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Virudhaka originated as an inter-college sports fest proposed by NLIU Bhopal to promote sportsman spirit and friendly competition among students from across India. The fest has grown in size, student participation, and events by leaps and bounds every year. This is also due in part to the efforts left behind by the university to spread the event within and outside the legal community.

 The festival also includes many events so that everyone has something to do. These contestants can engage in football, futsal, badminton, basketball, cricket, lawn tennis, bodybuilding, volleyball, chess, pool and snooker, table tennis, throwball, carrom, e-sports league, and sports mediation. This motley crowd of an event unites varied interests and skills, so it's a relaxed and fun event for all law students in India. Virudhaka began as an inter-college sports activity conducted by NLIU Bhopal with the purpose to instill sportsman spirit and friendly competition among Indian students. The event has increased immensely in size, participation, and type of activities over the years. The growth also attributes to the initiatives of the university in marketing the event outside and within the legal community. It is a success event owing to the dedication of NLIU students who organize all elements of the festival, ranging from planning and organization to marketing and execution. The faculty members also provide excellent guidance and maintain high standards. What began as a series of friendly intra-university games has evolved into one of the country's largest inter-collegiate sporting festivals. Far from being a competition, Virudhaka encourages camaraderie, fair play and unleashes the diverse talents of law students in the country. The festival is all about giving the best, creating bonds which would last an eternity and enjoying the centuries old culture of sportsman spirit. This year's VIRUDHAKA will raise the bar. In its fifteenth year, the festival expands in size and fervor. The competition finds its measure between competitive and communal, bringing together law students from across India. 

The festival is not merely about empowering students to grow in sports but also in teamwork, leadership, and event management. It provides avenues for students to grow in terms of perseverance, discipline and fault-finding, demonstrating the ways in which sports develop character more than book intelligence.

In a significant move to fill the gap between legal pedagogy and professional practice, Symbiosis Law School (SLS), Hyderabad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tavish Law Offices on October 4, 2025. With the collaboration, it is hoping to provide students greater exposure to actual legal settings and inculcate in them the practical hands-on training they need under the evolving legal dispensation today.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Mr. Pratik V. Rajopadhye, Managing Partner, Tavish Law Offices. On the occasion, he remarked on the growing need for law students to receive practical exposure beyond college walls. "Legal education has to catch up with the profession. Our tie-up with Symbiosis Law School will allow students to understand how theory is applied," he added.

The project also aims to provide a formal platform for experiential learning through which students will get an interface with practicing lawyers, clients, and case files directly.

Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad officials said that the tie-up is in consonance with the school's vision of harmonizing academic excellence with professional aptitude. "We want our graduates not just to know law but industry-fit as well. Arrangements like this allow our students to better acclimatize to the changing needs of the legal profession," said the school.

The MoU also provides scope for bilateral seminars, legal research work, and knowledge transfer exercises between the two institutes. It would act as an exemplar for industry-academia collaboration in legal education.

This project is another step by Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad in providing wholistic learning experience reaffirming its commitment to the development of the future generation of capable and ethics-oriented legal professionals.

Intentionally, the workshop was designed to familiarize the students with Intellectual Property Law basics and its increasing significance in the new economy of innovation.

The workshop gave a comprehensive insight into the different types of Intellectual Property such as Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, and Geographical Indications and how they protect creativity, enable innovation, and promote economic development. The students were also introduced to procedural and practical stages associated with filing, enforcement, and settlement of disputes in the context of IPR.

The session was conducted by eminent resource persons: Mr. K. Shravan Kumar Yadav, Senior Associate, Juris Prime Law Services, and Ms. Vishala Ande, Chairperson & Founder, VissLaw Chambers both of whom had deep experience and industry expertise to offer the discussion.

The experts presented outstanding real-life experiences of enforcement of Intellectual Property legislations, based on their professional expertise. They underlined the reality that the topic of IPR is evolving with technology advancement and globalization, and urged students to search for new frontiers in IP litigation, corporate counseling, patent search, and IP management.

The workshop was finalized with a live Question and Answer session, during which the students debated out the problems and trends in IPR, for instance, internet piracy as a problem, authorship in AI, and IP harmonization worldwide. The workshop was a rich platform for students to develop practical exposure, conceptual awareness, and know more about possible career avenues in the difficult domain of Intellectual Property Rights. These programs align with Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad's mission of bringing academic study near actual practice in law, transforming its students into professional skills practitioners in the constantly changing field of law.

Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad along with the ICSI Hyderabad Chapter organized a Career Development Session on "Career Opportunity as a Company Secretary," providing students with first-hand information regarding the changing CS profession, corporate governance, and compliance in the Indian corporate segment.

Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad (SLS-H) Training and Placement Cell jointly, in collaboration with ICSI Hyderabad Chapter, recently conducted a successful Career Development Session on "Career Opportunity as a Company Secretary." The session was conducted to enlighten the students regarding the upsurge trend of the Company Secretary (CS) profession and growing importance of corporate governance in contemporary business systems.

The interactive session gave students important facts regarding the career route, profession, and job of a Company Secretary, such as step-by-step qualification process as well as varied opportunities that are available in various industries. The speakers highlighted the growing significance of the CS profession in regulatory compliance, ethical governance, and business decision-making, qualifying it to be among the most in-demand career opportunities in the corporate world today. The session also touched on the role of Company Secretaries in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and boardroom advisory functions, becoming pillars of integrity and sustainability of organizations. The students were encouraged to view the CS qualification as more than a mere qualification but as a stepping stone towards a wide-based and satisfying career in corporate law and management.

This scheme was a incubation platform for the students where they became exposed to the professionals from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and received practical exposure, career direction, and mentoring of the dynamic nature of the CS profession. Through such affiliations, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad continues to keep its promise of providing industry-friendly learning experiences to career-oriented education, bridging academics with industry, and making students effective professionals in a competitive corporate and legal landscape.

The Faculty of Law Medicaps University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, is a leading academic, research, and innovation hub. The Faculty of Law aims to inculcate analytical reasoning, professional skills, and legal ethics in students by way of experiential learning activities such as mooting, legal aid, and research development. This flagship competition is being hosted by the Moot Court Committee (MCC) of Medicaps University for bridging the gap between theoretical learning and practical practice. T Targeted at promoting analysis and collaboration, the competition will call for engagement from the best law schools in the nation.

Eligibility and Registration

The competition is for students pursuing 3-year LL.B., 5-year integrated LL.B., or LL.M. programs in recognised Indian colleges and universities. Institutions may register one team of two or three students (two speakers and one researcher). Registration Fee: ₹3,000 per team Last Date of Registration: 5th January 2026 (11:55 PM) Accommodation, if needed, will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/Kep3DcDhHEhdiJMd8 Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18IwP206CY9Br0wqpA0GwjVfuwEyvFm0s/view?usp=sharing.

With almost 2,000 law colleges already in existence, the BCI will be looking to change tack from growth to quality improvement. The article covers the implication of the moratorium on students, colleges, and teachers, presents facts and statistics about law colleges and students, talks about causes of poor quality, and weighs its wisdom in light of judicial backlog in India. It also coincides with major-bang education reforms, including our own on Samagra Shiksha and NEP 2020.

Overview of the Moratorium

The moratorium disallows new law colleges or approval for extra sections, courses, or batches in already established institutions without first BCI approval. Already at the final clearance stage such institutions are not exempted either. The policy seeks to address the fall in the quality of legal education due to:

Rash development of sub-standard institutions

Irresponsible approvals without due verification

Commercialization and academical impropriety

Inadequate right faculty

Exceptions could be permitted for colleges serving backward classes (e.g., SC/ST, EWS, or tribal regions), subject to stringent criteria such as government sanctions and proper infrastructure. Existing colleges will be strictly checked, with the default mode of being derecognized. BCI will examine the policy every year, with the liberty of extending or amending it.

Implications for Stakeholders

Students

Moratorium can improve the quality of education and make students more employable. It can restrict entry in backward areas, and students have to compete very hard for admission in premier institutions such as NLUs. With ~100,000 law graduates every year, there are barely a handful of them getting high-paying jobs and others from low-grade colleges fall behind.

Colleges

Current colleges are aided by less competition, facilitating investment in people and infrastructure. Tougher audits would harm weaker colleges at risk of closure. Prohibition on new batches might limit income, especially for private colleges that depend on growth.

Staff

Staff can gain job security and professional development opportunities in quality-oriented colleges. Shoddy colleges undergoing audits, in contrast, can lose staff through lay-offs. The policy indirectly encourages research and ethics training, raising the level of scholarship.

Law Colleges and Student Strength

India has ~1,700–2,000 law colleges, including university law departments, listed by the BCI. The state-wise division is as follows:

Uttar Pradesh: ~200–250 colleges

Maharashtra: ~150–200

Karnataka: ~100–120

Tamil Nadu: ~80–100

Others: Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh each have 50–100

There are about 4–5 lakh students, out of which ~100,000 graduate each year. NLUs provide ~4,000 seats via CLAT, highlighting the strong competition for quality education