• Aggrieved by delay in declaring results, error in marksheets & question paper
• Demands for a separate Law College in Nagaland and change of syllabus
Morung Express News
Kohima | September 30
The new team of the Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (2016-2018), held a press conference on September 30 at the Nagaland Legal Service Authority Hall. For the first time the Federation has elected its woman president, Imlibenla Lemtur.
The others elected are Medochütuo Kiewhuo as the General Secretary, Yunang Konpi as Vice President, Toshika Wotsa as Finance Secretary, Nungshimeren Jamir as Speaker, Inakhu Z. Assumi as Deputy Speaker, Roland Zeliang as Information and Publicity Secretary, Pangsugmanen as Asst. General Secretary, and Putinok as Education and Statistical Secretary.
The new team highlighted the plan of action NLSF will take up in the course of their tenure. Some of the grievances expressed were the delay in declaring results, error in marksheets and question papers, demand for a separate Law College, and change of syllabus.
Citing the unfair marking system, the NLSF mentioned that none of the Naga students have scored first division ever since the establishment of Law schools in Nagaland. This has further led to the inability of the law students to compete with other students, or pursue higher studies due to the low percentage given in their results despite the efforts of the students. There is no internal marking system, and there are errors committed in the questions during exams, stated the new team, adding that repeated questions appear in the question paper during exams. President Lemtur also showed a marksheet which bore her name and registration number but with a different roll number and mark scores.
The team also highlighted its demand for the present law syllabus to be updated. NLSF in its 7th Biennial General Conference resolved and adopted to pursue with the Government of Nagaland for the establishment of a Government Law College in Nagaland and also to pursue the establishment of a Law Department in Nagaland University.
“Nagaland is the 16th State of India and we have achieved 50 years of Statehood, but we do not have a separate Law college till now. We are regulated by law in our everyday lives. Every decision comes in tandem with the law,” mentioned Kiewhuo.
The team further plans to conduct an inter college moot court competition.
Meanwhile, the present team has resolved to start an RTI campaign in all Departments. “If any discrepancy is detected, we believe that suo moto will be taken by the authority, if not we will resort to PIL to punish those corrupt officials. If the government thinks that we are a playground, we will turn it into a battlefield and we will fight till the end,” said Medochütuo Kiewhuo, General Secretary.
