Madhusudan Law University formerly Madhusudan Law College is the oldest

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(now a university) of the State of Odisha. The college is situated at Municipal Colony in Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha. It offers 3 years LL.B.(Hons.), 5 years Integrated B.A.,

LL.B Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

.(Hons) and 2 years LL.M. course approved from Bar Council of India (BCI).

History

In 1869 the law course was introduced in the Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack. thereafter it continued in the

Ravenshaw College Ravenshaw University, formerly known as Ravenshaw college, is a co-educational state university situated in Cuttack, Odisha on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Ravenshaw College in 1868, the institution became a university in 2006. The un ...

. That time the Bachelor of Law course was under the University of Calcutta and after the foundation of

Utkal University Utkal University (UU) is a Public university in Bhubaneswar, Khordha district, Khordha, Odisha, and is the oldest university in Odisha, the state, and the 17th-oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university. The pre ...

in 1943 the Madhusudan Law College was also established in the same year. This college is named after National Leader and politician

Madhusudan Das Madhusudan Das (28 April 1848 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian lawyer and social reformer, who founded Utkal Sammilani in 1903 to campaign for the unification of Odisha along with its social and industrial development. He was one of the main ...

. From 28 April 2021 all government and private law colleges of Odisha, other than constituent law colleges will be affiliated under Madhusudan Law University.

Notable alumni

Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephe ...

, Former Chief Justice of India *

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Gobinda Chandra Majhi Gobind Chandra Majhi (born 17 May 1956) is a Santali language writer. He has been nominated for the Sahitya Academy Award for 2016. Post retirement from Bank job, Majhi is working as the vice president of Odisha chapter of All India Santali Wri ...

* Pratap Jena *

Ainthu Sahoo Ainthu Sahoo (1 January 1928 – 28 November 2013) was an Indian politician. He represented Bolangir loksabha constituency in 6th Loksabha. Early life Ainthu Sahoo was born to Bhagwan Sahoo at Batharla village of Bolangir District in Odisha. H ...

Ananga Kumar Patnaik Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 3 June 1949) is an Indian jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Early life and education Patnaik was born on 3 June 1949. He is the son of Gopal Chandra Patnaik, an Indian businessman and Shantilat ...

* Rabi Ray *

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 19 December 1937) is an Indian lawyer and later a jurist who served over a period of 19 years in the bench of the Odisha High Court as a permanent Judge, as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Judge of th ...

* Gopanarayan Das

References

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