THE GENERAL COUNCIL

In pursuance of Clause (ii) of Sub Section 2 of Section 9 of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam Act, 2009, as amended, and in pursuance of the decision of the Hon’ble Chancellor of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam to nominate the members under the Act to the General Council and on receipt of nomination from the State Govt. Vide letter no. JDJ.(E)161/2006/169, dated Dispur the 27th Jan/2014, the General Council of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, has been re-constituted with the following members. As per the above mentioned Clause the term of office of the nominated members of the General Council other than the ex-officio members shall be three years.

Sl. No.
Name and Designation
Section
Position
1.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vijay Bishnoi

Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court and
Chancellor, NLUJAA

9 (1) (i)
Chairman
2.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lanusungkum Jamir

Judge, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati

9 (1) (xv)
Member
3.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari

Former Judge, Supreme Court of India

9 (1) (xi)
Member
4.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. K. Goswami

Chairperson, Assam Human Rights Commission
Former Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court

9 (1) (ii)
Member
5.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury

Judge, Gauhati High Court

9 (1) (iii)
Member
6.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair

Judge, Gauhati High Court

9 (1) (iii)
Member
7

Hon'ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) Mir Alfaz Ali

Director, Judicial Academy, Assam

9 (1) (x)
Member
8.

Mr. Devajit Lon Saikia

Advocate General of Assam

9 (1) (iv)

Member

9.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) Mir Alfaz Ali

Vice-Chancellor (Incharge), NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (v)
Member Secretary
10.

Prof. Amlandeep Das

Former Head of the Department of English, Cotton University, Guwahati

9 (1) (vi)
Member
11.

Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra

Chairman, Bar Council of India, New Delhi

9 (1) (vii)
Member
12.

Mr. Chinmoy Choudhury

Chairman, Bar Council of Assam

9 (1) (viii)
Member
13.

Prof. (Dr.) Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri

Advisor, Chancellor’s Secretariat, Raj Bhawan, Guwahati

9 (1) (ix)
Member
14.

Prof. (Dr.) Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti

Vice-Chancellor, WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

9 (1) (ix)
Member
15.

Prof. (Dr.) Harpreet Kaur

Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur

9 (1) (xi)
Member
16.

Mr. Paban Kumar Borthakur, IAS

Chief Secretary, Govt. of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
17.

Mr. Samir Kumar Sinha

Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
18.

Mr. Deepak Majumdar, IAS

Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
19.

Mr. Romen Baruah

Legal Remembrancer & Secretary, Judicial Department, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
20.

Mr. Gunajit Roy Choudhury, ACS

Registrar, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiii)

Member
21.

 Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Poddar

Professor of Law, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiv)
Member