ONE-YEAR ADVANCED POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN CRIMINAL LAW AND FORENSIC SCIENCE

About the Course Programme

NALSAR in association with Truth Labs, the first independent Forensic Science Laboratory in India offer an Advanced PG Diploma course in Criminal Law & Forensic Science for fresh or practicing graduates or Post-Graduates in Law, Arts, Science, Commerce, Medicine, Engineering, Social Sciences and other subjects with a view to enhance their knowledge and understanding of rules or laws enacted to protect the society against the perpetrators of crime and injustice and other criminal Justice processes.

• Although it is quite useful for the practicing Lawyers and fresh Law Graduates or students of Law to acquaint themselves with the nuances of law and its enforcement, it also gives an over view of sociological, criminological, psychological aspects of human behaviour and the methods used by enforcement agencies towards ensuring public safety, internal security, criminal investigation, police administration, prosecution management, judicial management, as well as prisons & correctional services.
• The course focuses on various forms of evidence especially physical evidence being the medium, essence and foundation of proof and provides a comprehensive over view of current advances and emerging trends in handling physical evidence encountered in various types of crimes such as rape, murder, theft, forgery, cheating, misappropriation, etc and application of latest forensic analytical techniques involving examination of Questioned Documents, Finger Prints, Ballistics, Explosives, Drugs & Narcotics, DNA, E-mail Frauds, Cyber Forensics, Audio-Video Forensics, Speaker Identification, Polygraph-Lie Detector, Forensic chemistry, Forensic Physics, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Engineering, etc.
• The course also highlights the new forms of crime and the criminals indulging in White Collar crimes, Economic crimes, Narco-Terrorism, Drug trafficking, Human trafficking and other unlawful acts.

Course Material on each of the topics were carefully prepared by highly accomplished professionals in respective subjects with their lifetime experience to facilitate    self-paced learning enabling the participants to enhance their understanding, critical thinking and reasoning so as to apply such knowledge & skills for better application of the concepts for improved professionalism.

Learning environment includes seminars, contact classes, practical demonstrations, visits to prisons and open jails, and also live demonstrations of various techniques used in various Forensic Science Institutions.

Target Group: The course is extremely useful for practicing legal professionals as well as other legal officers dealing with civil, criminal, statutory, regulations or other matters. Also beneficial to other working professionals in Criminal Justice sub systems to enhance their understanding about the interdisciplinary issues in effective administration of justice for those seeking careers in the police, prosecution, judiciary, prisons, etc and also in the government, private, corporate and multinational companies in legal, fraud control, human resource, risk and compliance departments. The knowledge will immensely help those dealing with vigilance, anti-corruption and security related duties.

Eligibility :

a. Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent Degree in any discipline from any recognized University; or

b. Candidates appearing for the final year examination of Graduation are also eligible to apply; or

c. Candidates who complete three years of their 5-year integrated LLB Degree programme in Law are also eligible to apply.

Admission Procedure

Direct Admission subject to fulfilment of the eligibility criteria for the said course.

Course Duration

The duration of the Programme is one year and the maximum period for completion of the Programme is three years including the year of admission subject to payment of Continuation Fee as per the University Rules.

Fee Structure :

Course fee : Rs. 30,000/- 

• Convocation fee will be charged separately as per the University Rules.
• Re-peat exam fee / Supplementary Exam fee will be charged @ Rs.500/- per paper
• Continuation fee beyond the minimum duration of the course till the maximum period is Rs.5000/- per year for Master’s Programme and Rs.3000/- per year for Post-Graduate Diploma Programmes.
• Boarding & Lodging charges at campus (subject to availability) during classes / exam will be extra as per the University Rules.

Note The University reserves the right to revise the Fee structure from time to time.

Course Structure

Conduct of the programme

Each Semester will have contact sessions by the subject experts.First round of sessions will be held at NALSAR University campus and the sessions for the second semester for all the three subjects are taught in Truth Labs. The students can contact / communicate by email with the subject experts pertaining to various queries on the concerned subject. Relevant course material will be uploaded on the website and can be accessed through their login id.

Contact sessions will be conducted for Five days in a semester at Hyderabad by the subject experts. Suggested reference guidance would be provided at the contact sessions. Each semester shall consist of 30 teaching hours which will come to 60 teaching hours for two semesters.Case study analysis will be part of the concerned subjects and will be discussed in sessions.

The conduct of the programme involves uploading of updated course material, assignments etc. on the website.

Evaluation Scheme

Each paper shall carry 100 marks.

Semester - I :         End Semester Examination : 100 marks

Semester - II:         Assignment (Hand Written) : 30 marks

                                End Semester Examination :  70 Marks        

Awards of Grades

The performance of the students would be evaluated on a eight point scale with corresponding grade values as mentioned below:

Calculation of CGPA

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is arrived at by dividing the sum of the products of Grade Values and the Course Credits in each course by the total number of credits in all the subjects.

A student to be successful should obtain a minimum of 50% marks or the equivalent grade, i.e., B in every subject. However, the candidate who fails to obtain the minimum grade (i.e., B) shall be given chance(s) to re-appear for the examination whenever the same is conducted till the completion of the maximum period, i.e., three years from the date of admission on payment of Continuation Fee and/or repeat examination fee as prescribed.

Award of the Advanced PG Diploma

A student to be eligible for the award of the Advanced PG Diploma should complete all courses obtaining atleast CGPA 3.00 out of 8.00.

A student admitted to the program has to complete all the prescribed requirements within a maximum period of three years from and including the year of admission in order to be eligible for the award of the Advanced PG Diploma

Procedure for Re-counting / Re-evaluation

The candidates desiring of revaluation have to apply along with re-evaluation fee within 15 days from the date of declaration of results by written submission to the Director. On receipt of request for revaluation, the paper would be sent to subject expert other than the evaluator and the results of the same will be communicated within 45 days. The Re-evaluation result is final and there will be no further appeal to the same.

No candidate who has secured 50 marks or above in the examination is allowed to re-appear in the examination or apply for re-evaluation for improving marks / grade.

The recounting of the paper would be done without collecting any fee but on the written request to the Director by the candidate.

Misconduct Rules

The Vice Chancellor on the report and recommendation of the Course Co-ordinator can cancel the registration of a candidate and also debar them from examinations and further enrollment if he or she is found to be indulging in abusive, unruly behavior with the faculty or staff of the University. Such behaviors will also include abusive mails, phone calls or defamatory posts or blogs.

The NALSAR University Academic Mis-Conduct Regulations, as approved by the Executive Council of the University will apply suitably for the students enrolled for this programme.

Refund of Fee in case of withdrawal of admission

a) In case of withdrawal before the commencement of face to face contact sessions, 10% of the course fee shall be retained by the University towards administrative charges;

b) In case of withdrawal after the face to face contact sessions of the first semester, total course fee shall be retained by the University towards administrative charges and no refund shall be made.