General Council

    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 ActProvisionName and Designation of the MemberEx-Officio/ Nomination based
    1Section 11 (1) (i)The ChancellorHon'ble Shri Justice  Bhushan Ramkrishna  Gavai, Chief Justice of India and the Hon'ble Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
         		 Ex-Officio
     
    2Section 11 (1) (i-a)The Pro-ChancellorHon'ble Shri Justice Alok Aradhe
    (Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay and the Hon'ble Pro-Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)    		Ex-Officio
    3Section 11 (1) (ii)The Vice-ChancellorProf. (Dr.) Bindu S. Ronald
    (Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)    		Ex-Officio
    4Section 11 (1) (iii)The Attorney General of IndiaHon'ble Shri. R Venkataramani 
    (The Attorney General of India)    		Ex-Officio
    5Section 11 (1) (iv)One Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the ChancellorHon'ble Shri Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
    (Judge, Supreme Court of India)    		Nomination
     
    6Section 11 (1) (v)The Minister for Higher Education, State of MaharashtraHon'ble Shri Chandrakant Patil 
    (Minister of Higher and Technical Education, State Govt. of Maharashtra)    		Ex-Officio
     
    7Section 11 (1) (vi)The Minister for Law, State of MaharashtraHon'ble Shri Devendra Fadnavis 
    (Minister for Law and Judiciary, State Govt. of Maharashtra)    		Ex-Officio
    8Section 11 (1) (vii)The Chief Justice of the High Court at Mumbai or his nomineeHon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil 
    (Judge, High Court of Bombay)    		Nomination cum Ex-Officio
     
    9Section 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 CourtHon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge
    (Judge, High Court of Bombay)    		Nomination cum Ex-Officio
    10Section 11 (1) (ix)The Advocate General of MaharashtraHon'ble Shri Birendra Saraf
    (The Advocate General of Maharashtra)    		Ex-Officio
    11Section 11 (1) (x)The Chairperson of the University Grants Commission or his nominee from among the members of the University Grants CommissionProf. Mamidala Jagdesh Kumar 
    (Chairperson, University Grants Commission, Delhi)    		Ex-Officio
    12Section 11 (1) (xi)The Chairman, Bar Council of India or his nominee from amongst the members of the Bar Council of IndiaAdv. Manan Kumar Mishra 
    (Chairperson, Bar Council of India, New Delhi)    		Ex-Officio
    13Section 11 (1) (xii)The Chairman, Bar Council of MaharashtraAdv. Sudeep RatnambarDutt Pasbola 
    (Chairperson Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa)    		Ex-Officio
    14Section 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
    15Section 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
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    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
    18Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh
    (Former Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi)    		Nomination
    19Section 11 (1)(xvi)One eminent person in the educational field, to be nominated by the ChancellorProf. (Dr.) Sadhana Pande
    (Former Professor of Law and Head of the Department of Law, Dr. BAMU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)    		Nomination
    20Section 11 (1) (xvii)Two members of the Executive Council who are not otherwise members of the General Council to be nominated by the ChancellorPrincipal Secretary, Department of Law and Judiciary, Government of Maharashtra (Ex-Officio)Nomination
    21Dr. Ashok P. Wadje
    (Associate Professor of Law, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)    		Nomination