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Faculty Of Law, Aligarh Muslim University
The Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University is the law school of the Aligarh Muslim University which has a history of over 100 years of teaching and writing law. Law classes were inaugurated by Justice Douglas Straight on December 29, 1891. In 2014, the faculty was listed on number 6 in India's best law colleges list compiled by ''India Today'' which it retained in 2015 and 2016 as well. Academics Scholar-in-Residence The Aligarh Muslim University has appointed N. R. Madhava Menon, father of modern Indian legal education as Scholar-in-Residence in the Department of Law. Prof. Menon was the first PhD produced by the Department of Law at AMU. He is known as one of the long-serving, popular legal educators of the country, an institution-builder, the architect of the five-year integrated LL.B. programme and the Founder Vice-Chancellor of two of the leading law universities of India (National Law School of India University, Bangalore and National University of Juridical Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law School
A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or faculty of law) is an institution, professional school, or department of a college or university specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a judge, lawyer, or other legal professional within a given jurisdiction. Depending on the country, legal system, or desired qualifications, the coursework is undertaken at undergraduate, graduate, or both levels. Law degrees Argentina In Argentina, lawyers-to-be need to obtain an undergraduate degree in law in order to practice the profession, as opposed to the US system in which a law degree is not obtained until successfully completing a postgraduate program. In spite of that, it is customary to call Argentine lawyers 'doctors,' although the vast majority of them do not hold a Juris Doctor degree. The reason lies in that the career was originally called 'Doctorate in Laws' (''Doctorado en Leyes''), which was an undergradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Prakash Sethi
Ram Prakash Sethi (7 July 1937 – 17 January 2007) was an Indian judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He began practicing law in 1961. Sethi was enrolled as Pleader in 1961, as Vakil in 1962, and as advocate in 1967. He practiced law for 25 years. Before elevation to the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on 30 May 1986, was Special Public Prosecutor for cases under Jammu & Kashmir Enemy Agents Ordinance, appointed Additional Advocate General of Jammu & Kashmir State in 1975 but resigned after nine months. Was the Standing Counsel of various prestigious organizations and institutions such as the University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Financial Corporation, represented State of Jammu & Kashmir in the Supreme Court in the review matter of Keshwanand Bharti's case. He died on 17 January 2007 at Chandigarh. Early life Sethi was born in Mirpur, Jammu and Kashmir (present-day Pakistan). Education Sethi graduated from University of Kashmir in 1959 and LL.B. from Facul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Schools In India
This is a list of law schools in India. Andhra Pradesh * Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur * A.C. Andhra Christian College, Guntur * All Saints Christian Law College, Visakhapatnam * Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law, Visakhapatnam * Anantha College of Law, Tirupati * Anantapur Law College, Anantapur * A.V.R. Amrutha College of Law, Visakhapatnam * Bapatla Education Society's Law College, Bapatla * C.R.R. Law College, Eluru * Dr Ambedkar Global Law Institute, Tirupati, formerly Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Law College * Dr Ambedkar Global Law Institute, Tirupati, formerly Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Law College * Dr. B.R. Ambedkar P.G. Centre, Etcherla, Srikakulam * Daita Sriramulu Hindu College of Law, Machilipatnam * Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam * D.N. Raju Law College, Bhimavaram * D.S.R. Hindu Law College, Machilipatnam * Gitam School of Law, of GITAM University, Visakhapatnam * G.S.K.M. Law College, Rajahmundry * Indira Priyadarshini Law College, Ongole * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of The Aligarh Muslim University
Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, for example: **Departments of Colombia, a grouping of municipalities **Departments of France, administrative divisions three levels below the national government **Departments of Honduras ** Departments of Peru, name given to the subdivisions of Peru until 2002 **Departments of Uruguay * Department (United States Army), corps areas of the U.S. Army prior to World War I *Fire department, a public or private organization that provides emergency firefighting and rescue services *Ministry (government department), a specialized division of a government *Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law * Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company. Other uses * ''Department'' (film), a 2012 Bolly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S M Khan
S. M. Khan (15 June 1957 – 17 November 2024) was an Indian Information Service officer of Government of India. Khan, a 1982-batch IIS officer, had a long tenure with Central Bureau of Investigation as its spokesperson and Press Secretary to then President of India A P J Abdul Kalam, and served as Director of Jamia Hamdard Residential Coaching Academy. Early life and education Khan was born in the town of Khurja, Uttar Pradesh on 15 June 1957. He belonged to a family of lawyers. Khan studied law for his graduation and pursued LLM from Aligarh University. He was awarded the Chancellors Gold Medal for topping the entire University. He later went to University of Wales for a degree in economics. Important postings During his nearly 13 years service in Central Bureau of Investigation, Khan was the face of the agency appearing regularly on national and international media, which at that time had been handling several high-profile cases, including the 1992 Indian stock market scam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakeel Ahmed Samdani
Shakeel Ahmed Samdani (21 June 1961 – 8 May 2021) was an Indian academic scholar who served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Aligarh Muslim University. He was an alumnus of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and the Aligarh Muslim University. He established Sir Syed Awareness Forum and served as its director. He was a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and authored books including ''Uniform Civil Code: Problems and Prospects'', ''Maintenance of Muslim Divorcee'' and ''Understanding Human Rights and Law''. Biography Samdani was born on 21 June 1961. He received a B.A. from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University in 1979. He later went to the Aligarh Muslim University, where he obtained an LLB in 1983, an LL.M. in 1987 and completed his doctoral studies in 2002. Samdani taught at the Aligarh Muslim University's Faculty of Law. In 2019, he was appointed the dean. He earlier served as the professor for twelve years before being promoted to the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Mahmood
Tahir Mahmood is an Indian legal scholar and author of a large number of books frequently cited in the judgments of the Supreme Court of India and numerous High Courts. He had his higher legal education in Aligarh and London and has over fifty years of academic experience. Currently he is with Amity University where his designation is "Distinguished Jurist Chair, Professor of Eminence & Chairman, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies." Biography Career He has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law in Delhi University (1992–95), Chairman of Government of India's National Commission for Minorities (1996–99), and Member of the Law Commission of India (2007–09). His major interest areas have been religion-state relations, Islamic law and Indian family laws. He has authored over twenty books besides editing a large number of anthologies and new editions of some classic works. He launched two prestigious journals – the Islamic and Comparative Law Quarterly in 1981 and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faizan Mustafa
Faizan Mustafa is an Indian academic and legal scholar. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and the founding V.C. of National Law University Odisha (NLUO). He sits on the board of directors of technology incubator, the T-Hub. Most recently, he was the Vice-Chancellor at Chanakya National Law University, Patna. Education He had graduated from Aligarh Muslim University in History and Law and later LL.M with distinction from Aligarh Muslim University. He has his doctorate in Copyright Law and a diploma from International Institute of Human Rights on International and Comparative Human Rights Law. Career Before taking charge as VC of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) Hyderabad, he was the founding Vice-Chancellor of National Law University Odisha (NLUO), located at Cuttack, Odisha. He is also a former director of KIIT School of Law. Currently, he is the Vice Chancellor of Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) Patna. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Wazir Hasan
Sir Syed Wazir Hasan (14 May 1874 – August 1948) was an Indian jurist and Secretary and later President of the All-India Muslim League. A practitioner in the Judicial Commissioner's Court, he was the first Indian Chief Justice of the Awadh Chief Court (1930–1934).Gosh-e-Azad: Biography of Maulana Azad ICCR. His Presidential address at the 24th Session, of Muslim League, held on 11–12 April 1936 in , was noted for its call of Hindu-Muslim unity, before the call for separate Muslim state was raised by Jinnah the very next year. During Indian Independence movemen ...
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Mufti Baha-ud-din Farooqi
Bahauddin Farooqi (1927 – 5 July 2014) was a Kashmiri lawyer, jurist and political figure who served as the 12th Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. Education and career Farooqi pursued Law at Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ... after which he started practice at District Court Anantnag. He then joined judicial service and started his career as munsif in the subordinate judiciary and later served as law secretary to the government during the regime of Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq. He then became Srinagar district and sessions judge and was elevated as high court judge in 1971. During his tenure, he passed a number of landmark judgments and his judgment regarding anti-defection was the first to be passed by any high court of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Hakeem Khan
Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati was a former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court. He belongs to Swati tribe of Baffa, the largest Union Council of Mansehra District. He was appointed the Governor of North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) when General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq imposed Martial Law on 5 July 1977 and appointed all provincial Chief justices as governors of respective provinces. Khan died on 4 January 2007, aged 90. He belonged to Lughmani family of the Sarkheli subsection of Swati tribe Swatis () are people inhabiting the Hazara division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Of Dardic origins, Swatis originally spoke Dardic languages such as Gibri and Yadri and were native inhabitants of Swat valley. They were Pash .... References Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2007 deaths People from Mansehra District Pashtun politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court was promulgated by governor general of India on 1 March 1948 after the Government of India Act 1935 was passed, establishing the high court with effect from 5 April 1948, for the then-province of Assam. It was originally known as the High Court of Assam and Nagaland, but renamed as Gauhati High Court in 1971 by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971. It has largest jurisdiction in terms of states, with its area covering the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Mizoram. History After Indian independence, the Assam Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution on 9 September 1947 that a High Court be established for the province of Assam. In exercise of power conferred by the Government of India Act 1935, the Governor General of India on 1 March 1948 promulgated the Assam High Court Order, 1948, establishing the High Court of Assam. It was inaugurated on 5 April 1948 by H. J. Kania, the chief justice of India. Sir R.F. Lodge was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
