National Seminar on Law and Social Transformation at Navrachana University in Vadodara

The School of Business and Law organised a National Seminar on Law and
Social Transformation at Navrachana University. The inaugural function of the
seminar was attended by Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri, former Judge of
Gujarat High Court and Chief Justice Retired, Odisha High Court and Professor
Shantakumar, Director Gujarat National Law University. 

The valedictory function was attended by Ashutosh Rajpathak, Full time
Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Vadodara. Highlighting on the
theme of the seminar, Justice Jhaveri, who was also the chief guest for the
event, gave a brief introduction of different legislations which have been
enacted to eradicate social evils. Justice Jhaveri also made a historical
inquiry into different events that shaped the landscape of social welfare laws
in India. 

Prof Santhakumar, who was also the guest of honour gave the Keynote
address on the theme of the seminar. While emphasising on the need for change,
Prof Santhakumar cautioned that change cannot be made abruptly and some balance
is needed to maintain the social and legal equilibrium. He observed that the
law has capacity to responded to situations of social need, depending on how we
use it. 

The Provost of Navrachana University, Prof Nilay Yajnik, talked about
the potential of law in bringing about not only social changes but also
technological revolutions and how both law and technology could be joined
together for social betterment. Dr Sujata Patil, the principal of Law Section,
School of Business and Law also emphasised on the potential of law to bring
about social transformation and how law should be forever equipped to deal with
changing times and circumstances. 

Ashutosh Rajpathak who was the speaker at the valedictory session,
emphasised on the need of legal aid to overcome existing social evils.
Observing that better legal education could be the solution to some of our
existing social problems, he emphasised on the role of legal education and
legal aid clinics to make productive changes in this regard.

The seminar was the first of its kind organised by the Law Section,
School of Business and Law and received huge response from all over India. Over
50 articles were submitted which were divided into three categories based on
different criteria. There were three winners for each category. The winners
were Prachi Tripathi, Dr Manisha Banik, Satyamsingh Rathod and Simran Soni in
different categories. 

The function also marked the official signing of an MOU between Gujarat
National Law University and School of Business and Law, Navrachana University.
The program was brought to an end with a vote of thanks and national
anthem.