Thursday 12 September 2013

Studying Law in Faculty of Law under University of Delhi, India

India, “the Bharat” officially known as Republic of India, is the seventh largest country by area, and second most populous country, and the most populous democratic country in the world. Since, its independence in 1947, India has maintained cordial relations with most of the countries in the world and Bhutan is one of the close tied friendship build prior to their independence among other countries. The capital city Delhi has developed far better compared to my first visit to India in 2007 as the capital city is all connected with metro stations and mode of transportation has became easier. The advance of telecommunications and internet facilities are cheaper but international phone calls are still same as it was used to be in 2007. 

Towards the north of Delhi, is situated a premier university of the country known as the University of Delhi and is known for its high standards in teaching and research and attracts eminent scholars to its faculties. The university was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly. There are more than 104 colleges in the university campus and Faculty of Law is one of the best law college in the country.


Back in Bhutan, I was working with Office of the Attorney General, Thimphu, as an Assistant Attorney after completion of my PGDNL course from Royal Institute of Management in Simtokha. As, I work in the fields of legal services and prosecution before the courts my profession demands to pursue LL.B which is mandatory as per the service rules and according to Judicial Service Act. Thus, we approached to Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (RCSC) to facilitate us in terms of funding and other necessary actions on this issue.

With support from Royal Government of Bhutan and Government of India, I got an admission in one of the reputed Law College under University of Delhi, the Faculty of Law not only famous for its legal education in India but most of the SAARC countries in south Asia. In Faculty of Law, there are three different colleges; Campus Law Centre, Law centre I and Law Centre II, and each college has more than 10,000 students.

During the admission, we opted to study in Campus Law Centre, as the college is within the north Campus premises which makes easier for us as the classes normally starts from 8:30AM to 2:30 PM. In terms of infrastructure, our college comprised of only three huge buildings which accommodates for all classrooms, law library and auditorium but it has nurtured many eminent lawyers not only in India but for other Asian countries and in Bhutan most of Supreme Court Justice and High Court Justice are the alumni from this Faculty.

Every semester we have to study five subjects which in total 30 subjects, while completing three years course. Besides our syllabus, we need to participate in legal research, moot courts, legal ads, discussion forums, internships, attachments and eminent person’s lectures being held every Wednesday. Although, we don’t have to write assignments for each subjects but our examinations being centralized by University Examination Board which makes us very tough to score good marks in each subjects. The highest scoring record so far I heard was 65% marks, thus the university maintains its standards. 

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