Department of Law, University of Calcutta
The Department of Law, University of Calcutta ((Bengali :আইন বিভাগ, কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) formerly University College of Law) is a faculty in the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, colloquially referred to as Hazra Law College which offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctorate and post doctorate courses in the field of Law. The Department oversees Thirteen affiliated Law schools of the University. It was founded in 1909.[2]
Seal of the University of Calcutta | |
Motto | Advancement of Learning |
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Type | Public |
Established | January 1909 |
Parent institution | University of Calcutta |
Vice-Chancellor | Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee[1] |
Dean | Dr. Shachi Chakrabarty |
Academic staff | 40 |
Students | 600 (undergraduate) 84 (postgraduate) |
Location | , , 22°31′33″N 88°21′47″E |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | White Sky Blue |
Affiliations | UGC, BCI |
Website | www |
History
The college was established by Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University and famous educationist Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1909. Prior to 1983, the Department of Law was known as the University College of Law. Sir Asutosh wanted it to be a model center of legal education. In a meeting held on 4 July 1908, the Senate recommended the proposal to establish University Law College in Kolkata. Sir Surendranath Banerjee was also present at the meeting, which was presided by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, the Rector of the University. The resolution was passed that a college is to be established for the promotion of legal education of the students of Bengal for degrees in law and to serve as a model college. Finally the University Law College, latter renamed as Hazra Law College started functioning under the management of a government body consisting of 16 members with the Vice-Chancellor as President from July, 1909. Eminent scholar and jurist Dr. S.C. Bagchi, LL.D became the first principal and Birajmohan Majumdar was appointed the first vice-principal of this College.[2]
Courses
It offers Bachelor of Laws i,e B.A.LL.B. (Hons) in 5 years course consisting of 10 semesters, Master of law (LL.M) and PhD. Programme. The Department also provides Post-Doctoral research (LL.D.) under the University of Calcutta.[3][4]
Notable alumni
- Radhabinod Pal - International Jurist
- Sudhi Ranjan Das - 5th Chief Justice of India
- Amal Kumar Sarkar - 8th Chief Justice of India
- Altamas Kabir - 39th Chief Justice of India
- Indira Banerjee - Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- Asok Kumar Ganguly - Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- G.N. Ray - Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- M. K. Mukherjee - Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- S.C. Sen - Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- Tarun Chatterjee - Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- N. L. Untwalia - Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India
- Amarendra Nath Sen - Judge in the Supreme Court of India and Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Debasish Kar Gupta - Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Anandamoy Bhattacharjee - Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, (Acting) Sikkim High Court and the Bombay High Court
- Anil Kumar Sen - Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Sambhunath Banerjee - Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Dipankar Datta - Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice
- Shyamal Kumar Sen - Judge and Governor of West Bengal
- Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee - Indian jurist and Parliamentarian
- Protik Prakash Banerjee - High Court Justice
- Biman Banerjee - Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2011
- Amar Singh - Politician
- Asutosh Law - Lawyer and Politician
- Tathagata Roy - Politician
- Haridas Bhattacharya - Bengali Indian philosopher, author and educationist
- B. N. Banerjee - Parliamentarian
- Soumitra Sen - former judge of the Calcutta High Court.
- Samarendra Chandra Deb - Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray - Lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal
- Bhaskar Choudhury - Indian politician from FrasMeghalaya
- Ganendra Narayan Ray - Judge in the Supreme Court of India and Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court
- Durga Charan Banerjee - Indian jurist and a member of parliament
- Gopinath Bordoloi - first Chief Minister of Assam
- Mukul Gopal Mukherjee - Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
- Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah - Politician
- Somnath Chatterjee - Lawyer and Politician
- Azizul Haque - Bengali lawyer, writer, Politician and public servant
- Birinchi Kumar Barua - folklorist, scholar, novelist, playwright, historian, linguist, educationist, administrator
- Snehansu Kanta Acharya - Lawyer and Politician
- Kamal Basu - Politician
- Pinaki Chandra Ghose - the Lokpal and Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
- Subhasis Talapatra - former acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
References
- "Vice-Chancellors". www.caluniv.ac.in. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- "Department of Law". caluniv.ac.in. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- "Department of Law, University of Calcutta". univariety.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- "University of Calcutta admissions 2016". 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.