General Council
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL (UNDER SECTION 11 (1))
(As Updated on February, 2025)
The composition of General Council is provided under Section 11(1) of the Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014. The composition and present members of the General Council of MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, are as follows:
Sr. No. | Section of the University Act | Provision | Name and Designation of the Member | Ex-Officio/ Nomination based |
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1 | Section 11 (1) (i) | The Chancellor | Hon'ble Shri Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Chief Justice of India and the Hon'ble Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) | Ex-Officio |
2 | Section 11 (1) (i-a) | The Pro-Chancellor | Hon'ble Shri Justice Alok Aradhe (Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay and the Hon'ble Pro-Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) | Ex-Officio |
3 | Section 11 (1) (ii) | The Vice-Chancellor | Prof. (Dr.) Bindu S. Ronald (Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) | Ex-Officio |
4 | Section 11 (1) (iii) | The Attorney General of India | Hon'ble Shri. R Venkataramani (The Attorney General of India) | Ex-Officio |
5 | Section 11 (1) (iv) | One Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chancellor | Hon'ble Shri Justice Ujjal Bhuyan (Judge, Supreme Court of India) | Nomination |
6 | Section 11 (1) (v) | The Minister for Higher Education, State of Maharashtra | Hon'ble Shri Chandrakant Patil (Minister of Higher and Technical Education, State Govt. of Maharashtra) | Ex-Officio |
7 | Section 11 (1) (vi) | The Minister for Law, State of Maharashtra | Hon'ble Shri Devendra Fadnavis (Minister for Law and Judiciary, State Govt. of Maharashtra) | Ex-Officio |
8 | Section 11 (1) (vii) | The Chief Justice of the High Court at Mumbai or his nominee | Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil (Judge, High Court of Bombay) | Nomination cum Ex-Officio |
9 | Section 11 (1) (viii) | One Judge of the High Court at Mumbai to be nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendation the Chief Justice of the High Court | Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge (Judge, High Court of Bombay) | Nomination cum Ex-Officio |
10 | Section 11 (1) (ix) | The Advocate General of Maharashtra | Hon'ble Shri Birendra Saraf (The Advocate General of Maharashtra) | Ex-Officio |
11 | Section 11 (1) (x) | The Chairperson of the University Grants Commission or his nominee from among the members of the University Grants Commission | Prof. Mamidala Jagdesh Kumar (Chairperson, University Grants Commission, Delhi) | Ex-Officio |
12 | Section 11 (1) (xi) | The Chairman, Bar Council of India or his nominee from amongst the members of the Bar Council of India | Adv. Manan Kumar Mishra (Chairperson, Bar Council of India, New Delhi) | Ex-Officio |
13 | Section 11 (1) (xii) | The Chairman, Bar Council of Maharashtra | Adv. Sudeep RatnambarDutt Pasbola (Chairperson Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa) | Ex-Officio |
14 | Section 11 (1) (xiii) | The Secretary or Principal Secretary or, as the case may be, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, Higher and Technical Education Department. | Shri B. Venugopal Reddy (Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra) | Ex-Officio |
15 | Section 11 (1) (xiv) | Two eminent educationalists in the disciplines of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Management and Forensic Sciences to be nominated by the Chancellor. | Vacant Since 10.11.2023 | |
16 | Vacant Since 10.11.2023 | |||
17 |
Section11(1) (xv) |
Two eminent educationists in the legal field, to be nominated by the Chancellor
| Prof. (Dr.) Durgambini Patel (Dean, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai and Senior Professor of Law (Retd.), S. P. Pune University) | Nomination |
18 | Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh (Former Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi) | Nomination | ||
19 | Section 11 (1)(xvi) | One eminent person in the educational field, to be nominated by the Chancellor | Prof. (Dr.) Sadhana Pande (Former Professor of Law and Head of the Department of Law, Dr. BAMU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) | Nomination |
20 | Section 11 (1) (xvii) | Two members of the Executive Council who are not otherwise members of the General Council to be nominated by the Chancellor | Principal Secretary, Department of Law and Judiciary, Government of Maharashtra (Ex-Officio) | Nomination |
21 | Dr. Ashok P. Wadje (Associate Professor of Law, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) | Nomination |