The Indian Law Institute was established in 1956 as a result of the efforts of the leading jurists of India for over a number of years. It is a truism that a sound legal order is the basis of a democratic society, because law is one of the major instrumentalities by which a society can hope to prosper and develop. The Institute plays vital role for reinvigorating legal research as the law, the legal research and the legal education had been neglected areas in India, both before and after the independence. The Institute is consistently contributing for a sustained institutionalized research encompassing projects requiring field studies and group thinking. The Indian Law Institute is the only Deemed University of Higher Education and Research in Law, under the aegis of Supreme Court of India and under Administrative Control of Ministry of Law & Justice, Govt. of India. Chief Justice of India is Ex-officio President, Minister of Law & Justice is Ex-officio Vice-President of the Institute. Secretary, Deptt. Of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, Sectetary, Deptt. Of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development are Ex-officio Members of the Governing Council / Executive Committee of the Institute. The Indian Law Institute is a level playing field in the cutting edge legal education and research bringing forth the Judiciary, Academics and Advocacy at one place.
The Indian Law Institute is the only Autonomous Institution of Higher Legal Research under Central Government with PAN India presence (with 17 State Units being run by State High Courts).
The teaching learning process in the ILI is predominantly student-centric. The students are imbibed with sound ethical and moral values while teaching the course curriculum. Special lectures, workshops, seminars, help them to acquire sound knowledge of law. The students of this Institute have proved their excellence and many are experts of law field.
Also:
Ø Granted the status of Deemed University in the year 2004 for further penetration to the field of Legal Education.
Ø Awarded ‘A’ Grade by NAAC (with CGPA 3.35 out of 4.00) (during 2017)
Ø Reviewed by the UGC for the Deemed University Status (during 2017)
Ø Granted Graded Autonomy (Grade – II) by the UGC (during 2018)
Ø Granted eligibility status u/s-12B of the UGC Act, 1956 (during 2018)
The Institute Library is one of the leading law libraries in Asia and attracts scholars from all over the world. The University Grants Commission has recognized the library as a place for legal research leading to doctorate degree in law. The ILI library has computerized all its catalogue to provide access to the information about the availability of books, journals and legal resources. It contains around 82500 volumes and receives about 190 current legal periodicals. The Institute has recently introduced “Remote-Xs” application for providing the access to various subscribed databases to authorized external users (viz., Judges of Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and various central institutions and law colleges).
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INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI
The Indian Law Institute was established in 1956 as a result of the efforts of the leading jurists of India for over a number of years. It is a truism that a sound legal order is the basis of a democratic society, because law is one of the major instrumentalities by which a society can hope to prosper and develop. The Institute plays vital role for reinvigorating legal research as the law, the legal research and the legal education had been neglected areas in India, both before and after the independence. The Institute is consistently contributing for a sustained institutionalized research encompassing projects requiring field studies and group thinking. The Indian Law Institute is the only Deemed University of Higher Education and Research in Law, under the aegis of Supreme Court of India and under Administrative Control of Ministry of Law & Justice, Govt. of India. Chief Justice of India is Ex-officio President, Minister of Law & Justice is Ex-officio Vice-President of the Institute. Secretary, Deptt. Of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, Sectetary, Deptt. Of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development are Ex-officio Members of the Governing Council / Executive Committee of the Institute. The Indian Law Institute is a level playing field in the cutting edge legal education and research bringing forth the Judiciary, Academics and Advocacy at one place.
The Indian Law Institute is the only Autonomous Institution of Higher Legal Research under Central Government with PAN India presence (with 17 State Units being run by State High Courts).
The teaching learning process in the ILI is predominantly student-centric. The students are imbibed with sound ethical and moral values while teaching the course curriculum. Special lectures, workshops, seminars, help them to acquire sound knowledge of law. The students of this Institute have proved their excellence and many are experts of law field.
Also:
Ø Granted the status of Deemed University in the year 2004 for further penetration to the field of Legal Education.
Ø Awarded ‘A’ Grade by NAAC (with CGPA 3.35 out of 4.00) (during 2017)
Ø Reviewed by the UGC for the Deemed University Status (during 2017)
Ø Granted Graded Autonomy (Grade – II) by the UGC (during 2018)
Ø Granted eligibility status u/s-12B of the UGC Act, 1956 (during 2018)
The Institute Library is one of the leading law libraries in Asia and attracts scholars from all over the world. The University Grants Commission has recognized the library as a place for legal research leading to doctorate degree in law. The ILI library has computerized all its catalogue to provide access to the information about the availability of books, journals and legal resources. It contains around 82500 volumes and receives about 190 current legal periodicals. The Institute has recently introduced “Remote-Xs” application for providing the access to various subscribed databases to authorized external users (viz., Judges of Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and various central institutions and law colleges).
