ILS Law College, or in its full name Indian Law Society's Law College, is a government-aided

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. It was established in 1924 and offers courses that include three-year and five-year degrees. ILS is located on Law College Road, Pune. The college was aided by The

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History

The Indian Law Society was established on 4 March 1923 as a Public Charitable Trust registered under the Societies Registration Act. The society established the

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ous Law College with the objective of providing facilities for the study of law on a scientific basis with proper training. The college was affiliated with the

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, but with the founding of the

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in 1949, the college became a constituent of the latter.

Campus

The ILS campus is located at the centre of Law College Road between the FTII (

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) and the Bhandarkar Research Institute. The Sarswati Building houses the library, the reading room, the administrative office, the conference hall and the Principal's office, besides the chambers of other faculty members and computer facilities for research students. The Lakshmi Building has eighteen halls for regular lectures, the legal aid centre and an auditorium with a capacity of 400 people, used for guest lectures, college functions and presentations. Apart from the academic and administrative buildings, the College facilities are further enriched with a huge residential complex for male students; the newly constructed Ladies Hostel, a gymnasium, a cricket and football ground, a sports pavilion housing the indoor sports facilities, tennis courts and a swimming pool to maintain physical health. Housed on a floor of the Sarswati building, the ILS library includes over 45,000 books and volumes of periodicals, journals and magazines. It subscribes to over 95 Indian and foreign journals each year, including the All England Reports, The American Journal of Comparative Law, and The Cambridge and Oxford Law Journals. It offers computer and photocopying facilities to its students as well as an online search catalog. The library has an inter-library loan network with other libraries in Pune.

Academics

Academic programmes

In addition to the five-year degree course and the three-year degree course (for graduates in any discipline), the college offers diplomas and distance-learning courses. ILS is part of the

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Poros Programme, and students can apply for this diploma course. The best students from the programme get a chance to go on an exchange program to

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for a semester of study there.

Rankings

The ILS Law College was ranked 8 by ''

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''s "India's Best Colleges 2020: Law", 3 in India by ''

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''s "Top 30 Law Colleges In 2019" and ninth in India by ''

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''s "Top Law Colleges 2019".

Student life

The college devotes attention to creating a Moot Court atmosphere; ILS has debating cells, cultural cells, a corporate cell, a center for public law, an alternate dispute resolution cell, Intellectual Property Rights Cell, International Law Cell, Hariyali cell etc. The college has a legal aid programme involving final year students, and runs

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. The college is active in human rights projects which are handled by the student members Human Rights Cell of the college. The institution has been a partner institute for Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot Court Competition from 2002 to 2008.

Notable alumni

Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after l ...

, former deputy PM of India, First Chief Minister of Maharashtra *

Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (12 July 1920 – 14 July 2008) was an Indian jurist who served as the 16th Chief Justice of India, serving from 22 February 1978 to the day he retired on 11 July 1985. Born in Pune in the Bombay Presidency, he was ...

former

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P. B. Gajendragadkar Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (16 March 1901 – 12 June 1981) originally from Gajendra-Gad, a historic fort and town in southern India was the 7th Chief Justice of India, serving from February 1964 to March 1966. Career Prahlad Bal ...

, 7th Chief Justice of India, serving from February 1964 to March 1966. *

Sushil Kumar Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until ...

, Home Minister. *

Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 D ...

, two time chief minister of Maharashtra and a former union minister *

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, former deputy chief minister of State of Maharashtra, former Union Minister. *

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, former

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and Chief Justice of the

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(b. 1925),

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, former Union minister, social workerBiography
vanaraitrust. *

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Minister for revenue in Maharashtra state *

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Member of Rajyasabha, Former Member of Loksabha *

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, youngest Congress MP in India elected from the Lakshadweep Constituency *

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, Governor of Sikkim *

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, member of Bihar Legislative Council & former Cabinet minister in Bihar *

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, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra * K. Hanumanthaiah, Second Chief Minister of Karnataka *

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, Fourth Chief Minister of Karnataka * T. Madiah Gowda, Member of first lok sabha *

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Member of Rajya Sabha & former mayor of Pune *

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Former Judge *

Shankarrao Bajirao Patil Shankarrao Bajirao Patil (15 February 1924 – 13 September 2006) was an Indian politician who served as Member of Parliament between 1980–1984 and 1989-1991 from Baramati parliamentary constituency. He was also Member of Legislative Assemb ...

, politician *

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, TV actress * Ashok Chhotelal Agarwal, Chief Justice of

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Notes

References

External links

ILS Law College website
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