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GLC further features two specialized diploma courses;'''Postgraduate Diploma Course in Securities Law''' and the '''Diploma in Cyber-Laws''' offered in joint-collaboration with the Asian School of Cyber Laws.Both courses are taught by leading practitioners and experts. |
GLC further features two specialized diploma courses;'''Postgraduate Diploma Course in Securities Law''' and the '''Diploma in Cyber-Laws''' offered in joint-collaboration with the Asian School of Cyber Laws.Both courses are taught by leading practitioners and experts. |
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==Student Committees== |
==Student Committees== |
Revision as of 13:08, 21 November 2012
Motto | "Ne File Vano " ("Let no evil enter ") |
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Type | Law School |
Established | 1855 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | [1] |
The Government Law College,Mumbai (also referred to as GLC) is a law school located in Mumbai, India. Founded in 1855,GLC is the oldest and one of the most distinguished law schools in India.
History
Though the institution was formally founded with the the establishment of the Perry Professorship of Jurisprudence, its origins lie in the lectures that were given by Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, the then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bombay. The institution's alumni and faculty have contributed to and prominently featured in the judicial, political, social life and historical background of India. At this time, GLC is the only law school in India to have produced heads of all three arms of Government i.e. President of India, Prime Minister of India and the Chief Justice of India. The college celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2006.
Admissions
While the College does not have an admissions test for matriculation, it favours an extremely selective approach by focusing upon grades achieved in the K-10+2 examinations and the final year examinations of the undergraduate collegesthe examinations held across India. The College has traditionally maintained high cut-off percentages for admission and competition is fierce for the sparse annual intake.
Academics
GLC offers undergraduates an integrated B.L.S., LL.B course. The course spans over five years and leads to a dual B.L.S,LL.B. degree for the Mumbai University. The first two years of the program are pre-law and is focused on the study of the humanities and social sciences. The remaining three years focus exclusively on the law.
Postgraduates have the option of enrolling solely for the LL.B. degree. The LL.B. degree is a three year program with classes devoted solely to the study of law. Students who wish to leave law school are eligible for the LL.B.(General degree) upon the successful completion of the second year. The LL.B (General degree) unlike the normal law degrees awarded render the degree-holder ineligible to sit for the national bar examination.
GLC further features two specialized diploma courses;Postgraduate Diploma Course in Securities Law and the Diploma in Cyber-Laws offered in joint-collaboration with the Asian School of Cyber Laws.Both courses are taught by leading practitioners and experts.
GLC follows the semester system.
Student Committees
- Students Council
- Moot Court Association
- Model United Nations Society
- Students' Law Commission
- Placement Committee
- Magazine Committee
- Model United Nations Committee
- Dramatics Committee
- Sports Committee
- Legal Aid Committee
- Gujarati Mandal
- Hindi Parishad
- Music Circle
- Social Service League
- SPIL Mumbai
- Law Review
- Rotaract
- Marathi Mandal
- Leo Club
Library
From its humble origins in 1856,GLC's library has grown into one of the foremost law libraries in the country. In addition to its extensive collection of books and law reports drawn from all over the world, the library has maintained and preserved rare books that are out of print. The Library additionally features a dedicated Electronic Research Room("E.R.R") for student use.
In 1856-57 a collection of law books was purchased for the use of the students of the college at the suggestion of Mr. E. I. Howard, Bar-at-Law and the then Director of Public Instruction. But this could only be housed at the Native General Library at Dhobi Talao for the lack of space. Eventually, in 1891, Government Law School and its Library were accommodated in Elphinstone College Building at Kalaghoda and on 13th July, 1891, the Government sanctioned a grant of Rs.2,000/- for the purchase of furniture and other equipments for the Law Library. Every Principal in its own way tried to enrich the library in order to make it useful to the students as well as to the practitioners. During his tenure Dr. B. R. Ambedkar prevailed upon the Government to make an additional grant of Rs. 1000/- which was sanctioned in 1936. The Harilal J. Kania Memorial Library and Reading Room on the third floor of the college has been a part of this college since 1952. This Reading Room was created from the Harilal J. Kania Memorial Fund, which was instituted to honour the memory of Sir Harilal J. Kania, the first Chief Justice of India and an ex-student of GLC. This Reading Room can accommodate as many as 200 students at a time. The other two floors, i.e. the first and the second floors of the annex building, house various books on case law, many of which are more than a hundred years old.
The library enjoys the distinction of being the archival repository of the Civil Procedure Code of the East India Company’s Courts in the presidency of Fort St. George,and the first edition of the Indian Penal Code drafted by Lord Macauley in 1886.
Prominent current and former faculty
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Former Principal, reformist, first Law Minister of India and Chairman, Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India
- Sir Dinshaw Mulla, PC Former Principal, Privy Councilor, founding partner of Mulla and Mulla
- Nani Palkhiwala Former professor and noted Constitutional Lawyer
- M. C. Chagla Former Chief Justice, Bombay High Court
- A. A. A. Fayzee, former Principal and one of the foremost authorities on Islamic Law
- Mr. H. D. Pithawala, Solicitor of India, England and Hong Kong and noted authority on Competition Law
- Mr. Gautam Patel, Lecturer in Constitutional Law and Advocate at the Bombay High Court
Prominent alumni
The former President of India, Pratibha Patil and S.H.Kapadia the current Chief justice of India are both alumni of the college. Other prominent alumni include:
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, politician
- Morarji Desai, Former [Prime Minister of India]
- L.K.Advani, politician
- H. J. Kania, first Chief Justice of India
- Mahadev Govind Ranade, the great social reformer and economist, who received his LL.B. in the college's first batch, in 1866
- Justice S.P. Bharucha, Former Chief Justice of India
- Justice P. N. Bhagwati - Chief Justice of India (1985-1986)[1]
- Justice S.H. Kapadia, Chief justice of India
- M. C. Setalvad, the first Attorney General of independent India
- H.M. Seervai, Advocate-General of Maharashtra, 1975–79 and author of "Constitutional Law of India"
- Nani Palkhivala, Senior Advocate and Eminent Jurist
- Sir N.P.Engineer, first and last Advocate General of Independent India
- T. R. Andhyarujina, former Solicitor General of India, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India
- Fali Nariman, Senior advocate Supreme Court of India[2]
- Goolam Vahanvati, incumbent Attorney General of India
- Ajit Prakash Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court
- Trimbak K. Tope, Ex-Sheriff of Mumbai, Ex- Vice Chancellor (Mumbai University), Longest Serving Principal of GLC (17 Years)
- Rahul Bajaj, Chairman Bajaj Auto
- Dilip Walse-Patil,Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Mr. Rafique Dada, Senior Advocate and Former President, Bombay Bar Association
- Mr. Goolam Vahanvati, Attorney General of India
- Soli Sorabjee, Former Attorney General of India
- Ram Jethmalani, Former Union Minister for Law & Justice
- Justice S.N. Variava, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Justice B.N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Shardul & Cyril Shroff, Managing Partners, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
- Ravindra M. Kadam, Senior Advocate and Former Advocate General of Maharashtra
- Raian Karanjawala, Managing Partner of Karanjawala & Co.
See also
References
External links
- Official Website
- The Official 'D.M. Harish Memorial - Government Law College International Moot Court Competition' website
- News Article:Legal Eagle flying high at 150