Supreme Court judge Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud has said that law should not be studied as a mere skill for trade but should be combined with science and social science and, above all, it should be humanised.
Delivering the convocation address virtually at the fifth convocation of Karnataka State Law University at the farmers’ knowledge centre on UAS-Dharwad campus on Saturday, Justice Chandrachud called on law graduates to uphold the principles of justice and rule of law.
He said that a good legal education should lead to good practice and it should be humanised. “There is a need to cure social ills through the law, which consequently will lead to to transformation in the society,” he said.
Referring to the demand for legal professionals, particularly in corporate firms, he said that there was an increase in number of students enrolling for legal courses, which had resulted in legal education becoming dearer.
“With corporate law firms recruiting young professionals with high pay, the landscape of legal education has changed and more students are joining the law course. However, the legal profession is a social service, and those taking up law as their career, should uphold the ethics and principles of justice and be compassionate,” he said.
Law Minister and Pro-Chancellor of Law University J.C. Madhuswamy said that there was no substitute for hard work and a legal professional should strive hard to uphold equality.
Emotional moment
It was an emotional moment for Sunitha Mohan Shantanagoudar, as Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot conferred honorary doctoral degree on the late Supreme Court judge Mohan Shanthangoudar posthumously. Ms. Sunita Mohan Shanthanagoudar almost broke down while receiving the honour.
Mr. Gehlot declared the convocation open and honoured the meritorious students and called on the law graduates to make efforts to get speedy justice to the litigant public.
Mentioning that ‘delayed justice was also injustice’, he asked the law graduates to make earnest efforts to provide speedy justice and thereby further strengthen the legal system.
In the three-year LLB, Ramya K. of Kempegowda Law College, Chickballapur, has bagged the first rank for 2020, while Anilkumar Rajoor from DBHPS Law College, Koppal has bagged first rank for 2021.
In the five-year BA LLB, Bharati T.V. from M.S. Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru, and Satwik B. Gowda from KLE’s College of Law, Bengaluru, bagged the first rank for 2020 and 2021 respectively.
Ishi Prakash of KLE’s College of Law, Bengaluru, and Arya Krishnan from SDM Law College, Mangaluru, stood first in the five-year BBA LLB.
In the five-year BA LLB (Hons), S.A. Srinivas Gupta from Karnataka State Law University’s Law School, Hubballi, and G. Anusha from Karnataka State Law University’s Law School, Hubballi, have bagged first rank.
In the five-year BBA LLB (Hons) Patiki Sushma Swarna Bharathi, KSLU Law School, Hubballi, and Gagandeep E., KSLU Law College, Hubballi, have secured first rank.
