NUJS students petition

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The WB National University of Juridical Sciences'NUJS Bhavan' 12, LB Block, Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700098Phones: 2335-0534/2335-7379 (PBX) Fax: 2335-7422E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected]. Gram: JURVARSITY

Website: www.nujs.eduSTUDENT JURIDICAL ASSOCIATION

July 19, 2013

The Registrar,W. B. National University of Juridical Sciences, -12LB Block, Sector-III,Salt Lake City,Kolkata-700098

Respected Sir,

Sub: Request to allo\v SJA representatives before the Academic Council on July 20, 2013.

On behalf of the General Body, we humbly request you to allow SJA office bearers to addressthe Academic Council scheduled to meet on July 20, 2013 on several issues affecting us. In thisregard, we also request you circulate copies of the attached letter (together with the anncxures)which outlines our grievances to members of the _-\cad~c Council and the Executive Council.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Warm regards,

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(president, SJA) (VicePresident, SJA)

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July 19,2013To,The Academic Council,West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences,12 LB Block, Sector III,

. Salt Lake,Kolkata - 700 098

Dear Honorable Members of the Council,

.Subject: Expression of discontent over deteriorating quality of faculty and otheracademic irregularities

On behalf of the students of NUJS, it is with immense disappointment and anguish that we writethis letter to all of you 'highlighting various issues plaguing our University and causing a rapid declinein academic standards.

.. . .Loss of Faculty:

We believe that the role and importance of quality faculty in the ,growth and reputation of anyinstitution need not have to be stated much. In the recent past, NUJS has consistently beenacknowledged for having the best faculty 'amongst all the law schools in the country. Every year,hundreds of students join this institution in -the hope of being taught by India's finest legal mindsand being gwded towards excellence in various spheres of law. As a result of the efforts of suchguiding stars, in avery short span, NUJS had phenomenally emerged as an institute of repute across".the globe, largely owing to the excellence of the faculty and their extraordinary efforts beyond the


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normal calls of duty. As a testament to this fact, we attach herewith several media articles whichacknowledged the competence of our faculty. Such documents are marked as Annexure "A."

"However, since th.e beginning of the last calendar year, a disturbing trend of attrition has beenobserved due to which we have been deprived of learning from some of the best faculty members,who our seniors were fortunate to learn from. The outcome of such good faculty can be feltthroughout the legal fraternity where our 'alumni hold various respectable positions. In the recentpast, almost nine distinguished faculty members have either left their positions for other offers orare on leave for higher studies or other commitments. We attach herewith the names of the facultymembers who hav~ left the University or have been on leave for a considerable number of years.This document is marked as Annexure "B."

It is most surpnslng to note that in spite of these vacancies, we have not been able tocommensurately fill up the vacant slots. Consequently, we are left with an acute shortage of goodfaculty members and the teaching standards have fallen drastically from previous years.

It is particularly shocking to note that we have a woefully short number of per~anent facultymembers, vety few visiting faculties and no emeri~s professors. We believe that the problem is twopronged. Not.only is it becoming curiously dif~cult for a prestigious institution like ours to retain itsbest faculty, but its inability to find suitable replacements is even more tragic. A natural consequenceof this problem has been that many a time, teachers are compelled to double up for courses that arenot their area of specialization or are overburdened with too many courses.

We would esp.ecially like to point out that the past tradition of new appointees being made topresent a paper before the entirely faculty has been discontinued. As a result, the new appointees arenot going.~through a reasonable screening process before they are being inducted. Admittedly, anyeducational institution has a 1M of teachers whom the students think are excellent and inspiring and


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STUDENT JURIDICAL ASSOCIATION

those who are not so much. Unfortunately, the growing opinion amongst the student body is thatNUJS is now being filled up by the latter category.

Recent Faculty Recruits:We would also like to bring to your notice that the most recent faculty recruitments that have beenundertaken have been such as to arouse suspicion, on account of the transparency and quality of therecruits, both of which we find lacking. It may be pertinent to note here that an LL.M. student in theuniversity (who has not yet obtained his LLM) has been entrusted with the daunting task of teachingtwo specialized courses to the senior batches, one of which is a compulsory course, namely bankinglaw. He has already begun taking classes and teaches around 12 hours a week in two subjects. Thisfact exemplifies the extent of paucity of faculty members in the university. In another instance, thefifth year students. are being taught by a teacher who is legally not allowed to teach law in anyUniversity in India.

It is suspected that recent teacher 'recruitments haye not taken place as per the required norms.There was no proper advertisement given in the newspapers or the website. Advertisements forteacher recruitments must be made in such manner so as to attract the best legal minds from acrossthe country, which has clearly been missing in the recent faculty appointments.

While the situation here continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, it is being observed that otheruniversities are recruiting top notch faculty members aggressively with enviable academic records.Annexure "C," "D" and "E" provide the details of the' faculty recruitment undertaken byNALSAR,J~'JLU-Delhi and NLU Jodhpur respectively in the previous academic year alone. Incomparison, NUJS has barely added to the large number of vacancies, neither has it made attempts


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'NUJS Bhavan' 12, LB Block, Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700098Phones: 2335-0534/2335-7379 (PBX) Fax: 2335-7422E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Gram: JURVARSITYWebsite: www.nujs.edu


to.bring an campus the best legalprafessianals to.impart education. This has also.dampened NU]S's.,

reputation in the legal circle in the last few years.

Elective / Optional CoursesOur University also.holds the unique distinction of pianeering an extremely versatile and innovativemodel of imparting education in th~ farm of various elective courses, allawing a student ampleopportunity to. nurture his talent by pursuing his areas of interest and gaining an expertise in them.This arrangement has subsequently been incorporated in a number of law schools in. India.However, despite such a glariaus beginning, we now find ourselves in a position where the choice ofoptional subjects is dawn to. an unprecedented law and we barely have electives to. choose from. ,What was seen as an extremely progressive mechanism has now became a reason far students'apting far courses they have no interest in. This problem can again be attributed to. the fact that wehave lost several extremely distinguished faculty members who. offered a wide variety of electivecourses. The present batches of students are witnessing a steady decline in the academic standards'- .ue to. lack of adequate faculty recruitments and the improper quality of the recruitments. Studentshave been arbitrarily informed through e-rnail thattheir elective or compulsory courses shall not be. .taken by the regular faculty members, but on the contrary by newcomers with no. demonstrableteaching experience and who've not been put through any rigorous screening pracess.

The elective courses at NU]S were supplemented by diverse credit' courses from not only professorsall over the world, but also by several of our alumni and ather litigators and people working in law. .fIrms. In a semester, there were no. less than ten such credit courses offered. Sadly, such coursesfrom diverse Individuals are now rarely offered. The jay of learning from professors who. have


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taught at the best universities in the world sitting in Kolkata is something that only the batches thathave graduated can boast of.

Transparency Issues and Lack of Redressal:Additionally, we would like to bring another serious matter to your attention. There is absolutely notransparency with respect to academic matters. In order to inform the authorities of our grievances,we filed a petition with the Vice Chancellor, enlisting all the details. This petition was submitted onthe 15th of March 2013 and as per Clause 9(9) of the West Bengal University of Juridical SciencesAct, 1999, these grievances ought to have been presented before the Ex~cutive Council. We did notget any response from the Vice Chancellor's office. We are including a copy o~ the aforementionedpetition as ANNEXURE F. Another connected petition was submitted to the Vice Chancellor,pointing out grave discrepancies in the assessment of answer scripts in the monsoon semester of2013 and demanding consultation and reassessment of answer scripts among other irregularities.This petition is included as ANNEXURE G.

. . . Another petition, regarding the arbitrary, unfair manner of allocating elective courses was filed withthe Vice Chancellor on 8th July 2013. It has been included as ANNEXU~ H Once again, therewas no response from the Authorities and the same 'first come first serve via email' basis used forallocation persists even now. We strongly believe that this college is not just for the rich andprivileged with sophisticated smart phones that can access emails and send emails immediately andgain the ben~fit of fu:st come fu:st served p~licies. It is also meant to represent many of us who haveno access to such devices. This policy is discriminatory and effectively prevents poorer students toeffectively ope for elective subjects, which are instrumental inadv-ancing their careers prospects.


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Further, it is pertinent to note that most of the decisions made with respect to issues like plagiarismand project 'submissions are not only unreasonable but are carried out in the most arbitrary and ad _hoc manner. What is even worse is that there is absolutely no grievan


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ANNEXURED(Details of the faculty recruitment undertaken by NLU Delhi)

Position ,-, Teaching /atNLU When workName Delhi Specialisation joined? Qualifications experience

NLSIUBangalore viceProf (Dr) A chancellorJayagovind Aug-12 (2009)

Law anddevelopment, Centre for theglobalisation Study ofProfK Visiting and human Society andSeetharaman' professor rights Aug-12 Culture

Taught for15 years atConstitutional, the Punjabhuman rights, University'stort and public i departmentDr AnupamaGoel international law Aug-12 i of lawi...... - ; - . " ..LecturerI NLSIUI BangaloreYale Law 1-(2002-6,School Ph.D i 2009-10),(2013), LLM I assistant

. (2007); NLSIU professorF~b-13

Bangalore LLB NJA BhopalMrinalSatish Criminal law (2001) (2007): NUJS, Kolkata(2010-12),2007c2008AZB&Partners,Internet 2006-2007governance, London School Ernst &media and of Economics Young,information (LSE) LLM Fellow

. .: . policy and (2009); Nalsar Centre of> , ~ Assistant regulatory Hyderabad Internet andChinmayiAmn professor theory. Sep~12 LLB (2006) Society


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Constitutional : BangaloreYale Law ~(2009-10),law .and theory, . School LLM : assistantgender.and the . (2007); NLSIU i professorAssistant law, judicial Bangalore LLB ! NJA BhopalAparna Chandra professor process reform Feb-13 (2006) I. (2007-09),. . . . .Oxford !!UniversityDPhil (2012),lYfPhil(2010),BCL (2008);NalsarAssistant HyderabadAnupSurendranath ( professor Constitutional Sep-12 , LLB (2006)

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ANNEXUREE(Details of the faculty recruitment undertaken by NLU Jodhpur)

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Position WhenatNLU- . Specialisatio . joined . Teaching / workName J n :? Qualifications experience

:Founder Director andformer dean and headof the Law SchooliUniversity of Jammu: (2003-2007)

LLB (ILS Pune :Former director1969) Amity Law SchoolLLM (ILS Pune Naida (2007-2008)1971) Former dean andConstitutional PhD (ILS Pune Professor Emeritus

law, 1982) University ofadministrative DAAD and iPetroleum and Energylaw, human Max-Planck IStudies (2008-2010)rights law, fellow and 1 UNDP Professor

ProfDrKL Research alumni (1994 and 'Public Law in AfricaBhatia ' Professor methodology Jul-12 : 2008) (2010-2011)

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. LLB (DelhiUniversity 2003)LLM-, Internationaltrade and, investment law(School of iAssistant ProfessorOriental and NUJS Kolkata (2007-,African Studies ,2012)~i'ldUCL Guest tutor King'sLondon 2007) College London (AprilPhD- 2011)

International International Visiting faculty IIFTDr investment ' investment law Delhi (2008-2009)Prabhash Associate law and world May- (King's College 1 Visiting faculty ILl

: Ranjan Professor trade law 12 London - 2012) Delhi (2005-2007)-~-.-.--. ----:LLB (Nuals ,Research AssociateCochi 2008) .NI~U JodhpurLLM - criminal : (September -

. Criminal law law and human iDecember 2010)Sreeparvath Assistant and human rights (ILTDelhi Assistant professoryG Professor rights Jun-12 2010) NLli Jodhpur (2009-


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~ The results were published more than three months after the commencement of the DC\\-"semesterand barely one month before commencement of the examina.tions to r the nextsemester. This has resulted in little scope for improvement in future and made itimpossible for students to take any corrective measures. We would therefore humbl vrequest YOU to issue guidelines and make appropriate amendments in the current R . Y . k . s toensure th~t all Results henceforth are Dublished latest within 45 days of commencementof the next semester.TIm would ensure improvement ofstudent'sperformance in future and also help studentsto make preparations for repeat exams of the subjects not successfully passed.

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??? iif!!rHh~ !~ r.. .J /,1 1 ,< ,,-:"'i/. ", .,.., . ,..:,..' -. this purpose, we would request you to issue immediate g~idelines and suitable

amendments to the existing Rules to ensure that copies of the an,swer scripts of allstudents should be distributed mandatorilv within 30 days of publicatiQn: of resultsand reasons should be orally accorded for the, marks awarded to all students through aprompt and swift consultation process.

We would also request a provision for substantial fe-assessment by an external evaluatorof marks awarded by a faculty member for imorovement in marks if in .any subjectstudents are dissatisfied with the marking and more than 2/3rds of the batch: so appliesby passing a resolution in writing through the authorised class representative,

Further, the answer scripts should contain cogent reasons recorded in writing andappropriate comments for the marks awarded to students to ensure fairness, eliminate ailapprehensions of bias and ensure improvement of students to achieve highest quality ofacademic excellence.

" It should also be made mandatory for all faculty members to immediately provide writtenfeedback and comprehensive comments on the proiect/mid-semester assignments andother such tests/submissions within 30 davs of submission deadline of such assignments ..Also there should be fair conduct of viva/presentationsetc, and appropriate feedbackshould also be provided for the same.

\!< Further the policy of asking students for re-submitting the proiects. in case orJ~~mexams should be done av:ay \- v ith. Students should be given the -option of eitheneLc!lniggtheir original marks obtained in projecTs, viva. presentation etc. while givl?g the mainexam or giving the other C OmpO l}ents afresh before giving the paper. Students should begiven the choice or flexibility of retaining the previous project marks while giving thefinal paper afresh,

"10We would request you to consider the aforementioned suggestions and issue appropriateguidelines/frameappropriate rules.Kindly consider this as a grievance submitted to the Executive Council under clause 9(9) ofSchedule I of the WBNUJS Act, 1999 if so necessary. We would request you to grant L iS a oralhearing through a delegation of the students so authorised by the Class Representative beforereaching a conclusion.The list of students who. have endorsed and support this petition is annexed to this letter and marked as"Annexure A".


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3rd Year B.A.lB.Sc LL.B. (Hons.) Students,.Through authorised Class Representative- ShriRohan Kothari,- ,

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To,'1 1 1 e Hon'ble Vice Chancellor,Shri P. Ishwara Bhat

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fi!IJlle batch of 20 10-7015

Dear Sir,This IS a petition on behalf of the Balch of 2010-2015 (3rd year) seeking rechecking andreassessment of Vth semester answerscripts in light O'~'thesevere and grave discrepancies.Wewould like to bring to your notice the following:

1. It has come to light that there were certain students whose marks showed graveinconsistencies .It should be noted that whereas~,:k Yashaswi Kant Sharma (Id No: 21(043) wasawarded marks in the written component of lOS, despite being absent to r the same.. ". - . . .Similar case was also with Mr. Advait Malviya (Id No: 210088) who was awarded marksIn IOS'gespite not appeaiuge for the 108 eX;;JlL

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On the contrary, ML Ajay Paul Minz (Id No: 209109) received no marks for theJurisprudence project and viva; despite submitting and appearing for the Sfulle.

2. The marksheet for the two compulsory subjects, (Interpretation of Statutes &.lurisprudence) reflected total project marks without any distinction between the marksobtained in the viva, and the written submissions, This was despite the fact that separatevivas were conducted for each student of the batch in the two compulsory papers.

3. This is in addition to the fact that during the Jurisprudence vivas, several students whohad already given their vivas according to schedule, were asked to reappear for the same

. .viva again, only to find out that l'JO account whatsoever was kept of their performance inthe viva, when it was originally scheduled.

4. Further, only one personwas awarded Grade E (7) in Jurisprudence while no person was--'~'-"'-'-':;:' ".~,,,. .""""awarded E gra~e in the International Law Applicable During Armed Conflict papers,taught by the same Professor indicating grave discrepancies in the marks and also that

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many meritorious students have not got the marks that they deserved, ,It should be noted Sir, that this is highly' inconsistent with the fair and professional image of oneof the premier National Law Universities in the country. and casts grave aspersions on the natureof management prevalent in the institutions. Furthermore, this leads to an understandableapprehension in the minds of the students regarding the fairness of the evaluation pattern of theanswer SCripts.It should also be kept in mind that the marks that have been allotted in Interpretation o fStatutes, Jurisprudence, and International Law AppH'ctablr During Armed Conflict havehas been highly unsatisfactory for the majority of the batch, and is not at all keeping inconsonance with the general. performance of the batch in the past semesters. This, adding to the'severe inconsistencies mentioned, gives rise to a reasonable apprehension in the minds of thestudents of thebatch, regarding the fairness and non-arbitrariness with which their answer scriptswere evaluated.In"light of these gross discrepancies, we request you to do the following:

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Re-assessment of the Jurisprudence, Amied Conflict and IOS answer scripts of all thestudents by other evaluators io proportionately increase the marks awarded on the. basis.~:'f merit.

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2. Re-tabulation and re-checking for any arithmetic discrepancy for all subjects for theentire batch in order to ensure error free results,

3. Moderation of all the papers of the batch to ensure proportionate in~rease in marks for allthe students on the basis of merit This should be done on an immediate basis as lowgrades for the students would reflect poorly in the recruitmentpro'cessand future careerprospects, especially in light of the highly competitive environment, where students ofother law schools are usually awarded higher grades.

. ,4. lnimediate reconsultation for those who have applied for the same with in the next ten

days.

We request you to act urgently and accept this petition as this issue has a direct and enormous onthe recruitment process and future careers of the students, which ultimately reflects on ourUniversity itself

Further.we would request you to grant us an oral hearing through a delegation of the students soauthorised bythe Class Representative,The list of students who have endorsed and support this petition is annexed to this letter andmarked as "Annexure A".Thanking you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,R ()H"I'I otuIt/{ ,

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,':t"'''~",!:--: ;~-'1Jay N . Sav ta

4th YearB.A/B.Sc. LLB (Hcms.) Student! Id No, 210047,WBNUJS Kolkata.

Mobile: 08981298130, Email: jnsayta(ZiJ.gmail.com08th July 2013.

To,The Vice Chancellor,WBNUJS Kolkata.

Subject: Unreasonable and unfair method of allotment of Elective courses in the MonsoonSemester 2013-14.Sir,This is ~r.bring to your notice m y request letter dated 4th July 2013 addressed to you a copy ofwhich wassubmitted to Personal Assistant/Secretary in )'0\.' ...office on 6th July 2013. A furtherduly acknowledged and received copy was also submitted to the Receiving Section of theUniversity.In my request letter I had stated that I was not allotted the Entertainment &Media Law courseas the allotment was done on a First-cum-first serve basis by emailed applications and Iwasunable to apply on time only for the reason that Iid not have expensive tables, smartphones orother electronic gadgets. 9/0Iwould thus request you to allot me Entertainment &Media Law course as.Iwas unable toapply promptly due to absence of electronic gadgets and internet connection owned by me.In connection to the Academic &Examination Regulations 2012 (Part-I) ("the Regulations")as passed on 06/09 /2012 and notified to the students; governing allotment of Elective Courses, Iwould like to challenge the validity and legality of the following aspects:

. 1. As per Clause 5.4 of the Regulations,. the list of electives to be offered has to beuploaded on the University website ~ "t ee weeks in advance beforeco~~ncement of the semester. No sue " list has be n uploaded on the Universitywebsite till date.

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2. As per Clause 5.5 (2) of the Regulations, allotment of electives can be done on a first-cum-first served basis on the emailed/hard copy applications. However, in realityapplications are invited and submitted v ia email only" This is grossly discriminatory,unfai r and illegal as only students having access to smartphones, tablets and internet andother expensive electronic gadgets are able to promptly access and submit the forms andthereby able to comer all demanded elective courses.

3. The said Regulation 5.5. also discriminates against students from underprivileged andfinancially backward backgrounds who do not have access to internet, smartphones ortablets.

4. The unreasonable, illegal and discriminatory "cap/restrictions" on important Electivecourses which we in demand and essential for furthering career prospects deniesstudents to effectively develop in the University,

Given these various points raised by me, I would humbly request you to: a) allotmeEntertainment & Media law course instead of allotted Comparative law course as I was unableto apply promptly due to lack of expensive electronic gadgets andb y direct formulation of reasonable Regulations for allotment of Elective courses which grantsequal cpportunity to students from all backgrounds or remove all caps for Elective courses.

Thanking you in anticipation.

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NUJS students petition