V.M. SALGAOCAR COLLEGE OF LAW,

Miramar – Panaji – Goa

Action Taken Report (ATR) of Internal Quality

Assurance Cell for the Academic Year 2016-17

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of V.M. Salgaocar college of Law, Miramar

drafted a Plan of Action for the current academic year and then systematically executed it

throughout the year by constant monitoring and assessment. Below is the Action Taken

Report on the Course of Action that was planned.

Course of Action I: Seminars, Workshops and Training Programs for students, as well

as for professionals.

Action Taken:

Conducted two State Level Seminar and three training programs

(i) State Level Seminar on Intellectual Property in association with by MSME –

Development Institute, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, Madgao, Goa in

association with Tivim Industrial Estate

(ii) Training Programme on „How to Manage Money and be a Smart Investor by

Consumer Rights Clinic and Consumer Club in association with Consumer

Guidance Society of India (CGSI), Mahapalika Road, Mumbai.

(iii) One-Day Training Programme in Human Rights titled “Human Rights of the

Marginalized Groups: Awareness & Sensitization Programme for

Youth” sponsored by the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.

Training Workshop was attended by approximately 150 under-graduate students

from various colleges across the state of Goa.

(iv) Two days Faculty Development Training program for the faculty members was

conducted by Principal Dr. MRK Prasad and Faculty member, Dr. Sandhya Ram

including sessions on teaching, research, and best practices.

(v) One day Training program on Research Methodology was conducted for Research

Scholars by Prof. Dr. G.S. Bajpai from National Law University, Delhi

Course of Action II: Various Research Projects to be undertaken by Legal Aid Society

and Prison Reforms Clinic

Action Taken:

(i) Research Project on Remission of Prison Sentence of Convicts in Goa

The Prison Reform Clinic undertook a project work on Remission of Prison

Sentence of Convicts in Goa in collaboration with Directorate of Prison,

Government of Goa. The research project involved reviewing the eligibility of the

37 shortlisted prisoners who had completed 10 years of their sentence for

remission and the implications of their release. The Research team interviewed the

shortlisted prisoners from Colvale Jail and Sada sub-jail. The other stakeholders

such as Jail Authorities, Cell inmates of the concerned prisoners and their family

members were interviewed to further strengthen the opinion to allow remission of

sentence for these prisoners. The final detailed report of the research work was

submitted to Directorate of Prison, Government of Goa.

(ii) Project to discourage Child Labour in Tourism especially along the coastal

belts in Goa

The Legal Aid Society of V.M. Salgaocar Law College in collaboration with Goa

State Commission for Protection of Child Rights launched an extensive campaign

to discourage child labour in tourism along coastal belt.

(iii) Established Research and Analysis Group (RAGE) of Centre for Consumer

Rights

Research and Analysis Group (RAGE) of Centre for Consumer Rights was

involved with all kinds of research to collect all the relevant material on impact of

the fire crackers on environment, on health, frequency of accidents, etc. The

RAGE was required to coordinate with other task forces for obtaining the

information.

(iv) Research Project to develop legal database of simplified legal procedures in

India

Justice Adda (www.justiceadda.com) a legal design social venture incubated at the

University of Cambridge Judge Business School collaborated with the Legal Aid

Society to build data base of easy to understand and simplified legal procedure in

India. A team of students volunteered and submitted research input for more than

10 topics.

Course of Action III: Legal literacy programs to be spread over a variety of topics

Action Taken: The Childline 1098 collaborated with Legal Aid Society to create awareness

on the theme of Child Rights. Around 19 legal aid cells conducted Major programmes in

association with Childline. Various other useful topics were taken up by the remaining legal

aid cells. The list is given below:

Sr.

No.

Name of Free

Legal Aid Cell Topic Date Resource Persons

1 Pernem Child Rights 10 Dec 2016 Child Line

2 Verem Child Rights 10 Dec 2016 Child Line

3 Sodiem Siolim Prevention of

Domestic Violence

11 Dec 2016 Adv. Kirti Pokre

4 Mandrem Child Rights 11 Dec 2016 Child Line

5 Dona Paula Child Rights 17 Dec 2016 Child Line

6 Bicholim Child Rights 17 Dec 2016 Child Line

7 Mala Child Rights 18 Dec 2016 Child Line

8 Sanquelim Cyber Security 5 Jan 2017 Adv. EeshanUsapkar

9 Merces Child rights 6 Jan 2017 Child Line

10 Bandora Panel Discussion

on Prevention of

Sexual Harassment

and Domestic

Violence

7 Jan 2017 Adv. Harsha Naik, Ravati

Barde, Tara Kerkar,

A.K.Kamat, Dr.Aasha

Savordekar

11 Bastora Election

Awareness

7 Jan 2017 Mr.Amitesh Shirvoikar,

Mr. Ranjeet Salgaocar

12 Taleigao Child Rights 7 Jan 2017 Child Line

13 Moira Child Rights 21 Jan 2017 Child Line

14 Margao Child Rights 22 Jan 2017 Child Line

15 Valpoi Child Rights 28 Jan 2017 Child Line

16 Porvorim

(Sanjay

Child Rights 28 Jan 2017 Child Line

School)

17 Vasco Child rights 29 Jan 2017 Child Line

18 Old Goa Child Rights 31 Jan 2017 Dr.Nishta Desai

19 Goa Velha Child Rights 11 Feb 2017 Child Line

20 Guirim Child Rights 11 Feb 2017 Child Line

21 Anjuna Child Rights 11 Feb 2017 Child Line

22 Porvorim VPP Child Rights 11 Feb 2017 Child Line

23 Marcela Child Rights 12 Feb 2017 Child Line

24 Socorro Consumer Rights 23 Feb 2017 Mr. Roland Martins

25 Mapusa Cyber Crimes 27 Feb 2017 AdvEeshanUsapkar

26 Sancoale Domestic Violence 3 March 2017 Adv.Rajiv Dhavalikar

27 Calangute Consumer Rights

and Rights of

Senior Citizens

5 March 2017 Mr.Roland Martins

Course of Action IV: Updation of blog for Legal Aid Society

Action Taken: The Legal Aid Society Blog was regularly updated with all the activities of

the Legal Aid Society. The blog can be visited at http://vmscllegalaidsociety.blogspot.in/

Course of Action V: Competitions within College to encourage learning and

participation

Action Taken: Lex Festivalis 2016 – Interclass competitions comprising of academic,

cultural and sports events was organised by the Students Council in December 2016. There

were 34 events comprising of on stage and off stage events. The Festival took place at 2

venues, college campus and Miramar beach. The details of the competitions are given below:

Academic

Events Off Stage Events

On Stage

Events Sports Events Other Events

Jail Break Mehendi Designing Singing Control Cricket Crime Trail

Quiz Mocktail Making Best Dressed Beach Football Photography

Just a Minute Face Painting Instrumental Chess Dubsmash Video

Author's Death Rangoli Mad Ad Carrom FIFA Tournament

Star Wars Flag Painting Mute Beat Table Tennis

Boys

Debate Hair Styling Fashion

Show Obstacle Race

Nail Art Group Dance Volleyball

Mr. & Ms.

VMS Relay

Tug of War

Course of Action VI: An event to be organised for the students of higher secondary

schools in Goa

Action Taken: Law‟gical 2016 – All Goa Inter Higher Secondary School Competition was

held. The Competition included four competitions; Quiz Competition, Elocution

Competition, Collage making and Designing Election Manifesto which were held

simultaneously. The Quiz Competition was based on the Indian Government & Governance and

Current Affairs. The Elocution Competition was based on the theme, „Education System in India‟. The

Collage making Competition was based on the theme, Fundamental duty to promote harmony and

spirit of brotherhood. The event also included Designing Election Manifesto for a political party for

the upcoming Goa State Legislative Assembly Election with creative party name, slogan, vision and

goals. 10 Higher Secondary Schools from all over Goa participated in this event.

Course of Action VII: International Competition to be organised for law students

Action Taken: The Second Edition of Lex Infinitum 2017 – The VMSCL-WMO

International Dispute Resolution Competition was organised from 11th to the 14th of January

2017. 4 teams from foreign universities of Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Singapore and

16 colleges from India spreading from Kashmir to Kerala participated. 32 Experts from all

over the world judged the event and held orientation sessions for the teams and delegates. 120

delegates apart from college students and volunteers participated in the event. In total, 20

sessions of competition and 16 sessions for delegates were successfully held during the four

days event.

Course of Action VIII: Research and publication

Action Taken: Two publications

(i) Salgaocar Law Review granted ISSN No. 2395-7263; Second issue published.

(ii) Law‟racle , The College Newsletter: Two issues released during 2016-17

Course of Action IX: Clinical Legal Education to be strengthened through orientation

and training, followed by simulation exercises and assessment of the practical paper

components.

Action Taken: Sessions in Moot Court, Client Counselling and Negotiation; Mock

Trials, Activities by Law Clubs, Debate Society

(i) Compulsory Moot Court was held for Second Year LL.B Degree, Third Year LL.B

Degree, Fourth Year B.A. LL.B, Fifth Year B.A. LL.B and Fifth Year LL.B Hons.

This year, a faculty was designated as the mentor for each moot problem. All the

students were thereby briefed and guided by the faculty.

(ii) Three Client Counselling sessions each were held for Third year LL.B Degree and

Fifth Year B.A. LL.B with client narrating the problems. The students were given

orientation prior to the sessions. The sessions were evaluated by the faculty and

the students recorded the sessions in their practical paper journal.

(iii) Three Negotiation sessions each were held for Third year LL.B Degree and Fifth

Year B.A.LL.B. The students were given orientation prior to the sessions. The

sessions were evaluated by the faculty and the students recorded the sessions in

their practical paper journal.

(i) Two Mock Trials conducted by Third Year LL.B Degree and Fifth Year B.A.LL.B.

It was a perfect learner centred education and an exceptional way to assimilate

and study Law of Evidence, Criminal Procedure Code and Indian Penal Code,

which otherwise are scattered over semesters. The plot was presented in two

stages, a pre-trial stage and trial stage. The pre-trial stage mainly focused on

commission of offence, and the investigation by the police. The trial stage gave an

insight as to the proceedings of the court; the chief examination and cross

examination of witnesses and the arguments by the counsels.

(ii) The Clubs maintained their respective notice boards in a creative and informative

way, often posing queries and laying down a board space for students‟ interaction.

The Clubs also carried out varied and innovative activities like legal treasure hunt,

panel discussions, group discussions, poster exhibition etc.

(iii) The Debate Society held many sessions of informal debate within the campus.

Relevant topics were chosen and a team of students were put to task to initiate the

talk and generate interest so that more students joined ex tempore. Students

showed great interest in this activity.

Course of Action X: Train and send students to represent college in Law Students’

Events at the National and International Level

Action Taken: Students participated in various Moot Court, Client Counselling, Negotiation

and Mediation Competitions, both at national and international level. The training for this

purpose was undertaken by the ADR Board and the Moot Court Society.

(i) ADR Board : Followed by Orientation sessions, selection was held for

membership to the ADR Board and a total of twenty students were selected. The

members of the Board participated in the various National and International

Competitions and teams turned out to be victorious in most of the events. In total,

there was participation in 7 different National and International competitions and

Teams won laurels in 3 competitions.

Sr. No Team Event Date Result

1. Tammanna Aurora

Terence Vaz

NLUD-HSF

International

Negotiation

Competition, Mumbai

7th

to 9th

September

2016

Best Negotiation Plan

Award

2. Sidney Cardoso

Bernard Fernandes

ICC International

Commercial

Mediation

Competition, 2017

held in Paris

3rd

to 8th

February

2017

Runners up

3. Vaibhavi Rane

Vasantha Kotagiri

John James Samuel

Symbhav ADR

Tournament

(Mediation)

Organised by

Symbiosis Pune.

23rd

to 26th

February

2017

Runners up

4. Shannon de

Almeida

Karishma D‟Melo

17th

National Client

Consulting

Competition, 2015

organised by Kerala

Law Academy

College

9th

to 11th

November

2016

Semi-Finalists

5. Jatan Rodrigues

Shubham Priolkar

Louis M. Brown and

Forrest S. Mosten

International Client

3rd

to 5th

February

2017

Semi-Finalists

Consultation

Competition, 2017

(National Selection

Round) held at Pune

6. Raj Ramani

Siddhant Kamat

Dhakankar

Symbhav ADR

Tournament

(Negotiation)

Organised by

Symbiosis Pune.

23rd

to 26th

February

2017

Participated

7. Riza Rodrigues

Smriti Naik

Lex Ultima (Client

Counselling and

Negotiation)

10th

to 13th

March 2017

Participated

(ii) Moot Court Society: A selection moot court was held to select students to the

Moot Court Society. Out of the 150 participants, 76 were selected to the Society.

Two Orientation sessions were held for the Moot Court Society. The College team

participated in 24 national and International Moot Court Competitions. Each of

the teams were duly guided by a team of faculty. The details of the events are

given below.

Sr. No Team Event Date Result

1. Elton Furtado

Bryan Barbosa

Bernard

Fernandes

6th

FYLC Ranka National

Moot Court Competition @

UFYLC Jaipur

3-5

September

2016

2nd

best student

advocate

award,

Runners up in

preliminary

round

2. John James

Samuel

Sailee Kenny

ShwetaParuleka

r

Second Prof. N.R.

MadhavaMenon National

Mooting Competition,

Lloyd Law College, Delhi

3-4

December

2016

Jury Award for

best written

memorial

3. Danicarose

D‟Souza

Ameya Nayak

GR Kare College of Law‟s

Law Fest Juris Open 2017,

Goa

3 – 5

February

2017

Runners up

Sachi Kulkarni

Varun

Bhandankar

4. Chengalvarayan

S.B.

Shreya Azur

Risheek Naik

Raffles University‟s 1st CL

Agrawal Memorial Moot Court

Competition

Neemrana, Rajasthan

March 4-5,

2017

Semi Finalists

5. Shannon Da

Almeida

Uthara

Alukattara

Vasantha

Kotagiri

LJSL 1st National Moot Court

Competition 2017 Ahmedabad

27th – 29th

January, 2017

Quarter

Finalists

6. AishwaryaNune

s

Joanna Colaco

AnuragJayakum

ar

2ndManipalRanka National

Moot Court Competition 2016

@ Manipal University Jaipur

1-3 October

2016

Participated

7. AmritDutta

AnantMallya

Rajsankar

XIIIth K.K. Luthra Memorial

Moot Court 2017 @ Campus

Law Centre University of

Delhi

13-15

January 2017

Participated

8. TsunamilaxmiK

olamkar

SahilDeshprabh

u

SunainaChodan

kar

Remembering S.P. Sathe 11th

National Moot @ ILS Law

College Pune

23-25

September

2016

Participated

9. ShantanuKarnik

RuchikaNaik

VaibhaviRane

5thIndraprastha National Moot

Court Competiotion 2016

23-25

September

2016

Participated

10. Terence Vaz

ShubhamPriolk

1st Symbiosis Law School

Hyderabad National Moot

Court Competition

23 -25

September

2016

Participated

ar

Adrian

Gonsalves

11. Marilyn Alvares

MispaMammen

RenikaD‟Sousa

7th National Moot Court

Competition 2016@ School of

Law Christ University

Bangalore

10-13

November

2016

Participated

12. Chenoa

D‟Costa

MeghManeshin

de

6th Amity International Moot

Court Competition 2016

3-5

November

2016

Participated

13. Riza Rodrigues

SmritiNaik

Darlene

Fernandes

10th NALSAR Justice B.R.

Sawhney Memorial Moot

Court Competition 2016

30th

September –

2nd October

2016

Participated

14. Alan Andrade

Barbara

Andrade

Lex Omnia @ BITS Pilani –

KK Birla Goa Campus

4-6

November

2016

Participated

15. Firdoz Bepari

Siddhi Naik

Asifa Bi

Yashwantrao Chavan

Memorial National Level Moot

Court Competition 2017, Pune

13 – 14 Jan,

2017

Participated

16. RutaPrabhudesa

i

SiddhantKamat

Dhakankar

Lawina Costa

Shri I.M. Nanavati Memorial

Moot Court Competition,

Ahmedabad

20-22

January 2017

Participated

17. Zyfern Dias

Prachi

Mavaskar

Ekta Jha

MKES 2nd National Moot

Court Competition Vidhigyaan

2017, Mumbai

5 – 7 Jan,

2017

Participated

18. Akshay Naik

Omkar Thakur

3rd Kashibai Navale Moot Cou

rt Competition 2017 , Pune

24– 25 Feb Participated

19. Nishika Vas

Kabir Sabnis

Runal Divkar

4th Amity University

Rajasthan Moot Court

Competition 2017

4-5 March

2017

Participated

20. Nilesh

Amonkar

Jayant Karn

Shivani Bodke

All India Moot Court

Competition in association

with the National Human

Rights Commission (NHRC).

At University Law College,

Bangalore

University, Bangalore.

24-26

February

2017

Participated

21. Laxmi Budke

Vanessa Barreto

Alphy D‟Souza

7th Institute of Law Nirma

University National Moot

Court Competition 2017

Ahmedabad

10-12

February

2017

Participated

22. Shantanu

Karnik

Riza Rodrigues

Ruchika Naik

15th Surana & Surana National

Corporate Law Moot &

Judgment Writing Competition

2017 @

JSS Law College New

Kantharaje Urs Road

Kuvempunagar Mysore,

Karnataka.

17 – 19

February

2017

Participated

23. Ruchika Mishra

Savio Rebello

Jacqueline

Fernandes

GLC 17th All India Moot

Court Competition 2017

for the TS Venkateswara Iyer

Memorial Ever Rolling

Trophy

March 3-5,

2017

Participated

24. Natiana

Godinho

Ninio Correia

Rajlaxmi

Bhatkar

SS Maniyar Law College‟s Dr.

Annasaheb G.D. Bendale

Memorial 12th National Moot

court Competition, Jalgaon

11-12

February,

2017

Participated

25. Swapnil Gupta

Balkrishna

Thali

Raj Ramani

28th Kerala Law Academy

Law College All India Moot

Court Competition 2017,

Thiruvananthapuram

9 – 11

February

2017

Cancelled

Course of Action XI: Conduct Guest Lectures by legal experts for Final year Students

Action Taken: Total seven Guest Lectures were conducted. The details are listed below.

Sr.

No. Name of the Resource Person Topic Date

1. Hon.Judge Kristie Leo Harrington

from United States of America

Duties of Advocates 15th

July 2016

2. Prof. K.V.S. Sharma Professor of

Nalsar University

Company Law

22nd

July 2016

3. Adv. Swapna Bandodkar

Mamaltdar of Panjim

Land Laws

13th

August 2016

4. Sr. Adv. Saresh Lotlikar Art of Advocacy 20th

August 2016

5. Adv. Rajani Kamat Data Privacy 27th

February 2017

6. Prof. Ashish Bharadwaj from

Jindal Law School

Interface between Competition

Law and Patent Laws

28th

February 2017

7. Ad. Shalini Menezes Drafting of Patents

1st March 2017

Course of Action XII: Diploma Courses

Action Taken: Diploma Course in Civil Law

V.M. Salgaocar College of Law in association with Faculty of Law University of Lisbon

conducted the IX post–graduate Month Long Course leading to “Diploma in Civil Law” from

the 18th January to 29th February 2016. Total 40 students enrolled for the Diploma in Civil

Law.

The Lecture Series for the Course Diploma in Civil Law were as follows:

Prof. Dr. Pedro Caridade de Freitas delivered Lectures on the Topic „The Historical

Origins of the Civil Law Systems‟ from 18th to 22nd January.

Prof. Dr. Dário Moura Vicente delivered Lectures on the Topic „Contracts in the Civil

and the Common Law Traditions : A Comparative Overview‟ from 1st to 5th

February.

Prof. Dr. Rute Saraiva delivered Lectures on the Topic „The Economic Foundations of

Civil Law Systems‟ from 8th to 12th February.

Prof. Dr. Fausto de Quadro delivered Lectures on the Topic „Globalization, Regional

Integration and Fundamental Rights‟ from 15th to 19th February.

Prof. Menezes Leitao Delivered Lectures on the Topic „Family Law in Civil Law

Systems and in Goa‟

Course of Action XIII: College Website to be upgraded

Action Taken: College website updated and can be viewed at http://vmslaw.edu.in/

Course of Action XIV: NSS Activities to be duly conducted

Action Taken: NSS Unit constituted; Activities duly carried out. Schedule is given below.

Sr. No. Date Details

1. 22nd

July 2016 NSS Inaugural

2. 15th

August 2016 Independence Day

3. 8th

August 2016 Vanamahotsava celebration

4. 10th

August 2016 Swachh Bharat Pakhwada Campus cleaning

5. 24th

September 2016 Talk on Self Awareness

6. 29th

September 2016 Participated in Voters Rally and Poster making

7. 19th

December 2016 Goa Liberation Day

8. 7th

December 2016 Old Age Home Visit

9. 25th

January 2017 Rally on exercising “ right to vote”

10. 8th

February 2017 Talk on Road Safety

11. 2nd

March 2017 Blood Donation

Course of Action XV: Participation in Cultural Events

Action Taken: College participated in various cultural events and won prizes.

Won Overall 1st runner up in Creation 2017 on 25/2/2017 organized by Dhempe

College Panjim

Won 1st place in Elocution competition on 6/12/2016 organized by Election

Commission, Goa

won 2nd

place in Essay writing competition on 6/12/2016 organized by Election

Commission, Goa

Won 1st place in Evil Twin, 1

st place in Doppelganger, 1

st place in The last word,

1st place in Word nerd, 1

st place in Stand up, 2

nd placein Wordsworth, 2

nd place in

Ship wreered, 1st place in Wordsmith, 1

st place in What‟s the magic word?, 1

st

place in Cross my word and hope in Words up on 10-11/ 2/2017 Organized by

Xavier‟s college Mapusa

Won 3rd

place in Flower arrangement competition on 29/9/2016 organized by

DMC college Mapusa

Won 3rd

place in Get thrilled, 2nd

place in Group discussion and 2nd

place in

Selling Participated in Phoenix 2017 on 26/1/2017 Organized by Saraswat

College Mapusa

Participated in Aarti competition on 22/8/2016 Organized by Damodar College

Margao

Participated in the Aarti competition on 28/8/2016 organized by Saraswat College,

Mapusa

Participated in an Essay competition- Ideas Unleashed 2016 on 30/9/2016

Organized by International Center Goa

Participated in Happening 2017 on 4 _

5/3/2017 Organized by GEC College

Ponda

Course of Action XVI: Sports

Action taken: College participated in several sports events and won prizes.

Outstanding achievement in sports and games:

Best physique - won the championship trophy organized by Goa University

Weightlifting - won one gold, one silver and 2 bronze medals organized by Goa

University

Powerlifting - two gold medals and one bronze medal organized by Goa University

Swimming - one gold and one silver medal organized by Goa University

Taekwondo - one gold and 2 bronze medals in state level

Athletics - one bronze medal in hammerthrow organized by Goa University

Students representing India

Pritesh khorjuvekar won bronze medal at an international competition.

Students representing Goa

Coburn Franco for handball

Rudrali Gaude for archery

Anvay Naik for under 25 cricket at GCA

Students that represented Goa University

Aniket Golthekar for weightlifting

Other achievements:

Akshay Shirodkar won gold medal in all Goa open karate championship in the under

21 catagory.

Abdul fayaz won bronze medal in all Goa elite boxing championship 2016 in the 60

kg catagory.

Lakshmi Budke won bronze medal in shotput at Goy Olympia (intercollegiate event)

Kabaddi team reached the semifinals at Goy Olympia (intercollegiate event)