Justice BD Ahmed, Arvind Datar speak at launch of Expert Lecture series at Manav Rachna University

The Faculty of Law at the Manav Rachna University, recently conducted a Talk on the theme, Challenges in the Legal Profession: Decoding the Myths and Realities on the occasion of the 69th Law Day. The occasion also marked the launch of the Manav Rachna Expert Lectures on Law.

The speakers for the event included Justice BD Ahmed and senior advocate Arvind P Datar. Chancellor, Dr Prashant Bhalla and Vice-Chancellor Prof (Dr) Sanjay Srivastava were also present for the event.

The Keynote address by Arvind Datar included anecdotes from his personal journey as a legal practitioner and examples of other legal luminaries, for law students to emulate.

In his presidential address, Justice BD Ahmed explained the dichotomy between Law and Justice.

He spoke of how future lawyers/jurists must always strive towards achieving justice. Quoting Benjamin Franklin, Justice Ahmed also remarked that Justice will not be served until those unaffected are as outraged as those who are. He also emphasised that the rule of law would act as a guiding constitutional principle to realize the right of each individual.