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 Sandeep Mehta

Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court
Chancellor, NLUJAA

9 (1) (i)
Chairman
2.

Hon'ble Shri Justice A. K. Goswami

Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court

9 (1) (ii)
Member
3.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lanusungkum Jamir

Judge, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati

9 (1) (xv)
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 Lon 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.

Prof. Amlandeep Das

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

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, Chancellor’s Secretariat, Raj Bhawan, Guwahati

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, 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.

Shri Binod Kumar Chetri

Legal Remembrancer & Secretary, Judicial Department, Government of Assam

9 (1) (xii)
Member
20.

Registrar, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiii)

Member
20.

 Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Poddar

Professor of Law, NLUJA, Assam

9 (1) (xiv)
Member