage, child labour, child sexual abuse and courses available after 10th and 12th. This was followed by lunch. There after students entertained the inmates of ashram by ice breaking session. Around 180 students attended the programme.

adminOctober 9, 2018News & Updates

Study Session: Preparing for Law Exams

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: Preparing for Law Exams Conducted by KSLU
Event type: Seminar / Conference / Guest Lecture / Workshop / Extension Activity
Specify if any other: Study Session
Event Date(s): 9 October 2018
Venue: Third year BA LLB (B Section) classroom

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Saurav Shet
5(5) A, Principal Secretary, Students Executive Council

Summary of the event / Additional information:
This was part of the Study Session Series of Talks organised by the Unit where final year students are called as resource persons to share their experience and provide tips. This particular session was for the third year BA LLB (B Section) students on ‘How to Tackle Law Exams’ as conducted KSLU, by the Secretary of the student Executive Council – SauravShet.Emphasis was given on the methods of studying and preparing notes with class points, time allotment to each answer and the techniques to be used to score well. A compilation of the useful points was published on the R& P Unit’s site:
https://rpunit.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/simple-pointers-for-tackling-kslu-exams/

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adminSeptember 30, 2018News & Updates

Online Quiz by RP Unit

RP Unit conducted online quiz competition through Instagram (a social media platform). The students who gave the right answers through direct messaging were given prizes. Below are the list of winners.

QUIZ – 1
September 25, 2018
Question: Who are the founders of these startups – Uber – $ 68 Billion, AirBnb – $ 31 Billion, SpaceX – $ 21.1 Billion, WeWork – $ 21 Billion?

Answer: SpaceX – Elon Musk, Uber – Travis Kalanick & Garrett Camp, AirBnB – Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia & Nathan Blecharczyk.

Susheel Rai, Gagan K and Tharanath — Susheel Rai (I BBA LLB) won the prize – “Shoe Dog” by Phil Knight (the creator of Nike). Here he is receiving the prize from the Principal Dr. Tharanath and Gagan K (RP Unit faculty coordinator)

QUIZ – 2
September 26, 2018

Question: A special prize for those who can say something meaningful about the collage of these two photos.

Answer: The person to the left is Justice Hans Raj Khanna who gave the dissenting judgment in the Habeas Corpus Case (ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla). The person to the right in the collage is Justice DY Chandrachud who has given a dissenting judgment in the Aadhar case, by stating that it violates the fundamental rights. Both are great dissenters who have protected the Fundamental Rights through their dissents.

WINNERS

Sparsha Pai, Susheel Rai, Tharanath Gagan, Sakshith Shetty — Sparsha Pai receiving her prize from Principal Dr. Tharanath, Gagan K (RP Unit faculty coordinator) and Sakshith Shetty (RP Unit Secretary)

Harita Varma, Tharanath, Gagan, Sakshith Shetty — Harita Varma receiving her prize from Principal Dr. Tharanath, Gagan K (RP Unit faculty coordinator) and Sakshith Shetty (RP Unit Secretary)

Aysha Munihaz (BBA first year) receiving her prize from Principal Dr. Tharanath, Gagan K (RP Unit faculty coordinator) and Sakshith Shetty (RP Unit Secretary)

adminSeptember 29, 2018News & Updates

Senior selection moot

On 29th September, 2018 the Moot Court Society of SDM Law College has conducted the Senior Selection Moot Court Competition for the academic year 2018-19. The competition witnessed a vibrant set of mooters from senior category. The senior category consisted of students from 3rd year to 5th year of BA LLB and BBA LLB and also 2nd and 3rd years of LLB. The lot picking for the category was held on 20.09.2018 in room no. 204.

This year the moot court society had an object to well equip the students for any moot representation outside the college and also to make them well acquainted with legal knowledge. So as a step towards it, this time the selected area for moot proposition was from ‘Intellectual Property Rights ‘and the participants were asked to submit memorials along with their oral submissions. The competition commenced at 11:00 AM and ended up at 2:30 PM.

The competition was presided over by eminent lawyers of Mangalore and Expertise of SDM Law College. The esteemed presiding Judges were Adv. Anita Kini, Adv. Shine, Adv. Ashfaq, Adv. Ravi Shankar, Adv. Manmohan, Adv. Sathish, Adv. Prajwal, Adv. Vinayak,Adv. Malvika, Mr. Mahesh Chandra Nayak, Mrs. Balika, Ms. Suma,Mr. Gagan K, and Ms. Josna.

The competition was conducted in 7 Court Halls and the same was arranged in the class rooms of 2nd and 3rd Floor of the college. Apart from participants we had a good set of volunteers. There were 14 escorts who had taken up the duty to escort the judges to the respective court halls and also introducing the judges to the participants. We had 14 bench clerks who have helped us in time management and further court proceedings.

The students were ranked, according to the marks given by the respected judges. The 1st Rank was shared by Mr. Charan Raj and Ms. Haritha Varma, the 2nd rank was shared by Ms. Bhagirathi and Mr. Prakash and the 3rd rank was secured by Ms. Adlene. The Best Memorial was secured by Mr.Amith Castelino and Mr.Tsering. The same results were put upon the notice board on the very next working day.

All together, the whole event was a grand success. The Judges for these days were duly respected and the Moot Court society on behalf of SDM Law College handed over the Appreciation Certificate and token of gratitude for their valuable time.

adminSeptember 28, 2018News & Updates

Essay Competition: My Struggle with the Truth

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: “My Struggle with the Truth”
Event type: Essay Competition
Event Date(s): 28 September 2018
Venue: Library (2:00 pm)

Summary of the event / Additional information:
The Unit organized an essay competition on account of Gandhi Jayanthi to be celebrated on 2nd October. The broad theme for the essays was “My Struggle With the Truth” which is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography titles “My Experiments with Truth.” The competition was open to all. The contestants were given 1 hour to write their essay. The contestants were given the liberty to interpret the said theme in any way they chose to. Totally 8 students participated in the competition. The evaluation of the English essays has been done by Mr. Mahesh Chandra Nayak and Mrs. Ujwala. The Kannada essays have been evaluated by Mr. Naresh Malligemadu. The event was organised by Aditya D’Mello. The best of these essays will be published in the college magazine – Pragathi.

adminSeptember 27, 2018News & Updates

Orientation Programme by NSS

On account of NSS day which is celebrated on 24th September every year, National Service Scheme Unit of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Law College and Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research in Law Mangaluru organised Orientation programme on 27-09-2018 in the college auditorium.

Sri. NareshMalligemadu, Assistant Professor and HOD of Humanities and Sri. Rakshith B.V, Assistant Professor were the resource persons. They addressed the volunteers on various topics like importance of NSS, disciplinary matter and various activities that can be organised under NSS banner. Ms. Suma Suresh Kogilgeri, Assistant Professor, NSS Co-ordinator was present and Mr. Santhosh Kumar, Librarian, Assistant Co-ordinator addressed the gathering. Unit leaders Mr. Nagaraj Bhandari, Ms. Veekshitha was also present.

adminSeptember 25, 2018News & Updates

Talk: Startups and the Law

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: Startups and the Law
Event type: Talk
Event Date(s): 25 September 2018
Venue: Second year BBA LLB classroom

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Dr. Gagan K.
Assistant Professor,
SDM Law College,
Mangalore.

Summary of the event / Additional information:
A talk on “Startups and the Law” was organised for all the second year BBA LLB students. “A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed,” says Neil Blumenthal, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker. Startups help in innovation, creating jobs, new products and Services and bring profits for investors. The study focused on the legal aspects like – business organisation, tax matters, contracts and labour issues with respect to startups. SathyaSagar Mithra and SwathiBaliga helped in organising the talk. This was done in collaboration with Ms. PrekshaMayadi (Assistant Professor, SDMLC).

The PowerPoint presentation of the useful points discussed was published on the Unit’s blog site: https://rpunit.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/startups-and-the-law/

adminSeptember 22, 2018News & Updates

Junior Selection Moot

On 22nd September, 2018 the Moot Court Society of SDM Law College has conducted the Junior Selection Moot Court Competition for the academic year 2018-19. The junior category consisted of students from 1st year and 2nd year of BA LLB and BBA LLB and also 1st years of LLB. One team comprised of three members including two speakers and one researcher. 32 teams have participated for the same. Lot picking for the category was held on 11.09.2018 in room no. 204 at 2:00 PM. On 20.09.2018 the memorials were collected from the participants.

This year the moot court society had an object to well equip the students for any moot representation outside the college and also to make them well acquainted with legal knowledge. And thereby the concept of submission of memorials was introduced along with the arguments.The area opted for the moot proposition was Constitutional law.
The competition commenced at 11:00 AM and ended up at 2:30 PM.

The competition was presided over by eminent lawyers of Mangalore and Expertise of SDM Law College. The esteemed presiding Judges were Adv. Anita Kini, Adv. Shine, Adv. Ashfaq, Adv. Ravi Shankar, Adv. Manmohan, Adv. Sathish, Adv. Prajwal, Adv. Vinayak, Adv. Malvika, Mr. Mahesh Chandra Nayak, Mrs. Balika, Ms. Suma, Mr. Gagan K, and Ms. Josna.

The competition was conducted in 7 Court Halls and the same was arranged in the class rooms of 2nd and 3rd Floor of the college. Apart from participants we had a good set of volunteers. There were 14 escorts who had taken up the duty to escort the judges to the respective court halls and also introducing the judges to the participants. We had 14 bench clerks who have helped us in time management and further court proceedings.

The students were ranked, according to the marks given by the respected judges. The 1st Rank was secured by Mr. Abhyuday and the 2nd rank wassecured by Ms. Dafny D’cunha and the 3rd rank was secured by Ms. Swathi Baliga. The Best Memorial was secured by Ms. Simran for petitioner and Ms.Swathi Baliga for respondent. The best researcher was secured by Ms. Nagashree Sherlekar. The same results were put upon the notice board on the very next day.
The presentation and research of the participants were really appreciated by the judges. And the competition had met the spirit of mooting and was a grand success.