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About:
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) was constituted under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 for hearing appeals against the orders of National Company Law Tribunal(s) (NCLT), with effect from 1st June, 2016.
NCLAT is also the Appellate Tribunal for hearing appeals against the orders passed by NCLT(s) under Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), with effect from 1st December, 2016. NCLAT is also the Appellate Tribunal for hearing appeals against the orders passed by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India under Section 202 and Section 211 of IBC.
NCLAT is also the Appellate Tribunal to hear and dispose of appeals against any direction issued or decision made or order passed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) – as per the amendment brought to Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 by Section 172 of the Finance Act, 2017, with effect from 26th May, 2017. NCLAT is also the Appellate Tribunal to hear and dispose of appeals against the orders of the National Financial Reporting Authority – as per the amendment brought to Section 410 (a) of the Companies Act, 2013 by Section 83 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, with effect from 7th May, 2018.
Role:
Law Research Associate
Qualifications:
- The candidate must not have attained the age of 30 years as on the last date fixed for submission of applications as per this vacancy circular.
- The candidate must be a citizen of India
- Candidate should be a Graduate in Law (including an Integrated Degree
- Course in Law under 10+2+3+3 or 10+2+5 pattern) with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks from any School/College/University/Institute established by law in India and recognized by the Bar Council of India for admission as Advocate or Attorney of an Indian Court;
- Candidates who have passed all his/her examinations within the duration of their course are alone eligible to apply;
- Candidates who have obtained his/her Law Degree/LLM not earlier than two years as on the date of advertisement or any other date specified in the advertisement, are only eligible to apply for the assignment as LRA;
- Candidates studying in the fifth year of the Five-Year Integrated Law
- Course or the third year of the Three-Year Law Course after graduation in any stream will also be eligible to apply, subject to furnishing proof of acquiring Law qualification before taking up the assignment as LRA;
- Candidates pursuing Post Graduate Degree in Law or any other Degrees or Programmes requiring their compulsory attendance elsewhere, during part of expected period of engagement as Research Associates, are not eligible to apply for the assignment as LRA;
- Candidate must have research and analytical skills, writing abilities, including retrieval of desired information from various search engines/processes such as eSCR, Manupatra, SCC Online, LexisNexis, Westlaw, etc; and
- Must have good knowledge of operation of computers and skill of using common software in use like MS office etc.
- Must have requisite knowledge of Company Law with IBC and in addition, the knowledge of Competition Law
Responsibilities:
The duties and responsibilities and other terms and conditions of assignment as Law Research Associate shall be governed by the “Scheme of engagement of Law Research Associates in the NCLAT and NCLT”
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here (Click here)
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