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Dr. T.A. BALAKRISHNAMember

Dr. T.V. RAJUMember

Sri T.S. SRIDHARMember

Sri PRADEEP GRAMAMember

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FROMTHEDEAN'SDESK

Shri N.B. BhatM.A., LL.M., IPS (Retd.)

Secretary, BHS HESDean, BILS

AsDean,IhavecometocallBILS“Aninstitutionwith

soul”:Acombinationofintellectualengagementand

acommitmenttoservingthecommongood,thatsets

usapartfromotherlawschools.Wetakescholarship,

service,professionalismandteachingseriously;but

wetrynottotakeourselvesseriously.Iampleasedto

saythefacultyandstaffhavekepttheircommitment

to the quality of our educational offerings and

outreachtothecommunity.

Forourfaculty“TheBILSway”isaculturethatvalues

knowledgeintheserviceofsociety.Forourstudents

“TheBILSway”isacommitmenttoleadershipinand

outoftheclassroom.ForourAlumni,“TheBILSway”

is about innovation, andusing their education and

experiencetomaketheworldabetterplace.

It also is about sharing their experience with the

studentswhofollowintheirfootsteps:ourgraduates

leaveandwork ineverystateof thecountryand in

many countries around theworld, yet there loyalty to and constant engagementwith the

collegemakeourglobalcommunityfeelsmallandintimate.

Wehaveincludedanumberofarticlesthatdemonstratethetalentofourstudents'versatilityof

ouractivitiesandtheirimpactonthecommunity.

Ihopeyouenjoythiseditionofourmagazine!N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHigherEducationSocietyandDean,BILS

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WelcometotheAnnualEditionofthe(Magazine'sTitle),

BILSCollegeMagazine.

“Aanobhadrakrtavoyantuvishwatah” which literally

translates - “Let noble thoughts come to us from all

directions”. This is the main basis on which we have

drafted this Annual Magazine. This Magazine is the

capitulationofallthesuccessstoriesandmemoriesmade

by every member of our Institution throughout this

academicyear.And, it isanoutcomeIbelieveyouvalue

readingandcontributingto.

TheaimofBILS is to increase thevisibilityandeaseof

openingaccesstoscienti�icandscholarlyarticlesthereby

promoting their increased usage and impact . A

recognition and reiteration of our institution's aimof a

holisticdevelopmentofeachofourstudentistheessence

ofthisMagazine.Wetheeditorsensurethat,throughourworkweshallstrivetokeepyou

alwaysengaged.OneofthemostinterestingthingsaboutBILSisthebroaddiversityofits

brainpower.Atoneendofourculturewehavestudentssecuringrankseveryyearfromthe

KarnatakaStateLawUniversity.

OntheotherendwehavestudentsbringinglaurelsfromCultural,Sportsandothersuch

fests.Ourunbreakable associationbetween the faculty andour students isBILS'most

treasuredfeature,whichisclearlyseenineveryfeatherthatisaddedtoourcap.

ThisissueofourMagazinehighlightsthatspanofexpertise.Weareextremelyhonouredto

share theeffortsof somanydedicatedpeople through thisMagazine.Themagazine is

featuredwiththoughtprovokingideasalongwithinterestingpicturesthatwillsurelyleave

yourmindsponderovermanyissuesprevalent.

Weareextremelydelightedtohaveyouasourreader.

Staytunedwithusformore!

Prof.PreetiS.DesaiPrincipal,BILSEditor-in-Chief

FROMTHEEDITORIALDESK

Prof. Preeti S. DesaiB.Com., LL.M.

Principal

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THEKARNATAKASTATE

LAWUNIVERSITYRANKHOLDERS

Ms.Bhavana5thRank(2020)

Ms.DimpleAgarwal10thRank(2020)

Ms.SupriyaM.9thRank(2021)

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BHSHESstudentwelfarefundisafundcreatedbyourBHSHESmanagementwiththeobjectiveofawardingscholarshipstostudentsstudyingintheBHSHESinstitutions.EveryyearourBILSstudentsareselectedoncriteriaandreceiveRs.35,000asscholarshipamountprovidedalong

withacerticateofmerit.ThepicturesofstudentswhobaggedScholarshipfortheprevious3academicyearsare:

BHSHESSCHOLARSHIP

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LAURELS(2019-2021)

rd1. NavamSingh(3 Year):FIRSTPRIZEinDebatecompetitionorganizedbyDepartmentof

Post,Of�iceoftheseniorsuperintendofpostof�ice,Bangalore.th

2. RithuvarnaK.R(4 Year):KSLUZonalLevelYouthFestival(BengaluruZone)2019-2020,

Elocution–FIRSTPRIZE.th3. Asha Hegde (4 Year): KSLU Zonal Level Youth Festival (Bengaluru Zone) 2019-2020,

Debate–THIRDPRIZE.

4. JibranAhmed:SECONDPLACEinImaginationActionatFelixHoral–InterCollegeOnline

Fest,2020conductedbySt.Joseph'sCollegeofLaw.st5. Syed Muheeb, Poorna Shree A & Arpita Singh (1 Year): National Level Moot Court

Competition,2021conductedbyChristAcademy,Bangalore–WINNER.

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• THE ALL INDIA SURVEY OF BEST PRIVATE LAW COLLEGES CONDUCTED BY 'THE WEEK'

MAGAZINEISSUEDATED15-08-2021hasRANKEDBANGALOREINSTITUTEofLEGALSTUDIES

asfollows:

* 29THPOSITIONINLAWCOLLEGESALLINDIACATEGORY

* 20THPOSITIONINPRIVATELAWCOLLEGESALLINDIA

* 6THPOSITIONINPRIVATELAWCOLLEGESSOUTHZONE

* OutlookIcareRankings-India'sBestCollegeshasRankedBangaloreInstituteOfLegalStudiesth

13 Positionoutof33PrivateInstitutesInIndia.

• CSR-GHRDCLAWSCHOOLSSURVEY2021conductedby'CompetitionSuccessReview'–BILSth thRanked7 inTopOutstandingLawSchoolsofExcellenceinIndiaandRanked9 inTopLaw

SchoolsbyState.(June2021issue)

th• INDIA'STOPPROFESSIONALCOLLEGESSurvey2020conductedbyOutLook:BILSRanked17

amongTop20PrivateInstitutesinIndia.(September2020)

th• ALLINDIASURVEYOFLAWCOLLEGESconductedby'INDIATODAY'-BILSSecured19 positionthandSecured7 PositionamongTenPrivateLawCollegeswithBestValueforMoneyandsecured

rd3 Position in the categoryofThreeGainers colleges that havemade theHighest Leapoverthpreviousyear.(Publishedon6 July,2020).

• CSR-GHRDCLAWSCHOOLSSURVEY2020conductedby'CompetitionSuccessReview'– BILSnd th

Ranked2 inTopOutstandingLawSchoolsof ExcellenceinIndiaandRanked6 inTopLaw

SchoolsbyState.

COLLEGERANKINGS

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2019-2020 EVEnTS

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Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor

Mootingcanbestbedescribedasanactivitythatcomesclosesttobeingalawyerwhilestill

studyingatlawschool.Itinvolvesidentifyinglegalissuesoutofacomplexfactualscenario,

doingexhaustiveresearchonthoseissuestoadvanceargumentswithauthorities,followed

bydraftingextensivewrittensubmissionsand�inallythegruellingoralsbeforeabenchof

eminent judges.Inanutshell, it iseverythinga lawyerisexpectedtodooncehestarts

practisinglaw.

Theexerciseofmootingisoneofthehighlightsofeverylawcurriculum.Itteachesstudents

skillsquintessentialforsolvinglegalproblems.TheBILSMootCourtcommitteeisfounded

to develop the interests of students in the activity of mooting, facilitate students to

understandintricaciesoflegalresearch,acquiresuf�icientstrongholdovertheutilization

ofonlinelegaldatabases,organizeresearchtocrispandclearlegalpropositionsonthe

issuespresentedinamootpropositionwhich�inallyculminatesintoaclinchingargument

inamootcourtcompetition.BILShostssessionsthroughouttheacademicyearonvarious

aspectsofmootingwhichrangefromintroductiontomooting,useofresearchoperators,

tenets of legal reading and research, interpretation of statutes, moot demonstrations,

drafting a moot problem, drafting a memorandum, formatting a memorandum and

mechanicsoforaladvocacy.

Variousfunctionsandresponsibilitiesofthecommitteeareasfollows:-

· Registrationofinterestedstudentstowardspanelmootcourtcompetition.

· TheCommitteeselectsthestudentsforrepresentingtheCollegeinvariousnational

andinternationalMootCourtCompetitionsthroughthePanelMootCompetition

conductedeveryyearandprovidethemwithsuf�icientsupporttoparticipatein

variouscompetitions.

· CollegereimbursesalltheexpensesupRs.10,000/-(RupeesTenThousandOnly)

forthestudentsparticipatinginthevariousmootcompetitions.

· BILSmootcourtcommitteeintendtoregulatethemootinganditsallied

activitiesinthecollege,inajustandfairmannerwhilefacilitatingsuchactivities

inbestpossibleway.

MOOTCOURTCOMMITTEEREPORTFORTHEACADEMICYEAR2019–20

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BILSStudentsparticipationinInterCollegiateMootCourtcompetitions

fortheAcademicYear2019-20.

Sl.No. NameoftheMoot Participants

1 3rd AishwaryaG Suranaand Suzzane SuranaMootCourt MariaVaz Competition TejasBN

2 2nd SaloniShet SAARCLawJLU Jhanavi Bijlani AshaHegde

3 RLLawCollege,Belgaum PavitraM HarshikaG SindhuS

4 Srinivasaih5th VaishnaviMR NationalMemorialMoot RakshaGM PrajnaP

5 Srinivasaih5th GautamKrishna NationalMemorialMoot ShaskhankKThakur NikilBM

6 KKLuthraMemorial BhavanaM MootCourtCompetition SwarnithaK Tanya

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Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor

Theplacementcommitteeconsistsofstudentselectedbythebatchtobetheinterfaceofthecollege,i.e.toactasaliaisonbetweentheindustryandthestudentcommunity.ThebasicpurposeofthePlacementCommitteeistomanagealltheplacementactivitiesatBangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies.Italsoensuresthereadinessofthefellowparticipantsforthelegalworld.

ThePlacementCommitteeofthecollegeplaysavitalroleinmeasuringasmooth&ef�icientplacement process, co-ordinates all the efforts and activities directed towards ensuringutmostsatisfactiontotheneedystudentsfortheirplacement.

Variousfunctionsandresponsibilitiesofthecommitteeare:

· Registrationofeligibleandinterestedcandidates

· Co-coordinatorwillupdatestudents'records,prepareanalysisandcollectproofsfromstudents.

· Placement cell constantlyworks towards invitingmore repudiated companies forcampusplacement.

· FindwaysandmeanstoimproveIndustry–InstituteInteractions.

· Togroomthestudentsandmakethemawareofcurrentscenariosofvariousindustries.

· Tomaintaingoodliaisonwiththerecruiters.

· Toinculcatethequalityoftakingonindustrychallengesandemergingoutasyoungleaders.

· Todevelopstronganalyticalandcompetitiveskills

· MaintainCordialrelationswithpast,potentialandfuturerecruiters.

· Conductmockplacementdrivesforthebatchstudents.

PLACEMENTCOMMITTEEREPORT

FORTHEACADEMICYEAR2019–20

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Sl.No.NameofFirm/organization Position Location

1 HSBC Paralegal B'lore

2 Pramata Contract Group Associate B'lore

3 Karnataka Research Lokayukta Assistants B'lore

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Rapporteur:PranamyaHegde(IVYear)

FormalWelcomestandsasoneofthe�irsteventsfortheacademicyear.Itmarksastheof�icial

gatheringwelcomingthenewbatchtothejourneyoflearninglaw.FormalWelcomefortheth

academicyear2019-2020washeldon8 August2019.Prof.PreetiS.Desai,PrincipalBILS,

greetedthegatheringandpromisedthestudentsforanadventurousandeverlasting

experienceoflaw.

Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHESandDeanBILS,addressingthestudentssaidthat

legaleducationisoneofthemostpracticalaspectofsurvivalinthesociety.Hestatedthatlawis

notonlythenormsandrulesof thesociety it isacomprehensiveeducation.Heassuredthe

studentsregardingfullsupportandprovidingwithfacilitiesforthebetterlearningoflaw.Healso

spokeaboutthegreatopportunitiesforthebuddinglawyeranddifferentarenasoflawthatneed

goodhardworkinglegalof�icers.Heconcludedhisaddressstatingthatlegaleducationisnotonly

astudyoflawbutitisadevelopmentinexperienceofeducation.

FORMALWELCOMETOTHEFIRSTYEARSINTOTHEBILSFAMILY–BATCH2019-2024

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thTheinauguralceremonyoftheStudentActivities2019-20washeldon27 August2019.

The chief guest of the functionwas Shri. Phaneendar.B.N,who is a forensic expert,

advocateandalsoamanagingdirectorofClue4(aforensiclabinBengaluru).Theother

dignitaries presentwere Dr. R.V. Prabhakara, Joint secretary BHS HES, the guest of

honour,Shri.N.B.Bhat, IPS(Retd.)SecretaryBHSHES,Dean,BILSandProf.Preeti.S.

Desai,Principal,BILS.

thTheceremonycommencedwithaninvocationbyApekshafrom5 yearandPoojafromth4 yearfollowedbyawelcomeaddressbyProf.Preeti.S.Desai.ThenMs.DurgaDevi,

Assistant Professor, BILS invited Shri. Pavan V, Assistant Professor, BILS to give an

introductionoftheesteemedguest.

WhileintroducingthechiefguestShri.PavanVstatedthatShri.Phaneendar.B.Nhas

more than 10 years of expertise in Forensics and has examined over 4250 cases

includinghandwriting,signatures,paperprints,andaccidentreconstructionandsoon.

HepossessesMSc.,pursuingmastersinLawandPGDiplomainCyberLawandCyber

Forensics.HeheldanhonourablepositionasanadvisorintheInternationalAssociation

ofScientistsandResearchers.Shri.Phaneendar.B.Nholdsprofessionalmembershipsin

InternationalAssociationofDocumentExaminers,USA; IndianAcademyofForensic

Science,KolkataandalsoasaresourcepersonatPuneUniversity;DepartmentofLaw,

Pune;Sinhgadlawcollege,Pune;M.Krishnalawcollege,Hassan;Barassociationsacross

India.HehasalsopresentedhisresearchpapersatvariousNationalConferences.

Thiswasthenfollowedbythelightingofthelampbythedignitariespresentonthedais.

ThegatheringwasthenaddressedbyShri.Phaneendar.B.Nhetalkedaboutthedifferent

ways forensic science assists in a case, the provisions concerning the same and he

highlighted its necessity in the present world. He concluded the lecture after an

interactionwiththestudents,andansweredtheirdoubts.

ThiswasthenfollowedbypresidentialremarksbyShri.N.B.Bhat,SecretaryBHSHES,

DeanBILS.ThechiefguestwasthenthankedandpresentedwithamementobytheDean.

VoteofthankswasrenderedbySmt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

INAUGURATIONOFSTUDENTSACTIVITIES2019-20

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Rapporteur:PavithraM&PrachiPriya(IIIYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessor

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Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)Secretary,

BHSHES,Dean,BILSrenderingbouquettothechiefguestLightingoftheLampbythedignitaries

ChiefGuestShri.Phaneendar.B.NForensicexpert,advocateandManagingDirectorofClue4

addressingthegathering

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Rapporteur:TejasBN(IVYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.ChayaBV,AssistantProfessor.

thSpecialLectureonArticle370wasconductedon27 ,August2019.ShriK.N.Bhat,SeniorAdvocateSupremeCourt,andFormerAdditionalSolicitorGeneralofIndiawasinvitedastheguestspeaker.Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)SecretaryBHSHES,Dean,BILSandProf.PreetiS.Desai,PrincipalBILSwelcomedthegatheringandthespeakertotheoccasionshefurtherspokeaboutthedecisiontakenbytheGovernmentregardingArticle370anditsglobalimpact.Smt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessorintroducedthespeaker,ShriK.N.BhatenrolledasanAdvocatebeforetheBarCouncilofMysore.HethenpracticedbeforetheHighCourtofMysorefromJanuary1964toJuly1969.FromJuly1969hepracticedbeforetheSupremeCourtof

thIndiaandvariousotherhighCourts.On4 ,May1986hedesignatedasSeniorAdvocateofSupremeCourt.HethenservedasAdditionalSolicitorGeneralofIndiafromSeptember1996toMay1998.HerepresentedBhagwanShriRamintheAyodhyacasebeforeLucknowHighCourt.

ShriK.N.Bhat�irsttalkedabouttheaccessionofstateofJammu&Kashmirandthereasonbehind it receiving special status.He then talkedabout Indiagaining Independence fromBritishduetolackofresourcesonthepartoftheBritishpostSecondWorldWar.Also,intheyear1946hetalkedabouttheCabinetMissionwhichsuggestedindividingIndiaintoIndiaandPakistanasaHindumajorityandMuslimMajoritynationrespectively.Hefurtherspokeabouttheunionofprincelystates,whenindependencewasgiventoIndiatherewerearound500princelystatesexistinginIndiaandifallofthemweretoremainstandalonestatesitwouldresultinaweakersovereign.Therefore,SardarVallabhaBhaiPatelnegotiatedwithalltheprincelystatesandconvincedthemtoaccedetoIndia.Healsorecommendedtoreadabook titled the “Integrationof IndianStates”whichwouldhelpusbetterunderstand theaftermathofthesaidevent.

ThenexttopicthatwasdiscussedwasaboutthewayJammuandKashmirendedupbecomingapartoftheIndianPolity.TheKingofJammuandKashmirHariSingh,requestedtroopsinorder to defend the state he in turn had to join the Indian country. He highlighted thatbeforehandKashmirpreferredbeingacountrybyitself. ThesaidstatewasagainmiredincontroversywhentheParliamentdecidedtograntspecialstatustothestateofJammuandKashmir,henotedthatShriBRAmbedkarwasnotpresentonthatdayinordertoprotestsuchadecision.

Thespeaker'sknowledgeinhistoryandhismasteryovertheartofteachingheldthestudentsingoodstead.Bytheendofthelecturethestudentshadafairunderstandingofthetopic.Upontheconclusionofthelecture,therewasaquestion-and-answersession.ThevoteofthankswasrenderedbySmt.ChayaBV,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

SPECIALLECTUREONARTCLE370

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Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)

SecretaryBHSHES,Dean,BILS

welcomingthechiefguest

ShriK.N.Bhat,SeniorAdvocateSupremeCourt,

andFormerAdditionalSolicitorGeneralofIndia,

chiefguestaddressingthegathering Prof. Preeti S. Desai, Principal BILS

addressing the gathering

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Rapporteur:PranamyaHegde&TejasBN(IVYear)Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.VinuthaDN,AssistantProfessor

On24thAugust,2019,BILSconductedaNationalSeminaronDraftingSkillsinassociationwiththeBarCouncilofIndiaandAIRLawAcademy.Theeventwasinitiatedwiththelightingofthelampinordertoinvoketheblessingsofthealmighty.Thedignitariespresentonthestagewerethe keynote speaker Shri. Ashish Dixit, Advocate, Supreme Court, Shri. Atul Singh, GeneralManagerofAIR,Prof.PreetiS.Desai,PrincipalBILSandShri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),Secretary,BHSHES,Dean,BILS.

ThekeynotespeakerShriAshishDixit,anexemplaryinhisownright,hislecturewasinsightfuland facilitated the students in grasping the art of drafting. Furthermore, he drew from hisexperiencesandexplainedwhichmadeiteasierforthestudentstocomprehend.Thelearningcurve required in terms of drafting was highlighted. The lecture concluded with a livelyinteractivesessionwherethespeakerclari�iedallthedoubtsandquestionstheaudienceposedfollowedbyVoteofthanksrenderedbySmt.VinuthaDN,Assistantprofessor,BILS.

BILSNATIONALSEMINARONDRAFTINGSKILLSINASSOCIATIONWITHBCIANDAIRLAWACADEMY

LightingoftheLampbythedignitariesProf.PreetiS.Desai,PrincipalBILS

renderingmementotoShri.AtulSingh,GeneralManagerofAIR

Prof. Preeti S. Desai, Principal BILS addressing the gathering

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Rapporteur:Pavithra.M&PrachiPriya(IIIYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Ms.DurgaDevi,AssistantProfessor

thFresher's day held on 04 September 2019, saw an explosion of talent, showcasing the

performancesby the �irst-year students.Continuing theproud traditionof thecollege, the

second-yearstudentsconductedandwelcomedtheirdearjuniors.

Prof.Radhika.RandProf.HemalathaN.ofVijayaCollegegracedtheFresher'sDayeventasthe

judges.Thegatheringwaswitnessedby,ShriN.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)SecretaryBHSHES,Dean

BILSandProf.PreetiS.Desai,Principalandalltheteachingandnon-teachingmembersofBILS.

Theeventcommencedwith the introductionof the judgesbySmt.VimalaRajB,Assistant

Professor.Eachfresherwasgivenanopportunitytointroducethemselvestothecollegeby

revealingonetalentownedbythem. Everyfresherparticipatedwithgreatenthusiasmand

excitement.Attheendofthememorableevent,Ms.Muskan andMr.Richardwereawarded

bestfresherfemaleandmaleoftheyearwhereasMS.YukthaandMr.Richardwareawardedthe

bestattirefemaleandmalerespectively.Smt.RadhikaRandSmt.HemalathaNpresentedthe

award to the winners. Ms. Durga Devi, Assistant Professor, BILS thanked the gathering,

fresher'sandallthehelpinghandswithoutwhichtheeventwouldn'thavebeensuccessful.

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Rapporteur:TejasBN&PranamyaHegde(IVYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor

thOn6 September2019themootcourtcommitteeorganisedapanelmootcourtcompetition.

Thesaidcompetitionwasconductedinordertogivestudentsanexperienceonhowthe

competitionworks,whichwouldinturnhelpthemtogetready forotherintercollegiate

mootcourtcompetitionstheywouldparticipatein.Around20teamsparticipatedinthe

competitionoutofwhich15quali�ied.ThejudgesforthePanelMootcourtcompetitionwere

AdvocatePriyaandAdvocateRajeshSomarajan,

Thelistisasfollows:-

PANELMOOTCOURTCOMPETITION-2019

RANK TEAMMEMBERS TEAMCODE YEARth

1.) AbhijitKB,PragatiJaiswal,MidhatZehra PMC18 5 Yearth2.) BhavanaM,Swarnitha,Kamineni,Tanya PMC03 5 Yearth

3.) AishwaryaGSuzanneMariaVazTejasBN PMC14 4 Year

4.) RithuvarnaKR,ShruthiRNaik,th Thounaojam,SangeethaLuwang PMC06 4 Year

5.) ShashankKThakur,GauthamKrishnaEJth

MeghanaVegi PMC02 4 Yearth6.) AshaHegde,JhanviBijlani,SaloniSeth PMC05 4 Yearth

7.) GaganM,PrajwalJ,PavanA PMC17 4 Yearrd

8.) NavamSingh,HoneyDwivedi,LokeshSaini PMC12 3 Yearrd nd9.) SukanyaChakravorty,SoumitaBhattacharya,Abhijeet PMC08 3 Year,2 Year

10.) GHarshika,PavithraM,SindhuS&PrajnaP, PMC10rd

RakshaGM,VaishnaviMR PMC11 3 Yearth th rd11.) MahimaDasain,HarshithaBhagwan,AnupamaS PMC16 5 ,4 &3 Year.rd12.) PrachiPriyaChahatJayeshPanchamiyaNitishKumar PMC07 3 Yearth

13.) RPAbhigna,SAtchaya,SushmitaK PMC09 4 Yearth14.) JibranAhmed,AditiVikram,Shwetabh PMC15 4 Yearrd15.) S.Aparajitha,SanjanaPrabhanjan,SabhyaSantosh PMC13 3 Year.

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Rapporteur:Pavithra.M&PrachiPriya(IIIYear)Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessor

InBILS,theethnicdayisoneofthosedaysthateveryoneintheinstitutionlooksforwardto.It

isoneofthemostvibrantandcolourfuldays.Everyyearwehavedifferentthemesforthesaid

day.Likewise,thisyearitwasheldonSeptember27,2019thethemewasRecreateaMovie

(KannadaorHindi).Hence,thisyeartheparticipantswillhavetopickamovieanddisplayitin

aninnovativemanner.Theparticipantsweregivenamaximumtimelimitof30minuteseach.

ThewelcomespeechwasrenderedbySmt.VimalaRaj.B.AssistantProfessor.Sheopinedthat

movie are a medium used to stimulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories,

perceptions,feelings,beautyoratmospherebythemeansofrecordedorprogrammedmoving

imagesalongwithothersensorystimulations.

She then welcomed the Honourable judges for the event, Mr. Srinivas Murthy, who is a

Professorof theKannadadepartment inVijayaCollegeandProf. Jayashree.P fromVijaya

College.TheChiefGuestfortheeventwasSmt.DeepaliMukhopadhay,aformerprofessorof

our institutionandwasalso theheadofCulturalCommittee.She isardentaboutvarious

culturesandarts.

Themoviesre-enactedwereBajiraoMastani,Sholay,Nagarahavu,ChennaiExpress,Humble

PoliticianNograjandKirikParty.

BajiraoMastaniwasthe�irstmovietobeenacted.ThismovieisbasedontheMarathihistorical

�ictionnoveltitled'Rau'byN.S.Inamdar.ThestorylineisPeshwaBajiraowhowasmarriedto

KashibaifallsbutinlovewithMastani,awarriorprincessindistress.Theystruggletomake

theirlovetriumphamidoppositionfromBajirao'sconservativefamily.Thiswaspresentedina

mesmerisingwaybyusingtheprojectorsandcostumesaccordingly.

BajiraoMastaniwasfollowedbySholaymovie.SholayisanHindiclassicmoviewhichportrays

thestrongbondofFriendship.TheplotofthemovieisheavilyinspiredbyAkiraKurosawa's

action�lickSevenSamurai,andJohnSturges'TheMagni�icentSeven.Thestorylineis,Jayand

Veeru, two ex-convicts, are hired by Thakur

BaldevSingh,aretiredpoliceman,tohelphim

nabGabbarSingh,anotoriousdacoitwhohas

spreadhavocinthevillageofRamgarh.This

iconicmoviewasenactedverypowerfullyby

coveringalltheaspects.

ThethirdactwasNagarahavu.Itisoneofthe

iconicmovies inKannada�ilmindustry.This

movieisbasedonthreenovels-Nagarahavu,

OnduGanduEraduHennuandSarpaMathsara

ETHNICDAY

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writtenbyT.R.SubbaRao.Thestorylineis,theclashofideologiesbetweenRamaachariand

histeacher,leadsRamaacharito�ightagainsttheageoldcastesystemandothermaladies

corruptingthesociety.Themoviewasenactedinaveryimpressivemannerbyusingsome

wonderfulproperties.

ThefourthplaywasChennaiExpress.It isanHindiAction-Comedy�ilm.Thestorylineis,

Rahul, a youngman, sets out to immerse his late grandfather's ashes at Rameshwaram.

However,whenhehelpsMeena,arunawaybridefromavillagecalledKomban,TamilNadu,

boardatrain,hehastofacetheireofhercriminalfamily.Thismoviewasenactedinasplendid

waybyincludingeveryfeatureportrayedinthemovie.

The�ifthmoviewasHumblePoliticianNograj.ThisisanKannadacomedy�ilmandasocio-

politicalsatirebasedonthepopularcharacter,PoliticianNograj. Thestorylineis,Nograj,a

corruptpolitician,aspirestobecometheMLAintheupcomingelectionsbuthehasto�igure

outawaytooutsmartJagatprabhuFKumar,theoppositioncandidate.Thismoviewasenacted

inacrackingandfunnyway.

ThelastbutnottheleastmoviewasKirikParty.ItisanKannadaromanticcomedy�ilm.Kirik

Partyisthestoryofagangofmischievousstudents,ledbytheprotagonistKarnawhohad

joinedanEngineeringcollege.ThestorylineisKarna,a�irst-yearengineeringstudent,fallsin

love with Sanvi, a �inal year pupil from his college. However, a tragic event changes his

perceptiontowards lifeandhemendshisways.Thismoviewasenactedbythe�inalyear

students,anditwasreallyaheart-touchingperformanceandwas�illedwithjoy,emotions,

comedy,actionandsoon.

Afteralltheskitsweredone,itwastimeforthedecisionthatmatteredthemost.Asthejudges

deliberatedwithintentandexperienceastheaudiencewaitedwithagog.OneofthejudgesMr.

SrinivasMurthycameuponthestageandsharedhisruminationabouttheperformancesand

announcedtheresults.ItwasdecidedthatNagarahavuwas�irst,thencameSholayandBajirao

Mastaniwasthird.Thedayconcludedwiththejudgesgivingtheirvaluablefeedbacktoallthe

participantsandthevoteofthankswasrenderedbySmt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessor,

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Rapporteur:Sahana(VYear)Faculty-in-Charge:Ms.DurgaDevi,AssistantProfessor

rd thOn3 October2019,BILShostedthe6 BHSHESInter–institutionaldebatecompetitionfor

studentsofBILSandstudentsfromotherBHSHESinstitution.Theliterarycommitteehad

organizedthecompetition.

ShriG.V.Viswanath,President,BHSHESwasinvitedasthechiefguesttotheevent.Thejury

consisted of Shri. Pradeep Kumar Bharadwaj, Advocate and Smt. Chaya B V, Assistant

Professor.

Speakersspokeinthefavourandagainstthenotion“OneNationOneElection–Threatto

Federalism”.Theparticipantshadputalotofefforttoshowcasetheirskills.Zubairullakhan

fromVijayaEveningCollege,R.V.RoadandJibranAhmedofBILS,baggedFirstPrizewitha

cashprizeofRs3000/-andRs2000/-respectively.VinuthaR.GfromVijayaDegreeCollege,

R.V.RoadandPoojaUmashankarfromBILS,wereawardedsecondPrizewithacashprizeifRs

2000/- andRs 1000/-respectively. ReenaMoses fromVijaya Teacher's college, Jayanagar

stoodthirdpositionandwasawardedwithacashprizeofRs1000/-.ManasaSandVinutha

R.GofVijayacollege.R.V.RoadweredeclaredastheBestTeamandtheyreceivedtheBHSHES

RollingTrophy.

TheeventendedwiththevoteofthanksgivenbyMs.DurgaDevi,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

THBHSHES6 INTERINSTITUTIONAL

DEBATECOMPETITION

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Rapporteur:TejasBN&PranamyaHegde(IVYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.VinuthaDN,AssistantProfessor

BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudieshadorganisedablooddonationcampinassociationwith

theRASHTROTTHANABLOODBANK,BangaloreonSeptember12,2019.

83 Volunteers donated blood this year. Both students aswell as the teaching and non-

teachingstaffweretheactiveparticipantstothisevent.

BLOODDONATION–2019

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RANGOLICOMPETITION:TraditionalRangoli:

MARCH2020CULTURALEVENTS

1stprize:VaishnaviG(4thyear)

1stPrize:Anupama(5thyear)

ModernRangoli:

2ndprize:NavyaJR(4thyear)

3rdprize:Supriya(4thyear)

2ndPrize:Tanya(5thyear) 3rdprize:

Navya(4thyear)

COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:

Smt.SwethaRAssistantProfessor,DeptofMathematics

Vijayadegreecollege,Basavanagudi.

Smt.NSudhaAssistantProfessor,DeptofMathematics

Vijayadegreecollege,Basavanagudi.

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Rapporteur:TejasBN&PranamyaHegde(IVYear)Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor

On23rdofNovember2019BILShostedits

3rd National Seminar. The topic was

“CompassandConundrumofCommercial

Law”.Ms.Suzanne,astudentof4thyear

compeered for the event, Ms. Kushi, a

studentof1styearsanganodetoinvoke

the blessings of the almighty before

startingtheeventafterwhichProf.Preeti

S.Desai,Principal,BILSgavethewelcome

address and introduced the dignitaries.

Theluminariespresentonthestagewere

theChiefGuestHon'ble Justice ShriBM

Shyamprasad, Judge, High Court of

Karnataka,GVViswanath,President,BHSHigherEducationSociety,Shri.NBBhat,Guestof

Honour,Dean,BILS,Secretary,BHSHES,andRVPrabhakar,VicePresident,BHSHES.Among

the audience thenotablepresencewasProf.Alur, andProf. Jatti formerprincipalsof the

college.ThepanellistsfortheeventwereDr.HDArvind,ProfessorofLaw,SDULawCollege,

andProf.AmlanikaBora,ProfessorofLaw.

Theprincipalthenspokeaboutthesupportreceivedfromboththemanagementandthestaff,

alongwiththestudentstorealizethisevent.Afterwhichthepertinenceofcommercialandthe

different dimensions and aspects of it

wereexplained,shethrewlightonthe

development of commercial law from

barter system to the present-day

behemoth. She spoke about the

cataclysmic effect of privatization in

commerce. The need for commercial

law to keep pace with the same was

talkedabout.

ShriBMShyamprasad,alawgraduateof

Bangalore University, he has had

extensive practice in commercial law.

BILS3rdNATIONALSEMINARONCOMPASS&CONUNDRUMOFCOMMERCIALLAW

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GuestofHonourShri.NBBhat,Dean,BILS,Secretary,BHSHESrenderingmementototheChiefGuest

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Hewasdesignatedasasenioradvocateon

July2014andwaselevatedtotheHon'ble

High court of Karnataka in 2018. He is

known to voice his concern about the

growing size of commercial activities and

the need for law institutions to make

provisions for it. He was presented a

bouquet,byShri.NBBhat,GuestofHonour,

Dean,BILS,Secretary,BHSHES,asatokenof

gratitudeandrespect.

The president of the function was G V

Viswanath,PresidentBHSHES.Hehasservedthestateasprincipalsecretaryandadditional

secretary,afterretirementhehasbeenservingasthepresidentasBHSHES.Hetakeskeen

interestinecologyandenvironment.Hewaspresentedabouquet,byShri.NBBhat,Guestof

Honour,Dean,BILS,Secretary,BHSHES,asa tokenofgratitudeandrespect.Theguestof

Honour,wasDeanShriNBBhat,aformerIPSof�icer,infactBILSwasthebrainchildofShriNB

Bhat.

Thelightingofthelampwasconductedafter

theintroductoryspeechbytheprincipal.This

was then followed by the chief guest's

address.Hestartedhisaddressbyconveying

respects to the dignitaries on the stage, he

was also thankful for theopportunity tobe

abletointeractwiththestudents.Hesaidthat

the topic “Compass and Conundrum of

Commercial Law” was well thought of. He

t h e n s u b s t a n t i a t e d h i s v i ew a n d

understanding of the said topic.He posited

thattheregulationsthatneedtobeobserved

inthe�ieldsofcommerceeitherbusinessor

industryare realizedundercommercial law.Hewent toexplain thatbusinessentitiesdo

betterwhenthereisleastinterferencehoweverontheotherhand,theyshouldalsonotbe

givenafreehand,theimportanceof�indinganequalgroundwhereboththestateandthe

commerce could thrive was talked about. The importance of technology in the �ields of

commercewasalsoemphasizedabout. Hespokeaboutthedifferenttrademeltdownsthe

worldhadfacedduetoeithergivingafreerunorduetotoomuchrestraintbythestate.He

thenconcludedbywishingalltheparticipant'sgoodluck.

Shri.NBBhat,GuestofHonor,Dean,BILS,Secretary,BHSHESaddressingthegathering

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TheValedictory:

ThechiefguestfortheeventwasHon'bleJusticeShri.SurajGovindraj,Judge,HighCourtof

Karnataka,heisanexpertinthe�ieldsofCommerciallitigation.Theotherdignitariespresent

on the stagewere Prof. Preeti S. Desai, Principal BILS, President of the FunctionDr. R V

Prabhakar, Vice President BHS HES,

Esteemed Guest of Honour Dr. AK Atre,

Treasurer BHS HES, Dr. Sameera Simha

JointSecretaryBHSHES,Shri.NBBhat,

SecretaryBHSHES,DeanBILS.

Theprincipalthenremarkedontheevent

anditssigni�icance.Itwashighlightedthat

around 70 participants from different

colleges had participated and presented

their papers. She further shared her

perceptions andnuanceson the current

state of commercial law. Bouquetswere

giventoallthedignitariesonthestageby

DeanShri.NBBhat,asatokenofgratitude

andrespect.Theprincipalthenthankedthechiefguestformakingtimefortheevent.

Thechiefguestthenaddressedthestudents.Hethenexplainedthemeaningbehindthetitle

“CompassandConundrumofCommercialLaw”.He�irsthighlightedaboutthepertinenceof

technologyincommerciallaw,andhowitsrapidascenthadadirecteffectonthescopeof

commercial law. He explained that commercial law was not able to keep up with the

technologicalknow-howandhasthereforelaggedsince.Tobridgethisgap,heexplainsthere

hasbeenagrowthofadvocateswhoareskilled innotonly the legalaspectsbutalso the

technologicalaspectofit.Heusesthisasanexampleinstructedthestudentstogearupandbe

prepareforsuchchallenges.Heconcludedhisaddressbyexpressingtheneedforstudentsand

advocates to be equipped with the tools to comprehend not only the dynamic and

everchangingaspectsoflawbutalsothesubjectsthatlawdealswith.

Afterwhichthedignitariesaddressedandremarkedontheimportanceofdifferentsubjects

underthegamutofcommerciallawandcongratulatedthechiefguestforanimpressiveanda

contemporaryperspectiveoncommerciallaw.Theresultsfortheeventwereannouncedafter

whichthevoteofthankswasRenderedbyShri.PavanV.

TheChiefGuestHon’bleJusticeShriSurajGovindrajjudgeHighCourtofKarnataka

addressingthegathering.

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Thewinnerswere

(NonBILS)

1. BestPaper-S.O.E.M,Chennai

a. Mr.GokulaKrishnan

b. Ms.ShrigangaPreethi

2. BestPresenter-K.L.ESociety'slawcollege,Bangalore

a. Mr.YashiParwan

b. Mr.Divyanshu

(BILS)

1. BestPaper–Ms.VaishnaviGururaj(FourthYear).

BestPresenter–Mr.JibranAhmed(FourthYear).

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Rapporteur:PranamyaHegde&TejasBN(IVyear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.ChayaBV,AssistantProfessor

On 24th February 2020, BILS

organized a special lecture on

CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT

(CAA)andNATIONALREGISTEROF

CITIZENS (NRC) addressed by

distinguished Guest Speaker Shri.

K.N. Bhat, Senior Advocate and

formerAdditionalSolicitorGeneral

of India. The other dignitaries

present were Shri. N.B. Bhat, IPS

(Retd.), Secretary BHS HES, Dean

BILS, Dr. R.V. Prabhakara, Vice

PresidentBHSHESandDr.Harish,

Principal, Vijaya PU college. Prof.

PreetiS.Desai,PrincipalBILS.

Prof.PreetiS.Desaiwelcomedthegatheringwhichwasfollowedbytheaddressof the

speaker.ThespeakerenlightenedthestudentsaboutthehistorybehindCAAandalsothatit

doesnotdiscriminateon thebasisof religionbut it ismeant for theprotectionof the

persecutedminoritiesfromtheneighbouringcountries.Heconcludedthespeciallecture

byclarifyingdoubtsofthestudentsregardingtheconcernedsubjectmatter.Smt.Vimala

RajB,AssistantProfessorrenderedthevoteofthanks.

SPECIALLECTUREONCAAANDNRC

Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHES,DeanBILSrenderingbouquettothechiefguestShri.K.N.Bhat

SeniorAdvocateandformerAdditionalSolicitorGeneralofIndia.

GuestSpeakerShri.K.N.BhatSeniorAdvocateandformerAdditionalSolicitorGeneralofIndiaaddressingthegathering

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Rapporteur:Smt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessor&PavithraM(IIIYear)

Onthe22ndofNovember2019BILSorganisedadecenniallectureon“AnomaliesinLaw”

andthevaledictoryfunctionofKSLUdecenniallectureseries.HonourableJusticeShriR.V.

RaveendranFormerJudge,SupremeCourtofIndiawasthespeakerfortheday,ShriJ.C.

Madhu Swamy Hon'ble Minister for law, Parliamentary Affairs and Minor Irrigation

Government of Karnataka and

Pro- Chancellor of Karnataka

State Law University, Hubballi

was the Chief Guest, Shri G.V.

V i swa n a t h I A S ( R e t d . ) ,

President, BHS HES and Shri

N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)DeanBILS

and Secretary, BHS HES were

the guest of honour and Prof.

(Dr.) P. Ishwara Bhat Hon'ble

Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka

StateLawUniversity,Hubballideliveredprefatoryremarksandthereportondecennial

lectureseries.FacultyandstudentsfromvariouslawcollegesinBangalorealongwiththe

studentsofBILSwerepresentduringtheevent.

The even t c ommenced w i th an

invocation song by Apeksha Suresh (V

Year) and PoojaUmashankar (IV Year)

andtheguestswerewelcomedbyProf.

PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSwhichwas

followed by introduction of guests by

Smt.ChayaBV,AssistantProfessor

Prof. (Dr.) P. Iswara Bhat, Hon'ble vice

chancellor,KSLU,Hubballi,deliveredthe

prefatory remarks and the report on

decenniallectureseries.Hegaveabrief

noteaboutotherlecturesheldinvarious

lawcollegesandalsosaidthattherehas

KSLUDECENNIALLECTURESERIESANDTHEVALEDICTORYFUNCTIONOF

KSLUDECENNIALLECTURESERIES

Smt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessorBILSrenderingbouquettotheGuestofHonour

Shri.G.V.Viswanath,IAS(Retd.)President,BHSHES

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Shri.J.C.MadhuSwamyHon'bleMinisterforlawaddressingthegathering

been a demand for decennial lectures and

alsosuggestedtoarrangelecturesonregular

basis. He also added, as a university we

shouldgenerateknowledgeandduringlast

10yearstheuniversityhascomeoutasan

ef�icient institutionandtried toestablisha

very high standard on legal education in

variouspartsofKarnataka.

Hon'ble Justice Shri. R.V. Raveendran

delivered the distinguished lecture on

anomal ies in law. Just ice Shri . R .V.

Raveendran addressed the gathering by

introducingworkingofanomaliesinlaw.Hegaveabriefideaaboutanomaliesinheritingin

accordancewith law,anomaliesarising fromdefectivedrafting,anomaliesarising from

revise and review statutes, anomalies arising from generalities of law and so on and

concludedsaying,“thepatternshowshowthesameinformationcanyielddifferentresults

based on sociological factors like up

bringingandphilosophies”.Healsoadded

this anomaly frustrates a common man

and even affects the credibility of the

justicesystem.

The Chief Guest for the valedictory

functionofKSLUdecenniallectureSeries,

Shri.J.C.MadhuSwamy,Hon'bleMinister

for law addressed the gathering by

s t ress ing the impor tance o f l aw

professionandsaidthatthereisnobetter

profession than advocacy but for the

recognitionofitoneshouldworkhardby

considering all the clients in same

scaleirrespectiveofhowbigorsmall

thecaseortheclientsare.Hepromised

that he will work to repeal or alter

poorlyworded laws and if KSLU can

submit a report on anomalies in law

necessary actions will be taken in

referencetothesame.

Hon'bleJusticeShri.R.V.Raveendranaddressingthegathering

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TheGuestofHonourShri.G.V.Viswanath,IAS(Retd.)President,BHSHES,stressedonthe

anomaliesinlawandexpressedthattherecommendationputforthbyHon'bleJusticeShri.

R.V.RaveendranshouldbeconsideredbythelegislatureandJudiciaryforthebettermentof

societyatlarge.

Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)Secretary,BHSHES&Dean,BILStheGuestofHonourforthe

eventalsospokeaboutthechangesthathavetobeconsideredfortheissuesprevailingin

law.

Smt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessorproposedthevoteofthanks.Hon'bleJusticeShriR.V.

RaveendranFormerJudge,SupremeCourtofIndiathespeakerforthedayandtheChief

GuestShri.J.C.MadhuSwamyHon'bleMinisterforlaw,ParliamentaryAffairsandMinor

IrrigationGovernmentofKarnatakaandPro-ChancellorofKarnatakaStateLawUniversity,

Hubballi,werefelicitatedrespectivelybythedignitaries.

Shri.J.C.MadhuSwamyHon'bleMinisterforlawhonouringHon'bleJusticeShri.R.V.Raveendran

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Rapporteur:PavithraM&PrachiPriya(IVYear)

TheCOVID-19has transformed lifeasweknow it. Schoolsandcollegesareclosed,we're

con�inedtoourhomesandthefuturefeelsveryuncertain.Buteventhoughschoolandcollege

buildings are shuttered, that doesn't mean

learninghasstopped.

September5,2020wasthedaywherewehad

theprivilegeofgreetingfreshersfromstates

all over India though not physically but

virtually.WeheartilywelcomedtheFirst-year

students to our BILS family during this

pandemic.

TheeventcommencedinthepresenceofShri

N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd),SecretaryBHSHES,Dean,

BILS&Prof.PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSand

withaceremonialstartbyrecitinginvocation

songbyMs.ChittashreefromIIYear.

Principalwelcomedthegathering,whereshe

highlighted the fact thatwe are delighted to

welcome the fresher's especially on the

Teacher'sDay.

Thiswasthenfollowedbylightingofthelamp

bythedignitariesonthedais.

Then Smt. Vimala Raj B, Assistant Professor

gaveabriefintroductionofthecollegeandalso

gave an introduction about many extra-

curricularactivitiesheldbythecollegewhich

helpsinholisticdevelopmentofthestudents,

forwhichvariouscommitteesarecreatedand

headedbytheteachingfacultyofBILSunder

theguidanceofthePrincipal.Thecommittees

are:

FORMALWELCOMETOTHEFIRSTYEARSINTOTHEBILSFAMILY–BATCH2020-2025

LightingoftheLampbythedignitaries

ShriN.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd),SecretaryBHSHES,Dean,BILSaddressingthegathering

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1. LiteraryCommittee

2. MootCourtCommittee

3. CulturalCommittee

4. PlacementCommittee

5. Magazinecommittee

6. NSSCommittee

7. LegalAidcommittee

8. Sportscommittee

9. GuestLecture

ThenProf.PreetiS.Desai introduced the teachingand

non-teachingmembersofBILS.Thiswasthenfollowed

bytheSecretarialremarksbyShri.N.B.Bhatandthevote

of thanks was rendered by Smt. Chaya B V, Assistant

Professor,BILS.

Prof.PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSaddressingthegathering

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Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor

Theplacementcommitteeconsistsofstudentselectedbythebatchtobetheinterfaceofthe

college,i.e.toactasaliaisonbetweentheindustryandthestudentcommunity.Thebasic

purposeofthePlacementCommitteeistomanagealltheplacementactivitiesatBangalore

InstituteofLegalStudies.Italsoensuresthereadinessofthefellowparticipantsforthelegal

world.

ThePlacementCommitteeofthecollegeplaysavitalroleinmeasuringasmooth&ef�icient

placement process, co-ordinates all the efforts and activities directed towards ensuring

utmostsatisfactiontotheneedystudentsfortheirplacement.

Variousfunctionsandresponsibilitiesofthecommitteeare:

· Registrationofeligibleandinterestedcandidates

· Co-coordinatorwillupdatestudents'records,prepareanalysisandcollectproofsfrom

students.

· Placement cell constantlyworks towards invitingmore repudiated companies for

campusplacement.

· Find ways and means to improve Industry –Institute Interactions.To groom the

studentsandmakethemawareofcurrentscenariosofvariousindustries.

· Tomaintaingoodliaisonwiththerecruiters.

· Toinculcatethequalityoftakingonindustrychallengesandemergingoutasyoung

leaders.

· Todevelopstronganalyticalandcompetitiveskills

· MaintainCordialrelationswithpast,potentialandfuturerecruiters.

· Conductmockplacementdrivesforthebatchstudents.

PLACEMENTCOMMITTEEREPORTFORTHEACADEMICYEAR2020-21

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Academicyear2020-21Placementdetails

Sl .No.

NameofFirm/organization Position Location

1 HuligolLawChambers JuniorAdvocate B’lore

2 ToyotaKirloskar LegalAssistant Bidadi

3 MKMLegalSolutionsPvtLtd JuniorAdvocate B’lore

4 PSRajgopalAssociates JuniorAdvocate B’lore

5 SoaringCasaPrivateLimited. aviationsector. Lawyer Hyderabad

6 KomarlaFeeds Lawyer B’lore

7 KolleLawAssociates JuniorAdvocate B’lore

8 Exigent JuniorAssociate B’lore

9 AnupShahLawFirm JuniorAdvocate B’lore

10 ShivadasandShivadas JuniorAdvocate B’lore

11 JustLawAdvocates JuniorAdvocate B’lore

12 NoBroker.com RelationshipManager B’lore

13 NaviInsurance LegalAssistant B’lore

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Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor.

Mootingcanbestbedescribedasanactivitythatcomesclosesttobeingalawyerwhilestill

studyingatlawschool.Itinvolvesidentifyinglegalissuesoutofacomplexfactualscenario,

doingexhaustiveresearchonthoseissuestoadvanceargumentswithauthorities,followed

bydraftingextensivewrittensubmissionsand�inallythegruellingoralsbeforeabenchof

eminent judges.Inanutshell, it iseverythinga lawyerisexpectedtodooncehestarts

practisinglaw.

Theexerciseofmootingisoneofthehighlightsofeverylawcurriculum.Itteachesstudents

skillsquintessentialforsolvinglegalproblems.TheBILSMootCourtcommitteeisfounded

to develop the interests of students in the activity of mooting, facilitate students to

understandintricaciesoflegalresearch,acquiresuf�icientstrongholdovertheutilization

ofonlinelegaldatabases,organizeresearchtocrispandclearlegalpropositionsonthe

issuespresentedinamootpropositionwhich�inallyculminatesintoaclinchingargument

inamootcourtcompetition.BILShostssessionsthroughouttheacademicyearonvarious

aspectsofmootingwhichrangefromintroductiontomooting,useofresearchoperators,

tenets of legal reading and research, interpretation of statutes, moot demonstrations,

drafting a moot problem, drafting a memorandum, formatting a memorandum and

mechanicsoforaladvocacy.

Variousfunctionsandresponsibilitiesofthecommitteeareasfollows:-

· Registrationofinterestedstudentstowardspanelmootcourtcompetition.

· TheCommitteeselectsthestudentsforrepresentingtheCollegeinvariousnational

and internationalMoot Court Competitions through the PanelMoot Competition

conducted every year and provide themwith suf�icient support to participate in

variouscompetitions.

· CollegereimbursesalltheexpensesupRs.10,000/-(RupeesTenThousandOnly)for

thestudentsparticipatinginthevariousmootcompetitions.

· BILSmootcourtcommitteeintendtoregulatethemootinganditsalliedactivitiesin

thecollege,inajustandfairmannerwhilefacilitatingsuchactivitiesinbestpossible

way.

MOOTCOURTCOMMITTEEREPORTFORTHEACADEMICYEAR2020–21

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AcademicYear2020-21,MootCourtcommittee

1 IMNanavatiMemorialNationalMootCourtCompetition Rituvarna MeenalSinghvi SomlagnaBiswas

2 14thProBonoEnvironment,NationalMootCourt Harshika SonaliTiwari DivyaSubhash

3 CAIL,MootCourt ArpithaSingh Muheb Poornashree

4 1stNLUOrissa,MootCourt SoumithaB RoshiniH AbhijeethSigh

5 KSLU,EnglishMoot HoneyD SpurthiS HarshikaS

6 KSLU,KannadaMootCourtCompetition SindhuS VijethaS VishweswarPrasad

7 1stVirtualInternationalMootCourt,MNLU Suha Pranesh Prabhakar Vandana

8 NALSAR Rituvarna MeenalSinghvi SomlagnaBiswas

SlNo NameoftheMoot Participants

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CULTURALCOMMITTEEEVENTSFaculty-in-Charge:Smt.VimalaRaj.B,AssistantProfessor

OCTOBER2020EVENTSDuringthemonthofOctober2020CulturalCommitteeconductedthefollowingVirtualcompetitions:-1. SoloDance2. SoloSinging3. Painting

II:NAVAMSINGH(4THYEAR).

III:RACHANAALURU(5THYEAR).

COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:ShriRAGHAVENDRAKNAssistantprofessor,Commercedepartment,VijayaBifurcatedPUCollege

SHILPAKALACAssistantprofessor,Economicsdepartment,VijayaPUCollege,JayanagarBranch

SOLODANCE:WINNERS

I:RITHUVARNAKR(5THYEAR)and;ANSHKAJAIN(1STYEAR).

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SOLOSINGING:WINNERS:

I:POOJAUMASHANKAR(5THYEAR).

II:RITHUVARNAK.R.(5THYEAR)

III:RACHANAALURU(5THYEAR).

COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:ShriRAGHAVENDRAKNAssistantprofessor,Commercedepartment,VijayaBifurcatedPUCollege

SHILPAKALACAssistantprofessor,Economicsdepartment,VijayaPUCollege,JayanagarBranch

PAINTING:WINNERS:

I:DIVYAS(2NDYEAR).

II:RAKSHAGM(4THYEAR).

III:SUSHMITHAK(5THYEAR). PAINTINGCOMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:

ShriRAGHAVENDRAKNAssistantprofessor,Commercedepartment,VijayaBifurcatedPUCollege

SHILPAKALACAssistantprofessor,Economicsdepartment,VijayaPUCollege,JayanagarBranch

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JUNE2021EVENTSDEVARANAMAWINNERS:

I:Chittashree(2NDYEAR).

II:PoojaUmashankar(5THYEAR).

III:RithuvarnaKR(5THYEAR). COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:

Smt.DPREMAAssistantProfessor,KannadaDepartmentBifurcatedVijayaPUCollege

Smt.M.MeeraPadakiAssociateProfessor,SanskritDepartmentBifurcatedVijayaPUCollege

BHAGAGEETEWINNERS

I:PoojaUmashankar(5THYEAR)

II:Chittashree(2NDYEAR).

III:RithuvarnaKR(5THYEAR).

COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:Smt.DPREMAAssistantProfessor,KannadaDepartmentBifurcatedVijayaPUCollege

Smt.M.MeeraPadakiAssociateProfessor,SanskritDepartmentBifurcatedVijayaPUCollege

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PATRIOTICSOLOSINGINGWINNERS:

I:PoojaUmashankar(5THYEAR)

II:Chittashree(2NDYEAR).

III:RithuvarnaKR(5THYEAR).

COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:Smt.DPREMAAssistantProfessor,KannadaDepartmentBifurcatedVijayaPUCollege

Smt.M.MeeraPadakiAssociateProfessor,SanskritDepartmentBifurcatedVijayaPUCollege

MEHENDIWINNERS:

I:SaloniKSeth(5THYEAR)

II:PallaviRamesh(2NDYEAR)

III:AshaHG(5THYEAR)

COMPETITIONADJUGEDBY:SHILPAKALACAssistantProfessor,EconomicsDepartmentVijayaPUCollege.

SHYLAJAANANDAssistantProfessor,ChemistryDepartmentVijayaPUCollege.

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SOLOCLASSICALDANCEWINNERS:

I:SunidhiHegde(5THYEAR)

II:VaishnaviM.R(4THYEAR)

III:Chittashree(2NDYEAR)

MONOACTINGWINNERS

I:Chittashree(2NDYEAR)

II:PoojaUmashankar(5THYEAR)

III:RithuvarnaKR(5THYEAR).

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SHYLAJAANANDAssistantProfessor,ChemistryDepartmentVijayaPUCollege.

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PENCILSKETCHINGWINNERS:

I:Chittashree(2NDYEAR)

II:ElvinaDhar(1STYEAR)

III:PravalikaRamesh(3RDYEAR)

WASTETOWEALTHWINNERS:

I:SaloniKSeth(5THYEAR)

II:VaishnaviG(5THYEAR)

III:JibranAhmed(5THYEAR)

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SHYLAJAANANDAssistantProfessor,ChemistryDepartmentVijayaPUCollege.

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Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.ChayaBV,AssistantProfessor

OCTOBER2020EVENTS

LITERARYCOMMITTEEEVENTS

DEBATE:Literary committee on 14th of October 2020 organized Debate competition and thecompetitionwasadjudgedbyShriManjunathMShivalli,B.Sc.,M.L.Sc.Librarian.

DebateWinners:

I.JibranAhmed

II.NavamSingh

III.RithuvarnaKR

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JUNE2021EVENTSLITERARY:

AIRCRASH:

Judges:Shri.ThomasCAssistantProfessor,BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies

Smt.ChandrikaSRAssistantProfessorVijayaCollege

FIRSTPLACE:SANJANAPRABHANJAN(4thYEAR)

SECONDPLACE:POORNASHREE(1stYEAR)

THIRDPLACE:JIBRANAHMED(5thYEAR)

PICKANDSPEAK

Judges:-Smt.VinuthaDNAssistantProfessor,BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies

Smt.VanisriLAssistantProfessorVijayaBifr.PUCollege

SECONDPLACE:ANANYAKRISHNA(4thYEAR)

FIRSTPLACE:JIBRANAHMED(5thYEAR)

THIRDPLACE:POOJAUMASHANKAR(5thYEAR)

CONSOLATION:SYEDMUHEEB(1stYEAR)

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STORYTELLING:

Judges:-Smt.VinuthaDNAssistantProfessor,BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies

Shri.PavanVAssistantProfessor,BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies

SECONDPLACE:JIBRANAHMED(5thYEAR)

THIRDPLACE:POOJAUMASHANKAR(5thYEAR)

FIRSTPLACE:RITHUVARNAK.R(5thYEAR)

PROBLEMSOLVING:

Judges:Shri.ThomasCAssistantProfessor,BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies

Shri.SrinivasKLAdvocateGuestFacultyBangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies

SECONDPLACE:HARSHIKA(4thYEAR)

FIRSTPLACE:PRANESHPRABHAKAR(1stYEAR)

THIRDPLACE:RITHUVARNAKR(5thYEAR)

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Firstplace–

Rithuvarna[5thyear]

Secondplace-

M.Smruthi[1styear]

Thirdplace-PoojaUmashankar

[5thyear]

POETRYCOMPETITION:

Judges:Smt.PallaviV.CAssistantProfessor,EnglishDepartmentJuniorVijayaPUCollegeJayanagar,Bengaluru.

Smt.SamudyathaAcharyaAssistantProfessor,EnglishDepartmentJuniorVijayaPUCollegeJayanagar,Bengaluru.

Winners:

Firstplace:AmeezIsmailHE[2ndyear]

PraneshPrabhakar[1styear]Secondplace:

LydiaManohar[5thyear]Thirdplace:

SPORTSCOMMITTEEEVENTS:FACULTYINCHARGE:SHRIRAMESHARG,AssistantProfessor

PictorialPuzzle:

YogaCompetition:

RithuvarnaKR

5thYear

BRShriraksha

2ndYear

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Rapporteur:S.Aparajita(IVYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:ShriThomasCAssistantProfessor

Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies (BILS) organised a virtual guest lecture on “Right toPrivacyandit'srelationwithSurveillanceLaws”forthestudentsofBA.,LL.B.-VandIIyearson21/10/2020.ThespeakerforthelecturewasShri.VAIBHAVCHADHA,whoisarenownedacademician,presentlyAssistantProfessoratJindalGlobalLawSchool.

Sir graduated fromCampus LawCentre, Faculty of Law,University ofDelhi in 2016,PostGraduate Diploma in International Law and Diplomacy from The Indian Society ofInternationalLawin2017andLL.M.fromQueenMaryUniversityofLondonontheesteemedCheveningScholarshipawardedbytheBritishForeignandCommonwealthOf�icein2018.

SirworkedattheOf�icesofAdvocateGeneralofNagalandandAdditionalSolicitorGeneralofIndia. His areas of interest include Freedom of Speech and Expression, Media Law andCriminalLaw.

Shri.VaibhavChadhawaswelcomedbyProf.PreethiS.Desai,Principal,BILSfortheguestlecture.AditiVikramofVyearhadthehonourtointroducethespeakerandthetopicforthelecturetothestudents.

InhislectureMr.VaibhavChadhadiscussedaboutwesternandIndianideologiesofprivacyandsurveillancelaw.HestartedthelecturebyexplainingrighttoprivacyandGeneralDataProtection Regulation (GDPR) and comparison with surveillance law in UK. He furtherdiscussedaboutprivacyandsurveillance lawinIndiaandelucidatedwiththeexampleofJusticeK.S.Puttaswamy(Retd.)andAnr.vsUnionofIndiaandOrs.,(Aadhaarcardcase).HewoundupthelecturewithhispointofviewthatprivacyandsurveillancelawgohandinhandandthelecturewasfollowedbyQandAsessionbetweenthespeakerandstudents.

ThevoteofthankswasrenderedbyShri.ThomasC,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

GUESTLECTUREONRIGHTTOPRIVACY

ANDIT'SRELATIONWITHSURVEILLANCELAWS

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Rapporteur:PrachiPriya&Pavithra.M(IVYear)Faculty-in-Charge:ThomasC,AssistantProfessor

Shri.AbhishekBharadwajA.B,PartneratM/sAAA&Co,wasinvitedbyBangaloreInstituteof

Legal Studieson6thNovember2020 for a special talkon “AreasofCorporateLaw”. Shri

AbhishekBharadhwajA.BisapartneratM/sAAA&Co,associatedasfacultysince2013atthe

EkcelAcademy,Mysore,handlingvariouslawsubjectsandassociatedwithBangalorebranch

ofICAIasafacultyandheisalsoapartofeditorialteamofmonthlye-MagazineofMysore

ChapterofICSI.SirhasobtainedSmt.UdayagiriKamalammaMemorialGoldMedalandTRA

ThambooChettyMemorialGoldMedalforhighestmarksinLLB.

ShriAbhishekBharadhwajwaswelcomedbyJaveriyaSultanaofIYearfortheVirtualSpecial

talkandwasintroducedbyPravalikaRameshfromIIIyearfollowedbywhichProf.PreetiS.

Desai,Principal,BILSaddressedthegathering.

ShriAbhishekBhardhwajA.B.,enlightenedusaboutthe3majorformsofcorporatelawwhich

are(i)Advisory(ii)Compliance(iii)Litigation.Accordingly,theseformsarealsothethree

clustersofcorporatelaw.Hespokeabouthowthelaw�irmsneedtoeducatetheirclientson

theneedsofconductingbusinessandlegalrequisites.Lastly,hediscussedaboutthevarious

careeropportunitiesinthecorporateworld.

ThevirtualtalkendedwithQuestion&Answersession.

ThevoteofthankswasdeliveredbyShri.ThomasC,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

VIRTUALSPECIALTALKON

AREASOFPRACTICEOFCORPORATELAW

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SADBHAVANADAY

Sadbhavana day was celebrated by Bangalore

Instituteoflegalstudies,ontheoccasionofbirth

Anniversaryof formerPrimeMinisterLateRajiv

Gandhi,on20thAugust2020inBILS

Prof.PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSInvitedallthe

facultiesandnon-teachingstafffortheprogramme

andaddressedthegatheringbygivinganideaof

celebrating this day and said that Sadbhavana

Diwas isobservedeveryyearon20thAugust to

commemoratethebirthanniversaryofLateRajivGandhi,formerPrimeMinisterofIndia.

Furthersaidthat,thisdayisgivenimportancenot

becauseRajivGandhihashailedfromthereputed

family but because of his vision towards the

country,workingstyle,hopesanddreamsinhis

mind towards the nation and citizen, Peace

keepingforcetootherneighbouringcountriesto

establishgoodharmony,goodwill,brotherhood,

loveandpeacethatisthereasonthisdayisbeing

celebratinginthenameofSadbhavanaday.

Later, she said that there should not be any

discriminationirrespectiveofcastereligion,sex.

ShesaidwehadNewEducationPolicyintheyear1986itselfwheretheideasgivenbytheRajiv

Gandhi.

FurtherProf.PreetiS.DesaithrewlightonNavodayaschoolintroducedbytheRajivGandhi

throughcentralGovernmentwhichmainlyprovidedforthepeople

from rural back ground,Number of educational policies has been

introducedbytheRajivGandhiandConcludedtheaddressbyquoting

RajivGandhiquote:

“Indiaisanoldcountry,butayoungnation,weareimpatient.Iam

impatientandItoohaveadreamofanIndia--strong,independent,

self-reliant.”

AllthememberswhowitnessedtheSadbhavanadaytookthepledge

andtheprogrammeendedwiththeNationalAnthem.

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Rapporteur:PavithraM&PrachiPriya(IVYear)

Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor

On 23rd October,2020 the moot court committee organised a virtual panel moot courtcompetition.Thesaidcompetitionwasconductedinordertogivestudentsanexperienceonhowthecompetitionworks,whichwouldinturnreadythemforotherintercollegiatemootcourt competitions they would participate in. Fourteen (14) teams participated in thecompetitionoutofwhich13teamswerequali�ied.ThejudgesforthecompetionwereMr.Jayshyam,B.A.LL.B,Advocate,BangaloreandMr.UdaysimhaN.G,B.A.,LL.B.,LL.M,Assistantprofessoroflaw,PESUniversity,Bangalore.

Theranklistisasfollows:

VIRTUALPANELMOOTCOURTCOMPETITION-2020

RANKTEAM TEAMMEMBERS YEAR CODE1 PMC14 RithuVarna(M1),SomlagnaBiswas(M2),Meenalsinghvi(R) 5thYear and PMC08 G.Harshika(M1),SpurthiRaghu(M2),HoneyDwivedi(R) 4thYear

2 PMC07 SoumitaBhattachariya(M1)RoshniHegde(M2), AbhijeetSingh(R) 3rdYear

3 PMC01 Suha(M1),PraneshPrabhakar(M2)VandanaPadiyar(R) 1stYear

4 PMC12 GaganGowda(M1),AishwaryaGogineni(M2), PranamyaHegde(R) 5thYear

5 PMC09 JibranAhmed(M1),AditiVikram(M2),ShashankSharma(R) 5thYear

6 PMC10 GauthamKrishna(M1),ShashankKThakur(M2), 5thYear NavamSingh(R) 4thYear

7 PMC06 AnanyaKrishna(M1), 4thYear DivyaA(M2),SonaliTiwari(R) 2ndYear

8 PMC05 SyedMuheeb(M1),ArpitaSingh(M2),PoornaShree(R) 1stYear

9 PMC13 RenedyMaibam(M1),NongdambaNaorem(M2), SangeetaThounaojam(R) 5thYear

10 PMC03 LydiaManohar(M1),SanjanaJaypee(M2),RidhiN(R) 1stYear

11 PMC11 TaniaVBalija(M1),VaishnaviG(M2),PoojaUmashankar(R) 5thYear

12 PMC04 BhargavMVidyarthi(M1),NishanthNLonar(M2), NiharikaSrivastava(R) 1stYear

13 PMC02 SudeepM(M1),AlaguSowbarnikkaS(M2),SaiPrashanthR(R) 1stYear

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BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudiescelebratedtheConstitutionDayof2020withfervourand

pride.ThevaluesthatareenshrinedinourConstitutionwerefosteredamongthestaffand

studentsofourcollegebyorganisingthefollowingvirtualactivitiesinthemonthofDecember

2020.

Pictorialrepresentationon:

CONSTITUTIONOFINDIA

CompetitiononthePictorialrepresentationoftheConstitutionofIndiawasheldon10thof

December,2020ByCulturalcommittee,wherestudentsofBILSwereencouragedtoportray

theirperceptionof the IndianConstitutionbymeansofsketches,paintingsetc. forwhich

many studentswith enthusiasm participated and the competitionwas adjudged by Smt.

ChayaBVAssistantProfessor,BILSandSmt.VinuthaDNAssistantProfessor,BILS.

WINNERS:

I JASHOLAKSHMI.A

fromIYEARB.A.,LL.B.

II JIBRANAHMED

fromVYEARB.A.,LL.B.

Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor,ThomasC,AssistantProfessor

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Essaywritingcompetition

Thetopic:TheConstitutionalaspirationsof'WethePeople'.

Essaywritingcompetitionwasconductedon12thofDecember,2020onthetopic:The

Constitutional aspirations of 'We The People' by Literary committee where Students

showcasedtheirwritingskillsandunderstandingofthevaluesfosteredintheConstitution

ofIndia.AndthiscompetitionwasadjudgedbySmt.ChayaB.V,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

WINNERS:

POOJAUMASHANKAR,VYEARB.A.,LL.B –IPRIZE

JIBRANAHMED,VYEARB.A.,LL.B –IIPRIZE

RITHUVARNAKR,VYEARB.A.,LL.B –IIIPRIZE

SpeechCompetition

Thetopic:'ThevaluesenshrinedintheConstitutionofIndia'

SpeechCompetitionwasconductedonthetopic:'ThevaluesenshrinedintheConstitution

ofIndia'on12thofDecember,2020byLiteraryCommitteewhereStudentsexhibitedtheir

oratory skills on Constitutional Morality, various facets which are inherent in the

ConstitutionwerespokenandtheJudgesfortheSpeechCompetitionwereSmt.Vinutha

D.N,AssistantProfessor,BILS,andSmt.VimalaRajB,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

WINNERS:

POOJAUMASHANKAR,VYEARB.A.,LL.B –IPRIZE

RITHUVARNAKR,VYEARB.A.,LL.B –IIPRIZE

JIBRANAHMED,VYEARB.A.,LL.B –IIIPRIZE

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Rapporteur:Smt.ChayaBV,AssistantProfessor

Prof.Dr.N.SatishGowdawas invitedon

15thofDecember2020foraspecialtalk

onsigni�icanceoftheconstitutionofIndia

at Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies.

ThespeakerisanAssociateProfessorof

LawatDepartmentofLawatUniversity

LawCollege,BangaloreUniversityandhe

isalsotheNSSco-ordinatoratBangalore

University. Speaker has written many

articlesanditispublishedinwell-known

journa ls , newspaper and a l so in

magazines.

Aditiastudentfrom5thyeargaveabriefintroductionoftheconstitutiondaywhichwas

celebratedon26thNovember2020.Prof.Preeti.S.Desai,Principal,BILSintroducedthe

Guesttothegathering.

SirenlightenedabouttheroleofcitizentoparticipateinDemocraticcountrytoupholdthe

constitutionvaluesandprinciples.Heexplainedhowmucheffortshavebeenmadebyour

framersoftheconstitutiontodrafttheconstitutioni.e.2years11monthsand18daysafter

whichTheGovernmentofIndiacelebrates26thNovemberasTheconstitutionalDay.

HesaidthattheConstitutionofIndiadidn'temergefromthevacuum;itisacontinuous

processofevolution,reformationandrecreatingtheexistingsystemofgovernancebythe

eminentscholars.AccordingDr.BRAmbedkarArticle32istheheartandsouloftheIndian

constitutionbutaccordingtothespeakerArticle131istheheartandsoulofourfederal

constitution.

SirfurtherstressedonFundamentalRights,DPSP,Righttoinformation,Basicstructureand

Distributionofpowers.

TheVirtualTalkwasconcludedafteraQuestion&Answersessionwiththestudents.The

voteofthankswasdeliveredbyShri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

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Rapporteur:Pavithra.M&PrachiPriya(IVYear)

Adv.ShridharPrabhuwasinvitedon16thDecember2020foraspecialtalkon“Ambedkar:

TheMakerofModernIndia”atBangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies.AditiVikramof5thyear

gaveashortintroductionaboutSirB.R.Ambedkar.Prof.PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSby

givingfewinsightsonDr.B.RAmbedkarwelcomedthegatheringandPravalikaRameshof

3rdYearintroducedtheguestspeaker.SirisanadvocatepracticingintheHighCourtof

Karnatakaforover2decades,heisamemberoftheAcademiccouncilofKarnatakaState

Law University (KSLU) and most importantly a member of the Governing Council of

BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudies.

SirenlightenedthestudentsonAmbedkar'svisionfordraftingtheIndianConstitutionand

continuedsayingthatDr.BRAmbedkerisoneoftherevolutionarysonsofthemodern

India,hisgreatcontributionastheprincipalarchitectoftheIndianconstitutioniswidely

acclaimed.

Hefurthermentionedaboutsocialdemocracy,Article32ofIndianConstitutionandsaid

thatwemustabandonthecivildisobedience,satyagraha,etc,Sirstressedthatthereis“no

justi�icationforunconstitutionalmethods”and“ifthereisnoequalitybutonlyliberty,it

willbecomesupremacyandifthereisequalitybutnoliberty,itwillkillthepeople”,soboth

equalityandlibertyarelimbsoftheIndianConstitution.

ThevirtualtalkendedwithQuestion&Answersession.Thevoteofthankswasdeliveredby

Shri.Pavan.V,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

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AMBEDKAR:THEMAKEROFMODERNINDIA

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Prof.Dr.ChidanandaReddySPatilwasinvited

on17thofDecember2020foraspecialtalkon

TheIndianconstitutionatBangaloreInstitute

o f L ega l S t ud i e s . The speake r P ro f .

Dr.ChidanandaReddySPatil is aProfessorof

Law, Head, Centre for Democracy and

ConstitutionalGovernance atKarnataka State

LawUniversity,SirgraduatedfromUniversity

ofMysore in1983and completedhisLLM in

1986andobtainedMaster'sdegreeinlawfrom

UniversityofMysorein1988specializinginconstitutionallaw.Hehasalsosecured�irst

classand1strankinLLMforwhichhewasawardedmedalsandcashpricebytheMysore

University.Sirhaswrittenmorethan50articlesinvariouslawjournalsandmagazinesand

isoneoftheexpertstosubmitaresearchpapertothecommitteeonreformsofcriminal

justicesystem.

Prof.Preeti.S.Desai,Principal,BILSwelcomedthegatheringandintroducedtheguestto

the gathering. Aditi Vikram a student from5th year gave brief introduction about the

speakerandsirstartedthelecturebygivinganintroductiontoIndianConstitution.

SirenlightenedthegatheringaboutthreefundamentalpartsoftheIndianconstitution.

Laterhestressedthatgoodconstitutionistheneedofthenation.Hefurthergaveadetailed

explanation for ideal constitutionwhere he stressed on Article 359which deals with

SuspensionoftheenforcementoftherightsconferredbyPartIIIduringemergencies,He

alsoexplainedaboutdoctrineofbasicstructurelimitationswithexamplesofdetailedcase

lawsandexplainedwherethegovernmentstandswithintheconstitutionandwhereits

powersare,andformsoftheconstitutionbysovereignpoweritself.

Sir concluded the speech by explaining his views on the complete constitution and

responsibilitieswearecarryingwiththevaluesthatareintheconstitution.

TheVirtualTalkwasconcludedafteraQ&Asessionwiththestudents.Thevoteofthanks

wasdeliveredbyShri.ThomasC,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

Rapporteur:BhuvanBM(IIYear)

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Rapporteur:ShriRakshaBR(IIYear)

BangaloreInstituteofLegalStudieshadorganised

a guest lecture on The Constitutional basis for

socialsecurity,legislationinIndia,forthestudents

on 19th December 2020. The speaker for the

lecturewasProf.Shri.SureshVNadagoudar,who

is the Principal and Professor of law, University

law college, Department of Studies in Law,

BangaloreUniversity.Hewasoneofthemembers

tobuildKarnatakaStateLawUniversityandthe

registrarofKSRDPRlawUniversity,Gadag.

Prof.PreethiSDesai,PrincipalBILS,welcomedthe

GuestSpeaker.Kaustubhaastudent from2ndyeargaveabrief introductiononthetopic.

NirmalyaAcharyaastudentfrom4thyearintroducedtheguesttothestudentswhowere

presentintheconference.

Amagni�icentlectureonSocialsecurity,LegislationinIndiabythedistinguishedguestProf.

Shri.SureshVNadagoudarwherehethrewlightonthesubjectofsocialsecurityandclari�ied

the difference between Organised and unorganised sectors: He also explained Directive

PrinciplesofStatePolicy,ProhibitionofTraf�icinHumanBeingsandForcedlabourunder

Article23of theConstitutionof India,ProhibitionofEmploymentofchildren in factories

Article24ofConstitutionofIndiaandkindsofsocialsecurities.

FurtherhestressedonSocialsecuritylawsandhowsocialsecurityinIndiaisdifferentfrom

thatofdevelopednation.HeconcludedbysayingthatSocialsecurityrightsarethosethat

makeusdeveloptothefullestextentandsatisfyourbasichumanneedstohaveadecentand

humanexistence.

At theendtherewasQuestion&Answersession,where studentsbene�itted fromhis long

experienceandimmenseknowledgeoflaw.

TheVoteofThankswasdeliveredbyShri.PavanV,AssistantProfessor,BILS

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Farewellforthebatchof2015-2020wasorganizedon23rdFebruary2021byBILS.Yearspass

and here is another batch of students saying goodbye to our college. This farewell was

something different from past ones, things were not the way it used to be, Despite the

uncertaincircumstances,theemotions,excitement,happinessandsadnessineachoneofus

was the same. Farewell ended with all the members of BILS whishing and blessing the

studentsbestofluckfortheirfuture.

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Prof.Dr.AJagadishwasinvitedon15thofJune2021foravirtualspecialtalkonRelevanceofMentalHealthinthecontextofCovid19.HeisaformerProfessor,HeadofdepartmentofPsychiatry,KIMShospital,Bengaluru.

AditiVikramastudentfrom5thyear introducedtheguesttothegathering.ThewelcomespeechwasgivenbySmt.VinuthaDN,AssistantProfessor,BILS.S.Aparajitaastudentof4thyear,introducedtheguestspeaker,alsomentionedabouthisquali�icationandachievements.

Sirenlightenedthegatheringwithhisgreatknowledgeabouttheimportanceofmentalhealth.Hespokeabouthowstressisaffectingeverysingleperson,alsogavesomeusefultipsonhowtohandlethestressinthispandemicsituation,onhowtoovercomestress,anxietyandSirgavemanyhealthtipsonhowtoprioritizethementalhealthandhowitisimportanttohaveahealthy schedule, and to followdiscipline.He spoke about how the secondwave had hiteverybodyinadevastatingway.

Sircontinuedtospeakaboutthecommonproblemsduringthistimeandadvisedfewmethodsonhowtofeelbetterandrecoverfromit.Hespokeabouthowyogaandmeditationarefewofthemethodsforfeelingbetteralongwithself-introspectionwhichisalsooneofthegreatestweapons.

Sirfurtheradvisedthestudentstoreadsomeinspirational,literaturesandself-helpbooks.andencouragedeveryonetousethistimeto�indtheirstrengthsandfocusonhobbies,helpoutindifferenthouseholdchoresandspendmoretimewithfamily.

Thevirtualtalkwasconcludedafter the Question &Answersessionwiththestudents.

ThevoteofthankswasrenderedbyThomasC,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

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VIRTUALSPECIALTALKONTHERELEVANCEOFMENTALHEALTHINTHE

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On18th June2021BILS conducted seminaronPRACTICALASPECTSOF INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTYWITHSPECIALREFERENCETOTRADEMARK.Theguestspeakerfortheoccasion

was Advocate Sushmita Govind. S. Aparajita, a student from 4th year welcomed, the

participants,Professors,PrincipalandtheguesttotheOnlineSeminar.Pravalika,astudent

from3rdyearIntroducedtheguest.MsSushmitaGovindwhoisanalumniofBILSandhas

completedherLLMfromChristcollegeBangalore.Sheinternedundervarioustoptierlaw

�irmsgainingexperienceinIntellectualPropertyRights.Someofthe�irmssheinternedwere

BananaIP,Trilegal,Krishnamurthy.Shehaspublishedapaperbythetitleweaponsinthe

handsofPolice.SheiscurrentlyworkingatKrishnamuthyassociatewhereherlineofworking

involvesTrademark.

Thegueststartedheraddressbystatingthatshe'sproudtobefromBILSandshestartedherIP

journeyfromBILSwhereshewasintriguedaboutthepracticalaspectsandjoinedIPteamin

Krishnamurthy, trademark associate, speciality in trademark. She introduced the class

regarding various types of Intellectual Property Rights i.e. Patent. Trademark, Copyright,

design,etc.

She then gave a brief explanation meaning, rights of a patentee, ways to obtain patent,

protectionfromabuse.Termofusingpatentandvariousaspectsinwhichapatentcanbe

obtained.HerfocusonintroductiontopatentwasastotheCriteriaofpatent,aninventioncan

bepatentwhenitsnovel,inventivestepandnotobviousandcapableofindustrialapplication

andnotattractprovisionsofsection2and4ofpatentAct.Shealsogavebriefaboutprocedure

ofpublicationofpatent.Shealsoexplainedtheknackandskillthatanadvocateshouldpossess

todescribethepatenttoauthoritiesandwayofdraftingtoobtainapatentright.

ThesamestyleofdetailexplanationwasbrieftothegatheringwithaspecttoCopyright,where

the speakermentionedMeaning of artistic works. Process of registration of copyright. .

Registrationgiveadvantageofprovingownershipfromabuse.Thespeakerfurtherexplained

thedifferenceoftrademarkanddesignandpracticaldifferencebetweenthemandastohow

theyareproducedandusedbytheindustry.

ThewebinarwasthenfollowedbyQuestion-and-Answersession.

ThevoteofthankswasrenderedbyPawanKumarfrom5thYear.

Rapporteur:PranamyaHegde&TejasBN(VYear)Faculty-in-Charge:Shri.ThomasC,AssistantProfessor

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BangaloreInstituteoflegalstudies(BILS)OrganisedavirtuallectureonImportanceofYogaoninternationalyogaday,2021forthestudentsofBILSon21-06-2021.ThespeakerforthevirtuallecturewasDr.A.K.Atre,Treasurer,BHSHigherEducationSociety.SirwasBornin1936andHisEducationisuptoPh.D.(Mathematics).HeServedasN.C.COf�icerandheisalsoaBlackBeltholder inOkinawanKarate. Sir Initiated to yogapractice in1949byPandit ShankarShastriofBangaloreSanskrit(Hrishikesh,Himalayas).

SiralsoServedasdirectorofYogaJeevanaKendra,BangaloreandMemberofboardofstudiesin yoga, Karnataka University, Dharwad and Sir is the advisor and invited Speaker atInternationalYogaFestival,DepartmentofTourism,GovernmentofPondicherry.SirtaughtyogaatvariousplacesinIndiaandU.S.A.andalsoaFluteartistinHindustaniMusic.

Dr.A.K.AtreservedatvariousacademicbodieslikeacademicCouncil,SyndicateandsenateatBangaloreuniversityandRetiredin1994.SirservedasprincipalofVijayaeveningcollegeandVijayadaycollegeandnowsirisaTreasurerofBHSHighereducationsocietyandaDeanofVijayacollege.

Smt.VimalaRaj.B,AssistantProfessorwelcomedthegatheringandShri.Ramesh.G,AssistantProfessorhadthehonourtointroducethespeakerforthevirtuallecturetothestudents.

InhislectureDr.A.K.AtresirdiscussedaboutYoga,hestartedthelecturebyexplainingthepopularityofyoga.Hefurtherdiscussedaboutthebene�its,ImportanceandSecretsofyoga.FurtherSirHighlighted“Sthiram,Sukham,Asanam"whichwassaidbyPatanjaliMaharshi.

Further,Sirenlightenedabouttheantiquityofyogaandexplainedaboutartofpracticingyogahelpsincontrollinganindividual'smind,bodyandsoul,itbringstogetherphysicalandmentaldisciplinestoachieveapeacefulbodyandmind,ithelpstomanagestressandanxietyandkeepsyourelaxinganditalsohelpsinincreasing�lexibility.

Later,Sirduringhislectureexplainedabout importance of pranayama andmeditationincontrollingthemind.Hewound up the lecture by Requestingthe Students of BILS to learn Yogasystematically.

ThelecturewasfollowedbyQuestion-and-Answersessionbetweenspeakerandstudents.

Thevoteof thankswasRenderedbySmt.VinuthaDN,AssistantProfessor,BILS.

Rapporteur:ShivarajMP(IIIYear)Faculty-in-Charge:Smt.VinuthaDN,AssistantProfessor

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BILSNATIONALWEBINARON‘THEPROTAGONISTAPPROACHOFTHEWELFARESTATEIN

ELIMINATIONOFENVIRONMENTALPERILSANDENCOURAGEMENTOFSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT'

FACULTYINCHARGE:SHRIPAVANV,ASSISTANTPROFESSOR

BILSNationalWebinarwasorganizedbyBILSon10thofJuly,2021.Inauguration:

T h e We b i n a rcommenced witha n i nvo c a t i onsongbyMs.PoojaUmashankar of5 th yea r B .A . ,LL.B.toinvoketheblessings of thealmighty.

HonourableShri.JusticeEngalaguppeSeetharamaiahIndireshaddressingthe

gathering

Prof.PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSwelcomingthedignitaries

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The dignitaries present for the National WebinarInaugural ceremony were Honourable Shri. JusticeEngalaguppeSeetharamaiahIndireshto Inaugurate theWebinar and deliver the Inaugural address, Dr. M. K.Ramesh, Professor 0f Law NLSIU, Bangalore, as theGuestofhonourtodeliverthekeynoteaddress,Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHESanddeanBILSpresidedovertheWebinar.

Dr. V S Prakash,AdvocateVinayakKulkarni andProf.(Dr.) Nandhini as the resource person for technicalsessionone.

Shri.DMaheshKumarandDr.RishiramRamananastheresourcepersonsfortechnicalsessiontwo.

Prof.(Dr.)P.EshwarBhat,ViceChancellorKarnatakaStateLawUniversityHuballiastheChiefGuestforthevaledictoryFunctionandShri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHESandDeanBILSasthePresidentfortheValedictory.

ShriThomasC,AssistantProfessorofBILSwastheMasterofceremonyandSirinvitedSmt.PreetiS.Desaitowelcomethegathering.

Prof.PreetiS.DesaiwelcomedtheEsteemedGuestfortheInauguralCeremonyandmentionedthat'thetitlequotesoneofthemajorissuesthatconfrontsusatmultiplevariedlevelsandit'snowtimeforre�lectionandcontinuousevolutionofthesame,thewebinarisbeingorganized'.

ThegueststotheinauguralceremonywereintroducedtothegatheringbySmt.VinuthaDN,Asst.Prof.BILS.

The Esteemed Guest for the National Webinar,HonourableShri.JusticeEngalaguppeSeetharamaiahIndireshinhisinauguraladdressmentionedthattheconcept of Sustainable Development involved thedevelopment of Social, economic and environmenttogether. He further mentioned the variouscontributions made by Judiciary in protecting theenvironment through interpreting the provisions ofConstitution of India and various other legislationsandconcludedtheaddressbystatingthat'thoughthejudiciary and Govt play a vital role in protectingenvironmenthoweverthedutyliesinus(thepeople)toprotectenvironmentandtoproducepollutionfreeworldtoouroffspring'.

Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.)SecretaryBHSHES,Dean,BILS

addressingthegathering

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The Guest of honour for the Inauguralceremony of National Webinar Dr. M. K.Ramesh,Professor0fLawNLSIU,Bangalore,inhiskeynoteaddressmentionedthatthetitle itself being a provocative and mindbogglingone,thatrightfromthebeginningEnvironmentandDevelopmentbeingpittedagainsteachotherandtheyseemtoappearantitheticaltoeachotherwhichisalong-standingcon�lictrightfromthebeginningoftheenvironmentalCrisis.

Hefurthermentionedthatourconstitutionisamodelthataccommodatesallthepositiveaspects of sustainable development andmore democratic than sustainable developmentnotionbothdevelopment in letterandspiritandaspiritofcombinationofauthorityandresponsibilityintheschemeofGovernmentthatshunsstatemonopoly,emphasisesinclusivegrowthandasharedresponsibilitybetweenstateandthepeople.

Andconcludedbysayingthat'youdon'thavetolookforsolutionselsewhere it isverymuch there in thenativehomespunwisdom'.

Shri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHESanddeanBILS inhis address to thegatheringmentioned that inorder to achieve economic growth or economicprosperityweexploitnature,harnessingnatureisalrightbut in the guise of exploitationwe cannot destroy ourenvironment.

Heconcludedtheaddressbystatingthat'weshouldbeconsciousaboutthedutytowardsposterityinprotectingenvironment'.

VoteofthanksfortheInauguralceremonywasrenderedbyShri.PavanV,Asst.Professor,BILS.

GuestofhonourfortheInauguralceremonyofNationalWebinar

Dr.M.K.Ramesh,ProfessorofLawNLSIU,Bangalore,addressingthegathering

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TECHNICALSESSION1

Prof.PreetiS.Desai,Principal,BILSwelcomingtheResourcepersonsfor

Technicalsession1

Theresourcepersonsforthetechnicalsession1werewelcomedandintroducedby

Smt.VimalaRajB,Asst.Professor,BILS.

Dr.VSPrakash,FormerSpecialdirectoroftheKarnatakaStateNaturalDisastermonitoringCenterwasinvitedasoneoftheresourcepersonsfortechnicalsession1,SirinhisaddresshementionedthatwhenwetalkaboutSustainableDevelopmentit'sallaboutDataandwhatthestatisticssaysandhowweunderstandthestatusandpotentialformorelearning.HeconcludedbymentioningthatScienceandtechnologyareoneofthemostimportanttoolsin�indingsolutionsforenvironmentalcrisis.

Dr.VSPrakash,FormerSpecialdirectoroftheKarnatakaStateNaturalDisastermonitoringCentre

andresourcepersonfortechnicalsession1addressingthegathering.

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AdvocateVinayakKulkarni:

Advocate VinayakKulkarniSir in his addressmentionedthatIndiabeingawelfarestateasseeninthepreambleofConstitutionofIndia,itisadutyoftheIndian State to protect the environment, eliminateenvironmental perils and promote SustainableDevelopment.

Sirdiscussedabout the stateof affairs in Indiawithrespect to environmental laws, courts and litigationand his view was mainly focused on ConstitutionalLegal Protection for environment in India like theDirectivePrinciplesofStatePolicy,FundamentalDutiesetc.,

Prof. (Dr.) Nandhini, Professor and Chairperson,DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,BangaloreUniversityBengaluruwasinvitedasoneoftheresourcepersonsfortechnicalsession1.

Prof.(Dr.)Nandhiniaddressedthegatheringonthetopic'Conservationofecogreenspacesforsustainableecosystem'andherlecturewasfocusedontheresearch�indingofBengaluruUrbanCityandhowweareaffected,thehealthofthesociety,thehealthoftheenvironmentand environmental losses that are already lost and what is left with us and how, legalinterventioncanhelpinrestoringsomeofthesetreasuresweareleftwithespeciallytheBio-diversity.

Ma'amconcludedthelecturementioningthat'ifweconservegreenspaceswecanprotectlifeonland,biodiversity,mitigateglobalwarmingandsustainabledevelopmentgoalsforbetterfutureanddisease-freelife'.

AdvocateVinayakKulkarniresourcepersonfortechnicalsession1addressingthegathering

Prof.(Dr.)Nandhini,ProfessorandChairperson,DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,

BangaloreUniversityBengalururesourcepersonfortechnicalsession1adressingthegathering.

ThetechnicalSessionendedwithQuestion-and-AnswersessionandVoteofthanksrenderedbyShri.PavanVAsst.Prof.,BILS.

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Shri. D. Mahesh Kumar, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forests &

Director, Nagarhole National Park was one among the resource

personswhowasinvitedfortechnicalSession2.

SirinhisaddressdividedthetopicofWebinarinto3partsthe�irst

beingtheEnvironmentalPerilswherehediscussedabouttheForest

Martyrs Day, Deforestation during British era and the impact of

World War. The second division being Encouragement of

Sustainable Development by use of terrestrial eco system for

promotionofsustainabledevelopmentandlastdivisionoftopicwas

ModernLegislation,whichfocusedonconstitutionalProvisionsand

variousotherlegislationsrelatingtoprotectionofforests.

Dr.Rishiram Ramanan, Assistant Professor,

Department of Environmental Sciences, Central

University of Kerala. Was one of the resource

personsfortechnicalsession2:

Sir in his address focused on the Sustainable

DevelopmentGoalsmentionedbyUnitedNations

titled '17 goals of Sustainable Development of

UnitedNationstotransformtheworld'

AndconcludedsayingthatthetenetstoSustainable

Development are Decentralization, Public

participation, Environmental Accounting and enforcement of environmental laws.

The technical Session ended with Question-and-Answer session and Vote of thanks was

renderedbyShri.RameshaGAsst.Prof.,BILS.

TECHNICALSESSION-2:

Dr.Rishiram Ramanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences,

CentralUniversityofKeralaresourcepersonfortechnicalsession2addressingthegathering.

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Valedictory:

Prof.(Dr.)P.EshwarBhat,ViceChancellor,KarnatakaStateLawUniversity,HuballiastheChief

GuestandShri.N.B.Bhat,IPS(Retd.),SecretaryBHSHESandDeanBILSasthePresidentfor

theValedictoryceremonywasintroducedbySmt.VinuthaDN,Asst.Prof.BILS.

Prof. Preeti S. Desai, Principal, BILS welcomed the

Chief Guest, President, participants from various

institutions, BILS students, Faculty and everyone

presentforthevaledictoryCeremonyandmentioned

that'thedaylongsessionoftheNationalWebinarhave

certainlydeepenedourknowledgeandhashelpedus

to appreciate the challenges and opportunities of

SustainableDevelopment inanew light and indeed

theValedictoryaddressofthechiefguestwillbeicingonthecake'.

TheChiefGuestfortheValedictoryCeremonyoftheNationalWebinarProf.(Dr.)P.Eshwar

Bhat,ViceChancellorKarnatakaStateLawUniversity,Huballiinhisaddressmentionedthe

constitutional provisions protecting environment, and the contribution of Judiciary in

interpretingthesameinarightway.

SirFurthermentionedthatEnvironmentalJusticeisnotonlyapartofEconomicJustice,itis

also a part of Socio and Economic

justice.Hestatedthat'Inthecontextof

Environmental Protection it is the

responsibility of the state to lead the

whole nation and it is not the “sole”

responsibilityofthestate,hence,state

is not something that should be left

alone in takingresponsibilitybutalso

thesocietyshouldjoinhandsincluding

establishments or corporate sectors

also'.Prof.(Dr.)P.EshwarBhat,

ViceChancellorKarnatakaStateLawUniversity,Huballiaddressingthegathering

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Heconcludedthevaledictoryaddressbystatingthat'Righttoenvironmentshouldbemadean

AbsoluteRightandGreenFederalismshouldbegivenmoreemphases'.

Shri. N. B. Bhat, IPS (Retd.), Secretary BHS HES and Dean BILS as the President for the

Valedictoryceremonyduringtherenderingofhispresidentialaddressmentionedhisregards

toalltheluminariesandresourcepersonsoftheNationalWebinar.

Inhisaddresshestatedthat'theapproachconcerningtothetitleofthewebinarisprotagonist

andofcoursethewelfarestatecannottakeantagonistapproach,Butthestatecannotignore

theenvironmentandestablishawelfarestate.Itisclearlytheobligationofstateandallofusto

preserveandprotectenvironmentandeliminateallthefactorsresponsibleforenvironmental

peril'

TheValedictoryceremonyendedwiththeVoteofThanksrenderedbySmt.ChayaBV,Asst.Prof.BILS.

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Farewell for the batch of 2016-2021 was

organized on 26th August 2021 by BILS.

Studentsofbatch2016-21,ShriNBBhat,IPS

(Retd.)Secretary,BHSHES,DeanBILS,Prof.

PreetiS.Desai,PrincipalBILS,Teachingand

non-teaching faculty of BILS were present

duringthefarewell.Withtheirstunningand

elegant attire students spoke about the

memoriestheyhadwhilestudyinginBILSand

all the faculty addressed the students and

wished them for their future endeavours.

DeanSirShriNBBhatwishedandblessedthestudentsfortheirfutureandProf.PreetiS.Desai

whilespeakingaboutthememoriesofstudentsinBILSwishedthestudentsandblessedthem.

ThefarewellendedwiththelunchhostedbyDeanSir.

FAREWELL(BATCH2016-2021)

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ENVIRONMENTDAY

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ARTICLES

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Womenempowermentreferstomakingwomenpowerful.Tomakethemcapableofdeciding

forthemselves.Womenhavesufferedalotthroughtheyearsatthehandsofmen.Inearlier

centuries,theyweretreatedasalmostnon-existent.Asifalltherightsbelongedtomeneven

somethingasbasicasvoting.Asthetimesevolved,womenrealizedtheirpower.Thereon,

begantherevolutionforwomenempowerment.

Aswomenwerenotallowedtomakedecisionsforthem,womenempowermentcameinlikea

breathoffreshair.Itmadethemawareoftheirrightsandhowtheymustmaketheirownplace

insocietyratherthandependingonaman.Itrecognizedthefactthat,thingscannotsimply

workinsomeone'sfavourbecauseoftheirgender.However,westillhavealongwaytogo

whenwetalkaboutthereasonswhyweneedit.

NeedforWomenEmpowerment

Almosteverycountry,nomatterhowprogressivehasahistoryofill-treatingwomen.In

otherwords,womenfromallovertheworldhavebeenrebellioustoreachthestatusthey

havetoday.Whilethewesterncountriesarestillmakingprogress,thirdworldcountries

likeIndiastilllackbehindinWomenEmpowermentcomparedtoothercountries.

InIndia,Womenempowermentisneededmorethanever.Indiaisamongstthecountries

whicharenotsafeforwomen.Therearevariousreasonsforthis.Firstly,womeninIndia

areindangerofhonourkillings.Theirfamilythinksitsrighttotaketheirlivesifthey

bringshametothereputationoftheirlegacy.

Moreover,theeducationandfreedomscenarioisveryregressivehere.Womenarenot

allowedtopursuehighereducation,theyaremarriedattheearlyage.Themenarestill

dominatingwomeninsomeregionslikeit'sthewoman'sdutytoworkforhimendlessly.

Theydonotletthemgooutorhavefreedomofanykind.

Inaddition,domesticviolenceisamajorprobleminIndia.Menbeatuptheirwifeand

abusethemastheythinkwomenaretheirproperty.Moreso,becausewomenareafraid

tospeakup.Similarly,thewomenwhodoactuallyworkgetpaidlessthantheirmale

counterparts.Itisdownrightunfairandsexisttopaysomeonelessforthesamework

becauseoftheirgender.Thus,weseehowwomenempowermentistheneedofthehour.

Weneedtoempowerthesewomentospeakupforthemselvesandneverbeavictimof

injustice.

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HowtoEmpowerWomen?

Therearevariouswaysinhowonecanempowerwomen.Theindividualsandgovernment

mustbothcometogethertomakeithappen.

Educationforgirlsmustbemadecompulsorysothatwomencanbecomeliteratetomake

alifeforthemselves.

Women must be given equal opportunities in every �ield, irrespective of gender.

Moreover,theymustalsobegivenequalpay.

Wecanempowerwomenbyabolishingchildmarriage.Variousprogramsmustbeheld

wheretheycanbetaughtskillstofendforthemselves,incasetheyface�inancialcrisis.

Mostimportantly,theshameofdivorceandabusemustbethrownoutofthewindow.

Manywomenstayinabusiverelationshipsbecauseofthefearofsociety.Parentsmust

teachtheirdaughtersitisokaytocomehomedivorcedratherthaninacof�in.

Conclusion

WomenempowermentisonebigissuefacingbyIndia.Itismostimportanttocreate

awarenessandunderstandingtheproblemofwomenemploymentinalltoppolicy

anddecisionmaking.Myanalysisexplainsfewwaystoempowerwomen.Toachieve

this,atthesametimetheyhavetostrugglealottogainthispowerandgettheirvoice

heard.Let'stakethemoutofdarknessoflife.Individualeffortsareappreciable,but

notsuf�icient.Governmentalsoshouldtakeupstrategicstepstodevelopandhelp

women.

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#Metoomovementwasintroducedintheyear2006byTaranaBurke.Asocialactivistand

communityorganizerwhostartedthetrendonmyspacesocialnetworktopromoteEmpower

throughEmpathy, to call out thewomenvictimsof sexual abuse.Themovementbecame

trendingonsocialmediaallovertheglobeintheyear2017-18whenmanywomencameout,

backlashingHarveyWeinsteinaHollywoodmovieproducerofsexuallymisconductingthem.

ThesamemovementwastrendinginIndiaas#metooIndiawherealotofwomenincluding

Bollywoodactresses,topjournalists,Famouswomenofthecountrycameoutnarratingtheir

storiesasbeingavictim.

#Metoowasachangeoverforalotofwomeninthecountry.Manycameoutofthefearand

shamethatwasdeep-rootedforadecadeormoreandstartedsharingtheirstoriesonsocial

mediaplatforms.

Anincidentmentionhereafterwillelaboratemypoint,

PriyaRamani,ajournalist,withtheongoing#metoomovementsharedanincidentrelatingto

sexualharassment.Shewroteanarticleinvoguemagazineintheyear2017titled“ToThe

Harvey Weinstein's of the world” where she describes how her so-called interview

(moreofthedate)went.Itwasintheyear1997whenPriyawasa23-year-oldjournalist,

excitedtotaketheinterviewofafamousman.Sheexplainshowweird,disgustingandscaryit

wastointerviewafamousmaninahotelroomalone.Shedidn'tmentionthenameofthe

abuseranywhereinthearticlebuthadusedtermslike“aformerboss,sexualpredators”etc.

After20yearsofkeeping,ittoherself,i.e.in2018PriyaRamanidecidedtodisclosethename

andinoneofhertweetsmentionedM.JAkbarandcallingoutallotherwomenwhohavebeen

victimsofhisabuse.Inthesameyear,M.JAkbar�iledacriminaldefamationcaseagainsther

callingoutbefalseaccusationsthatareaffectinghisstellarreputation.“Anactwherebyfalse

claimsaboutapersonharmsthereputationofthepersonisDefamation.”Onecandefame

anotherpersoninwritingcalledslenderororallycalledlibel.ItcanbeCivilwhereonecan

demand compensation from the court or it can be criminal where one can demand

punishmentfromthecourt.Provisionregardingthede�initionofDefamationcanbefoundin

Section499oftheIndianpenalcodeandprovisionregardingthepunishmentsofdefamation

canbefoundinsection500oftheIndianpenalcode

By:

SurabhiBharali

2ndyear,B.A.,LL.B.

#METOO�DEFAMATION

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The case stretched for two years andmore. Soon in 2021, TheDelhi District Court gave

judgementinfavourofPriyaRamanistatingfewimportantpoints,

1. Evenamanofsocialstatuscanbeasexualharasser.

2. Therightofreputationcannotbeprotectedatthecostoftherightofdignityandtheright

ofwomen

3. Awomanhasarighttoputhergrievanceatanyplatformofherchoiceandevenafter

decades.

ThevictoryofPriyaRamaniisawinfortheentirewomenfolkinthecountry.Shestoodupand

representedeverywomanwhospokeagainstwomencrimes.Thisincidentencouragedevery

womantostand,speakand�ightforthemselvesagainstsexualabuse.

Bibliography

https://www.india.com/news/india/who-is-priya-ramani-and-what-was-the-defamation-

case-�iled-against-her-by-mj-akbar-4429487/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvIAvoIfQw.

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“Lawisoneofthegreathealingprofessions;whilemedicinehealsthebodyandtheclergy

healsthesoul,thelawhealssocietalrifts”-STEVENKEEVA

Gone are those days, wherein the unimpeachable audience would �ill the theatres with

laughteronseeingacomedianportrayinganaiveandincompetentadvocategettingassaulted

byhisclientinthecourtcomplexorhe'stryingtoescapefromthebackyardclimbingoffthe

walltoavoidgettingbeatenupbytheaggrieved.Recently,theBarCouncilofIndia,neverlater

thanever,dauntlesslynotedthatfrequentandoftenviolentcastigationofthemembersofthe

Advocate'sfraternityisundoubtedlyamatterthatcausesextremedistresswhichisasevere

threatandattackontheindependenceoftheBar!

The secondday of July 2021witnessed theBar Council of India being applaudedby the

membersofthelegalcircleandthelawenthusiastsfortheirprudencetoreleasetheDraftof

theAdvocate's(Protection)Bill,2021whichwasde�initelyacryingneedofthehour.The

relentlesseffortsofaseven-membercommitteebecamefruitfulindevelopingaregulatory

frameworkwithanobjectiveofprotecting theAdvocates;with thebona-�ide intentionof

removingunwarrantedobstructionsinthedischargeoftheirduties.WhiletheAdvocatesAct,

1961wasalreadyinpicturewhichlaidoutdirectivestobefollowedbytheprofessionalsin

this �ield, the requirementof anef�icacious legislation to regulate theetiquetteof clients

towardstheirsaviourshasnowbeenlookedupto.ItisworthmentioningthatthisBillisan

efforttoimplementcertainguidelinesincorporatedwithin'TheBasicPrinciplesonRoleof

Lawyers'adoptedinthe'8thUnitedNationsCongressonPreventionofCrimeandTreatment

ofOffenders(1990)'towhichIndiaisasignatory.Thismovebythebodythatisresponsibleto

ensurethewelfareofthelawyersisgettingintotheopinioncolumnsforitstiming,wherein

theAdvocateswere�indingitdif�iculttograpplewiththehostileenvironmentprevailingin

oursociety.ThenewsofalawyernamedVamanRaoalongwithhiswifegettingstabbedto

death by goondas in the neighbour-hood of Telangana for him showcasing commitment

towardsthisprofessionby�ilinggenuinecasesagainsttwolocalleaderstopreventthemfrom

encroachingonpubliclandisde�initelynotanisolatedincident.Suchincidentshaven'talways

goneunnoticed;yetunattendedindifferentpartsofthecountry.Inthistechnologicallywell-

equippedera,whereintheprospectiveclientstendtoratetheinformationobtainedfromthe

e-sourcestobemorereliableandauthentic,tendtodevaluethepotentialofaprofessional

Advocatefollowedbywhichtheyinvesttheirvastexpectationsonahumanafterall.Nodoubt,

professionalismshallnotbecompromisedatanycost,butthebelittlingandtheharassment

BY

RITHUVARNAK.R

5thYear,B.A.,LL.B.

ADVOCATE'S(PROTECTION)BILL,2021–Anarmourtothefraternity!

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whichtheseAdvocatesundergooncetheyfailtobeinlinewiththatclient'sexpectations,was

leftunaddressedsinceages.

Itgoeswithoutsaying,justicedeliverydispensationisdependentonthreeimportantfacets–

Police,JudiciaryandLawyers.Whereas,judgesandpolicepersonnelwereadequatelysafe

guardedbytheexistinglegalframeworkandstatutorysheathing,thelawyerwhoisthecrucial

linkbetweenthetwowasnotgrantedampleprotectionandsecuritywhichhasbeenthebone

ofcontentionsincedecadesthatledtotheintroductionofthisBill.

ThestrikingpartoftheBillistheprogressivethinkingoftheCommitteetoincorporatethreats

andattacksbelongingtobothpsychologicalandemotionaldomainstooinadditiontothe

coherentphysicalabuse,within thede�initionof 'ActsofViolence'underSection2of the

legislation.Inclusionofthestringentpunitiveprovisions,theformatofinvestigationcoupled

with the decision to provide police protection to the agitating Advocate and the idea to

constitute a three-member committee for 'Redressal of Grievances of Advocates andBar

Associations'etc.istrulyappreciable.Internalizationof'NoSuit'arrangementtosecurethe

actionsoftheAdvocatewhoactedingoodfaithandthesterlingdirectiveprovisionproposing

theappropriategovernmenttoguaranteethe'SocialSecurity'tothehaplessmembersofthis

professionduringthetryingtimesthrougheffectivepoliciesetc.deservesappreciation.

Itwon'tbewrongtostatethatthepresentresolution,followingthefootstepsofEuropean

nationsandtheHumanRightsCounciloftheUnitedNationswhowerewayaheadtointroduce

suchaconcepttoensurethesafetyoftheAdvocates;isawelcomestep.

However,thecommitteeshouldmakeanefforttocommunicateandtakenecessaryinputs

fromeveryDistrictandStateBarAssociationsbeforearticulating the �inalversionof the

legislation.Aprofoundthreatanalysisthroughaneffectivecomparisonwithotherforeign

jurisdictionsisalsoadvisable.

REFERENCE

https://lawtrend.in/advocate-cannot-be-arrested-under-new-advocates-protection-

bill-2021/

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/its-time-to-protect-our-lawyers-

999116.html

https://www.sentinelassam.com/national-news/advocate-cannot-be-arrested-under-

new-advocates-protection-bill-2021-545792

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Irrespectiveofwhichreligionbelongto,urgestronglytoendthisgreedofdowry.Harassinga

womanisnotmanhood.Raiseyourvoiceagainsttheunlawfulactivitiesand�indjustice.It's

beensevendecadesmatching2yearsaheadsinceIndiahasdeclaredasanindependentnation

andyetwomanhasnofreedomnorequalityinthenation.

IPCsection304Bdowrymeansanypropertyorvaluablesecuritygivenoragreedtobegiven

eitherdirectlyorindirectlybyonepartytoanother,duringorthetimemarriage.

Dowry deaths are deaths of married women who are murdered or drives to suicide by

continuousharassmentortorturebyhusbandandin-laws.Thisishorrifyingthatthewomen's

homesarethemostdangerousplaceforthemtobe.

Itisashame,onIndiaasitsetshighesttotalnumberofdowrydeathsintheworld.Accordingto

Indian National Crime Record Bureau in 2012; 8,233 dowry death cases were reported

according to India. Thismeans a bridewas burned every 90mins or dowry issues cause

1.4deathperyearper1,00,000womeninIndia.

Most interesting fact is thatdowrydeath in Indiaarenot limited toanyspeci�ic religion.

EspeciallyKeralasetsahighestofallstatesandhasain�lationindowrycases.

Dowryprohibitionactof1961prohibitstherequest,paymentoracceptanceofadowry,gift

demandedorgivenasapreconditionarenotconsidereddowryandarelegal.Askingorgiving

ofdowrycanbepunishedbyanimprisonmentofuptosixmonthsora�ineofupto5000.

Annotation:Principlesrelatingtosection304BIPC,1860and113BEvidenceactsummarised

bysupremecourt.

Theoffence soonbefore thedeathof thedeceased, shewas subjected to cruelty and

harassmentinconnectionwithdemandofdowry.

Thedeathofthedeceasedwomanwascausedbyanyburnorbodilyinjuryorsomeother

circumstanceswhichwasnotnormal.

Fromthedateofmarriagedeathshouldhaveoccurredwithinsevenyears

Thatthevictimwassubjectedtocrueltyorharassmentbyherhusbandoranyrelativeof

herhusband

Crueltyorharassmentshouldbefororinconnectionwithdemandofdowry.

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Inclusionofsection302inalldowrydeathcases,RajibirvstateofHaryana,atwo-judgebench

ofthesupremecourtdirectedalltrialtoordinaryaddsection302tothechargeofsection

304B,sothatdeathsentencescanbeimposedinsuchheinousandbarbariccrimesagainst

women.

Underthe“ProtectionofWomenfromDomesticViolenceAct2005(PWDVA),awomencanput

a stop to the dowry harassment by approaching a domestic violence protection of�icer.

However,effectivenessoftheselawshasbeenquestioned”.

AlthoughIndianlawsagainstdowrieshavebeenineffectfordecades,theyhavebeenlargely

criticizeasbeingineffective.Thepracticeofdowrydeathsandmurderscontinuestotake

place unchecked in many parts of India and this has further added the concerns of

enforcement.

Undersection304Bitisdowrydeaththatispunishableandsuchdeathshouldhaveoccurred

withinsevenyearsofmarriage.Nosuchperiodismentionedinsection498A.Apersonand

acquittedundersection304Bcanbeconvictedundersection498Awithoutthechargebeing

there,ifsuchacaseismadeout.Ifthecaseisestablished,therecanbeaconvictionunderboth

thesections.

Citation:AishaMakraniis23yearoldwomanfromvatva,committedsuicideafterpostinga

heartwrenchingvideowhichwentviralonsocialmedia.Invideocallitwassaidthather

husbandabetshertosuicideandsendthevideo,ashefelthedeservebetter.Shewasalso

lockedinaroomforfourdayswithoutfood.Nowhusbandisunderarrestbutjusticeshouldbe

giventoAishawhosufferedmentalandphysically.

Presumptionariseswhenawomancommittedsuicidewithinaperiodofsevenyearsfromthe

dateofmarriage.

Everywomanoutthere,powerisnotabouttoleratingthepainandsufferinginsilence. It's

timetoshowtheworldthattheyarecapabletochangeimpossibleturnintoI'mpossible.

Nomatterwhoyouare,whereyou'refrom,yourskincolor,genderidentity:�indyourvoice,

speakyourself…

Bibliography:AvtarSinghcontractandspeci�icrelief

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Whatishealth.HealthiswealthItishealththatcanfetchyour�inancialwealth.Itissaidthateducationisonesuchwealthwhichnonecanstealfromyoubuttogeteducatedoneneedstohavegoodhealthbeitphysicalhealthormentalhealth.Physicalhealthisbeinghealthyandkeepingyourbodyphysically�it,mentalhealthisasessentialasphysicalhealth.Itisduetothispandemicthephysicalaswellasmentalhealthofpeopleisaffected.Peoplehavestartedtoworkfromhomeschooling/educationhasbecomeonline;shoppinghasbecomeonline.

Manypeoplehavegainedweightbecauseofsayingindoors,childrenhavelostaccesstogoingoutsidebeitparksortoplaywiththeirpeersthishascausedchangeinlifestyle,thiscanevenpromotechildobesity.

Obesityisanindicatorofbadlifestyleandpromotestocardiacdiseases,highbloodandotherdiseases.Ever since theonsetof thepandemicapproximately formMay2020 the rateofdomesticviolenceisinasteeprise.Itisobservedthatteenstendtogetanxious.Theytendtothrowtantrumsitisbecauseitisattheirage(18yearsto25)andabovei.e.,youththatistheagewhenoneisactiveandhasafreshapproachtolifebutitisunfortunatethatthepandemicstruckandthefateofeveryoneiswithinfourwallsofthehouse.wherecanwetakeofyourhealthwithout going outdoors? it is not only by dietingwe can take care of our health.Exercisingisequallyimportantforthebodyifnotgoingoutdoorsatleastexercisingindoors.Accordingtoreportsexercisingatleasthalfanhouradayisrecommended.Thepandemicisaboonaswellasabane.

it'sabaneasithasaffectedlivesofpeopleindifferentpartsoftheworldindifferentwaysforexample in Indiamanypeoplehave lost their jobsespeciallymigrant labourers,educatedunemployment,ithasevenpromotedthepopulationtoviewscreensofmobile,computer,laptopsforalongtimethisisacauseofconcernasbluelightisemittedfromthesedevices.Thisisveryharmfulasitcancauseproblemsandheadachewhichevenleadstosleepdeprivation.

thereisevidencethatyouthtendtolookatthesedevicesthroughoutnightandgotobedonlyatdawn,andsometimescravingforjunkfood,itistimethatwerealisethatandstarttohavingahealthylifestyle.Wakeupearlyinthemorningdoyoga,ifpossible,runindoorsforthosewhohavetreadmillsorifit'sanindependentspacioushouse.Ifitispossibleforpeopletocoveramarathonin4hoursorsowynotallofus.ItisevengoodifindividualsjoinmartialartclasseslikeKarate,Taekwondoetcitwillnotonlykeepanindividual�itbutalso,he/shecandefendhimself/herself. Though at present it can't be learnt face to face. One can learn it onlinethroughdigitalmediaplatformslikeYouTube,ZoomorGoogleMeetetc.

Toconclude,onehastotakecareofhis/herhealthandabstainfrombadharmfulactivitieslikesmoking,drugs,alcoholandanewaddictionthatelectronicdevicesandothersocialmediaplatformsandhaveahealthylifeasMahataGandhisays

“Bethechangethatyouwishtoseeintheworld”

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