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BANGALORE: The rank list of the Common Law Admission Test which was conducted on May 11 was announced and displayed on its website on Monday. As many as 11,500 students took the examination which will decide admissions into the seven prestigious National Law Schools in Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Jodhpur, Raipur and Gandhinagar and the recently added law colleges in Lucknow, Patiala ..

For the first time India, a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Paralegal Studies is being offered in Bangalore India by Script Legal Services India Pvt Ltd. The Certificate is offered Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers USA.Qualifying students with an associate degree and/or a baccalaureate degree in paralegal, legal assisting or a related legal/professional field may apply. ..

Cal HC stays reservation for OBCs in IIM-Calcutta PG courses In a jolt to pro-reservationists, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed quota for OBCs in post- graduate courses in Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and stopped interview of OBC candidates for the same. Justice Maharaj Sinha, in an ex-parte interim order, granted the stay on a petition by Sayan Guha, a B-Tec..

About 11500 students from across India wrote the first Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) on Sunday, 11th May 2008.. Over 1,100 seats in the best law schools across the country are up for grabs. This first CLAT is an attempt to cut down on multiple entrance examinations as a result of a Supreme Court directive. This year, it is an entry requirement for the seven national law schools at Bangalo..

Kerala HC admits pleas on 'single window' admission Kochi, May 9 The Kerala High Court today admitted two petitions challenging the 'single window' system for admissions to 'Plus Two' courses in the state, announced recently by the LDF government. Justice P N Raveendran also recorded the undertaking of the government counsel that the government would not take steps to ..

REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED MADARASAS Madarsas are not allocated any funds for infrastructural development. Madarsas which volunteer to teach modern subjects like Science, Maths and Social Studies in addition to their traditional curriculum are provided financial assistance through respective State Governments for Honorarium to teachers in modern subjects, Science-Maths kits..

Students protest against quota for OBCs Students agitating against quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions on Friday staged a demonstration in the Supreme Court premises in New Delhi and clashed with police. About 300 students from AIIMS, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University, IIT-Delhi and government- run medical colleges gathered at the lawns of Supreme Co..

The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Tamil Nadu govt on a petition seeking revival of the Common Entrance Test (CET), abolished last year, for admissions to professional courses in the state for academic session 2008-09. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan issued a notice to the state government on a petition challenging the Madras High Court verdict upholding the Tam..

hese may still be early days for foreign law firms to set foot in India, but they sure are shaking up the legal fraternity here. Top foreign law firms like Clifford Chance and Allen and Overy are stocking up on Indian talent, thereby effecting big salary hikes at their peers in the country. Fearing attrition in the industry, domestic law majors like Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Com..

Setting up of "Fire Task Force" in every school and imparting compulsory fire fighting training to teachers and students are some of the measures suggested by a team of three Supreme Court-appointed lawyers. The suggestions come in the backdrop of the 2004 fire tragedy in a school in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam district which left 83 children dead. In the latest report submitted to the bench o..

A Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday to make it obligatory for five central universities, including Delhi University and JNU, to lay their annual reports before Parliament. The Central Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2008, introduced by HRD Minister Arjun Singh, seeks to amend the Acts of Central Universities for laying of annual reports and audited accounts before both Lok Sa..

The Uttar Pradesh government lifted the ban of elections to the student unions in universities and colleges in the state. The announcement to this effect was made by Chief Minister Mayawati in the Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow. Mayawati said that the student union elections would be held in accordance with the recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee report...