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Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur (MNLU) (also known as National Law University, Nagpur or NLU Nagpur) is a
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and a
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law school established by the government through the Maharashtra National Law University Act (Maharashtra Act No. VI of 2014). The university is the 19th
National Law University National Law Universities (NLU) are public law schools in India, founded pursuant to the second-generation reforms for legal education sought to be implemented by the Bar Council of India. The first NLU was the National Law School of India Univ ...
established in India and is located in the Orange City of
Nagpur, Maharashtra Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to ...
. The Chief Justice of India serves as the Head of the institution.


History

The demand for the establishment of a National Law University was the oldest among all national level institutions like IIM, IIIT, AIIMS, and NIPER in Vidarbha considered a backward region of Maharashtra. Nagpur was first tipped to get state's first National Law University when its demand was endorsed by dignitaries like then-president
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, chief justice Mohit Shah and then chief minister
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during High Court Bar Association's (HCBA) platinum jubilee celebrations in February 2011. But the proposal failed to move further, thanks to the apathy of Congress-NCP and BJP governments. However, Ex-High Court Bar Association president Anil Mardikar first raised demand on February 6, 2011, for an NLU in Nagpur. But the Maharashtra Government shifted the institute to Mumbai as revealed by then minister of state DP Sawant. The High Court Bar Association of Nagpur and District Bar Association of Nagpur staged protests & even filed a PIL in
Nagpur High Court Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...
against this move. The Government was forced to allow the NLU for Nagpur. The Bill to govern NLU's was tabled in the Nagpur session of the assembly in 2013 for the first time. The State Assembly passed the Maharashtra National Law University Act (Maharashtra Act No. VI of 2014) paving way for the establishment of the institution. The Chief Justice of India appointed Justice Sharad Bobde as the first chancellor for MNLU, Nagpur and District judge Dr.N.M Sakharkar was appointed as officer on special duty (OSD) and the Registrar of the university.


Academics and research

The university has twenty-eight centres for advanced legal studies and research to address the socio-legal issues and challenges and to conduct research on thriving issues of law, social science and humanities. These centres offer courses, conduct seminars, conferences, and training programs for the identified target groups. The prominent research centres are # Centre for Advanced Study in Criminal Law (CASCL) # Centre for Consumer Protection Laws and Advocacy (CCPLA) # Centre for Advanced Study in International Humanitarian Law (CASH) # Centre for Study in Agriculture Law and Economics (SALE) # Bureau of Information for Studies Abroad (BISA) # Directorate of Distance Education (DODE) # Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights (CASIHR) # Centre for Woman and Child Rights # Centre of Intellectual Property Law (IPR) World_Intellectual_Property_Organisation(_WIPO).html" ;"title="World Intellectual Property Organization">World Intellectual Property Organisation( WIPO)">World Intellectual Property Organization">World Intellectual Property Organisation( WIPO)# Centre for Legal Aid and Services # Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution The university has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with prominent law universities of the country for the purpose of academic collaboration that will encompass exchange of students and members of faculty between the two universities, etc. The university has inked MoUs and collaborations with the following institutions # National Law School of India University, Bangalore; # National Law University, Delhi; # Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab; # The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Mumbai; # Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar; # National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam; # Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad.


Library

The university's library has physical copies of over 35,000 legal titles. It has received various donations prominently from Bombay High Court Library (Nagpur Bench) for its development. The university also has access to various physical and virtual legal databases.


Activities

The university offers B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Five-Year Integrated Degree Course 20 seats B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) in Adjudication and Justicing Five-Year Integrated Degree Course 0 seats One-Year LL.M. Postgraduate Degree Course, Doctor of law (Ph.D.) Programme, Short-term diplomas and certificate courses in law The university also hosts cultural fest ''sanskrotsav'' and annual Intra sport event ''sportacus''.


Publications

# MNLU Contemporary Law Review (CLR) # MNLU Student Law Review # MNLU Journal of Social Sciences # MNLU Journal on International Law # MNLU Journal on Taxation Laws # MNLU Journal on Arbitration # MNLU Journal of law and economics


Admissions

The admissions to the university are done on merit ranking based on the
Common Law Admission Test The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized national level entrance test for admissions to twenty two National Law Universities (NLU) in India. Most private and self-financed law schools in India also use these scores for law admissi ...
(CLAT) of India which is a centralized test for admission to 21
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in India. The eligibility is as per the CLAT Notification. The acceptance rate being less than five percent with sixty thousand applicants applying for 120 seats as of 2018. A separate admission process including group discussion and personal interview is carried out for selecting student for the course of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) in Adjudication and Justicing Five-Year Integrated Degree Course.


Affiliations

MNLU Nagpur is recognized by the
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and the University Grants Commission (UGC) as a
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. The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) serves as the governing institution of the university.


Memberships

MNLU is a member and has a technical association with # Asian Law Institute (ASLI), Singapore # Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) # Forum of South Asian Clinical Law Teachers (FSACLT), Goa # Indian Economic Association (IEA); # Indian Institute of Comparative Law (IICL), Jaipur # Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi #
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(ILI), New Delhi # Indian Political Science Association (IPSA) # Indian Society of Criminology (ISC), Madras; #
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(ISIL), New Delhi # Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (ICPS), New Delhi # International Association of Law Schools (IALS) # International Law Students Association (ILSA), USA # Legal Information Institute of India ( Indlii) (LII of India) #
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(SICI) # National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur # The Institute of Military Law, Nagpur


Governing council

The Governing Council of the university is as follows # Hon’ble Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India- Chancellor # Hon'ble Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, Chief Justice of High Court of Bombay- Pro-Chancellor # Prof. (Dr.) Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor # Shri K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General of India # Hon’ble Justice B. R. Gavai, Judge, Supreme Court of India # Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, State of Maharashtra # Hon’ble Minister for Law, State of Maharashtra # Advocate General of Maharashtra # Shri Jayant D. Jaibhave, Nominee of Bar Council of India # Chairman Bar Council of Maharashtra # Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department, Government of Maharashtra # Hon’ble Justice V S Sirpurkar, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India # Dr. Prakash Amte, Social Worker # Hon’bl
Justice R. C. Chavan
Former Judge, Bombay High Court # Prof. (Dr.) Parmjit S. Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, RGNUL Patiala, Punjab


Academic council

The academic council of the university consists of the following- # Prof.(Dr.) Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, NLU, Nagpur - Chairman # Dr
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, National Research Professor,
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, Pune # Shri
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, Nobel Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, New Delhi # Hon’ble Justice G. Raghuram, Former Judge,
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, Hyderabad # Nominee of the State Government of Maharashtra # Shri Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Advocate and chairman, Bar Council of India, New Delhi # Dr Himanshu Pandey, associate professor of law, Head Centre for Corporate Law and Governance, MNLU, Nagpur # Registrar, ex-officio Secretary


Campus

The university's main campus is under construction and is coming up at a cost of 750 crores sanctioned by the Government of Maharashtra. The Ground-breaking ceremony for the campus was performed by
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, Chief Justice of India;
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, Union Minister,
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, Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Justice Sharad Bobde, Judge, Supreme court; Justice
Bhushan Gavai Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (born on 24 November 1960)is a judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former judge of the Bombay High Court. He is the chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. He is set to become the 52nd c ...
, Supreme Court; Justice N V Ramana, Judge, Supreme Court; Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, Chief Justice of High Court of Bombay and Pro-Chancellor of the university,
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, Minister of Higher and Technical Education of Maharashtra; Sudhir Mungantiwar, Minister of Finance and Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Guardian Minister of Maharashtra The new building would be a completely green one with state-of-art facilities for the students and staff. It would have a ‘museum of law’, along with a health and wellness centre to help nearby villagers. The campus will follow Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) norms. It will have solar panels to produce energy, and food would be cooked on it. All its classrooms will be embedded with information and communication technology. The first phase of the construction has been done. Construction of the second and third phase of the campus is expected to be completed by 2021.


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Official website
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