Dr Ram Manohar lohia National law University, lucknow, awared llD, the doctorate degree to the Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Supreme Court Judge, Justice AK Sikari on the first convovation of the University on November 23.
In the first convocation of the law university, degrees were awarded to the five batches of llM and three batches to BA llB (Hons). While addressing the ceremony, which felt its presence amidst distinguished judges of Supreme Cout and High Court, 'Dr' Mulayam Singh Yadav requested them not to be inspired by the media trials. Stating the Judges as "Kanoon Ke Neta", he said that several clean people had been convicted in past due to false allegations and fake stories of the newspapers.
"I never fear the newspapers and media and I am saying that in the presence of our Journalists friends. In the past I'd been their target, but when they could'nt prove much, their allegations stopped after their pen tired" said Yadav. Expressing happiness on the first convocation of the University and sharing the sucess story of how the university was bought up, he also said that lohia was not a lawyer or student of law, but the univesity is named after him because throughout his life he struggled or th right implementation of law.
"Dr Ram Manohar lohia was the true socialist and kept very good knowledge of law, which he applied troughout his struggle in the democratic processes. He fought for the right of poors and destitutes and we expect same form the new generation of lawyers" said Yadav. While addressing the students and quoting several examples, Yadav asked them to keep the poors and destitute in mind while they practice law. "Jaha anyaya ho, waha sangharsh karo" he said. Speaking on corruption he says that in today's scenaio the corruption has propogated so much that people often hesitate to believe in the honest.
Chief Justice of Hight Court DY Chandrachoor inspired the students to be independent and fearless, stating a lawyer as a common stone of the democracy. Quoting Rabindra Nath Tagore, Chandrachoor asked the students to keep a socila pespective of law and devote to the ethical values of the profession. "Role of a lawyer is to stand against the tides, you are the remedy to our society make sure that your reach is beyond your grasp" said Justice Chanachoor.
As the representative to the Visitor, i.e Chief Justice of India, Dr BS Chauhan also attended the ceemony where he spoke over the National Development and social changes. The Vice Chancellor of the Univesity, Gurdeep singh, while appreciating the teachers also tried to attract Mulay Singh Yadav's concern towards the infrastructure. He later recited the traditional address before awarding the degree in person to the medalists.
Among those awaded gold medal were Ravi Prakash Tiwari, llM (2007-09); Ashmita Bisarya, llM (2008-09); Garima Pandey, llM(2009-11); Bharti Nair llM(2010-12); Arti Dwivdi llM(2011-13); Akansha Mishra BA llB(Hons) 2006-11; Upasana Dasgupta BA llB(Hons)(2007-12); Kavita Kachhawaha, BA llB(Hons) (2008-13).
Among othe awards, Pradeep Kumar Agrawal Memorial Gold Medal Award was given to Upasana Dasgupta and Kavita Kachhawaha. Justice OP Pradhan Gold Medal for highest mark in Criminal law wa given to Spriha Singh, Upasana Dasgupta and Kavita Kachhawaha. KK luthra Gold Medal for the Best Mooter was bagged by Vartika Jain and Virendra Bhatia Gold Medal for the Student of Year was given to Akansha Mishra, Upasana Dasgupta and Kavita Kachhawaha. Ambitionlaw Institute (AlI) Gold Medal for Best Performance in Competitions of UPSC/State Public Services was given to Shantnau Tyagi and Srinidhi Devesh Tripathi and AlI silver medal for First National Win in Moot Court Competiotn was given to Prashant Kumar, Spriha Singh and Prateek Mahapatra.