To mark the occasion of the Constituent Assembly giving the Indian Constitution to the people of India on November 26 1949, the day is observed as ‘law Day’ throughout the country.
law Day was observed in UPES by the students and faculty of college of legal studies (ColS). Several events were organised which included the Intra Youth Parliament, release of newsletter of “College of legal Studies”, quiz competition, launch of anti-plagiarism campaign and ‘UPES Petrotech Chapter COlS Division competitions’.
Justice Rajesh Tandon, Chairman – Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission was the chief guest.
Unveiling the first edition of “COlS Newsletter” Tandon praised the efforts of students and faculty and also appealed to focus on importance of ‘Environmental laws’ in the era of Globalisation and Industrialisation.
The literary and Debating Society conducted the concluding session of “UPES Intra Youth Parliament”, where more than 180 students participated.
This session was chaired by Aaron Mirza from BAllB -4th year, who actively facilitated the dialogue between various parties on the motion to remove article 370 from the constitution of India.
In the lok Sabha section, the best parliamentarian award was given to Nishit Upadhaya whereas in the Rajya Sabha section the best parliamentarian award went to Shreshth Balachandran.
The finals of the quiz was won by team comprising Daya Tiwari, Ashwani Aman and Sehaj, followed by the team comprising Siddhant Kochar, Siddhant Satpathy and Shweta Singh in the second place and team comprising Barkha Chabra, Sidharth Badkul and Rishi Raj in the third place.
Winners of the recently concluded “Intra Trial Advocacy Competition” included the team of Ayush Agarwal and Shreyas Jain as winners and the team of Deepak Vyas and Amartya as runners- up.
Obhirup Ghosh was adjudged the best speaker while the best witness award sent to Dipti and best memorial award was bagged by the team comprising of Arpit Arora and Yogender Singh.
Results of the various events organised by the Petrotech Chapter ColS division were declared and the winners of the quiz competition included Daya Tiwari in the first place and Kanak Dhanai in the second place.
Winners of the Round Table Conference included Mudassir Khan in the first place and Rishav Srivastava in the second place.