Shuchita Goel

Editor at Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ)
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Full Member
    Indian Lawyers Association
    Dec, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Advocate
    BCI - Bar Council of India
    Jul, 2019
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Editor
      • Nov 2022 - Present
    • India
    • Legal Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Associate
      • Aug 2019 - Jul 2022
    • India
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

      Researched on law and practice of arbitration, negotiation and mediation, focusing on arbitral awards, and assisted in designing and proposing a graduate level diploma offered to lawyers and chartered accountants. Researched on law and practice of arbitration, negotiation and mediation, focusing on arbitral awards, and assisted in designing and proposing a graduate level diploma offered to lawyers and chartered accountants.

    • Legal Intern
      • Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

      1. Drafted a mock judgement on a matter currently sub judice in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, concerning multi-party breaches of a construction contract, arising from failed arbitration proceedings, involving contractual, arbitration and labour law issues. 2. Prepared research memorandums on matters involving the GI classification of rice produced in a certain State as ‘Basmati rice’, infringement of an SEP-compliant DVD player by local manufacturers, violation of natural justice principles due to fluctuating quorums in quasi-judicial bodies, and composition of selection committees in the election of members of quasi-judicial tribunals.

    • India
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Legal Intern
      • Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

      Researched over one hundred judgements on various provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 involving intersectionality with issues of mergers & acquisitions, with the aim of indexing them into discrete categories for the purpose of future reference. Researched over one hundred judgements on various provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 involving intersectionality with issues of mergers & acquisitions, with the aim of indexing them into discrete categories for the purpose of future reference.

    • Legal Intern
      • Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
    • Legal Intern
      • Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

      Drafted research notes on the retrospective application of the Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 2015 to arbitration-related court proceedings, land use terms under the Orissa state procedures regarding conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural under the Orissa Land Reforms Act, Broadcasters’ rights under the Draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2016, and FDI in e-commerce, amongst others. Drafted research notes on the retrospective application of the Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 2015 to arbitration-related court proceedings, land use terms under the Orissa state procedures regarding conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural under the Orissa Land Reforms Act, Broadcasters’ rights under the Draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2016, and FDI in e-commerce, amongst others.

    • Legal Intern
      • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

      Worked on a Special Leave Petition concerned with taxation and company law, focused on the question of whether a zero-tax company must calculate depreciation in their profit and loss account as per the Income Tax Rules or the Companies Act, 1956 for the payment of a minimum alternate tax. In furtherance of this, I researched extensively on Sections 205, 349, 350 and 355 of the Companies Act, 1956, alongwith Schedules VI and XIV of the same. I also carried out research on section 115J of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Worked on several writ petitions arising out of cancellation of land allotment to real estate developers in Noida. 3. Researched a criminal appeal arising out of a conviction under Section 302 of the IPC, 1960.

    • Research Assistant
      • Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

      Worked on a project to bring out a report on the implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. This was in collaboration with the Lawyers’ Collective Women’s Rights Initiative. The work primarily involved analysing orders from the district courts in all the states of India that pertained to the Domestic Violence Act. Worked on a project to bring out a report on the implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. This was in collaboration with the Lawyers’ Collective Women’s Rights Initiative. The work primarily involved analysing orders from the district courts in all the states of India that pertained to the Domestic Violence Act.

    • Legal Intern
      • Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

      1. Worked on drafting a special leave petition concerned with the right to livelihood of street vendors, as well as the 100 Laws Project, focused on recommending the deletion of obsolete laws. Further worked on drafting a petition concerning implementation of the Punjab and Haryana RTE Rules. 2. Conducted primary research on the feasibility of mandatory arbitration in India by interviewing lawyers and other stakeholders. 3. Researched issues under the Right to Education Act, specifically on the area of centralised admissions by lottery under the 25% RTE quota, the Gunotsav initiative of the Gujarat government.

    • India
    • Government Relations Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Internship
      • Dec 2014 - Dec 2014

      The internship was with the Complaints & Investigation Cell, which involved meeting with victims of violence, and learning the procedure through which complaints are processed and actions are taken. The internship was with the Complaints & Investigation Cell, which involved meeting with victims of violence, and learning the procedure through which complaints are processed and actions are taken.

Education

  • University of Oxford
    MSc in Law and Finance
    2022 - 2023
  • National Law University, Delhi
    B.A. L.L.B. (Hons.), Law
    2014 - 2019
  • Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India
    2010 - 2013
  • Step by Step High School, Jaipur, India
    2007 - 2010
  • Sanskriti School, New Delhi, India
    2001 - 2007

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