The topic was about What is trial ? Trial procedure of a criminal case & certain common provisions stated in Crpc. The speaker started the session by putting forth the main 5 stages of a criminal case. The stages are namely Investigation, Enquiry, Committal proceedings, Trial, Judgment & appeal. The speaker gave a short introduction on the investigation, how it was commenced in the first place by the IO ( investigation officer). The speaker enlightened us with how and when an investigation is made. The stages behind a trial are namely Framing charges, prosecution side witness production, Defence side witness production, Chief and cross examination of prosecution and defence side, Oral arguments and Judgment. Then the speaker dealt with the accused right during trial. The difference between discharge of accused and acquittal of accused was stated clearly. The importance of prima facie in the case was made clear. Various provisions of Crpc were dealt by the speaker in regardance to the trial. Deferring of cross examination, double jeo Larry, local inspection, adjournment in criminal trial, recalling witness, examination of accused, withdrawal of case etc, all such important concepts were revisited by the speaker.

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A webinar on Mediation and negotiation by Ms. Jessica Crozier. She had started with explaining what is the concept of mediation and negotiation and how it is better than litigation. Then she went on to explain what arbitration, litigation, facilitation, mediation and negotiation. She also explained the concept of what mediation is, who is involved and what steps are involved and if it's binding. Then she started to explain how they are applied. She then went on to explain what negotiation and settlement of disputes was, also explained what the qualities of a negotiator would be such as behaviour/style, focus, strategy, process and information as well as the fundamental elements involved in it. Later she explained about settlement agreements and also about its parties, preamble, terms and conditions, claims, fees, law and jurisdiction and confidentiality. Then concluded the webinar with a question & answer session.

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The guest lecturer dealt with matters of oil and gas and the various regulations behind it. The speaker discussed the complexity and fragility of the regulation of these resources and the importance they have towards the economy . Further a few cases of Mc Mehta was put forth by the speaker and how these cases helped in the oil and gas industry. Upon concluding the webinar the Guest speaker fielded questions from the participants and signed off

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The Resource person for the Webinar talked about the recent custodial death of Jayaraj and Benix at Sathankulam related to the concept of Right to Privacy. The speaker has explained about the concept of rights and duties which was described in jurisprudence by Sir Salmon. During the session the resource person explained the various case laws and Judgements. Speaker has engligented the audience with the various commissions, reports regarding custodial torture. The resource person finally summed-up with the privacy and dignity of the individuals.

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Resources person gave outline of Extradition laws in international perspective. Discussion over the Extradition treaty between countries and its importance also India has signed treaty with 65 plus countries. The Extradition proceedings have delayed the proceedings. The political offence are extradition exceptions. The speaker listed out Indian laws governing the extradition of fugitives.

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He enlightened the session on topic ADR to ODR - A Paradigm shift in Dispute resolution regime of India.He started with the 2 relevant questions which we need to address.He laid out the emphasis on what isADR and Arbitration. He explained about the term Arbitration and it’s emergence period in a simple manner . He moved to a more interesting topic of Online Arbitration It is similar to traditional arbitration but the only difference is that it is conducted over the internet.

Arbitration agreement entered into by exchange of emails has been accepted as a valid form of agreement in India by the Hon’ble Supreme Court .Then he moved on the session on Arbitral Proceedings. He laid out the emphasis on Arbitral award,Finally, once the arbitral award has been formulated it can be exchanged between the parties via email and signed by the arbitrators. This would complete the arbitration proceedings. The arbitral award can be enforced according to the law and there should not be any difficulty arising out of the award and it’s pros and cons were explained in a beneficial manner for the students.

At the end of the session the resource person concluded that ,Digital inclusion is the need of the hour and socio-cultural change can only help India to cut down its ever increasing backlog of cases. People who are skeptical about the online environment must be trained to gain trust in online arbitration. With time, India would definitely embrace online arbitration and it has already set out on the course to achieve it.

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The guest started the lecture by defining what Human rights and steps to migrate a labourer. She continued with code of wages 2019, in which she explained about the duty of the contractor, displacement and journey allowance. Then she continued with the responsibility for payment of wages and what is RTHTR(Recruits,Transports,Harbourors, Transferers, Receives). She explained about the section 370 of IPC and basic fundamental rights to the labourers.

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Dr. Faizur Rahmaan the Resource person explained the principle of ethics, Consent, Management of Patients, Statutes, professional Indemnity and management of Aged person. The speaker gave detail explanation of Medical law relating to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and Indian Penal code, 1860, also covered the Law relating to Drugs, Bio-Medical waste, establishment of clinic & Medical council Act, 1956. The Resource person enlighten the concept of Negligence and the area ,most likely to raise ligitigation. Finally he summed-up the legal and ethical issues in the health care system.

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The Guest speaker spoke about Feminism and its definition. Also various Practices against women that led to the feminist movement . The elaborate discussion on the four waves of feminism and each Waves contribute to women rights. The speaker spoke about the concern on the types of feminism such as pliteral feminism that means believing in equality and radicial feminism., etc,. The modern day feminism is considered to be doomed the world and its impact on the society was also discussed. Webinar concentrated on the anti social elements against women and national women commission also was discussed.

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In today's session, the speaker has taught us about the important acts and by laws in public health. He also gave a detailed explanation on the laws regarding health such as employee compensation act1923, Maternity benefit act 1961, and consumer protection act 1986. He also stressed more on the Medical termination of pregnancy act which was also recently amended and taught us about the conditions when Such pregnancy should be carried out and the limitations for it.

Finally the speaker concluded that apart from police personnel, officers in such health departments Can also conduct such a process of arrest for any kind of food adulteration.

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Mr.P.Muthukumar was the resource person of this webinar ,He came as our webinar guest today and he laid out the emphasis on the term Jurisdiction of civil courts and its nature prevailing in our courts.He spoke about how to file a file in High Court or District court and its procedures to be followed.He laid out the emphasis on original side and special original jurisdiction and how to price a case on Cpc code and it’s vital role played.He moved on with the aspect of Jurisdiction and to be aware of the Jurisdiction and so if the case was cited on wrong Jurisdiction,it will returned and the case will not the registered in the court of Law. He enlightened the webinar on an interesting aspects on ten kinds of Jurisdiction and he explained all its kinds in a very clear and informative matter by using illustrations and day to day examples,he also explained about the pecuniary Jurisdiction the value of the suits to be filed in the appropriate courts and also regarding the subject money related suits with examples.He laid out the emphasis on concurrent ,Exclusive ,General and special limited,legal and equitable it’s jurisdictions and it’s powers.

Since the session was very clear there were no questions raised by the students On whole the session was very informative and insightful on basics of Cpc and it’s Jurisdiction on civil courts and it was very beneficial for the students

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The guest started the lecture by sharing the earlier stage of his life and how he started his career as a lecturer at Sriram engineering college and how he passed the UPSC Civil Service exam. He discussed different stages of Examination in UPSC Civil services and gave the idea to crack those stages by stating few strong ideas to cover the entire syllabus from the Public Service Commission Website. He highlighted the Question of Aptitude test and Interview Part. He suggested the students to make wisely presence of mind while attending interviews to attract the Selecting panel. Finally, he ended his lecture by wishing everyone to become successful. By the end few students raised questions during the time given for asking questions to the resource person,

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The guest started his lecture on cyber security and moved on to the concept of what are all the types of offences that are taken place in the cyber space.Further he explained the attacks like denial of service and distributed denial of service. He also explained about the cyber terrorism in India and also about the situation of the cyber space during the threat of this pandemic covid 19 which is the corona virus. By the end few students raised questions during the time given for asking questions to the resource person,which he cleared the doubts of the students.

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The guest started the lecture by the Introduction about the Industries which are in existance and about the upcoming industries. and he discussed about artificial intelligence, internet of things, and played the clips about the robots , artificial intelligence and how they work. He explained about cyber security, ,cracking, etc. And explained about the types of virus,also he described about Indian Cyberlaw , Digital millennium copyright act, cybersecurity enhancement act of 2002. And described about Indian cyber law section also discussed how the system has been hacked and what are the preventive measures to be taken.He explained the steps to be taken on cybersecurity.

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The speaker started the session by putting Main difference between Bacteria and Virus, History of various Pandemics 3 of the deadliest Pandemics in recorded history were caused by a single bacteria - Yersinia pestis. A respiratory disease caused by a novel(new) Corona virus named SARS-COV-2 that is genetically related to the previous generation of Corona virus which caused the SARS epidemic in 2003. It has evolved naturally, and being new no one has specific immunity against it. Most Common symptoms are fever, tiredness, and dry cough etc… Treatment for covid 19, At present there is no specific treatment for covid -19 either in Modern medicine or in the complementary and alternative system of medicines such as Siddha, Ayurveda and Homeopathy. In fact, for many viral infections (eg.Dengue), there are no specific treatments. Most people will get only mild symptoms and Spontaneously recover from covid -19 because of the action of their immune system. We can avoid by getting affected only keeping physical distance of more than 6 feet away from an infected person in the first step of preventing the virus. Wash your hand properly as frequently with soap or alcohol based hand sanitizer. Lockdown will slowdown the speed of the disease transmission in the country, It buys time from the disease but it does not eradicate disease.

Unlike in modern times, the medieval ages in Europe saw a lot of poverty. Crop failure and disease was a constant threat to life. Cleanliness and hygiene were not what they are today. Besides other reasons, this also contributed to the Pandemics of those ages.

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The guest started his lecture by sharing the power point presentation. The guest explained about the types of autopsy and she explained about the medico- legal autopsy with various case laws. She also refer a book for Medical Jurisprudence- MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND TOXICOLOGY FOR INDIA BY J.P. MODI. The guest explains about the Psychological autopsy which is more interesting and unknown for the participants. The presenter has mentioned several case laws like Sushanth Singh Rajput sucide, Diane Cilento death case, Micheal Jackson death case,Delhi Burari case and Saathankulam custodial death case. The presenter clearly explains about the autopsy in both medical and legal aspects.

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Administrative law and the Judicial Remedies that are available. Dr. C. Sundaralingam started off his Lecture where he elaborated on the definitions of administrative law. He also explained the evolution of the Administrative law and its importance in the structure of governance and its mechanism as a fourth Organ of the Government.

He pointed out the working of the Administrative tribunals in India and the remedies. He also mentioned various Articles of the Constitution to explain the rights and remedies. He pointed out various scenarios the writs can be used and gave us the clear idea of how the writs can be used as a remedy to the violation of the rights of the citizen.

Soon as the speaker concluded the lecture, the participants asked for a few doubts and the later the session was concluded.

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The resource person Mr. M.P.Madhura Bharathi,B.E, LL.B, Advocate and Cinephile,started the session by explaining the correlation between Cinema, Law and Justice. He explained the sayings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, the former associate Justice of Supreme Court of the United States of America on Law and Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish Auteur’s view on Cinema. He brilliantly weaved together the relation between Law and Cinema.He continued the lecture by talking about the famous director, “Sidney Lumet” and his movie’s relation to Justice, explaining “12 Angry Men '', A film about a jury deciding the fate of a young boy who is accused of killing his father.. The resource person explained about the genre of “Courtroom Dramas”, Courtroom Drama and Women empowerment. At the end of his speech, he elaborately explained the role of cinema in bringing about social change . Then the question session started, Mr. M.P.Madhura Bharathi patiently answered the questions put forth by the participants and the student coordinator.

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Mr. R. PALANIANDAVAN the resource person of this webinar, started with the importance of pleadings and its principles and explained in detail about the requirements needed for pleadings. He also explained the process at which the courts will examine a pleading and guided us on how to avoid those errors. He then elaborated on the requirements of the plaint and the written statement and pointed their differences and similarities along with principles of pleadings. At last he explained the concepts of set-off and counterclaims by the defendant.

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Indirect tax includes Tamilnadu sales Tax, Central excise duty paid by manufacturers of goods, sales tax, customs duty, service tax, VAT. Common canals of taxation are taxable charge, taxable percent, taxable event, taxable measure and other types of levy. VAT means value added tax that adds value to goods. GST is one nation one tax imposed by Central and State Government and taxes are equally shared by Central and State governments which is known by its cooperative federalism. GST Act constitutes a council which is a constitutional body. The investors tend to invest in India due to the fact that 25 different taxing rates are prevalent in India. The advantages of GST include different rates of tax for different goods, replaces all other indirect taxes (One Nation,One Tax), reduces flow of black money and avoids cascading effect. When compared to the previous taxing system, the consumers get benefited by GST.

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