Overview

• Speaking at a stamp-release event for NUJS’s silver jubilee in Kolkata, Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam called for modernising legal education to keep pace with new laws and global demands.
• He said rules of the legal profession’s regulator can mandate curriculum updates, noting that judges undergo continuous training from induction courses to programs at the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal.
• He cautioned that tribunalisation has shifted work from superior courts to bodies such as the NCLT under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, reducing traditional specialisations and reshaping career paths.
• He argued that artificial intelligence can support legal work but cannot replace lawyers because disputes involve human lives, and he pointed students to emerging options such as sports law.
• NUJS was feted with a special India Post stamp as officials cited its NAAC A+ grade and 2025 NIRF fourth-place ranking, while the West Bengal law minister listed recent state grants to the university.