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 Ashutosh Kumar

Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court and
Chancellor, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (i)
Chairman
2.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma

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 Hrishikesh Roy

Former Judge, Supreme Court of India

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.

Mr. Devajit Lon Saikia

Advocate General of Assam

9 (1) (iv)

Member

8.

Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra

Chairman, Bar Council of India, New Delhi

9 (1) (vii)
Member
9.

Prof. (Dr.) K. V. S. Sarma

Vice-Chancellor, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (v)
Member Secretary
10.

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

Director, Judicial Academy, Assam

9 (1) (x)
Member
11.

Mr. Ravi Kota, IAS

Chief Secretary, Govt. of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
12.

Mr. Chinmoy Choudhury

Chairman, Bar Council of Assam

9 (1) (viii)
Member
13.

Prof. (Dr.) U. S. N. Murty

Director, NIPER 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. Jayant Narlikar, IAS

Commissioner & Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
17.

Mr. Narayan Konwar, IAS

Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
18.

Shri Biswajit Chakraborty

Legal Remembrancer cum Commissioner & Secretary, Judicial Department, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
19. Nominee of Government of Assam    
20.

Dr. Gunajit Roy Choudhury, ACS

Registrar, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiii)

Member
21.

Prof. (Dr.) Diptimoni Boruah

Professor of Law, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiv)
Member
22.

 Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Poddar

Professor of Law, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiv)
Member
23.

 

Professor of Law, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiv)
Member