Month: October 2020

About the Organisation

ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL), a private joint venture company was incorporated in year 2006, by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), with 26 percent and 5 percent stakes respectively.

Job Description

ONGC Petro additions Limited is opening job posts of Manager [Legal].

Broad Job Profile: Incumbent shall be responsible for dealing legal issues relating to Petrochemical Industry viz. drafting and vetting of EPC contracts, Service contracts, handling arbitration proceedings & other connected litigations, tendering process and shall assist in complying statutory regulations of SEZ Act, Labour Laws, Factories Act, Companies Act, etc.

Eligibility

Graduate with a Degree in Law OR 5 years integrated degree in Law from reputed university duly recognized by Bar Council of India with practical experience in dealing legal issues relating to EPC contracts, handling arbitration & other connected litigations, Labour Laws, tendering process, etc. preferably in large size manufacturing operations in Petrochemicals/Hydrocarbon sectors.

Candidate with First class degree in the mentioned qualification and experience in the above relevant area wll be given preference.

Years of Experience: Minimum 12 years.

Location

Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Salary

Rs. 16.00– 21.00 Lacs

How to Apply?

Deadline: 10th October 2020.

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About the Institution

Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies was established in 2003 by Maharaja Agrasen Technical Education Society.

About the Competition

Maharaja Agrasen 1st National Moot Court Competition, 2020 seeks to provide a platform to the students across the nation to showcase their advocacy and research skills by competing in a professional and competitive environment.

Date & Venue

The Maharaja Agrasen 1st National Moot Court Competition, 2020 will be held from 26th November 2020 to 28th November 2020 virtually over Google Meet.

Team Eligibility

• The competition is open for students who are pursuing LLB three year/five-year course during the current academic year.
• Only one team is permitted to participate in each participating institution.
• Each team shall consist of a minimum of two and a maximum of three members. This number cannot be modified under any circumstances.
• In a team consisting of three members, two members shall be designated as ‘Speakers’ and the third member shall be designated as ‘Researcher’.
• If a team consists of two members, then such a team shall designate both the members as speakers and no member in the team shall be allowed to be represented as a researcher.

Registration

All the participating institutions have to confirm participation by sending a duly filled Registration Form by email to mootcourtsociety@maims.ac.in on or before 20th October 2020.

Provided that if a team is unable to get the Signature of Head of the Institution and Seal of the Institution on the registration form, in such a case an approval letter from the Institution containing names of all the participants shall be attached to the registration form.

Upon successful registration, the teams will receive notification from the Moot court society via email to acknowledge their registration along with the fee payment details latest on or before 22nd October 2020.

Payment Details

• The participating teams are required to pay INR 1,500/- as registration fees. The link for online payment will be emailed to the Registered Teams.
• Non-payment of Registration Fees shall result in the cancellation of Registration of the Participating Team.

A soft copy of the Receipt of the Online Payment shall be sent via email to  mootcourtsociety@maims.ac.in with the subject line ‘Maharaja Agrasen’ 1st National Moot Court Registration’ latest by 27th October 2020.

Prizes

• Best Team: Rs. 20,000/-
• Runners Up: Rs. 15,000/-
• Best Speaker: Rs. 5,000/-
• Best Researcher: Rs. 5,000/-

Contact Information

• Abhishek Vats: +91-9718089761
• Aniket Vashisth: +91-9810243599
• Arushi Goyal: +91-9990107831
• Kritika Khanna: +91-9899490838

About the Journal

Christ University Law Journal (CULJ), ISSN 2278-4322 is a biannual peer-reviewed journal.

Call for Paper

Theme: Labour Law Reforms in India and its Implications

It is estimated that our country has more than 44 central legislations under four heads (yet to be enforced) viz.,- Code on Wages, Code on Social Security and  Occupational Safety, Code on Industrial Relations, and code on Health and Working Conditions, for regulating and protecting labour and we also have laws for ensuring the health, safety and better working conditions of workers. However, Indian labour laws are often characterized as “inflexible.” Investors claim that a majority of the firms hesitate from hiring new workers because of the stringent permission provisions existing in the present legal system, thus hindering the growth of Indian companies.

Though the amalgamation of labour legislations can be considered as a major step towards reform, another concern will be regarding the dilution of the socialistic oriented labour perspective, which existed in the Indian industrialjurisprudence. Liberalized policies will create more contractual freedom but reduce the availability of a healthy environment for workers, specifically in terms of their rights. The daunting challenge before governments will be to balance the market, labour, and the employer.

Themes

• Labour Reforms in India: Issues & Challenges
• Economic Perspective on Labour Reforms in India
• The Code on Wages, 2019: A Critical Analysis
• The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code – Issues and concerns
• The Code on Social Security and informal sector in India
• Industrial Relations: Challenges
• Collective bargaining and the role of trade unions at the outset of labour reforms in India
• The Code on Social Security: Issues & Challenges

How to Submit?

• Please send your articles (5000-6000) words following the guidelines mentioned in our website at the latest by 30 June 2021.
• Kindly include the abstract of the article in 150-200 words, 5 Keywords and a summary of the CV of the author in 100-150 words.
• The citation format to be used is The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Harvard Law Review (20th ed.).
• Deadline: 30th December.

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About NITI Aayog

The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015.

NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional and policy inputs. While designing strategic and long term policies and programmes for the Government of India, NITI Aayog also provides relevant technical advice to the Centre and States.

Job Description

NITI Aayog is opening job posts of Young Professionals.

The engagement would be purely on contractual basis for a period of 2 years (extendable by another year based on satisfactory performance) from the data the candidate joins the assignment. However, being a contractual arrangement, the engagement could be terminated at any time by the competent authority without assigning any reasons.

Number of Vacancies

5 (five)

Salary

Rs. 60,000 (Consolidated inclusive of all)

Eligibility

Essential: Master’s Degree or BE/B.Tech or 2 years PG Diploma in Management or MBBS or LLB or CA or ICWA or possessing any Professional Degree earned after a study of 4 years or more acquired after 10+2.

Desirable: Masters in Economics/Statistics/other Social Sciences/Public Policy/Administration/Management Sciences.

Essential: Minimum of one year experience relevant to the job description. The broad work experience will be based on the functional areas assigned to NITI Aayog. Preference will be given to persons with work experience in the Public Policy domain supported by published work/policy papers/appraisal/monitoring of projects & schemes etc.

The experience of internship/training will not be considered.

How to Apply?

Deadline: 10th October 2020.

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A 19 year old woman in a village in UP’s Hathras district was brutally gang-raped by 4 men when she was collecting fodder for her cattle on September 14. The victim, who was initially admitted to a local hospital in Hathras, was shifted for further treatment to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. She succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, September 29. 4 persons have been arrested by the police in this case.

Amid huge protests outside the hospital demanding justice for the deceased woman, her body was brought to the village by the police at around 1 am on Wednesday. In an official statement, the Hathras Police refunded the notion that the body was forcefully cremated in the dead of the night without conducting the final rites. However, the victim family claimed that its requested for the body to be taken to the house and carrying out the cremation after sunrise was turned down by the police.

Meanwhile the UP CM spoke to the family of the Hathras gang rape victim via videoconferencing. Her kin will be given Rs. 25 lakh as ex-gratia and a house. Also, one family member will get a government jog. A three member SIT has been formed to probe the case, which will be heard in the fast track court.

A plea was moved in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking directions for handing over to the CBI or a special Investigation team. The plea filed by a social activist Satyama dubey sought transfer to the probe to the CBI or SIT under the sitting or the retired judges of the top court or the high court.

It sought to transfer the case from UP to Delhi for trial, alleging that the state authorities had failed to take any action against accused people who first raped an innocent woma belonging to Schedule Caste community and thereafter brutally assaulted her.

The plea said that as per the media/medical report the victim’s tongue was chopped and her neck bone and back bone were also broken by the accused persons. “The petitioner no. 1 is a Social activist and also a female being aggrieved aginst injustice done to females and no action has been taken by the concerned authorities even in this present scenario the dead body of the deceased had been buries by the Police personnel which is a grave injustice against family persons of the deceased…” the plea said.

The petition claimed that the police had said that the cremation was being carried out “as per the wishes of the family” which is not true as the police personnel have themselves cremated the dead body of the deceased and even media media personnel were barred from reporting it.

“The petitioner herein is demanding justice for the victim for the brutal attack,rape and murder of the victim,” the plea said.

The Apex Court on Thursday, dismissed the appeal against the judgement of the High Court sentencing the appellants to life imprisonment along with fine and a default stipulation. The appellants were convicted under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The bench consisted Justice R.F Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee.

The crime was committed when the two deceased, Abdul Motin and Abdul Barek were returning from the market on bicycles along with others on 5.08.2005 at about 6:00 PM. Abdul Barek died on spot, Abdul Motin died in the hospital during the course of treatment the same night. Originally there were five named accused persons. Accused nos.3 and 5 were acquitted giving them benefit of doubt and no information regarding the appeal against their acquittal was given.

After hearing both the parties and considering all the witnesses the Court observed:

• No reason could be deduced so as to grant appellant no.2 and 3 acquittal on any benefit of doubt or parity with the acquitted accused, merely because no appeal has been preferred as the witnesses clearly states out that they have witnessed them to be involved in committing assault on defendants.
• Considering the facts, the Court opined that appellant no.1 had a common intention as well, as he wait along with the other appellants who were armed. He even stopped the two deceased who were returning from the market. The assault commenced after the deceased had halted. The Court referred to the Section 34 of the IPC and stated,

The Court referred to the cases of Ramaswami Avyangar v. State of T.N. (1976) 3 SCC 779, Nandu V. State of Bihar (2002) 8 SCC 9, Surender Chauhan v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2000) 4SCC 110 and Nand Kishore v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2011) 12SCC 120, in regard to the common intention. Hence, the Court dismissed the appeal and said that no further evidence is required with regard to existence of common intention in appellant no.1 to commit the offence in question.

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