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Contents PAGE
I
.Academi cConductandI ntegri
ty:2
I
I.ProfessionalConductandEt hi
cs5
I
II. Depar tmental Procedures and
Communi cati
on:6
I
V.UseofTechnol ogy:6
V.Discipl
inaryProcedur
es:7

I.AcademicConductandI ntegrity
:
Rule1.1:AcademicHonest y
:St udents
mustadher etothehighestst andards
of academi c honesty. Pl agiari
sm,
cheat
ing,coll
usi
on,andanyot herf or
m
ofacademi c di
shonesty are st ri
ctl
y
prohi bited and wi l
l r esul t i n
disciplinar yact ion,whi chmayi nclude
fail
ing gr ades, suspensi on, or
expul sion.
Rule 1. 2:Submi ssion of Wor k:Al l
assignment s,essay s, r
esear chpaper s,
and ot heracademi c wor k mustbe
submi ttedonorbef oret hest ipulated
deadl ines.Lat esubmi ssi
onsmaybe
penal ized as per t he depar tment '
s
policyout linedincour sesy llabi.
Rule1. 3: At t
endanceandPar t
icipation:
Regul ar at t
endance i n l ect ures,
semi nar s,and t utorialsi s expect ed.
Speci ficat tendancer equirement sf or
each cour se wi l
lbe out l
ined i nt he
cour sesy llabus.Act i
v eandr espect f ul
participat ion in cl ass di scussi ons i s
encour aged.
Rule1. 4:At t
endancei sthephy sical
presenceoft hest udenti nthecl ass.I t
i
s a wel l-
observed fact that the
studentswhoscor egoodgr adesare
those who at tend cl
asses regular
ly.
Ther ef
ore,thestudentsmustst ri
veto
attendalltheclasseswithoutfai
l.
Rule1. 5.Ev er yteachi ngstaffmember
handl i
ngacl asswi l
lt akeat t
endance
ti
llt he l asti nstruct i
on day i nt he
semest er.
Rule1. 6.Ast udentmustmai ntainan
attendancer ecor dofatl east70% i n
allcour ses added t ogether.Wi thout
the mi nimum at tendance of 70%,
student s become i neligi
blet o wr i
te
theendsemest erexami nati
on.
Rul e1. 7.Thest udent smustst ri
vet o
attend al lt he cl asses wi thoutf ail
.
Howev er ,t he mi nimum at t
endance
requirementof70% al lowsast udent
touset hebal ance30%t oaccountf or
i
llnesses, permi tt
edassi gnment ssuch
as j ob i nt
ervi
ews, i nt
er uni ver sit
y
spor t
s meet s,i nter col legiate/ i
nt er-
univer sity compet iti
ons, acci dent s,
unforeseen emer genci es et c. An
attendanceof70%i sconsi deredt obe
themi nimum
requiredf orastudentt o
Rule 1. 8. Exami nat ion Regul ations:
Student s must compl y wi th al l
regulat i
ons gov er ning exami nat ions,
i
ncl uding r ul
es r egar di
ng per mi tted
mat erials, conduct dur i
ng t he
exami nation, and submi ssion of
answer scr i
pts. Any v iolati
on of
exami nationr uleswi l
lbet r
eat ed as
academi cdishonest y.
Rule1. 8.1 a)Thecompl eteacademi c
perfor manceofast udenti sev aluat ed
byI nter nalExami ner s.b)I nt hecase
ofCl inicalpaper s/ Internships,Int ernal
Exami ner shal l be nomi nated f or
evaluat i
on/v ivav oce.
Rule.1.8.2.Thest udent ’
sper formance
i
neachcour se, ingener al,isev aluated
based on i n-semest er assessment
andendsemest erexami nation.
Rule1. 8.3.Inter nship:Af t
ert heendof
every semest er ,al lst udent s must
attendani nternshi pf oraper i
odofnot
l
esst han3weeksatcour ts,lawf i
rms,
compani es, j udge’ s chamber or
l
awy er ’
s chamber s, nat ional or
i
nternat i
onal or ganizations, NGOs.
One cr edi t wi l
l be awar ded f or
Internship af t
er t he submi ssion of
Internship cer t
ifi
cate wi th t he
Internship r epor t and v i
va-voce
exami nat i
on i n connect ion wi tht he
Internship. The st udents shoul d
submi ttheirr epor ttot her espect i
ve
facultyi n-char ge.Ther e wi llbe no
external exami nat i
onf ortheI nternship.
Rule 1. 8.3. Regi strati
on f or End
semest erExami nation is mandat ory
foral
lcour ses.
Rule1. 8.4.Theex aminat i
onsatt he
endoft hepar ticularsemest erwi l
lbe
conduct edf ort hecour sesofal lodd
and
evensemest ers
Rule 1. 8.5.A st udentshoul d hav e
appeared f or t he end- semest er
examinat ionoft hepr escr i
bedcour se
ofstudyt o become el i
giblef ort he
awardoft hegr adei nthatcour se.
Rule1. 8.6.Al lpr act i
calexami nat i
ons
i
ncludingCl inicalandI nt ernship,v iva
voce wi llbe conduct ed by I nternal
examiner sappoi ntedbyt hei nstitut
ion.
Rule1. 8. 7.Themaxi mum mar ksf or
any cour se ( theor y) wi l
l be 100
comprisi ng of30 mar ksf ori nternal
assessmentand70mar ksf ort heend
semest erexami nat i
ons.
Rule 1. 8.8.ForI nternshipt he total
mar kswi llbe100.Themar kswi llbe
awar dedbasedonI nternshipRepor t
and Vi va-voce. A v iva boar d
const i
tutedbyDean,Facul tyofLaw,
willevaluat ethe
Internship Repor tand conductv iva-
voceexami nat i
on.
Rule1. 8. 9.Passi ngRequi r
ement s:A
studentmustsecur e notl ess than
50% outoft heaggr egate100mar ks
(Compr i
sing of30 Mar ksi nI nternal
Assessmentand 70 Mar ks in End
Semest er Exami nat i
on). Al so, a
studentshal lsecur enotl esst han50%
i
nt heendsemest erex aminat i
ontobe
declared t o hav e passed i n t he
exami nat i
onf ort hatcour se.
Rule 2: 1. Respect f or I ntel
lectual
Proper t
y : St udent s must r espect
copy r
ightl aws and pr operlyci te all
sourcesusedi nt heiracademi cwor k
accordi ngt other equi redcitat
ionst yle
Rule 2. 2:Pr ofessi onalDev elopment :
Student sar eexpect ed t o engagei n
acti
v i
tiest hatfostert heirprofessi onal
development , such as at tending
workshops,semi nar s,andmootcour t
compet iti
ons,as encour aged byt he
depar tment .
II
.Prof essional ConductandEt hi cs:
Rule 2. 3: Respect f
ul Conduct :
Student smustt r
eatf acult
ymember s,
admi nistrativ
e staf f,f ell
ow st udent s,
and any guestspeaker s orv isit
ors
withr espectandcour tesyatal ltimes.
Disrupt i
v e behav ior wi ll not be
tol
erat ed.
Rule 2. 4: Pr ofessi onal Demeanor :
Student sar eexpect edt omai nt ai
na
professi onal demeanor i n al l
academi candext racur ricularact i
v i
ties
rel
at ed tot he l aw depar tment .Thi s
i
ncl udes appr opr iate at tir
e when
required( e.g.,formootcour torf ormal
event s).
Rule 2. 5: Conf ident i
alit
y : St udent s
mustr espectt heconf i
dent i
alityofany
sensi ti
ve i nformat ion t hey may
encount er dur ing t heir st udies,
i
ncl uding case st udies, cl ient
i
nf ormat i
on( i
ncl inicalpr ogr ams) ,or
per sonal detailsshar edi ncl ass.
Rule 2. 6:Et hicalBehav i
or :St udent s
are expect ed t o uphol dt he hi ghest
ethical st andar ds i n al l t heir
i
nter acti
onsandact i
viti
es,r ecogni zing
theirfuturer oleasl egal professional s.
Rule 2. 7. Use of Depar tment
Resour ces: St udent s must use
depar tment r esour ces, such as
l
ibrar i
es,comput erl abs,andpr inting
facil
i
ties, responsibl
y and i n
accordance wit
h t he depar
tment
's
guideli
nes.

II
I. Depar tment al Pr ocedures and
Communi cation:
Rule 3.1:Communi cati
on Channel s:
Studentsar er esponsibleforr egularly
checking of fi
cial communi cati
on
channels,suchasdepar tmentnot i
ce
boards,emai l
,and t he uni versi
ty's
l
earning management sy stem, f or
i
mpor tant announcement s and
updates.
Rule 3. 2: Gr ievance Pr ocedur es:
Studentswi thgr ievancesorconcer ns
should f ollow t he est abl i
shed
department al procedures for
addressingt hem,whi chwi l
lbemade
avail
abletoal lstudents.
Rule 3. 3:Cour se Regi st
rati
on and
Wit hdrawal :St udent smustadher et o
the uni v ersi
ty's and depar tment '
s
policies and deadl i
nes f or cour se
registration,add/ drop per iods,and
withdr awal from cour ses.
Rule3. 4: Changesi nPer sonal
Informat ion:St udent sar er esponsible
forpr ompt l
yinf ormi ngt hedepar tment
of any changes i n t heir per sonal
i
nfor mat ion,suchasaddr ess,phone
number ,oremai laddr ess.
Rule 3. 5:Feedback and Ev al
uat i
on:
Student s ar e encour aged t o provide
const ructivef eedbackoncour sesand
thedepar tment 'sf unct i
oningt hrough
offici
alchannel s,cont ributing t
ot he
cont i
nuous i mpr ov ement of t he
progr am.
IV.UseofTechnol ogy :
Rule4. 1:Responsi bleUse:St udent s
must use t echnol ogy r esour ces
provided by t he depar t
ment and
universityr esponsi bly and et hi
cal l
y,
adher i
ngt oallrelev antpol ici
es.
Rule 4. 2: Unaut horized Access:
Unaut hor i
zedaccesst oormi suseof
the depar tment 's or uni v er
sity'
s
comput er
systems and net wor ks i s st r
ictl
y
prohibited.
Rule 4. 3: Onl ine Communi cati
on:
Student sshoul dmai ntainpr ofessional
and r espect fulcommuni cati
on i n all
onli
ne i nteracti
ons r elated t ot hei r
studies.
V.Disci pli
nar yPr ocedur es:
Rule 5. 1:Repor ting v i
ol ati
ons: Any
suspect edv iolationoft heser ulesand
regulationsshoul dber epor tedt ot he
appropr iate aut hor i
ty wi thint he l aw
depar tment .
Rule 5. 2:I nv esti
gat i
on and Hear ing:
Thedepar tmentwi llf
ollowest abl ished
procedur es f ori nvestigat i
ng al l
eged
viol
ations, whi ch may i ncl ude a
hear i
ngwi t
ht hest udentinv olv ed.
Rule5. 3:Sanct ions:Dependi ngont he
severity of t he v i
olati
on,sanct i
ons
may
i
nclude war nings,gr ade deduct ions,
fail
i
ng gr ades,suspensi on f rom t he
program, or ex pul
sion f rom t he
university, i n accor dance wi th
universitypol ici
es.
Rule5. 4.Ev eryst udenti sr equi redt o
mai ntain di scipline and decor um
behav iorbot hi nsideandout si det he
i
nst i
tutioncampusandnott oi ndul ge
i
nanyact i
v i
tyt hatwi lltendt obr ing
downt hepr est i
geoft hei nstitution.
Rule5. 5.Anyactofi ndiscipl i
neofa
studenti sfirstt obeconsi deredbyt he
DisciplineandWel fareCommi tt
eeof
the Facul ty of Law f or necessar y
acti
on.I ft he issue demands mor e
seri
ous consi der ati
on, the act of
i
ndisci pli
ne wi l
lbe r eported t ot he
Dean,and he wi llrefer itt ot he
DisciplineandWel fareCommi tt
eeof
theinst it
ution,
const i
tutedbyt heVi cepr esident.
Rule5. 6. TheCommi t
teewi l
lenquire
i
nto t he char ges and r ecommend
suit
abl e act i
on i ft he char ges are
subst antiated.The Dean,Facul tyof
Lawwi lltakeappr opri
ateact ionont he
recommendat i
onoft heDisci pli
neand
Welfar eCommi ttee.
Rule 5. 7.The Dean,Facul tyofLaw
may suspend a st udent pendi ng
i
nquir y dependi ng upon t he pr i
ma
faci
eev idence.
Rule5. 8. Appeal :Thest udentmay
appealtot
heVi
ceChancel
lorwhose
deci
sionwi
l
lbef
inal
andbi
nding.