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NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW

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Sunishth Goyal

Mr. Sunishth Goyal is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He joined NALSAR in July 2023. Earlier he taught at School of Law, BML Munjal University Gurugram where he also served as the Assistant Director or Co-faculty coordinator of the university’s legal aid clinic. Prior to becoming an academic, he was a practicing attorney specialising in criminal law and enlisted as a Panel Counsel for The Punjab State Cooperative Bank.

He has obtained his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (2014-2019). He earned his LLM degree (2020-2021) specialising in ‘Forensics, Criminology and Law’ track from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He was awarded the prestigious Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship by the university in collaboration with the Dutch government.

LLM., Maastricht University, Netherlands (2020–2021).

B.A., L.L.B. (Hons.), NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (2014–2019).

UGC-Net (Law)

His research interest is in the areas – Indian Penal Laws, Evidence Law, Criminal Justice System & Criminal Procedure specifically focussing upon Bail & Preventive Detention, NDPS Act, Legal applications of Forensic sciences, Family Law. 

  1. International Multi-Disciplinary Conference on ‘Law, Literature and the Humanities Association of Australasia Conference’ held at the University of Hong Kong from December 8-10, 2016. Presented a paper titled “Inter-linkages of Law and Literature related to Racism in America with a special focus on the infamous ‘Scottsboro Boys Trial’.”.
  2. 40th All India Criminology Conference on ‘Dimensions of Crime and Criminal Justice System: Contemporary Issues and Challenges’ held at GNLU, Gandhinagar from January 19-21, 2018 and jointly organized by The Indian Society of Criminology (ISC) and Gujarat National Law University (GNLU). Presented a paper titled “Rethinking Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Under NDPS”.
  3. ‘Rethinking on Criminal Justice Administration in India’ Conference on November 25th, 2017 held at Punjabi University, Patiala. Presented a paper titled “Meting Out Complete Justice - Need For Victim Compensation: A Survey Of All High Court & Supreme Court Cases On 357-A Criminal Procedure Code”.
  4. ‘Law Commission of India and Commonwealth Legal Education Association Conference on Freedom of Speech and Expression’ held at Lloyd Law College Noida from November 5-6, 2016. Presented a paper titled “A Missed Opportunity?: A critical Analysis of Devidas Tuljapurkar v. State of Maharashtra and Aveek Sarkar v. State of West Bengal”