NONGPOH: A new state of the art Moot Court was on Saturday inaugurated by JS Patil, Vice Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA) at the University School of Law and Research (USLR), University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in Ri Bhoi.
Patil also delivered a lecture on ‘Human Rights and Human Values in the Light of the Constitution’ in the presence of Mahbubul Hoque, USTM Chancellor, Mridul Hazarika, former VC of Gauhati University and Principal Advisor to USTM, PK Goswami, VC of USTM along with faculties and students from USLR and NLUJAA.
In his address to the gathering, Patil said that USTM is an upcoming world class university and the ‘smart and excellent’ moot court at USLR will help students practice and develop mooting skill. He also explained the concepts of right duty, liability and power in the context of law.
“Without understanding this one cannot understand human rights and values in the light of the Constitution,” he said.
He spoke on the Directive Principals of State Policy and their relation with international human rights instruments.
Patil said that according to him, the western philosophy is right oriented, whereas eastern philosophy is duty oriented.
“Human values are not reflected in human rights, they are rather reflected in duties,” he said.
Earlier, USTM Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque appealed to the student community to be ‘performing students’ and said that NLUJAA is the mentor university of USLR, USTM.
He said that the recent MoU with the National Law University will help in sharing resources, infrastructure and exchange of faculty and students between the two universities.
After the inaugural programme, the USTM Chancellor along with faculties and students of USLR had an interactive session with the senior students of NLUJAA.
Delivering the vote of thanks, Mridul Hazarika said that the need of the hour is to link values with business as the world is gradually evolving into a ‘business society’.
