The National University for Advanced Legal Studies (Nuals) will open two new centres of learning in the coming academic year, bringing the total number of centres to 16.
The university will set up the Centre for Sports Law (CSL) and Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP) following the increasing demand for specialisation in these areas.
“There have been a lot of changes in international trade laws and even national laws, including by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). There are innumerable litigations related to trade and commerce. Hence, we thought of starting a centre which can serve research and even provide policy advice,” said NUALS vice-chancellor Rose Varghese.
She said that the Centre for Police Studies would start two new courses – a one-year diploma in law (criminal investigation) for police personnel and a three-month course of 30 working days.
Two teams from the university have also been selected for major international moot law competitions this year. The teams will participate in the world championship round of the Jessup Cup in Washington DC in April and the 7th Leiden Sarin International Air Law Moot Court in Indonesia, also in April.”These are very prestigious championships and Nuals teams are representing India. Most of the cases that will come up are international and reflects well on students as well as the faculty who are up-to-date on cases being discussed in international circles,” she said.
Rose, herself a specialist in criminal law, said that there was a dire need to revamp criminal laws. “We aim to work towards that goal and are already in discussion with legal luminaries. We definitely want to go further as a consortium to address socio-legal issues that have an impact on the society and work towards social change. There have only been a handful of amendments in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), framed by the British in 1860,” she said.
Source:- Times of India