ALSN students grab second position at The Great Debate

A team comprising Aiman Kulsoom Rizvi and Nikita Tanwar were awarded the second position at The Great Debate, organised by the British High Commission at the residence of the High Commissioner on the 27^th of November, 2014. Teams from 8 cities were present in the finals; Nikita and Aiman were up against the team from Kolkata. The debate was graced by HRH Prince Andrew and HRD Minister Smriti Irani.

The team had won the city rounds on the 23^rd of September, 2014, to represent Delhi at the final debate. They beat a total of 42 teams to secure their spot in the final round.

Amity Quiz on Constitutional Law, 2014

The greatest threat to our Constitution is our own ignorance of it.

Amity Law School, Noida added a new feather to its cap by organising the 3rd edition of Quiz on Constitutional Law at Amity Campus, Sector- 125, Noida wherein 250 budding lawyers of ALS, Noida participated from all semesters & courses on the 26th of August.

Registration in progress

Welcoming the young minds, Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar, Director, Amity Law School addressed the gathering by saying that the constitution of the country forms the bed rock of nation building process and has a pivotal role to play in regulation of the main organs of the country namely Legislation, Executive and Judiciary. Therefore, it is imperative for the ones associated with judicial system to be well versed with the constitutional law and the quiz was organized to serve the purpose of encouraging the understanding of the Constitution of India among future of the country.

Director Sir addressing the gathering 

The Compère- Ms. Mehaq Rao

The 90 minutes quiz tested the knowledge of the participants about Constitutional Law, its various Articles, Doctrines, Preamble, Amendments and related Case studies, through various Objective type questions. This year the uniqueness of the event was the mass participation from the First year breaking the barriers of being newbie's in the profession. The quiz saw a close fight among the top prospective experts in the final battle to prove their flair. The intensity of the competition reached new heights as the results were declared. 

Tanisha J. Munir (9th Semester, B.A. LL.B) bagged the First Prize of the competition & was awarded the Nani Palkiwala Award for her excellence.

Shivanghi Parihar (9th Semester, B.A. LL.B) won the H.M. Seervai Award (Second Prize).

Rohan Sharma (5th Semester, B.Com LL.B) took the B.R. Ambedkar Award (Third Prize). 

Tanya Jain (9th Semester, BBA LL.B) was given the H.R. Khanna Award(Fourth Prize).

All the winners were given medals, books & cash prize for their hard work & dedication. Special prizes were also given to all the individual toppers from each batch as a mark of appreciation for their efforts:

Unnati from First year 

Jyotsna Pandey from Second year

Yogesh Hemnani from Third year 

Nidhi Saroj from Fourth Year

Arshit Anand from Fifth Year

All the the winners of the quiz were felicitated during the Valediction Ceremony by Dr. S.K. Singh, Dean Faculty of Law, Amity Law School, Noida. He applauded the novel way of making students practically know about the Constitution as the Quiz comprehensively covered each and every aspect of the Constitutional Law, testing the in-depth knowledge of the budding lawyers & the present generation of lawyers has a great responsibility to rescue the system from the shortcomings which are affecting the smooth functioning of the system.

Dean Sir encouraging the efforts of the students

The vote of thanks was given by Dr. Shefali Raizada on the successful completion of the event praising the wonderful organising commitee of Ms. Bhavna Batra, Ms. Sheetel Singh, Hitesh Bhatt, Mehaq Rao, Naman Jain, Arzoo Raj, Prateek Bansal, Rasna Kalkat, Sakshi Chauhan, Ragini, Raghav, Manmeet & guidance by Avinash KR.

The Vote of Thanks by Dr. Raizada

                                                   The Dedicated Faculties In-Charge

The Hardworking Organizing Team

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Photography & Event Coverage by: Shivamm Singh & Raghav Bansal

Amity Quiz on Constitutional Law, 2014

A never before seen event is in town. Amity Law School, Noida is back with the 3rd edition of Amity Quiz on Constitutional Law on 26th August, 2014. This year the competition is planned exclusively for Amitians. We have already got a registration from 350+ students & on popular demand the registration dates have been extended till 8 P.M. tonight. This is the last opportunity to participate for an unmatched experience.

The top winners of the competition would be awarded the following prestigious titles with prizes:

- Nani Palkhivala Award as the First prize

- Homi Seervai Award as the Second prize

- B R Ambedkar Award as the Third prize

- H R Khanna Award as the Fourth prize

All participants would be given certificates for their efforts & the Top scorers from every batch (2010, 11, 12, 13, 14) both in the 5 year & 3 year programs individually would be given special prizes other than the prestigious titles.

It will be a non-profit event charging Rs. 100 per person as registration fees which would be invested on printing of Question papers, Participation certificates & Prizes. The form can be accessed from :

http://aqcl.blogspot.in/p/registration.html

For further details or queries contact:

Bhavna Batra & Sheetal Singh (Faculty coordinators)

Or

Hitesh Bhatt– 9818590626 Mehaq Rao – 8800782848 (Student Coordinators)

ALS Comic Strip Competition, 2014

Amity Law School, Noida is organizing a Comic Strip Competition & invites all the talented cartoonists of ALS to participate in this unique & creative event.

The top three entries would be awarded prizes with an opportunity to pen down & develop a one of a kind Comic series on Law. Interested students have to mail their details on redhoodvandit@gmail.com or for further details contact the undersigned:

Vandit Hura

3rd semester, B.com LL.B

Mobile No- 07503011601

Invitation for Youth Internet Governance Forum 3rd – 6th August 2014

A prestigious event Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum, Youth Internet Governance 
Forum & SANOG XXIV will be held at Hotel Crowne Plaza, Greater Noida from 1st -9th August 2014. The event is being hosted by the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) & National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). 

The theme of our event is “Internet to Equinet – An equitable Internet for the next billion”

This event is to boost and contribute to the discussion of how Technology and Governance can go hand in hand to help India accelerate the demand of Internet growth. It will be a good platform for Knowledge Initiative (Skill Development) among students as we are inviting students.

The Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF ), would be taking place from 3rd – 6th August 2014. The Orientation Ceremony of YIGF on 3rd August 2014. 

An overview of the YIGF Program 
Youth as a majority of Internet user group, their voices are however less heard in any decision making process. With a dedication to raise the awareness of Youth on Internet governance and encourage the young generation to participate in the policy discussion, a group of NetMission Ambassadors (http://www.netmission.asia) has initiated the Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF) in 2010 in parallel with the APrIGF. 

Inspired by United Nation’s Internet Governance Forum, the Youth IGF takes the same multi-stakeholders’approach as the global IGF. YIGF is usually a 3-day-2 nights camp which participants are assigned a role as one of the interest group such as government, private sectors and NGOs. During the camp, they are encouraged to think from a new standpoint. Based on equality, YIGF provides an open platform for young generation to express and interchange their ideas and own thoughts on Internet governance freely. It also serves as a preparation camp for them to understand various Internet issues and open their door to the international policy discussion.

One of the core features of the Youth IGF is that the facilitators are all youth themselves i.e. NetMission Ambassadors which signifies the empowerment of youth as well as the peer-to-peer impact.

Eligibility: 10-15 Brilliant Students having interest in the field of Internet & Technology, Regulatory & Policy matters with the capability of good communicating & debating skills in English. The Youth IGF Camp is a 3-day-2-night camp mirroring the UNIGF for youth to discuss various Internet Governance issues. • Stakeholder Group – participants will be divided and role-play as different stakeholders (example: Govt. bodies/ NGOs/ Students/ Business Organizations etc.) • Presentations and Open Forum - Participants will present on their conclusion and have an open debate panel, which other rIGF participants are welcome to join Timings: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm from 3rd August – 9th August for Youth IGF Venue: Hotel Crowne Plaza, Greater Noida (NCR-Delhi) Topics 1) From Internet to Equinet - How to build an open and accessible Internet in order to equally engage all the Internet users, especially the next billion to join the Internet? Access Internet as a tool of voice: the importance of Equinet to the Internet Development Openness How to draw a line between appropriateness and inappropriateness on the Internet Security Rise of Mobility: How to craft a secure Internet for our next generation Format of Discussion: Internal Preparation Participants will be separated into different parties within the same stakeholders group and have internal discussion Stakeholder Discussion Participants from the same stakeholders representing different parties will have round table discussion on the stance of the whole group and prepare for the next stage Multi-Stakeholder Role-Play Discussion The discussion starts with Panelist discussion followed by floor questions to the panel. Panelists are representatives from different stakeholders group to imitate the Multi-StakeHolders Model (M17M) 2) How to drive Social Change through Innovation and ICT technologies? For the sake of variety, new elements are suggested to be included in the YIGF Camp to make it more interesting and engaging. Youth will have the chance to discuss how to drive Social Change through ICT startups. Format of Discussion: Sharing Session Local Experts, Professors and Entrepreneurs who have had successful Start-Ups on driving social change will be invited to share their stories to inspire and engage the next generation of participants. Brain Storming Wall A wall with memo pads and mark pens will be provided in all the sessions throughout the camp. Participants, guests and passer-bys will be invited to write  down ideas on how to drive Social Change anytime they see fit. Participants will also be responsible for introducing the wall to the Participants of APrIGF. Finally, innovative ideas will be shared and introduced during the public forum Core Element for YIGF Camp 1) Ice Breaking    - To break-in with the participants with role-play discussion activities, etc. 2) Brain Storming Wall 3) Multi-Stakeholders Role-Play Discussion    - Participants are divided into three different stakeholders and will discuss on the 3 topics with the same grouping throughout the camp.    - Topic of Discussion for Day 1: Openness    - Topic of Discussion for Day 2: Access + Creative Social Change Ideas    - Discussion on Openness acts as a warm-up for participant to experience the atmosphere of discussion and to nurture their mindset.    - Discussion on Access is be the final rehearsal for the public session, the setting will be the same as public forum to better the participants.    - Every Stakeholder will choose their main speakers (2~4 depends on no. of        participants) (Main Speakers will be varied from each topics)    - M17M Discussion: (Panel Discussion + Floor Questions) 4) Sharing Sessions of Multi-Stakeholder Engagement on Youth Participation on IG    - Experts on IG will be invited to share on the importance of youth participation on IG    - Potential Guests: Fadi Chehadé – CEO of ICANN 5) Sharing Session on How to Drive Social Change    - Professors and Entrepreneurs will be invited to share on their experiences. 6) IG Theme Game – DataWar    - Let the participants to understand the importance of Data security through another        perspectives    - Companies have to gather as much data as they can to win the game    - To let the participants to experience data as tradable assets 7) Public Forum    - M17M Discussion: (Panel Discussion + Floor Questions)    - Four-Party Panelists: Government, Civil Society, Industry, Youth    - Topic of Discussion for Day 3: Security    - Conclusion on the 2 topics discussed    - Display of Posters with Idea Memos / Stickers and theme introduction and introduce certain creative ideas

Call for papers of 15th Human Rights Summer School

Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) is going to organize the 15th Human Rights Summer School (HRSS) on 'Human Rights and Religion, 2014'. 

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This year in the HRSS maintaining the stated wavelength, the theme-line, Human Rights and Religion may be construed in the following subheadings:

• Human Rights and Religion: the Ideological Similarities
• Ideas of Human Rights in Islam/ Hinduism/ Buddhism/ Christianity
• Ethical Differences between human rights and religion
• Cultural Relativism debate of Human Rights
• Human Rights and Political Islam
• The Ideas of Jihad in Islam and its Human Rights Implication
• The Human Rights Discourse in the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Conflict mapping in the Zionist-Islam perspective)
• Ethnic Cleansing in the name of Religions
• Religious Supremacy, Hegemony and Islamization in the Middle-East
• Hate-speech as Stimulus of Riots in India and Bangladesh
• Communalism, Secularism and Islam- the Ideational Friends and Foes of Human Rights
• Is a Liberal Interpretation of Religion Possible to adjust it with Human Rights Model?
• Women Rights in Islam: Reflecting over the Antagonistic relations
• Morality, Religion and Human Rights: An Oriental perspective on the Efficacy of Meta-narratives
• How far religions can help to build a right-based society?

The topics are suggestive not exhaustive. So, you are free to write on any of the topics having relevance with the general thee i.e. Human Rights.  We will appreciate if you focus one of the following areas:

• Ensuring Social Justice through Community Based Research;
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights;
• Boosting Social Justice Through RTI;
• Individual and Collective Rights in Relation to Social Justice;
• Role of State in Protection of HR vis-e-vis Religion;
• Development Goals and Human Rights;
• Stakeholders Responsibility in ensuring Human Rights;
• State Responsibility, Human Rights and Social Justice;
• New Challenge for Human Rights: Refugee Perspective;
• Human Security and Human Development.

The papers should be written in between 5000-8,000 words excluding footnotes. 

Workshop on IPR Law and Public Interest Advocacy in 2015

Amity Law School, Noida has been selected to organise a workshop on IPR Law and Public Interest Advocacy at the Amity University Campus, Noida from 6th to 10th May, 2015. The event is part of Continuing Legal Education/Professional Development Workshop for Advocates/Law Teachers. It is being sponsored by IBA-CLE Chair of National Law School of India University, Bangalore together with Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training, Trivandrum. Those interested may approach : nkumar4@amity.edu 

List of Participants of "Who Own's Gutthi" Contest

The following students participated in a legal article presentation contest on "Who Own's Gutthi" conducted in March by Brands And Fakes:

1. Pragya Wazir
2. Priyanka Mittal
3. Tanya Singhal
4. Ronil Goger
5. Rishabh Singhal
6. Shreya Verma
7. Ayush Choudhary
8. Bhavneet Singh
9. Sejal Agarwal
10. Nikhil Goyal
11. Tapasya Gupta
12. Samridhi Arora
13. Manu Padalia
14. Surbhi Singh
15. Shreya Ganguly
16. Shivani Rastogi
17. Navin James
18. Shivangi S. Parihar

Heartiest congratulations to the winners and participants. The ALS family is proud of their endeavours and wish them success.

Lex Contractus, 2014 WINNERS

The result of the Lex Contractus Moot Competition, 2014 are:

WINNERS- Aastha Anu, Divya Samuel, Kislay Raj

RUNNERS UP- Arushi Gupta, Karishma Batra

BEST MEMORIAL- Arushi Gupta, Karishma Batra

BEST SPEAKER- Karishma Batra

BEST RESEARCHER- Nikunj Rakyan

Heartiest Congratulations to all the Winners!!!! A brilliant effort by all the participating teams who experienced and were exposed to the Competitive Mooting Culture followed in ALS, Noida. Hope to see more participation in future events of the Society.
HAPPY MOOTING!!!!

The felicitation ceremony for the competition shall be conducted on 2nd April at 12:00 p.m. in the Moot Court Hall. The prizes for all the winners and participation certificates shall be given out in the ceremony. All the participants have to be present to receive the participation certificates. All the working members of Moot Court Society are also expected to be there and in case of failure to do so must show cause by an email to mcs.alsnoida@gmail.com.