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EVENTS
Launch of The Law Review 2004 VOL. III
The GLC Law Review 2004 Vol. III was launched on 13th August, 2004. The venue of the launch was the Cooch Behar Room at the CCI, Mumbai. The Chief Guest of the function was the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.V Chandrachud, the Editor-in-chief of The Law Review. Accompanying him on the dais were Mrs. Y.V Chandrachud, Mrs. P.R.Rao, the principal of Government Law College Professor Kishu Daswani, faculty advisor for the publication. The Law Review was privileged to be blessed at its launch by the august presence of a conflux of editors, authors, faculty and special guests.
The function commenced with the address and welcome note by the Emcee, Mr Nikhil Bodade.
Professor Daswani then took the dais and proceeded to explain the significance of The Law Review, and its novelty in being entirely a student creation. He chalked out the future options and course that the Law Review aspired to embark upon, expressing the sincere objective of the Law Review Committee and the College of attaining for the publication the stature of contemporary and foreign publications in the times to come.
Professor Daswani's inspiring address was followed by the launch of the Law Review by Mr. Justice Y.V Chandrachud.
The Committee was delighted and honored to then have on the dais the august presence of Mr. Justice Y.V Chandrachud who proceeded to address the gathering and share his experience as the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He commended the student authors for the excellent quality of the articles stating that the Law Review was very rich and abundant in knowledge and concluded his speech with words of encouragement for future authors.
The dias was then graced by The Principal who took the opportunity to highlight the significance of the launch as it coincided with the start of the 150th year celebrations which are to continue throughout the year until October 2004.
The Principal's address was followed by the felicitation of those that had contributed to this venture. As a token of appreciation letters of appreciation and a copy of the Law Review was presented to past and present authors by Mr. Justice Y.V Chandrachud.
Mrs. Y.V Chandrachud presented the editors with a bookmark and a copy of the Law Review. The felicitation by Mrs. Y.V Chandrachud of Mr. Y.V Chandrachud providing a lighter moment in the function.
Finally, the contributors were felicitated by the Principal and presented with a bouquet of flowers and a copy of the Law Review.
The Committee was grateful to have Mr. R. K Krishnamurthy, partner, Mulla and Mulla and Craigie Blunt and Caroe address the gathering on behalf of the contributors and present his views on the Law Review's standard and the measure of its attainment of the objectives at its heart.
The final address was by Adv. Abu Jalliwala, who shared his experience as an author of an article in the Law Review. He spoke of the strict standards laid down by the committee that were required to be conformed with and noted good humouredly the 'suffering' an author has to undergo to finally conceive an article that would match the expected standards. He also noted how this 'suffering' would increase with the standard of The Law Review over the years. A 'suffering' the Law Review for once readily welcomes!
Finally the vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Naira Variava who expressed her gratitude on behalf of the Law Review Committee to all those who were an integral part of the publication. She also thanked those that very kindly graced the occasion with their presence.
Post the event, the guests present were invited for snacks and an informal interaction. This interaction was indeed quite rewarding for the authors in its opportunity to get valuable feedback from their editors.
The Law Review establishment recalls fondly this event when young student authors and editors were afforded the wonderful opportunity to receive guidance and encouragement from the brightest legal minds in the country in their quest to improve their legal knowledge and contribute to the task of codification.
The following invitees were present.
Editors
Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud
Mr. Porus Kaka
Mr. Tehemtan Daruwalla
Mr. Milind Sathe
Mr. Shaukant Merchant
Mr. Fredun DeVitre
Mr. Rohas Nagpal
Mr. Haresh Jagtiani
Contributors
M/s Khaitan and Jaykar
Mr. Ravi Krishnamurthy- Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe
Mr. Shom Jagtiani
Mr. Federal
Mr. Hariani
Ms. Djena Sunavala- Wadia Ghandy & Co.
Other Invitees
Commander Swaroop
Mr. Humranwala
Mr. Cheerag Balsara
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