Trademark and Goodwill

The special lecture by Ankit Anand on the topic ' Trademark and Goodwill' was started with the concept of property and sale of property. then he discussed the possibilities of trade of a goodwill along with trademark. The class was much interested to know about brand mergers in market and the role of goodwill. Mr Ankit has introduced few cases to analyse the sale with or without goodwill of a trademark. The traditional concept of sale of trademark was challenged and debated in the class with market examples. The faculty concluded the class by interraction and he has shared few articles on the topic to students for further reading.

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Centre and State relations, Parliamentary and state legislatures under Indian Constitution

The special Lecture given by Mr Chidambaram from SRM School of law, on Centre and State relations, Parliamentary and state legislatures under Indian Constitution. He has updated the current position in Rajya Sabha, at present, has 245 seats. Of these, 233 members represent the States and the Union Territories, and 12 members are nominated by the President. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of people chosen by direct election on the basis of adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is now 552 (530 members to represent States, 20 to represent Union Territories, and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian community to be nominated by the President, if, in his opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House). Qualification for Membership of Parliament, Functions and Powers of Parliament, Features and Advantages of Parliamentary System in India, and relation between centre and state in Indian Legislation and Provisions relation to it under Indian Constitution.

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Institutional and Non- Institutional Treatment for the Prisoners

Special Lecture was conducted for the Subject Prison Administration and Policy in India under the title 'Institutional and Non Institutional Treatment for the Prisoners in the Prisoners. The Guest Lecturer had started the topic with the general outline about the Institutional and Non- Institutional Treatment. Then she had highlighted various measures, rules and regulations followed inside the Prison. Further given the outline about the classification of the Prisoners and the Benefits available to those categories of the Prisoners in both Prisoners Act 1894 and Model Prison Manual 2003. For the better understanding she had explained the types and theories of Punishments. Then the guest lecturer had highlighted the various measures like Parole, Probation furlough etc., and where and how these kinds of benefits are available to the Prisoners. She further explained about the Model Prison Manual given by the BPR&D in the year 2003. She further given the role played by the NGO in the Prison with live instances. The Guest Lecturer had later interacted with the students about the Criminal justice and the Prison Administration in India with her practical Knowledge.

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An introduction about the offences against the state

special lecture on the topic offences against human body was delivered by Ms.Gomathi Sankari .She mainly focussed on important 2 sections,murder and culpable homicide. She started the discussion by explaining the word homicide.The word homicide means killing of a human being by a human being.She has given examples of events happened in ancient period....There are many examples where animals and inanimate objects were punished for the offences which they commit....if a stone falls down on the head of a person,the punishment was throwing the stone out of the boundary.she discussed number of case laws like snake charmer case,Rajiv Gandhi assassination case etc The session was very interesting as she led the class by giving number of illustrations

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India's Foreign Policy

The Special Lecture delivered by Mr,Sundeep Kumar. S,Scholar,University of Madras and Think tank of External Affairs Ministry of india on India,s Foriegn policy.Independence & Partition (1947-54) The pre-independence era saw India’s foreign policy under the control of the British Raj. India had played an important role in the two world wars by providing necessary resources and its army to fight the colonial power’s war. With the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the subsequent independence of India in August 1947 from the British Raj, India had to deal with the outside world by itself and have its own foreign policy. Several factors influenced the formation of India’s post-independence foreign policy. The post-war global political events and India’s own political climate would go on to shape its external relations. Panchsheel and Non-Aligned Movement (1954-1991) Nehru also firmly believed that India must develop and maintain a close friendship with its neighbours, especially with China as both countries have a long history of civilization and culture. This led to the signing of the Panchsheel Treaty between India and China in 1954 between Nehru and the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. The Pancsheel is the five principles with which the two nations would conduct relations between them. This included respecting each other’s territory and sovereignty; non-aggression; non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and cooperation; and peaceful co-existence. Fall of the Soviet Union and Economic Liberalisation (1991-present) the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 coincided with the threat of India becoming bankrupt. The economic compulsion forced India to move away from its largely socialistic economy to a mixed economy. India hence had to open its doors to Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and it was the beginning of improving relations with the U.S.A. This economic reform known as the Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG) was another important event which shaped the foreign policy. In present days, India faces a new set of challenges and its foreign policy is shaped, without changing its core principles, to cope up with the ever-changing nature of geopolitics. China has become one of the world powers which have a bearing in South Asia and our neighbours’ policy. With a growing economy, India has also become a regional power and hence it needs to be more responsible than ever before. These changes require India to frame its foreign policy to protect its interests and improve ties with its neighbours. Other factors that have contributed in building India’s relations with the outside world over the years include its civilian and defence Nuclear capability and its increasing presence in key international institutions such as the BRICS, G20, SCO, MTCR, etc.. Having steadily grown in stature, several global powers have voiced their opinion for the inclusion of India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. To summarise the essence of India’s foreign policy, it is worthy to mention that it holds a rare distinction of probably the only nation to have friendly ties with Israel, Iran, Palestine and Saudi Arabia.

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Labour Issues in India

The special lecture is conducted on the topic 'Labour Issues in India' which highlighted the participation of workforce in productive activities, participation of women in workforce in India and the problems faced by labourers in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sector. The Sectoral contribution and labour contribution also discussed. The issues like working conditions for the labour, the social security measures and the differences in organized and unorganized sector are identified and realized by the participants and a detailed interaction went on the particular topic. The lecture in interactive in nature and touched most of the labour issues in India.

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Importance of HRM in an Organisation

Special lecture on the topic " Importance of HRM in an Organization" was organized by Dr. Sreeya B for the Human Resources Management (NC1603) students on 25th October, 2019. The resource person of the session was Mr. JOSHUA JOSEPH, Manager, Human Resources, Grand Magnum Housing Pvt Ltd. He has MBA in Human Resource Management with more than eight years of experience as HR.

The speaker started the session with introduction to Human resources Management and various functions, a Human Resource Professional does in corporate environment like human resource planning, Recruitment, Selection, Training and Development. He gave insight on the concept of competency mapping, various ways of identifying key competencies for an organization and/or a job and incorporating those competencies throughout the various processes (i.e. job evaluation, training, recruitment) of the organization. The resource person highlighted the importance of maintaining Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) through which organizations can take care of all HR processes and unify employee data in a single system.

The resource person concluded by explaining the recent trends in Human resources like emotional intelligence, Employee engagement and how these measures helps to maintain employee morale and retention of employees. Overall the session was very informative and interactive for the students.

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Quasi Contracts

On 25th October 2019, Ms. Mumtaj begum, PhD conducted a special lecture on Law relating to Quasi Contracts in India. She discussed how law grants a partail contractual status to certain transactions. she also mentioned the similarity between English and Indian laws pertaining to Quasi Contracts.The lecturer mentioned that the term Quantum meruit is used instead of the word Quasi Contracts.Ms.Begum explained the case of Moses v.Mcferlan where the term was first judicially scrutinized.She also explained the case ofahabir Kishore v State of MP to explain the Indian law pertaining to quasi contracts.She concluded by high lighting the repevance of Indian Contract Act even after 150 years of its inception

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Medical Law and Ethics

Special Lecture was conducted on the topic Medical Law and Ethics. The Guest Lecturer had started the topic with the general outline about various medical Councils in India. Then she had highlighted the rights and duties of the Doctors as well as the patients. Further given the outline about the Negligence done by the Doctors by explaining principles of Vicarious liability, Res Ipsa Loquitor, etc. For the better understanding she had explained it with the help of case laws. The Guest Lecturer had later interacted with the students about the Medico Legal importance of various offences with her practical Knowledge.

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INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT- AN OVERVIEW

LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW lecture was conducted on 25/10/2019, on the topic Industrial disputes , in this regard DR.P.ANGYARKARNNI ,Associate Professor,who has an experience of 13 years of teaching and specialized in labor law happen to interact with students , in her interaction she focused on , that industrial peace is designed to advance economic growth of any country and ought to be the objective of labor legislation and also in accomplishment of social justice with the comprehensive outlook of promoting interest of public, for better understanding to students she differentiated into three stages i.e. pre – independence stage, during independence and post independence stages , the emergence of a spate industrial and welfare legislations in the western world in comparison with Indian laws, it was observed and understood that laws relating to labor disputes , welfare ,social security and so on… in real sense began to take shape only after independence , the planned movement has brought the country to an effective take off stage of industrialization, as a result number of laws , amendments from time to time came into effect, among which industrial dispute is one…which streamlined a network of machinery and authorities stipulating their powers and procedures and also focused on how in global era the industries are working and problems faced by workers in industries and reasons for disputes , the role of government and other quasi judicial bodies in solving disputes was also discussed along with recent case laws, most important point was about immigrant laborers and their rights and issues . It was rather an interactive session and students were happy in involving in such a activity

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ownership and possession

A special lecture on constitutional rights of property.He also discussed about why property right is removed from our fundamental rights how government is undergoing construction from our properties..He also explains about the what are will come under movable and immovable property like standing timber, growing crops which all will be covered under movable property. immovable property which is affixed to earth and the purpose of the tree should be considered whether it is for timber or fruit bearing trees. He also explains about benami and ostensible owner is that who does not have title over them. Doctrine of election, Doctrine of part performance are explained. The Types of interest in property is also discussed such as prior interes, subsequent interest,vested interest, contingent interest. Interest of unborn child and ownership of unborn child is explained and subsequent interest is given to them.Will can be executed on the unborn child. If the part work is done partly in the property then it will consider as part performance so that the petitioner can claim for that which they have to possess. He also made interaction with students regarding the property cases which he had aurgued in court. He also gave some facts to students and asked students to explain how they will tackle the situation. Students actively participated and answered. This session was very useful to the students.

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Emergency in the Indian Constitution

Special Guest Lecture was delivered by Ms. Reka, Practicing Advocate at Madras High Court on the Topic " Emergency ". She lectured on Definition of Emergency, Kinds of Emergency, Purpose of Emergency and gave a detailed lecturing on National and Financial Emergency in India. Further delivered lecture on Centres importance on the state during emergency and protection of state during emergency was discussed. Further, she gave a tips to all student on How to prepare for Competitive Exam. Students also actively participated and asked questions on the topic emergency and discussed few case laws on the same. This session was supportive for the students as part of their subject Indian Federalism

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IRDA Act,1999

Special lecture held on 25.10.19 by Alan david Rufus , practicing as an advocate at High Court of Madras.. He covered up the act called Insurance regulatory development authority act ,1999..and discussed in detail about the objectives, powers , functions , duties ,transfer of assets of interim insurance regulatory authority..the session was more interactive..He cleared and explained the doubts of the students in a lucid manner.. 

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An Overview on International trade law

The guest lecture held on Friday(25/10/2019)was delivered by Mr. Dilli babu who is a practising Advocate in the Madras High Court on the subject matter of An Overview on International trade law.The session started with how International trade law was established, International trade law includes the appropriate rules and customs for handling trade between countries. It is also used in legal writings as trade between private sectors, which is not right. This branch of law is now an independent field of study as most governments have become part of the world trade, as members of the World trade organisation (WTO). He also mentioned how international trade law can be distinguished with the other International Economic Law. The latter could be said to encompass not only WTO law, but also law governing the international monetary system and currency regulation, as well as the law of international development.The speaker also spoke about lex mercatoria and lex maritima and where it was derived from, The body of rules for transnational trade in the 21st century derives from medieval commercial laws called the lex mercatoria and lex maritima - respectively the law for merchants on land and the law for the merchants on the sea. Modern trade law began shortly after the Second World War, with the negotiation of a multilateral treaty to deal with trade in goods: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Basically International trade law based on the theories of economic liberalism developed in Europe and later the United States from the 18nth century onwards.In the next session the lecture was about the WTO and its establishment Later in 1995 the World Trade Organisation, a formal international organisation to regulate trade, was established. It is the most important development in the history of international trade law. The purposes and structure of the organisation is governed by the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation, also known as the Marrakesh Agreement. It does not specify the actual rules that govern international trade in the specific areas. These are found in separate treaties, annexed to the Marrakesh Agreement. The students had an interactive session about Marrakesh Agreement, they had full involvement with the lecturer.

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Customer Satisfaction from E-Banking Services.”

The special lecture topic on ‘ Customer Satisfaction from E-Banking Services ' in operations management. The speaker Mr.S.Chandrasekaran , Assistant Professor , SRM Easwari Engineering College Ramapuram, Chennai . He delivered different aspect of e banking services like mobile banking , net banking and other financial tractions ,financial notification, SMS alert etc. ,He was mainly focused on challenges and opportunities in banking operations for recend trend. He was discussed about as a lawyer day today faces so many e -banking legal issues and best legal remedial. He explain about internet banking service as a customer satisfaction based on quality for leading private sector banks like a ICICI,HDFC,KOTAK etc, and public sector banking services like BANK OF INDIA,INDIAN Bank ,IOB , PUNJAB & SIND BANK etc.,. He explain more practical example on banking sectors..

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Inauguration of Saveetha IAS Academy

Saveetha School of Law, SIMATS inauguratedSaveetha IAS Academy on 24th October, 2019. The chief guests for the inauguration are Prof. Dr. E. Murugan, Director, University of Madras, Guindy, Mr. M. Ponniyin Selvan, IIS, PRO, Ministry of Defence, and Ms.J.Jareena Begum, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Egmore.The inaugural ceremony started with the blessings of almighty. Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SIMATS welcomed the chief guests and the gathering. He said that this initiation is one of the dreams of Dr. N.M.Veeraiyan, Founder, SIMATS to train his students to excel in this competitive world and to serve the society. Then the dignitaries lightened the kuthuvillakku as the symbol of beginning for any auspicious occasion. All the dignitaries were felicitated by the Vice Chancellor, SIMATS. Followed by the felicitation, the highlight of the ceremony, SAVEETHA IAS ACADEMY was inaugurated by the Chief guests and the dignatries on the dias.

 

Ms. Jareena Begum showcased the way how a woman can succeed in her life leaving behind all her difficulties. It is very well proved from her life that age is just a number as she stated that it is only at the age of 33 years she entered into the Department of Police.

Mr. M. Ponniyin Selvan IIS shared his experience and difficulties that he faced during his course of UPSC saying that it is the best age and time for the student to start their training for civil services and Judiciary Exams, as it would be helpful for students to construct a stronger base to go in competence with the competitive nature of the society.

Prof. Dr. E. Murugan supportedMs. Jareena Begum statement. Dr. Murugan, a person of eminent intellectual knowledge discussed with the students regarding the current day difficulty for facing this competitive society and also about his new release of textbooks for class X & XII that is in competence with the portions of NEET syllabus. He also mentioned about the people facing the difficulty over the coaching for IAS, he was very happy with the move of Saveetha School of Law to start an academy for competitive exam trainingwhich helps the student at the very beginning of their formal education.

Dr. Venkataraman, Director of Buddha IAS Academy discussed about the importance of preparing for competitive exams during the graduation itself. This Inaugural Ceremony came to an end with the vote of thanks by Prof. Dr. Asha Sundaram, Principal, Saveetha School of Law. She stated that the students of  Saveetha School of Law are the most disciplined and the training imparted here will mould them to face the challenges in their walks of life.

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Crime In the society and organisation under IT Act 2000

On 22.10.2019., special Lecture was conducted by Ms. Mumtaz., Guest Lecturer., SOEL on “ Crime In the society and organisation under IT Act 2000”. She starts with introduction of the topic about the rise and proliferation of newly developed technologies begin star to operate many cybercrimes in recent years. Cybercrime has become great threats to mankind. Protection against cybercrime is a vital part for social, cultural and security aspect of a country. The Government of India has enacted IT Act, 2000 to deal with cybercrimes. She further continued Equally challenging are the policy and legal issues. It is necessary to enact legislation that will sufficiently prohibit the abuses of new and developing technology. She concluded with questionnaire session and gave valuable information on cyber world as If anyone falls in the prey of cyber attack, please come forward and register a case in your nearest police station. If the criminals won’t get punishment for their deed, they will never stop.

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National workshop on Art of Mooting

A two-day national workshop on the topic ‘Art of Mooting’ was conducted by Saveetha School of Law, Department of Criminal Law on 22nd and 23rd October, 2019. The guest lecturer was Mr. Akash Gupta, Research Associate and Moot Coordinator at Jindal Global Law School. Mr. Akash Gupta has completed his LLM in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University and has the honor of winning the number 16 spot at the 26th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna.

 

The workshop was divided into several sessions which included Presentation, Quiz, Interaction, Mock Arbitration, Question and Answers and Feedback. The different stages of moot preparation starting from Pre-memorial, During-memorial, Pre-orals, During-orals and Post-orals has been well addressed by the resource person. The common mistakes teams make while drafting memorials like use of jargon, adjectives etc were discussed in detail. He highlighted the importance of body language and how to answer calmly in high voltage question grounds. He reiterated the importance of networking and learning to unlearn for mooters. The speaker discussed all the minute aspects of moots starting from the very basics like selecting suitable team members, team building, funding for the team, registering for the moots, reading every detail of the proposition when released, preparing the memorandum, dividing issues equally among the team members, drafting the memorandum multiple times, checking the grammar and language of the memorandum constantly, behavior in a moot trial including confident sitting postures and facial expressions, responding to the judges, time management, delivering the final prayer and also tips to follow until the final results are announced.

 

 

The two-day workshop completely changed the way students traditionally approach moot competitions. The workshop helped them understand the purpose behind moots and that moots are not just about legal arguments. The workshop concluded with a mock arbitral trial were all the participants formed their own teams and given an opportunity to present before the resource person. The session ended with students sharing their honest feedback about the workshop by thanking the speaker and organizers for a memorable two days which will be useful throughout their lives, during their moot competitions and also in the real world.

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MEDIATION AWARENESS PROGRAM

The respected write up based on the Indian Mediation Awareness

programme which was conducted on 19.10.2019 at Children's Paradise Matriculation Higher

Secondary School.The process of mediation helps us gain more contacts and plays an important

role in our daily life .It teaches us to interact with the general public And makes us socialise with

the people in the Society.It also paves way to understand people from different lifestyles and

understand their problems.We as ambassadors make sure their problems are heard and are given

the right solution.

 

OVERVIEW:The Mediation Awareness programme is an amazing move . We got to interact

with 11th std students . There were about 150 students and around 9 teachers . We interacted

with them and made them feel comfortable with us, Firstly we gave an introduction on Legal

Profession.Interacted with the students on the cases pending in Supreme Court, the High Court

and District Courts . We also gave an awareness on the distinction on Civil and Criminal

cases.We then moved into Mediation , gave an introduction and awareness on how it’s helpful in

every citizen’s life and Who is a Mediator.We played animated videos based on mediation

in-order to make them understand what mediation is all about. Further moved on with the

PowerPoint Presentation and insisted on The Essentials of a Mediation.We conducted a

Communication game where 5 students were called and a situation was given to them and asked

to deliver it to each other one by one.The main aim of this game is to let them know how

information is passed among people and how’s it misinterpreted often.We made them understand

the importance of commutation skills of the Mediator and also gave an awareness on the

communication gap in our society.At last we conducted a game called Pictionary where students

were voluntarily called to participate in the game . We gave them a word based on mediation and

directed them to convey the words to the other students by drawing it on the board .Most

Importantly ,The signature event was conducted.We awarded them with medals, books and pens

 

. At last We concluded the programme by rewarding them.Students who won in the game were

awarded with books and pens whereas the 3 best interactors were awarded with medals .

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