Xavier Law School (XLS) celebrated its fifth Foundation Day on August 3, 2023 in the university campus.

While delivering the inaugural speech, Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj, S.J., Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) said, “Starting in 2019, XLS has stepped into fifth year today. We are hopeful to see energetic law graduates soon who will dedicate themselves for the sake of the nation through their legal insights and expertise.”

Shri Moloy Ghatak, Minister of Law and Public Works, Government of West Bengal was the Chief Guest. In his speech, he mentioned notable achievements of the state government in framing various legal schemes for the marginalised section of the society.

The Guest of Honour was Shri Sukumar Mondal, Registrar and Deputy Secretary of the West Bengal State Legal Services Authority (SLSA). He highlighted different activities carried out by the SLSA to protect women and children in West Bengal.

Shri Abhijit Kumar, Assistant Director of the Acid Survivors & Women’s Welfare Foundation, an NGO was the special guest. He discussed social works carried out by his NGO for victims of acid-attack. An interactive session also took place with two acid-attack survivors, Smt. Moyna Pramanik and Smt. Sunita Dutta. Both of them were felicitated by the university.

In the second session, Md. Saifullah Khalid spoke on the theme ‘Violence against women’. A poster competition was held by the students of XLS. All the faculty members and students attended the both sessions.

Dr. Ranjeeta Mukherjee
Dr. Rajrupa Sinha Roy