NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF STUDY AND RESEARCH IN LAW, RANCHI About the University National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL) has been established by Act No. 4 of Jharkhand State Assembly in 2010. The University has subsequently been recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC) in September 2011 u/s 22 of the UGC Act of 1956. National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi provides unparalleled academic and career enhancement programs. Our commitment is towards holistic personality development and we intend to create academia of first rate that will endeavour to transform human lives. We create strategic lawyers with a global mind set. We are working to define and fortify justice education in India and offer the widest choice of courses to students, which include viz., B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) which varies over as many as five areas of specialization, the list of which is inclusive but not exhaustive of Corporate Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual property Law, International Law and Criminal Law in the present. Our courses at the undergraduate level include intra mooting exercises as a part of Continuous Assessment Test from the budding stage along with other application based exercises and evaluation schemes including research papers and drafting to make the students adept and train them to face the challenges of the ever increasing up gradation and use of technology in law. At the postgraduate level, the university offers LL.M. in Business Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, International Trade Law and Law, science and Technology. Our experimentation in future is to integrate the legal ingenuity with that of management skills i.e. the BB.A LL.B (Hons) course at the Undergraduate level which has a c h i e v e d g l o b a l recognition. Being committed to the mission of achieving excellence in higher e d u c a t i o n, t h e university offers Doctorate in various s p h e r e s o f knowledge. National University of study and Research in Law, Ranchi has also planned to step in to initiate a D i s t a n c e E d u c a t i o n Programme, designed to update knowledge and skills through e-learning and regular contact classes which will not only be a value addition in terms of knowledge and career growth for the taught, but shall also Prof. (Dr.) B.C. Nirmal Vice Chancellor Mr. Aloke Kumar Sengupta Registrar expand the horizon of thinking, research and improvisation of teaching skills for the faculty of the University. Our curriculum framing is done with a global perspective and delivered at world class standard to generate especially skilled global legal professionals. The curriculum undergoes regular updating with inputs from some of the brightest legal minds in the country and abroad. 77
National University of study and Research in Law is also equipped with distinguished visiting faculties of national repute as well as a good mix of highly qualified and experienced young associates. A number of faculty members have exposure of having studied and being trained at universities of international fame such as Linkoping University in Sweden, Norwegian University and Charles University at Prague which in turn benefits our meritorious students. One of our faculties has previously worked under Ministry of Education, Singapore. With a view to promote comparative scholarship and expose students and faculty alike to new ideas, the university has also taken initiative to invite scholars from leading universities. In recent years, we have had visiting faculty from universities such as National Law School of India University, Bangalore Mr. A Jayagovind and Mr. Sitaram Kakarala, Prof. Surinder Kaur Verma, Director of International Society of International Law, Dr. Manoj Kr Sinha, Director of Indian Law Institute, Delhi and Prof. VK Gupta from Jamia Millia University and Prof. VK Dixit from Univerity of Delhi, Prof. Salim Akhtar of Aligarh Muslim University, Dr. GP Verma, Former Vice Chancellor of Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow, Prof. AS Bhat from Univeristy of Kashmir, Srinagar. Prof. VS Mani from Jaipur National University, Prof. DN Jauhar, who was the former Vice Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra are the visiting faculty of the University. We have also invited Dr. KN Chaturvedi who was former secretary to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India and attorneys, associates and partners from firms of repute such as Amarchand Mangal Das, Lakshmi Kumaran and Sridharan and others. Some of our alumni who have acquired higher qualifications from prestigious institutions and garnered varied experience share their learning on topics of contemporary interest in law and practice for the benefit of the students. We have faculty which provides meaningful inputs in exposing students to practical facets of law. In the year 2015, our students received multifarious exposure in the form of workshop by leading law Firm Khaitan and Co., where Mr. RN Jhun Jhun Wala Managing Partner of the firm of Kolkata Offices who took the students beyond the perimeters of stereotypical theoretical knowledge and taught them technical nuances and craftsmanship of practice in the legal profession. At the undergraduate level University offers Fiveyear Integrated BA LLB(Hons.) Degree Program which consists of ten semesters. The University commenced its Research Program in January 2012. The process for admitting students to its LLM (one year) and PhD (Two years) is already going on through Entrance Test, Group Discussion and Vivavoce. Within a span of very Short Time the University has considerably spread its academic wings and has established its outreach in the country and abroad. LL.B. Degree Program (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Name of the Undergraduate Degree Program: BA LLB(Hons.) Duration of the Program: Ten Semesters (Five s) Eligibility: Class XII Pass with minimum 45% of marks Intake Capacity: 120 Students Reservation: The 120 seats of the Undergraduate shall be reserved as follows: [As per NUSRL Act 2010, 50% Seats are reserved for students from Jharkhand] Total Number of Students 120 Jharkhand Other State General 30 General 30 ST 16 ST 05 SC 06 SC 09 EBC 05 OBC 16 BC 03 Total 60 Total 60 (vi) Criteria for Reservation for the Admission Seats of Jharkhand: As per NUSRL, Ranchi Act 2010: Fifty percent of the total seats of a particular discipline of study shall be reserved for residents of Jharkhand State or those who have passed the qualifying examination from the institutions located in Jharkhand State and to the wards of the Employees of the Central/State Government/University/Public Undertaking/Corporations/Boards/Academies, etc. working in Jharkhand State. Reservation policy in this regard shall be applicable for admission against these seats. 78
(vii) Structure of UG S.N. ITEMS AMOUNT (`) 1 Admission One time 10,000 2 Semester Per semester 50,000 3 Internet Charges Per semester 5,000 4 Support Service Per semester 6,000 Charges 5 Hostel Rent Per year 18,000 6 Library Security One time 5,000 7 Mess Security One time 5,000 8 Hostel Security One time 5,000 9 Multi Media & Per Semester 5,000 Library 10 Examination Per Semester 2,000 11 Reading Material Per Semester 3,000 12 Student's Welfare Per Semester 1,000 13 Campus Development 15,000 14 Maintenance Per Semester 5,000 15 Mess Per Semester 15,000 (Adjustable) A Total 150,000 B for II Semester Per Semester 77,000 C Mess (Adjustable) Per Semester I Total in the A+B+C 2,27,000+Mess First of D for III Semester Per Semester 95,000 (Tentative) E Mess (Adjustable) Per Semester --- F for IV Semester Per Semester 77,000 (Tentative) G Mess (Adjustable) Per Semester II Total for Second Tentative - D+F 1,72,000+Mess II III Total for Third Tentative 1,72,000+Mess III IV Total for Fourth Tentative 1,72,000+Mess IV V Total for Fifth Tentative 1,72,000+Mess V Note: There may be an increase of 10% in Semester, Internet Charges, Support Service Charges, Maintenance, Multi Media and Library, Examination, Reading Material, Student's Welfare every year. The Mess shall be adjusted as per the enhancement of charges by the caterer. (viii) Course Structure of UG Matrix Semester I 1 Pol. Science I # 5 Contract I * 2 Economics I # 6 Law of Torts including CPA 3 Philosophy I # And Motor Vehicles* 4 English I 1 English II 5 Contract II including Specific 2 Pol. Science II # Relief* 3 Economics II # 6 Constitution I* 4 Philosophy I I# I 1 Psychology I # 4 Family Law I* 2 History I # 5 Law of crimes I* 3 Sociology I # 6 Constitution II* Semester IV 1 Psychology II # 4 Family Law II* 2 History II # 5 Law of crimes II* 3 Sociology II # 6 CPC and Limitation* Semester V 1 Jurisprudence* 2 Administrative Law* 3 Property Law* 4 Law of Evidence* 5 Commercial transaction $ 6 Labour law I* Semester VI 1 Environmental Law* 2 Company Law* 3 International Law* 4 IPR I$ 5 Interpretation of statutes $ 6 Labour Law II* Semester VII 1 IPR II 2 Law of taxation * 3 Law of Health & Medicine $ 4 Law of Arbitration And ADR (Clinical Paper I) 79
5 Honours I 6 Honours II Semester VIII S.N. B.A. Courses S.N. Law Honors Courses 1 Law of Taxation II* 2 Law of Information Technology $ 3 Tribal and Customary Law 4 Mining Law $ 5 Honours III 6 Honours IV Semester IX S.N. S.N. Law Courses 1 Drafting Pleading & Conveyancing Clinical (Paper II) 2 Forest & Natural Resource Law $ 3 Seminar Paper I 4 Seminar Paper II 5 Honours V 6 Honours VI Semester X S.N. Law Courses S.N. Law Honors Courses LL.M. DEGREE PROGRAM (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) 1 Professional Ethics & Bar Bench Relation (Clinical Paper III) 2 Seminar Paper III 3 Seminar Paper IV 4 Honours VII 5 Honours VIII 6 (Clinical Paper IV ) Legal Aid/Moot Court Practice Name of the Degree Program: LL M Duration of the Program: Two Semesters (One ) Eligibility: LL.B/ Five integrated BA- LL.B/any other equivalent exam with minimum of 55% marks Intake Capacity: 20 Students Reservation: The 20 seats of the Postgraduate shall be reserved as follows: [As per NUSRL, Act 2010, 50% Seats are reserved for students from Jharkhand and remaining 50% seats are reserved for the other state students] Total Number of Students 20 Jharkhand Other State General 05 General 05 ST 02 ST 01 SC 01 SC 01 EBC 01 OBC 03 BC 01 Total 10 Total 10 COURSE STRUCTURE OF LL.M. (ONE YEAR) SN Code Subject Semester I 1 R1001 Research Methodology and Legal Writing 2 R1002 Law and Justice in a globalizing world 3 R1003 Comparative Public Law 4 Specialization--I Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 1 IP2001 Copyrights 2 IP 2002 Trade Mark and Geographical Indication 3 IP2003 Patents 4 IP2004 Design and Undisclosed Information 5 IP2005 WTO and TRIPS 6 IP2006 E-Commerce and The Emerging Legal Framework 7. Dissertation Specialization--II Corporate and Commercial Law 1 BL2001 Banking and Insurance Law 2 BL2002 Competition Law 3 BL2003 Laws on securities and Financial Markets 4 BL2004 International Trade law 5 BL2005 Investment Law 6 BL2006 Commercial Arbitration 7 Dissertation Specialization--III 80
Constitutional and Administrative Law 1 CL3001 Centre-State Relations and Constitutional Governance 2 CL3002 Local Self Government and Federal Governance 3 CL3003 Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles 4 CL3004 Media Law 5 CL3005 Administrative law 6 CL3006 Health law 7 Dissertation FEE STRUCTURE OF LLM SN ITEM Semester I (At the time of Admission) AMOUNT (`) 1 Admission 10,000/- 2 Semester (@Rs.5000/- Per Semester 30,000/ per Course) 3 Internet Charges Per Semester 5000/- 4 Support Service Per Semester 6000/- Charges 5 Maintenance Per Semester 5000/- 6 Hostel Rent Per 18,000/- 7 Library Security Refundable 5000/- 8 Mess Security Refundable 5000/- 9 Hostel Security Refundable 5000/- 10 Multi Media and Per Semester 5000/- Library 11 Examination Per Semester 10,000/- 12 Reading Material Per Semester 3000/- 13 Student's Welfare Per Semester 1000/- 14 Campus Development 15,000/- Total 1,23,000/- Mess Per Semester 15,000/- (Adjustable) A Total for Semester I 1,38,000/ Payable at the time of Admission) for II Semester 65,000/- Mess As per Account B Total 65,000/ (+Mess ) Total in the A+B 2,03,000/- First (Excluding the Mess for Second Semester) Grand Total (For the entire Course) 2,03,000/- Note: Mess charges are adjustable and shall be raised by the University Accounts office in the successive Semesters as per the deposits against the concerned student in the Registrar National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi AT-Nagri, P.O. - Bukru, Kanke-Pithoria Road, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006 (Jharkhand) Tele: 0651-2902705/2902806 (O), Fax: 0651-2902706 Website: www.nusrlranchi.ac.in, Email: nusrlranchi@gmail.com 81