Hidayatullah National Law University

Hidayatullah National Law University

Academic block of HNLU
Motto Dharma Sansthapanartham
(for the sake of establishing the primacy of the laws of eternal value)
Type Public
Established 2003
Students 950
Location Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Affiliations UGC and BCI
Website

www.hnlu.ac.in

alumni.hnlu.ac.in

Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) (Hindi: हिदायतुल्लाह राष्ट्रीय विधि विश्वविद्यालय) is an autonomous law university in New Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The University is named after the former Chief Justice of India, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah. It is one of the National Law Schools established in India being sixth in the series of such national law schools. It was established as a centre for legal excellence by the Government of Chhattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chhattisgarh, Act (Act No.10 of 2003). The university offers a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) integrated Programme, an L.L.M. Programme, and Ph.D Course.

It is a residential university and is affiliated to and receives central assistance from the University Grants Commission[1] and is recognised by the Bar Council of India.[2]

Administration

Heading the administration of the university are:[2]

Admission

Admissions to Undergraduate and postgraduate courses is made on the basis of merit as assessed through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Prior to 2008, admissions were conducted through National Entrance Tests which was replaced by CLAT as per the Supreme Court of India's directives.[5] Admissions to the Ph.d Programme is conducted separately by the University.[6] Students belonging to the state domicile Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class, and PWD and minorities are provided with scholarships by the state government.[7]

Courses and curriculum

HNLU currently offers following courses:

Courses offered

Undergraduate

The University follows a semester system in its Undergraduate Program, with the students studying a total of 56 Papers in 5 Years. The University earlier had a system of students declaring a major(Political Science, Sociology or Economics) but currently it offers a single major, Political Science. In the 4th & 5th Year, students have to choose two Honors papers. All students are also required to study 6 Optional papers during their 4th & 5th year.

Compulsory Law Papers Contd. Contd. Honors subjects offered Optionals offered
Law of Torts Environmental Law Code of Civil Procedure Hons. in Constitutional Governance International Commercial Arbitration
Legal Methods Labor Law - I Indian Evidence Act Hons. in Corporate Law Indirect taxation
Family Law - I Labor Law - II Alternative Dispute Resolution Hons. in Intellectual Property Laws Law of Insurance
Family Law - II Corporate Law - I Transfer of Property Act Hons. in Trade & Investment Laws Competition Law
Law of Contracts - I Corporate Law - II Intellectual Property Laws Hons. in Criminal Law WTO Law
Law of Contracts - II Jurisprudence - I Land Laws Banking Law's
Constitutional Governance - I Jurisprudence - II Drafting, Pleading, Conveyancing Women & Law
Constitutional Governance - II Principles of Taxation Professional Ethics Media & Law
International Law Administrative Law Cyber Law
Indian Penal Code Code of Criminal Procedure

Postgraduate

The University offers a one-year LL.M Program which runs according to a Trimester system. The specialisations offered are Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law & Environmental Law.

Publications

HNLU Student Bar Journal is the flagship peer review journal of the Students Bar Association of HNLU. In 2014 the University started the HNLU Journal of Law & Social Sciences (ISSN No. 2347-839X), a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with an editorial board of experts from the legal as well as the field of social sciences. This Bi-annual Journal is being published with the objective to provide a platform to judges, jurists, academicians, research scholars and legal practitioners to express their views on topics of contemporary significance in law and social sciences.[11]

Campus

Old Campus

Previously, the university ran from a classical heritage building adjacent to the Raj Bhawan in the heart of the city.[12] In 2009, the university shifted to its newly constructed campus at Uparwara, Naya Raipur, about 22 km from the center of Raipur city.[13]

New Campus

The new campus is built over 65 acres (260,000 m2) of land located beside a lake and in a serene and pollution free environment. The circular academic and administrative building has been built on the design of the Parliament of India. The academic block consists of a three-storied library with an air conditioned reading hall and an air-conditioned computer lab equipped with 200 computers. The academic block also houses the Moot Court Halls designed to match the standards of the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled. There are 21 air-conditioned class-rooms fitted with modern teaching aids and equipments.[7][14]

The air-conditioned class rooms are fitted with teaching aids such as DLP projectors and no single interactive boards. It also has a Conference Hall and an amphitheatre. The Halls of Residence at the new campus have been constructed to provide single room accommodation to each student.

Infrastructure

Hostels

HNLU HOR
Halls of residence

HNLU provides separate hostels for girls and boys. Each hostel has two blocks which are connected to the mess. There are over 400 single occupancy rooms and under construction 216 double occupancy rooms. The hostels are equipped with separate mess and gymnasium facilities with on resident doctor[7]

Library and Reading Room

HNLU LIBRARY
HNLU Library

HNLU has a three-storied library with an air conditioned reading hall. HNLU library has adopted an open access system so as to make it easier for the readers to access to the library resources thereby saving time. The library has a large collection of law books, case law reports and journals. To assist the students and research scholars in locating their desired legal literature and other information, a library automation system has been installed. Photocopying and printing facilities are available.[2]

The HNLU library conducts a library orientation programme for the fresh students to acquaint them with the library system.

The library is Wi-Fi enabled and provides the students with daily newspapers, weekly magazines and other periodicals.[15]

IT Infrastructure

HNLU IT LAB
Information Technology Lab at the University

HNLU has an air conditioned computer lab with desktop computers with internet connectivity. All the legal databases are available through CD-ROMs and subscription to web based databases like JSTOR, Manupatra and Westlaw International, SCC Online, and Economic and Political Weekly. A Wi-Fi facility provides the students with wire-free access to the web resources through their laptops. The Information Technology Committee, a student body, maintains the Computer Lab.[16]

New Academic Block & Guest House

In 2013 the University began construction to build a second Academic Block adjacent to the original one, with classrooms built to accommodate the additional students, after intake was hiked from 100 to 175.

A Guest house has been built where parents of students & guests are accommodated. The Lake facing guest house has air-conditioned rooms which are available at a nominal fee on application to the Registrar.

New Hostel Block & Auditorium

Construction began in 2014 for the new Hostel Blocks for both the Boys' & Girls' Hostels. The new hostels are twin-sharing contrary to the old single rooms. The Chhattisgarh Government also allotted a major budget in 2014 for the construction of a state-of-the-art Auditorium.

Moot Courts

2nd HNMCC
2nd Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition
HNLU Moot Court Hall
HNLU Moot Court Hall

To familiarise students with the workings of courts, the university conducts court room exercises and Moot Courts. Court Room Exercises are conducted in every semester. Students are encouraged to participate in Moot Court competitions so that they get the chance to interact with other law students from all over the country. The Moot Court Committee is the facilitator of the Moot Court. Additionally, the committee is guided by the faculty coordinator and three Faculty advisers.

Campus Life

The Student Bar Association

The Student Bar Association at HNLU is the representative body of the students. The Association comprises fourteen students who are the conveners of the twelve committees of the University. A President and a Vice-President are elected from amongst these fourteen members. The members and officers of the Association hold office for a year. The Association makes all decisions affecting the students and makes recommendations to the Vice-Chancellor. The Association coordinates and supervises the activities of all the committees at the University.[17]

The HNLU Students Bar Association consists of fourteen committees viz. Moot Court Co-ordination Committee, Academic Support Committee, Finance Committee, Legal Service Society, Literary and Debate Society, Library Committee, I.T. Committee, Public Relations Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Mess Committee, Halls of Residence Committee, Cultural Committee, Students Editorial Board and Sports Committee. Each Committee has a convener and co-convener. Each Committee has at least two faculty advisers. The President and Vice President of the Student Bar Council are elected by popular vote.

Events

Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition[18]

HNLU organises its flagship moot the Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition every year in October, in which teams from across the country participate.[19][20] The Moot sees participation from across the country, with the Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court officiating over the finals. The Competition has been previously sponsored by the Competition Commission of India & renowned Law firms such as Khaitan & Co., J. Sagar & Associates & Sai Krishna & Associates.[21][22] The 1st Edition of the Moot in 2007 was based on Biotechnology Law,[23] the subsequent editions being based on Competition Law (in association with the Competition Commission of India). The 7th edition of the Competition in 2014 saw the theme being changed from to Environmental Law.[24] HNMCC is listed as a tier 5 Moot in the Mooting Premier League.[25]

Edition Year Winner Runner-up Best Speaker
7th 2014[26] SASTRA University, Tanjore Symbiosis Law School, Noida Siddhanth Kocchar (UPES Dehradun)
6th 2013[27] National Law School of India University, Bengaluru NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad Pranav Agarwal (NALSAR, Hyderabad)
5th 2012[28] West Bengal National University Juridical Sciences, Kolkata NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad Akshat Gupta (WBNUJS, Kolkata)
4th 2011[29] National Law University, Jodhpur West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata Vishal Sagar (NLU Jodhpur)
3rd 2010[30] National Law University, Delhi Campus Law Centre, Delhi Aditya Singha (NLU, Delhi)
2nd 2008[31] ILS Law College, Pune National Law University, Jodhpur

Colossus[32][33]

Colossus is the flagship sports fest of HNLU which is organised in the month of March every year. The Fest was first organised in 2013 and comprises 15 sports events and an equal number of cultural events. The sports events include Football, Cricket, Tennis, Table-Tennis, Basketball, Throw-ball, Volleyball, Chess etc. The cultural events include a Dance contest, Singing Competitions, Fashion Show, Photography Competition, Mad-ad's etc. The fest which initially began with participation from local Universities & Colleges in Chhattisgarh such as NIT Raipur, BIT Raipur, MATS University, PIE Tech Raipur, APIC, CIT etc.[34]

The 2nd Edition in 2014 saw addition's like classical dance, solo singing and street plays. Participants included Sastra University, Thanjavur, National Law Institute University, Bhopal, University Law College, Bhubaneshwar and Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.[35]

Literary & Debating

The University has an active Debating circuit which is supported by the Literary & Debating Committee. The University team's selected on the basis of challengers or benchmarks participate in Parliamentary debates across the country including the National Law School Debate, the Mukarji Memorial Debate at St. Stephens College, Delhi, the NALSAR IV & the NUJS Parliamentary Debate at WBNUJS, Kolkata.

Year round activities held on the Campus include:

Intra University Sporting Events

The University has an endowment Cricket Tournament, the Sudeep Memorial Cricket Tournament named after an alumnus.[36] There is an annual Football tournament held in the University known as the Hidayatullah Premier League (HPL). A Basketball Tournament, "Dunkyard" has also been happening since 2013.

Student Associations

International Law Students Association

The HNLU ILSA Chapter was established on 11 October 2010, with Aakansha Kumar as its Chief Officer and Ms. Shilpa Jain & Mr. Neeraj Tiwari as Faculty Advisers.[37] Through the years the Chapter has tried to forward the study on International Law in HNLU through various initiatives, including a two-day Lecture Series by Prof. David Ambrose from the University of Madras and the HNLU-ILSA Refugee Conference.[38]

Achievements

The students of the University have won various awards and accolades. In 2012 the Supreme Court Lawyers Welfare Trust, awarded its first annual fellowship, named "The Lawyers Welfare Award" to HNLU alumnus Pallav Mongia.[39]

An alumnus of the 2012 graduating batch, Mr Saksham Chaturvedi won the ABA Section of International Law’s Rona R. Mears Student Writing Competition & Scholarship Award, 2011 for his essay on "The Geneva Conventions: What Past? What futures?" and was awarded the prize in an event hosted by the American Bar Association in Washington[40]

HNLU alumnus have gone on to join LL.M (Master of Law) Programme's at the Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley, Boston University, George Washington University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Queen Mary University of London, University of Warwick, Goethe University Frankfurt, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, National University of Singapore, South Asian University and other prestigious Institutions.

Moot Courts

HNLU has represented India in some of the best International Moot Court Competitions like the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition;[41][42] International Maritime Moot Court Competition, Sydney, the LAWASIA Moot, the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the Washington College of Law, the FDI Moot, Louis M. Brown Client Counseling Competition, Susan J. Ferrell Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition held at St. Thomas University - School of Law, Miami, the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition etc.[43]

International

National:

Common Law Admission Test

HNLU conducted the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in 2013. CLAT is conducted for conducted for admission into various academic programmes (LLB and LLM) of the 14 National Law Universities (NLUs) in India. The 2013 edition of CLAT saw 29,500 test takers.Initially HNLU rejected 1,317 out of 29,500 application forms that were "incomplete or filled improperly", but on 23 April notified on its website that "on the basis of requests made by applicants and their parents" it would allow rejected applicants to apply again on a "provisional basis".[76][77]

See also

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