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BROCHURE 15
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VICE-CHANCELLORS
MESSAGE
Dear Recruiters,
It gives me immense pleasure to present to you the Graduating Batch of
2016 of Hidayatullah National Law University. They will be the Eleventh
batch to graduate from the University, and it has been a pleasure to have
mentored such a group of dynamic and motivated individuals, who with
such grace exude the spirit of the University and have upheld its traditions
of excellence.
These students were under a rigorous tutelage shaped by exceptionally
dedicated Faculty members, which has ensured that they are trained in a
holistic manner to engage with the ideas and concepts related to Law and
the Arts.
The students of this batch have been instrumental in furthering the
reputation of the University by excelling in curricular and extracurricular
activities alike, and they have added to the ideas and ideals at HNLU.
I invite organizations that have witnessed our alumni deliver with utmost
sincerity, as well as those Institutions whom our students have not yet had a
chance to interact with. I invite all of you to engage in a continuing
relationship with our University and I am confident that you will see in our
students unmatched professionalism and a deep sense of commitment.
I hope the enclosed profile of this batch will be useful in your endeavor to
recruit the best from this University.
With best wishes,
Prof. (Dr.) Sukh Pal Singh,
Honble Vice-Chancellor,
Hidayatullah National Law University.
1.1. LOCATION.....4
1.2. INFRASTRUCTURE..5
CONTENTS
1. ABOUT HNLU..3
1.3. CURRICULUM.....6
1.4. LIFE AT HNLU..8
2. ABOUT THE BATCH OF 2016..9
2.1. ACHIEVEMENTS....10
MOOT COURT COMPETITITONS....10
PAPER PRESENTATIONS.......12
3. PREVIOUS RECRUITERS.......14
4. WORK EXPERIENCE..15
5. RECRUITMENT PROCESS....17
6. TRAVEL AND STAY.18
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PUBLICATIONS...13
ABOUT HNLU
Hidayatullah National Law University is one of the leading Nationals Law Schools of India. It was
established by the Government of Chhattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law,
Chhattisgarh Act (Act No.10 of 2003) in 2003.
The University had been an initiative to uplift the quality of legal education in the newly formed State
of Chhattisgarh. Today it is a center of excellence in legal education and research, upholding its motto
Dharma Sansthapanartham or the establishment of the primacy of Laws.
The University is named after Hon. Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah, former Chief Justice of India,
Vice-President of India and Acting President of India, who was not only an outstanding jurist but also
an exceptional human being. The University has inculcated in it the values of Justice Hidayatullah,
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and Prof. (Dr.) Sukh Pal Singh is the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Students are selected to the University on the basis of the Common Law Admission Test, which is the
also joined the service of the nation as officers in the Union Public Services and in State Judiciaries,
and also as officers of the elite JAG Branch of the Indian Armed Forces.
Hidayatullah National Law University is located in Raipur, the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh.
The State was formed in the year 2000, and the National Law University was formed in 2003 for the
LOCATION
The State has always been a driving force behind the University. An example of its support is the
Moot Court Fund established by the government of Chhattisgarh which has pledged a very
generous amount towards funding the students of HNLU who participate in National or
International Moot Court Competitions.
The same fund has now been extended to allow students to attend International Conferences,
for such participation. This initiative is unique to HNLU and the State of Chhattisgarh and not only
does this promote equality but is a show of unparalleled commitment and solidarity with the
University.
The University has been a participant in the development of the legal backbone of the State.
Several of our Faculty work on Legislative projects for the Government, while the University
periodically holds Legal Awareness Camps in and around Raipur.
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Seminars etc. where the State and the University in coalition have decided to fund the expenses
INFRASTRUCTURE
HNLU boasts of world class infrastructure in terms of both academic and allied infrastructure.
Some of the facilities that the University provides its students include:
Library
The Library is state of the art with specific sections dedicated to International Law, International
Arbitration, Trade Law, Environmental Law etc. The Library boasts of complete collections of the
All England Law Reporters, The Corpus Juris, and Commercial Law Reports etc. One of the
special features of the Library is the Hidayatullah collection, which is a collection of books
donated from the personal collection of Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah. The University has
access to all requisite academic databases including HeinOnline, JSTOR and WestLaw.
Moot Court Halls
HNLU has a unique curriculum which includes mandatory Moot Court exercises. The University
has 6 Moot Court halls which are used by students for Benchmark Rounds, Intra-University
Challengers, and can be seen in their complete glory during the Justice Hidayatullah Memorial
National Moot Court Competition.
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Schools
One of the features of HNLU is its Six Schools as Centres of Excellence in the respective fields
and Six Units/Centres under each School with total of thirty six units. The six schools are:
The School of Juridical & Social Sciences (SJSS)
The School of Constitutional & Administrative Governance (SCAG)
The School of International Legal Studies (SILS)
The School of Science, Technology & Sustainable Development (SSTSD)
The School of Business & Global Trade Laws Development (SBGTLD)
The School of Administration of Justice, Continuing & Clinical Legal Education (SAJCCLE)
Sports
HNLU provides indoor badminton courts and volleyball courts. Adequate facilities are available
for sporting activities and the Sports Committee, a student body, takes care of the sporting
requirements of the students of HNLU. Inter and Intra Semester matches are conducted to bring
out the talents from amongst the students. There are grounds and facilities for Volley Ball,
Cricket and Football.
The curriculum at HNLU travels seamlessly between traditional subjects like Tort Law and
modern courses like Cyber Law. Students of this Batch were broadly divided according to their
chosen Major (Economics, Political Sciences and Sociology). Students study their Major subjects
till the 6th Semester post which they are offered Honors Specializations (2 Subjects) and in their
4th and 5th Year they can study any 6 Optional Papers from a range of subjects including
non-conventional areas of Law such as WTO Law, Media Law, Women and Law etc.
CURRICULUM
Evaluation Criterion
Students are evaluated on a Ten-point Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) system.
Evaluation is based on a system of continuous evaluation which has included snap tests, MidTerm examinations, Semester examinations, Research Projects and viva-voce examinations/ class
presentations conducted throughout the semester.
Compulsory Subjects
Public International Law
Environmental Law
Constitutional
Governance II
Labor Law II
Jurisprudence I
Indian Penal Code
Corporate Law I
Principles of Taxation
Jurisprudence II
Corporate Law II
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CURRICULUM
Honors Subjects
There are four major Honours Courses being offered, and they are as follows with their constituent papers :
Corporate Law
Corporate Finance
Corporate Regulation
Corporate
Reconstruction
Corporate Taxation
Constitutional
Governance
Judicial Review
Fundamental Rights
Compensatory
Discrimination
Federalism
Intellectual
Laws
Property
Copyright
Patents
Trademarks
Geographical
Indications
Optional Courses
There are a number of Optional subjects that students can choose from in their 4th and 5th Year. Students
study a total of 6 Optional Papers in their Pre-final and Final year.
Cyber Law
Banking Law
Competition Law
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Liberal Arts
Indirect Tax
WTO Studies
International Commercial Arbitration
Criminology
HNLU graduates are provided a holistic legal education, through a thorough grounding in Liberal Arts by
including in the syllabus Economics, Political Science and Sociology, the constituent papers being:
Principles of Economics
Research Methodology and Statistics
Indian Economy
Political Thought
Political Theory
Indian Political System
Introduction to Sociology
Sociological Thought
Indian Society
Monetary Economics/ Major Political Systems in the World/
Sociology and Development
Law, Poverty and Development/ International Relations/ Social
Psychology
International Economics/ Public Policy/ Sociology and Law
The University plays host to several events all throughout the year, some of
which are as follows:
Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition
HNMCC is the flagship Moot Court Competition held every year in October. The
Competition sees participation from across the country with the Judges of the
Chhattisgarh High Court officiating over the finals of the Moot. The Competition
has been previously sponsored by the Competition Commission of India &
renowned Law firms such as Khaitan & Co., J. Sagar & Associates & Sai Krishna &
Associates. The 1st Edition of the Moot in 2007 was based on Biotechnology
Law, the subsequent editions being based on Competition Law (in association
with the Competition Commission of India). The 7th edition of the Competition
in 2014 saw the theme being changed from Competition Law to Environmental
Law.
LIFE AT HNLU
The University has a 100 acre campus in New Raipur, the upcoming capital city,
which amongst other things is also home to the international cricket stadium, the
State Legislative Assembly, and an upcoming natural reserve.
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Colossus is the flagship sports fest of HNLU which is organized in the month of
March every year. The Fest was first organized in 2013 and comprises 15 sports
events and an equal number of cultural events. Sports events include Football,
Cricket, Tennis, Table-Tennis, Basketball, Throw-ball, Volleyball, Chess etc. The
cultural events include a Dance contest, Singing Competitions, Fashion Show,
Photography Competition, Mad-ad's etc.
Dr. Rajnish Kr. Singh, Guest Lecturer (IPR), Assistant Professor, Department of
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Law, BHU; Former Faculty Member, NLU Jodhpur and the Department of Law,
Delhi University.
The Batch had a zeal for learning about the latest developments in Law. Not only
were they talented students, but they also possessed relevant organizational skills,
with which they helped make events at HNLU including our flagship Moot Court
Competition, a much bigger success.
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Dr. Kaumudhi Challa, Assistant Professor (Law), Faculty Advisor to the Moot
Court Committee.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Students of the Graduating Batch of 2016 have set a new by winning several accolades
both in India and abroad. They have been exemplary, both in Academics and in extracurricular activities.
Runner-up, Best Memorial Prize, 9th Susan J. Ferrell Moot Intercultural Court
Competition, 2014, St. Thomas University, Florida.
Runners-up, Pan Asian Rounds- 11th Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration
Moot, 2014 Hong Kong SAR.
Best Memorial Prize, 4th Bin Cheng IASLA Space Law Moot Sydney, 2014, organized by
International Air & Space Law Academy.
2nd Best Applicants (Orals), 5th Leiden Sarin International Air Law Moot Court
Competition, 2014.
National
Winners, 8th Justice B.R. Sawhney National Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2014,
NALSAR Hyderabad.
Winners, 2nd KIIT Moot Court Competition, 2014, KIIT University Bhubaneswar.
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Best Endeavour Prize, 9th LAWASIA International Moot Court Competition, Bangkok,
2014 organized by LAWASIA.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Winners, Surana & Surana Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition, North East India Rounds,
2014 held at NLUJAA, Guwahati.
Winners, 4th K.R. Ramamani Tax Moot Court Competition, 2014, School of Excellence in
Law, Chennai.
Winners, Best Speaker, 1st NHRC Moot Court Competition, 2013, organised by NHRC and
Delhi University.
Winners, 1st ITM University Moot Court Competition organized by ITM University in March,
2013.
Winners, 3rd Paras Diwan National Moot Court Competition, 2013, UPES Dehradun.
Winners, 3rd Army Institute of Law National Moot Court Competition, 2013, Army Institute
of Law, Mohali.
Winners, Best Speaker, 2nd Best Memorials, Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot
Court Competition, North East India Rounds, 2012 held at NLUJAA, Guwahati.
Best Memorials Prize in the Stetson Environment International Moot Court Competition
(North-India Rounds), 2012.
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Best Memorials Prize in the Stetson Environment International Moot Court Competition
(North-India Rounds), 2013.
Best Speaker, 2nd Amity International Moot Court Competition, 2012, Amity University,
Noida.
Runner-Up, 2nd RGNUL Criminal Law Moot Court Competition, 2013, RGNUL, Patiala.
Runner-Up, 1st Justice B.P. Saraf Memorial Tax Moot Court Competition, 2014, organised by
WBNUJS and All India Federation of Tax Practitioners.
Runner-Up, (India Rounds), 7th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot court Competition,
Germany 2014.
2nd Best Memorials, 16th D.M. Harish Memorial International Moot Court Competition, 2015.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Paper Presentations
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PUBLICATIONS
Publications
The Students of the Batch have been academically motivated, and have done exceptional
research into upcoming fields of Law. They have been published in a number of academic
Journals, Books and their Articles, Papers and Essays have been a part of several academic
repositories. Some of the subjects that the students have worked on are as follows:
Permanent Sovereignty of Natural Resources: Critique and a Contemporary Analysis,
Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 15(2).
"Admissibility of Electronic Evidence under IT Act, 2000 vis-a-vis Evidence act, 1872",
published in Madras Law Journal.
Options in Investment Agreements: AN Indian Law Perspective, in Company Law Journal;
(2012) 2 Comp LJ 113-119..
FDI in Multi Brand Retail in India: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges, in the Working
Paper on FDI in India under the aegis of IPAN and Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law,
Punjab. ISBN 978-81-920809-4-9.
Prolonging execution of Extreme Punishment- Death Penalty: Are Criminals not entitled to
humanity in Jharkhand Bar Council Journal 2014 (3) J.B.C.J.
The conflux of Investment Management Agreement and SEBI (Investment Advisers)
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Law Firms
Amarchand & Mangaldas &
Suresh A Shroff & Co
Anand & Anand
AZB & Partners
Corporate Law Group
Crawford Bayley
Dave Girish & Co.
Desai & Desai Careemji
Mulla
Desai &Diwanji
DSK Legal
Dua & Associates
Economic Law Partners
HSA Advocates
Companies
LPOs
Bodhi Global
Lex Process
Mindcrest
OSC Services Private Limited
Pangea3
Quislex
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Axis Bank
Bajaj Allianz
Ernst & Young
Godrej India Ltd.
Grant Thornton
HDFC Housing
ICICI Bank
PriceWaterHouseCoopers
Tata Croma
Tata Sons Ltd.
Times of India
Vedanta Resources
ILF Advocates
Indus Law
Iyer and Sonawala
Juris Corp
Jyoti Sagar & Associates
Khaitan & Co.
Krishnamurthy & Co.
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Lall & Sethi
Lall Lahiri & Salhotra
Link Legal
Majmudar & Co.
MMB Legal
Mundkur Law Partners
PAST RECRUITERS
Students of HNLU have been recruited by Law Firms, Fortune 500 Companies,
Consultancies, Think Tanks, Government Departments and in Non-Governmental
Organizations.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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The Students of the Graduating Batch of 2016 have had the opportunity to work at various
Organizations during their tenure at the University. HNLU has two term breaks; a winter
break in December, and a summer break that extends through the months of May and June.
This offers the students the crucial opportunity to gain practical exposure in addition to
their theoretical pursuits at the University. The Students of the Batch have worked at the
following organizations:
Judicial Clerkships
Hon. Justice HL Dattu, Chief Justice of India
Hon. Justice AK Patnaik, Supreme Court of India
Hon. Justice Kurien Joseph, Supreme Court of India
Hon. Justice PS Koshy, High Court of Chhattisgarh
Hon. Justice SK Agarwala, High Court of Chhattisgarh
Hon. Justice RS Jha, High Court of Madhya Pradesh
Hon. Justice Sanjib Banerjee, High Court of Calcutta
Hon. Justice MM Srivastava, High Court of Chhattisgarh
Hon. Justice Gautam Bhaduri, High Court of Chhattisgarh
Hon. Justice Ajit Singh, High Court of Madhya Pradesh
Hon. Justice Siti Kant Mishra, High Court of Odisha
Hon. Justice Soumen Sen, High Court of Calcutta
Hon. Justice RR Prasad, High Court of Jharkhand
Think Tanks
Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation
Centre for Equity Studies
Centre for Law and Policy Research
Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy
Institute of Social Sciences
International Committee of the Red Cross
PRS Legislative Research
Software Freedom Law Centre
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Law Firms
Acculegal
Aeltemesh Rein & Co.
Agarwal Law Associates
ALMT Legal
Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A
Shroff & Co.
Amicus-Advocates and Solicitors
AP&J Litigation Firm
Atman Law Partners
Axon Partners LLP
AZB & Partners
Bhati & Associates
BSK Legal solicitors & Advocates
Canpisce and Co.
Clasis Law
Corporate Legal
Crawford Bayley & Co
D. H. Law Associates
Daswani & Daswani
De Penning & De Penning
Desai & Diwanji
Dua Associates
Dutt Menon and Dunmorrsett
Fox & Mandal
Hariani & Co.
India Law Practice
SKJ Legal
Sundaraswamy and Ramdas
Associates
Tech Corp Law LLP
Themis and Co.
Titus & Co. Advocates
TMT Law Practice
Trilegal
Udeshi, Udwadia & Argus
Partners
UKCA Law Chambers
V.K. Munshi & Associates
Vaish Advocates and Associates
Verus Advocates
Public Sector Undertakings
Bharat Coking Coal Limited
Central Coalfields Limited
Coal India Limited
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
National Aluminum Company
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Steel Authority of India Limited
NGOs
Peoples Union for Civil Liberties
Greenpeace India
Human Right Law Network
Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre
National Human Rights Commission
Mr Adish Aggrawala
Mr Amarjit Singh Chandiok
Mr Arvind Datar
Mr Arvind Mittal
Mr C.S. Vaidyanathan
Mr Ciccu Mukhopadhyaya
Mr Debrata Chakraborty
Mr Gourab Banerji
Mr Harish N. Salve
Mr KK Rai
Mr KS Vaidyanathan
Mr KTS Tulsi
Mr Kumar Karthikey
Mr KV Vishwanathan
Mr Mahesh Jethmalani
Mr Milind Kumar
Mr Parag Tripathi
Mr Pareena Swarup
Mr PH Parekh
Mrs. Pinky Anand
Mr PK Dhakephalkar
Mr Pradeep Sancheti
Mr Ravindra Srivastava
Mr Satish Manshinde
Mr Shekhar Srivastava
Mr Siddharth Luthra
Mrs. Sudha Bhardwaj
Mrs. Sunita Rao
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RECRUITMENT
PROCESS
The Campus Recruitment Process in the University will begin from the
month of March, 2015.
Recruiters may contact the RCC for blocking any suitable dates in these
two months or to discuss possible dates in any other month.
All Recruiters must register with the RCC, providing the following
information:
a)
b)
Shortlisting process.
c)
d)
Offer details.
The RCC will assign a Coordinator post registration, who will coordinate
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However it will facilitate PPOs for students who have previously interned
at any particular organization.
Raipur Railway Station. The distance from the airport and railway station are 16 km
(about 30 minutes) and 30 km (about 45 minutes) respectively.
JetKonnect, Indigo and Air-India have daily flights to Raipur from all major metros
including, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Details are available on request.
The University would be pleased to provide accommodation to the Recruiters at its
Guest House on the campus.
Other Hotels in the vicinity include:
Hyatt Raipur
Raipur
Raipur
Approximately 20 km from
Approximately 23 km from
the campus
the campus
Golden Tulip
G E Road Raipur
Raipur
Approximately 21 km from
Approximately 23 km from
the campus
the campus
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The University Campus lies in close vicinity of Swami Vivekananda Airport and
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Tel-Fax: 0771-3057666
E-mail: registrar@hnlu.ac.in