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 Shri Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Acting Chief Justice Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court |
9 (1) (i) |
Chairman |
| 2. | Hon'ble Shri Justice N. Kotiswar Singh Judge, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati |
9 (1) (xv) |
Member |
| 3. | Hon'ble Shri Justice A. K. Goswami Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court |
9 (1) (ii) |
Member |
| 4. | Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. P. Katakey Former Judge, Gauhati High Court |
9 (1) (iii) |
Member |
| 5. | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manojit Bhuyan Former Judge, Gauhati High Court |
9 (1) (iii) |
Member |
| 6. | Mr. Devajit Saikia Advocate General of Assam |
9 (1) (iv) |
Member |
| 7. | Prof. (Dr.) V. K. Ahuja Vice-Chancellor, NLUJA, Assam |
9 (1) (v) |
Member Secretary |
| 8. | nominated by Government of Assam |
9 (1) (vi) |
Member |
| 9. | Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra Chairman, Bar Council of India, New Delhi |
9 (1) (vii) |
Member |
| 10. | Mr. Chinmoy Choudhury Chairman, Bar Council of Assam |
9 (1) (viii) |
Member |
| 11. | Prof. (Dr.) Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri Advisor, Education Department, Govt. of Assam |
9 (1) (ix) |
Member |
| 12. | Dr. Amarjyoti Choudhury Former Vice-Chancellor, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati Editor, Dainik Assam |
9 (1) (ix) |
Member |
| 13 | Hon'ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) Mir Alfaz Ali Director, Judicial Academy, Assam |
9 (1) (x) |
Member |
| 14. | Dr. D.N. Buragohain Former Director, Indian Institiutes of Technology Guwahati |
9 (1) (xi) |
Member |
| 15. | Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao Former Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore Chairperson, VIPS, New Delhi |
9 (1) (xi) |
Member |
| 15. | Mr. Paban Kumar Borthakur, IAS Chief Secretary, Govt. of Assam |
9 (1) (xii) |
Member |
| 17. | Mr. Samir Kumar Sinha Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Govt. of Assam |
9 (1) (xii) |
Member |
| 18. | Mr. Deepak Majumdar, IAS Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of Assam |
9 (1) (xii) |
Member |
| 19. | Shri Binod Kumar Chetri LR & Secretary, Judicial Department, Govt. of Assam |
9 (1) (xii) |
Member |
| 20. | Dr. Indranoshee Das, ACS Registrar, NLUJA, Assam |
9 (1) (xiii) |
Member |
| 20. | Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Poddar Professor of Law, NLUJA, Assam |
9 (1) (xiv) |
Member |