Seminar on Corporate Governance and CSR Compliance under Companies Act, 2013, and Release of Book titled "A Review of Laws Relating to Tourism in India"

The Legal Entrepreneurship Cell of ALS-N is hosting an event, the poster of which is attached. Company Secretaries and CEOs of several organizations will be arriving for this event, and will address the audience on issues including, but not limited to, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. 

A book edited by Major General Nilendra Kumar. titled A Review of Laws Relating to Tourism in India, will also be released at this meet. Those who have contributed to the book are invited to attend the function, and may bring guests as well. The contributors will have the opportunity to meet the Founder President of Amity University, Dr. A. K. Chauhan. The contributors will also receive a copy of the book, published by Thomson Reuters.  

This book is the first and only one of its kind, and contains articles on current aspects relevant to growth of tourism. The focus of this book is on medical, adventure and religious tourism. It is a compendium of all statutory laws concerning travel & tourism, and has been published by Thomson & Reuters.

The book is being released at 1100 hours on Wednesday, the 5th of November, 2014, at I-2 Moot Court Hall, Amity University, sector-125, Noida. Everybody who wishes to attend the event is welcome to do so.

A list of those who contributed towards the book is as follows: 

• Faculty. Bhavna Batra,Swati Bijawat, Alok Verma, Ruchi Sharma, Kavita Surbhi,Manika Kamthan
• Students. KR Avinash,Hitesh Bhat,Akshay Abrol,Gagan Deep Kaur ( Centre Ii),Mehal Jain,Tanushree Rastogi,Syed SA Kazmi, Nauras Suhrawardy,Manan Popli,Pragya Wazir,Rachit Soota,Amrita Sinha, Neeraj Yadav 
• Akshay Sinha,Dr Anshu,Doerte Kasueske,S Fazal Daoud Firdausi,Dr Ganputh Rajendra Prasad,Ritu Malhotra,Seema Manoj,Suparna Saraswati Puri and Zubair Ahmed Khan.
• Major assistance was provided by KR Avinash and Hitesh Bhatt .
• Monica Suri was instrumental in getting a large number of speakers whose comments find place in the work.

 A poster of the event

The Cover Page of the book to be release

Book edited by Director, ALS-N, "A Review of Laws Relating to Tourism in India" releasing on 5th November

Our respected Director Sir, Major General Nilendra Kumar, has edited a book titled "A Review of Laws Relating to Tourism in India", which contains various articles related to the subject.

This book is the first and only one of its kind, and contains articles on current aspects relevant to growth of tourism. The focus of this book is on medical, adventure and religious tourism. It is a compendium of all statutory laws concerning travel & tourism, and has been published by Thomson & Reuters.

The book is being released at 1100 hours on Wednesday, the 5th of November, 2014, at I-2 Moot Court Hall, Amity University, sector-125, Noida. Everybody who wishes to attend the event is welcome to do so.

Workshop on Will Drafting

Over the 17th and 18th of September, the Legal Entrepreneurship Clinic of ALS, Noida successfully organized a workshop, with the intention of helping Army veterans draft and register their wills. This workshop saw massive participation, with more than 30 people attending and getting their wills drafted. Amity Law School, Noida, is the only law school in the country to have organized such an event.

Close to 40 student volunteers took part, helping the event become a huge success. The student coordinatiors, Avinash Krishnan Ravi, Tushar Aggarwal, Prachi Trehan and Priyan Garg were responsible for the smooth execution of the workshop. The students would like to thank Ms. Monica Suri, the faculty Coordinator, and Major General Nilendra Kumar, the Director of ALS, Noida, for their unwavering support and encouragement of both the students and the workshop, and helping this event see high levels of participation.

Director Sir addressing the gathering

The faculty Coordinatior, Ms. Monica Suri helping draft the wills 

 Some of the attendees

Students of all years helped in the drafting of the wills:

After concluding the will drafting over Wednesday and Thursday, there will be another meet up at the sub-registrar's office in Noida, where the students will help get the wills registered. We hope the event continues to be a success, and congratulate everybody on their efforts.

Update:

The volunteers and coordinators helped in the registration of the wills on Saturday, 20th September. The registration went smoothly, and all the wills were registered without a fuss. Our Director Sir, Major General Nilendra Kumar, and our faculty coordinator, Ms. Monica Suri, both helped oversee the event and helped encourage the students with their presence.

 Waiting for their wills to be registered, some of the attendees. 

Our  Director, Major General Nilendra Kumar

 Lakshay (L) and Priyan (R), helping with the last minute changes, registration and witnessing

At the end of the event, after having registered their wills

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Event Reporter: Raghav Bansal

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

Director Sir shares his opinion on AQAH on NewsX

Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar, Director & Dean at Amity Law School, Noida speaking about Al Qaeda al Hind (AQAH), the Indian arm of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organisation on NewsX Channel.

Link to the video: http://youtu.be/9-gJXi3wWwg?t=2m13s

Top Ranking among the Law Colleges in India

We are proud to share that Amity Law School, Noida has being ranked at Number 11 in the overall ranking of top 35 Law Colleges in India. The ranking was carried out and published in THE WEEK in their June 22 ,2014 issue on Page 50.
Congratulations to all the Faculty, Staff Colleagues and Students whose contribution keeps us moving ahead. Cheeeeeeers. 

An Alumni Letter to the Best Mentor

A letter that Director Sir received Yesterday and wishes to share with everyone. He greatly values the sentiments of the sender.

Subject: Letter to the best mentor

Dear Sir,

I wanted to extend my deepest regard and thank you for everything ALS gave us. I was eagerly waiting for result day to send this mail to you as otherwise it wouldn't have been ethically right on my part.

Sir, I cannot describe in words what ALS has given me. I'm a different adult altogether from what i was 5 years back.  

I thank you for all the guidance, love, support you gave us throughout our college life. Today Sir i feel very happy to tell you that I secured a good SGPA in my last Semester and I will be passing out with a first division. My parents were extremely happy to know about my performance. 

I have so many good memories of getting scoldings from you, getting directions from you, listening to your finely articulated sentences, which actually makes me feel that I'm not leaving this college empty handed but with a basket-full of memories to cherish. The best thing I will be taking along is "experience" in all the fields a student can think of which I don't think any other college could have ever given me. 

In ALS, I always felt that students are motivated to explore new dimensions whether its Moots, debates, sports, cultural,etc. Throughout my college days I received remarkable support from all faculty members which was like a blessing, they not only supported but also appreciated on our achievements to a great extent.

In the end I wanted to let you know that this was the best place I could have ever enrolled in. For me I have been in ALS during its Golden era and I'm sure it will continue to progress and shine forever.

Thank you so much,Sir.

Yours Sincerely,

Batch 2009-2014

Interview with Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar, Director & Dean of Amity Law School, Noida, AUUP

Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar, Director & Dean of Amity Law School, Noida, AUUP was interviewed on 12th May, 2014 at Amity Law School, Noida by Ms. Mokshda P. Bhusan, Dr, Kavita Surbhi & Dr. Annirudh Vashishtha. Nilendra Sir spoke on Role of legal education, current legal challenges, development in the law fraternity, his aims, future goals etc. Commissioned in the Artillery Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar saw action on the western front during 1971 Indo-Pak war. He studied for his law degree at Lucknow University and was seconded to the Judge Advocate General's Deptt. in 1982. He was Indian Army's Judge Advocate General from 2001 to 2008. He writes extensively on security jurisprudence and Human Rights and has presented papers at seminars in India and abroad. Authored thirteen books out of which "Nani Palkhivala : A Role Model" has been included in the legal classics. He teaches Interpretation of Statutes, Professional Conduct & Legal Ethics at ALS.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN733Pqjyks

Book released on "Law for Engineering and Management Studies"

We are glad to inform about the successful release of the book on "Law for Engineering and Management Studies" by Maj Gen. Nilendra Kumar and Ms. Neha Chaturvedi, published by Universal Law Publishing Company which is ranked among the top Five law publishers in South Asia.

Heartiest Congratulations to Director Sir for this prodigious accomplishment from the ALS family.

Front Cover 

About the Authors 

Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar comments on the 'Machchil Fake Encounter'

The Director of Amity Law School, Noida, Major General Nilendra Kumar, was quoted on Page 1 of The Hindustan Times (December 26, 2013). He shared his views on the court martial proceedings of the soldiers in the 'Machchil Fake Encounter'.

Amity Law School, Noida awarded with the prestigious “Institutional Leadership Award” by The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT)

On 5th Law Teachers’ Day,Amity Law School, Noida has been awarded the prestigious “Institutional Leadership Award” by The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT) during Annual Law Symposium on “Education and Training for Court Managers” at New Delhi.

SILF- MILAT Award recognizes the bestrun colleges in the country assessed in terms of infrastructure, studentwelfare, governance structure, academic autonomy and community engagementprogrammes including legal aid services.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed-Acting Chief Justice, Delhi High Court; Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Verma-Chairman of Jury, Law Awards and Mr. Fali S. Nariman- President Emeritus, BarAssociation of India conferred the Award on Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- FounderPresident, Amity Group, Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Chauhan- Chairperson, AmityInternational Schools and Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar- Director, Amity Law School,Noida in the presence of legal luminaries.

Accepting the Award, Dr. Ashok KChauhan- Founder President, Amity Group thanked SILF- MILAT foracknowledging the contribution of Amity Law School, Noida in contributingresponsible, ethical and dedicated lawyers to the country’s legal system andassured that lawyers nurtured by Amity Law School would bring laurels to thecountry and spread its fame across the world

Addressing the gathering, Hon’bleMr. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed- Acting Chief Justice, Delhi High Court saidthat good teaching makes good students and law teachers give reins of societyin the students’ hands. The law teachers are immensely contributing to thesociety therefore, their efforts should be recognized and rewarded. He stressedthat the time has come for law students to become court managers and learn thetechniques court management. He called upon Law teachers to teach courtmanagement techniques and judgment writing to the budding lawyers so thatjustice delivery system is faster. Students should be taught the use oftechnology, which would make them better equipped in the Court.

Sharing his views, Hon’ble Mr.Justice Deepak Verma- Chairman of Jury, Law Awards remarked that failure isa better teacher of Success. He lamented the gradual deterioration of judicialsystem and pointed towards the dearth of good advocates and good lawyers. Hestressed that with 5 years integrated course, it will still take few more yearsto get good lawyers. He called upon the budding lawyers to master the art ofadvocacy, understand court craft and court etiquettes. They should focus moreon library and do serious study and research work. He stressed that not manystudents pursuing 5 years Law programs prefer to join the Courts whereas anadvocate’s real worth is demonstrated when he argues cases in the Court ratherthan join MNCs’. He expressed that with the changing legal scenario; by 2020there would be more mediators than litigators. Hon’ble Mr. Justice DeepakVerma called upon the law teachers to take pro-active steps in teaching andinitiate socio- economic transformation through law. He implored them toproduce rural legal service lawyers who could act as public defenders invillages and rural areas.

Mr. Fali S. Nariman- PresidentEmeritus, Bar Association of India remarked that there should be a method through which good lawteachers could be cloned otherwise, very soon, there will be a gap betweenteaching and practice. Teachers deserve to be remembered and rewarded for thehard work they have been doing in nurturing responsible lawyers of the country.Teachers are thought moulders of the citizens of the country .He stressed thatthe time has come for law teachers to come in front and fulfill theexpectations that the country and its people have from them.

Sharinghis views, Mr. Lalit Bhasin- President,The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) said that on theoccasion of 5th Law Teachers’ Day, SILF is recognizing theachievements and hard work of law institutes and the Law teaching fraternity inthe country. It is very important to bring forth their immense contribution tothe country’s legal system and thereby, encourage them to achieve greatermilestones in future.

Dr. Ashok K Chauhan and Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan receiving Instituitional Leadership Award by Hon'ble Justice Deepak Verma

Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar- Director, Amity Law School, Noida and Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President- Amity Group with the Award and Citation Borrowed from: http://amity.edu/events/eventdetails.asp?id=2840

Director Sir's Presentation on EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR COURT MANAGERS: DESIGN, DELIVERY AND STANDARDIZATION

SILF -MILAT INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD BEING RECEIVED BY ALS, NOIDA