SCHOOL OF LAW

Campus Updates | August & September 2019

Greetings from the School of Law!

With this School of Law News, we wish to begin sharing all the exciting work that is being done
at the School of Law in BMU. Through this endeavor we will keep bringing to you monthly
updates from our journey towards creating an enriching learning experience.

Dr. Vijay Laxmi Pandit,

Head-School of Law, Manipal
University Jaipur visits School of Law,
BMU
Dr. Vijay Laxmi Pandit, Head-School of Law, Manipal
University Jaipur came to the BMU campus on 10th
August 2019 to address our Law Students on
"Importance of Law in Our Lives". In this lecture, Dr.
Pandit gave an overview of certain basic concepts of
law and how law is an agent of social transformation.
She cited examples of the Dowry Prohibition Act and the
Child Marriage Restraint Act.

Advocate Arun Shokeen, District Court

Gurgaon and Mr. Shafiq R. Khan
founder of NGO - Empower People
visit the School of Law, BMU
Advocate Arun Shokeen, District Court Gurgaon and Mr.
Shafiq R. Khan Founder of NGO - Empower People
visited the School of Law, BMU on 23rd August 2019.
They discussed various topics like Human Trafficking
and Legal Aid. These discussions helped students to
understand the impact of law and the difficulties
encountered by the judges and social workers working
at the grassroot level in India.

Prof. Stephen Barnes,

Penn State Law, USA visits School of
Law, BMU
Prof. Stephen Barnes, Penn State Law, USA visited
BMU on 2nd September 2019 to address our Law
Students about "Separation of Powers". He talked about
the doctrine of checks & balances and immigration &
class discrimination in the present world.

School of Law celebrates

Teachers’ Day
Students and Faculty members of the School of Law
celebrated the Teachers’ Day with a lot of enthusiasm.

School of Law organises Book Fair on

Campus
School of Law organised a Book Fair for the students on
13th September 2019. Thomson Reuters displayed a
large variety of Law Textbooks as well as Acts for the
benefit of the students. Through the publications, the
students were also exposed to a variety of legislations
and laws prevailing in India.

Students from School of Law

visit the Gurgaon Court
Law students visited the Gurgaon Court on 21st
September 2019 to have a real- life experience of
Courts and the Judicial Procedure. The students
witnessed a case on medical negligence and interacted
with a public prosecutor and a judge of sessions court.

Students of School of Law

attend Moot Court sessions at
Manipal University, Jaipur
Law students visited Manipal University, Jaipur on 28th
September to have a real- life experience of Moot
Courts. They enjoyed being observers to the various
Moot Court Competitions going on there, where judges
from Supreme Court and High Court of Rajasthan were
present.

Dr. Sushil Chandra, SOET, BMU

addresses students on Nationalism,
Religion and Law
Dr. Sushil Chandra, School of Engineering and
Technology, BMU addressed our School of Law
students on the topic "Nationalism, Religion and Law"
on 27th August 2019 and 3rd September 2019. Dr.
Chandra spoke about how fascism takes the garb of
nationalism to promote its own selfish ends. In these
two lectures he laid emphasis on the rise of Nazi
Germany and the will of nations to conquer other
territories. Here he took the example of the Vietnam
war. He summarised his talks by stating that aggressive
nationalism is bad not only for the country but also for
world peace.