About NUJS
The West Bengal National University of Juridical
Sciences was established under the WBNUJS Act,
1999 (West Bengal Act IX of 1999) adopted by the
West Bengal Legislature in July, 1999.The
University was notified under Clause (f) of
Section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956 in August 2004
and has been granted permanent affiliation by
the Bar Council of India in July 2005.
The Chief Justice of India is the Chancellor of NUJS
and is also the Chairman of the General Council,
the supreme policy-making body of the
University. Professor Dr. P. Ishwara Bhat is the Vice Chancellor of the University
The objectives of the University inter alia are
to:
- advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their role in
national development
- promote legal knowledge and to make law and the
legal process efficient instruments of social
development
- develop in the student and research scholar a
sense of responsibility to serve society in the
field of law by developing skills with regard to
advocacy, legal service, legislation, law
reforms and the like
- promote inter-disciplinary study of law in
relation to management, technology,
international cooperation and development
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