General Council

    General Council

    MEMBERS AND THEIR TENURE OF APPOINTMENT OR NOMINATION

    (As on April, 2026)

    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 Member
    1.Section 11 (1) (i)The ChancellorHon'ble Mr. Justice Prasanna B. Varale
    (Judge, Supreme Court of India and the Hon'ble Chancellor, MNLU, CS)

     
    2.Section 11 (1) (i-a)The Pro-ChancellorHon'ble Mr. Justice Shree Chandrashekhar
    (Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay and the Hon'ble Pro-Chancellor, MNLU, CS)

     
    3.Section 11 (1) (ii)The Vice-ChancellorProf. (Dr.) Bindu S. Ronald
    (Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, CS)

     
    4.Section 11 (1) (iii)The Attorney General of IndiaHon'ble Shri R Venkataramani
    (The Attorney General of India)

     
    5.Section 11 (1) (iv)One Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the ChancellorHon'ble Shri Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
    (Judge, Supreme Court of India)

     
    6.Section 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)

     
    7.Section 11 (1) (vi)The Minister for Law, State of MaharashtraHon'ble Shri Devendra Fadnavis
    (Minister for Law and Judiciary, State Govt. of Maharashtra)

     
    8.Section 11 (1) (viii)One Judge of the High Court at Mumbai to be nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the High CourtHon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge
    (Senior Administrative Judge, High Court of Bombay)

     
    9.Section 11 (1) (vii)The Chief Justice of the High Court at Mumbai or his nomineeHon'ble Shri Justice S. G. Chapalgaonkar
    (Judge, High Court of Bombay)

     
    10.Section 11 (1) (ix)The Advocate General of MaharashtraAdv. (Dr.) Milind Sathe
    (The Advocate General of Maharashtra)

     
    11.Section 11 (1) (x)The Chairperson of the University Grants Commission or his nominee from among the members of the University Grants CommissionDr. Vineet Joshi
    (Chairperson, University Grants Commission, Delhi)

     
    12.Section 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)

     
    13.Section 11 (1) (xii)The Chairman, Bar Council of MaharashtraAdv. Harshad Vasantrao Nimbalkar
    (Chairperson, Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa)

     
    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)

     
    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.Prof. (Dr.) S. P. Singh
    (Professor and Registrar, Chanakya National Law University, Patna)

     
    16.Dr. Kirti Dharwadkar
    (Director in S.B. Patil Institute of Management, Akurdi, Pune)

     
    17.Section 11 (1) (xv)Two eminent educationists in the legal field, to be nominated by the ChancellorProf. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar
    (Director, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar)

     
    18.Prof. (Dr.) Rajeshri Varhadi
    (Professor and Head, Dept. of Law, University of Mumbai)

     
    19.Section 11 (1) (xvi)One eminent person in the educational field, to be nominated by the Chancellor.Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey
    (Vice-Chancellor, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai)

     
    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 ChancellorPrincipal Secretary, Department of Law and Judiciary,
    Government of Maharashtra (Ex-Officio)

     
    21.Prof. A. Lakshminath,
    (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, MNLU, CS)