The Fourth Annual Convocation of the National Law University, Delhi was held on September 3 at the University’s auditorium. Hon’ble Justice T.S. Thakur, the Chief Justice of India, the Chief Guest on this occasion delivered the Convocation Address. Hon’ble Justice J.S. Khehar, Judge, Supreme Court of India, was present as Hon’ble Visitor on this occasion. Hon’ble Justice G. Rohini, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court and Chancellor, NLU Delhi conferred the degrees. Shri Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi was the Guest of Honour on this occasion.
The Chief Justice in his address, emphasised as to how the lawyers of tomorrow have to be the crusaders of justice; help to uphold the constitutional values wherever they go and help build an inclusive society free from any discrimination. He also spoke about how the concept of national law universities was brought about, and how the three organs of the State – legislature, judiciary and executive joined hands to ensure that quality legal education was made available in the country.
The special awardees included Amrutanshu Dash, Vaishali Singh, Surabhi Lal, Khushboo Sukhwani, Hemant Kothari, Harshit Kohli. The awards included gold medals endowed by Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Mr. P.P. Rao, Mr. Pravin Anand, among other legal luminaries.
