The special lecture " An art of Research writing"for students was organised on 8th January 2019 . The resource person , Dr.A.Gokula Krishnan, from Hindustan College of Arts and Science , Chennai started with importance of legal research and its types with practical examples. He explained various stages of legal research in logical order by citing an example starting from the method of defining and redefining the resarch problem, extensive literature reviews, framing objectives, setting hypothesis in tune with objectives, method of construction of questionnaire by using variious scaling techniques and methods of data collection. He gave brief introduction about various methods of data analysis and interpretation. Students raised various questions during the discussion and the same were explained.

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Today, we conducted a special lecture for the students on the topic 'Redifining Poverty Line in India'. Mr. M. Thenkovan, Assistant Professor, Guru Nanak College, Chennai delivered the lecture. The concepts related to Poverty and the need for redefining poverty line we're discussed in the session. The session was very interesting and linked inequality and poverty measurement with welfare evaluation.

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As a Part of our curriculum, guest lecture session has been conducted for the subject Company law-Modern Approach titled " Lifting a corporate veil underCompany Law" on 08.01.2019. The special Session was delivered by M&s.Priyadarshini A, LLM., Advocate who is practicing in Madras High Court. She deliberated the concept both theoretically and practically that how that concept is adopted by company tribunals. At the end of the session, she had given a activity based questions and made the session as interactive.

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A guest Lecture was conducted by M.Monisha, Guest Faculty, The Tamilnadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. she delivered a lecture on the topic "Alternative Dispute Resolution in India". she focused on the impirtance of Lessening the burden of courts and the importance of sensitising the knowledge of Arbitration, Conciliation,Mediation, Negotiation and Lok Adalat. It is quite and interesting and useful.

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On 07-01-2019 The Special Lecture was delivered on Communication Skills, 30 students were attened the session. She explained Types of Communication, Intonation, Accent, Pronunciation, Rythm, Articulation, Modulation and Pitch of the words, Tone, Body language and Characteristics of comtent communication. The session was very interesting and interactive. Students answered well and practiced some words with Phonetic accents.

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Special lecture in the first half was based on Jurisprudencial aspects pertaining to all fields of law and later in dealt with the evolution of fundamental doctrines which is govering the Environmental law Jurisprudence by particularly invoking a doctrine and the evolution behind it.It was really a worthwhile Session for the entire class

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The lecturing was on general introduction about law of crimes ...she explained the general notion about IPC by discussing the legal maxim'actus non facit reum nisi menssit rea'...she had given many instances which lead to a crime...She had discussed some important case laws where both the elements of a crime constitutes....overall the class was interesting and the lecturing has made students to understand the fundamental dogmas of law of crimes....

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Dr. R. Mathaiyan from University of Madras came to the class for the guest lecture. In the topic Indian Constitution and its practices. He started with the form of governments. That is parliamentary and presidential. He then talked about the two houses loksabha and rajiya sabha, appointment of president,powers of the president, appointment of the prime minister and his powers. He explained all the topics in a easy manner with simple examples and in a simple language which the students get to know easily. The session was interactive also he told the students things which we don't about the constitution and which others don't concentrate more. The students really had a nice time and they also said that they dont know how the 1.30 hour went.

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On 07.01.2019 A special lecture conducted by Mr.Kishore : contempt of Court and Advocacy skill. he also explains about the civil and its three types and criminal contempt, he made disscussion about what are the punishments given for contempt. Limitations for contempt are explained & questionning sessions are held and he made more interactions with students.

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Special lecture conducted for students on 07/01/2019. The lecture was mainly focused on Proclamation of National emergency and it's effects, Application of provisions relating to distribution of revenues while a proclamation of emergency, and suspension of provisions of article 19 and other provisions during emergencies. This lecture was also focused on more practical aspects with relevant case studies.

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The special was delivered on Domestic workers in India. In which she discussed Non-governmental Organization relating to Domestic Workers . The Benefits which are available for them and the Legislation relating to them. It was like an Interactive session where students asked questions during session as well as after completion of Session

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On 07.01.2019, A special lecture on Professional Ethics: Issues and Challenges & the art of Advocacy was conducted by E. Ventakesan, Practicing Advocate Madras High Court and a visiting faculty at Madras University. In the first session he covered the important definitions of professional ethics, ethics and morality. Then he discussed about the breach of professional ethics by lawyers, Professional conduct rules on the fiduciary Relationship between the lawyer and his clients, restrictions on advocate to take up other employment and concluded with Remedies against the order of punishment passed by the disciplinary committee

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As a part of our curriculum, the guest lecture session has been conducted for the subject “Medical jurisprudence and Extraction of Evidences” on 7th Jan’2019. The guest lecture was delivered by Mrs.Kanimozhi, Lecturer at School of Excellence in Law, Chennai. The lecturer focused on Medico legal view on evidences and relevant case laws, and the lecture was also concentrated on Crime against human body and the crime scene investigation procedures and the powers and duties of an investigating officer. As a final part of guest lecture, the question and answer session was very interesting and the students had an effective rapport with the lecturer.

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Special Lecture on Market Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning (STP) was organized by Dr. Sreeya B on 7.01.2019. Resource Person for the session was Mr. S. Victor Raj, Assistant Manager, DCDR Infra Private Limited. He has nearly 15 years of academic and industrial experience. The resource person discussed about the following concepts in detail such as marketing mix, segmentation, bases of segmentation, process involved in segmentation, targeting, different strategies that can be used for targeting and concluded with how to position the product through perceptual mapping. It was an informative and interactive session for the students. The students were able to understand the concepts with the help of different companies real time scenarios.

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The guest lecture conducted on 7th January 2019 was kick-started with an interactive brief on the old and new Amendments of Trade Mark Act . The discussion then was led by the guest lecturer into the area of Advertising in Trade Mark whereby initially the lecturer communicated the basic principles regarding the sections which was then followed by a deeper dialogue in the form of question and answer session. The said guest lecture afforded a great oppotunity to the students by providing them with a practical perspective regarding the TradeMark filling process .

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Nature and Importance of Law of Contracts

On January 7, 2019 a special lecture on "Nature and Importance of Law of Contracts" was organized for the students. The Speaker of the session was Mrs. Hemalatha R, a practicing advocate and a part time academician . The speaker discussed about the essentials of a valid contract, different types of contracts, types of offers, breach of contracts and various remedies available to the parties etc. The interactive session was concluded with discussion of case laws and current developments in E-contracts.

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A guest Lecture was conducted by Miss. K.Indhu Priya, Practicing Advocate at the honourable High Court of Madras. She delivered a special lecture on the topic "Law of Wills", she also covered the major necessities of Will and the legal procedure for executing the wills. As a part of discussion she compared the law of wills in property law and as well as in family law. The essential part of the lecture is the comparison between the wills from Hindu law and Mohammad Law. She explained how to write the document and also the legal proceedings if any disputes arises in the matter of Will. And finally she explained how to register the Will and gave an awareness about the witnesses. Around 28 students attended the lecture and interacted with the guest faculty and benefitted through this Lecture.

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It is a moment to feel proud and heartily congratulate S.P.LATHIKA SRI of Saveetha School of law  for winning the International Human Rights Legal essay writing Competition Conducted by AMITY LAW SCHOOL,DUBAI

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The 'National Mega Moot Competition' held at Saveetha School of Law on the 30th Nov to 2nd Dec proved to be a grand success. Moot courts in Law Schools help students bring out their caliber and showcase their mooting skills which are very vital for a lawyer. This event was no different. All the 18 teams that participated across India were hardworking and equally competent. The support rendered by the faculty members and the student coordinators was an integral part of its success.

            The program was commenced with registration on 30th Nov, 2018 by 2.00pm and inauguration by 3.15pm.  After the high tea, the teams were interchanged with the memorandum. The Research Test was conducted on the topic ‘Fugitive Economic Offenders’ to evaluate the participants intellectual content, practical and legal approach towards the problem based on principles of natural justice

            The preliminary rounds of the Intra Collegiate ‘National Mega Moot Court’ Competition was held on 1st Dec, 2018 at 8 am with18 teams participating in total which took place in Nine court halls for Prelims 1 & 2. The teamswere evaluated by Adv. Roshan Jain, Adv.Prashanth. A, Mr. Kathiravan C, Mr. Chandra Chaitanya, Adv. Mudit Bohra, Adv. Shailan.S. Rao, Adv. Sachin, Adv. Sharon, Ms. Aysha Fida from different streams of Lawhalls.The participants were very enthusiastic and recreated a Court room scene much to the delight of the audience. The judges never failed to motivate the students by providing valuable technical points in each session.The two sessions held in each of the court halls ended at about 12.30 pm. The participants were keenly observed while the judges with much patience and humbleness heeded to the arguments.The preliminary round 1 & 2 concluded by noon with eight teams qualifying for the Quarter Finals.

            The sessions for the Quarter Finals began which was held after lunch at 2.00pm immediately after displaying the score sheet and interchanging the memorandum through drawing chits on their names. The ignited qualifiers took forth a heated session by exchanging sparks of arguments that ended by 3.30 pm. This was followed by the much awaited nail biting moments of the four qualified teams battling against each other in the semi- finale before the practicing advocates Adv.N.S. Siva Kumar, Adv. Arul Raj, Adv.Balaji, Adv.Ali Hassan Khan. The top two teams were selected for final, a moot battle to be held on 2nd Dec,18.

            On 2nd Dec,2018, the awaited session of National Mega Moot 2018, the finale was held with two top teams from School of Excellence in Law, Chennai and the Govt Law College, Trivandrum. Dr. Asha Sundaram, Dr.S. Pandia Raj and Dr. Sreelatha.  Judge for the title winner trophy in the Court Hall of the SSL.

            Thereafter, the Valedictory ceremony was presided over by the Chief Guest Hon’bleJustice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan - Justice, High Court of Madras, Mr. Deepak Nallasamy- Director of Academics and Dr. Asha Sundaram- the Principal of Saveetha School of Law. The Director inaugurated the awarding ceremony welcome address had given by Dr. Asha Sundaram- the Principal of SSL and Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyanshared his valuable thought regarding importance of moot skills for the budding lawyers present in the crowd. The award for the Best Researcher was awarded to Sastra School of Law, Thanjavur, the award for the Best Speaker was received by School of Law, Presidency University, Bangalore. The award for the Best Memorial was received by the team from Govt Law college, Trivandrum and the title for 2nd runner- up was won by team Sastra School of Law, 1st runner up by Govt Law college, Trivandrum.  The title of the trophy of National Mega Moot 18’ won by School of Excellence in Law, Chennai. The event was wrapped up with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr.A. Jency Priyadharshany, Asst Professor, SSL.

The Mega Moot’ 18 drew to an exuberant end with the singing of the national anthem and congratulating the winners for their enthusiastic contribution and untiring efforts sowed in to make this event a huge hit.

 

 

 

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Saveetha School of Law celebrated Constitution Day on 26th November, 2018 by organising various events for the day. The day started with the seminar on “Importance of Constitution in Business” organised by the Centre for Business Administration, SSL. This session highlighted the vital role played by Constitution for business transactions. The resource person discussed about Part-XIII, Articles 301 - 307 which is related to trade, commerce and intercourse within the country.

The Centre for Criminal Justice Research, SSL has conducted a debate on “Importance of Constitution in Criminal Law Administration” during the second session. Students were divided into three groups and debated on topics like Custodial death, Right of an accused (who has committed heinous offence ) to appoint a lawyer of his choice and rights of activists. Best Debater Trophy was won by Arshiya Thansum M. of IV year. The winning team was awarded with the certificates.

The third session of the day was organised by Child Development Centre(CDC), SSL on “Protection of Child Rights under Indian Constitution”. About 100 students attended and participated in the special lecture and quiz on various problems such as child trafficking, child begging, organ transplant, child marriage and child labour both at national and international level.

Finally the day concluded by an event organised by the Women Empowerment Cell, SSL for paying tribute to the fifteen women who were part of ‘Making of Constitution’. The chief guest for the valedictory ceremony of Constitution Day was Prof. Dr. Haritha Devi from Ambedkar Law University. She also coined the importance of constitution and its vital role in our country.

Saveetha School of Law didn’t stop its activities internally but also extended it with Community Outreach Programme. About 18 students along with the faculty visited CMDA School at Maduravoyal to give an awareness on Fundamental Rights under Indian Constitution. They interacted with 240 students from sixth to eighth standard. The school students were enlightened on the following topics such as right to education, right to live anywhere in India, right to do any profession of their choice, right to be an Indian at any time, etc.

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