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Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai

March 02, 2023

Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, commonly known by its former name Madras Law College, is a law school, located in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is also referred to as Government Law College or GLC, Chennai. It was established in 1891. It was renamed in 1990, as Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, by the Government of Tamil Nadu in commemoration of the birth centenary of B. R. Ambedkar. In 1997, the Government of Tamil Nadu passed an Act which brought the college under the wings of the newly established Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, splitting the college from the University of Madras.

Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai
Madras Law College
Other name
DRAGLC
MottoFiat justitia ruat caelum
("Let justice be done though the heavens fall.")
TypeGovernment Law College
Established2 May 1891; 131 years ago (2 May 1891)
Parent institution
1891–1996: University of Madras
1996–present: Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University
Students1800
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
,
India
Websitewww.draglc.ac.in

History

The genesis of Legal Education in Madras can be traced to the informal law classes conducted by Mr. George Norton, Advocate General of Madras State (1827–1853) in his house in the form of conversations in the early 19th century. In 1852, at the direction of Sir Henry Eldred Pottinger, the Governor of Madras during that period, a Government High School was expanded into the Presidency College, Chennai. Mr. John Bruce Norton, was appointed as the first Professor of law in 1855, who delivered his lectures at the Presidency College, Chennai. Till 1884, there was only one Professor of Law in the Presidency College, Chennai. To supplement lectures by tutorials, a second Professor was appointed in 1884 and to him, the tutorial work was entrusted. The Scheme was put on trial for two years and it proved a success. So it was continued for two more years from 1 January 1886.

H. B. Grigg, the Director of Public Instruction, who evinced keen interest in improving the status of legal education in Madras, sent a proposal to the Government for setting up a Central Law College in Madras. The Government concurred with Mr. Grigg that changes were necessary in the arrangements for Law Instruction and that an independent institution should be established. In 1885, Mr. Justice T. Muthuswamy Iyer also gave his warm support to the proposal. The Proposal was sanctioned by the Secretary of State, on the advice of the Council of Legal Studies (Education) in London and the Law College was established as an independent institution under the control of the Director of Public instruction. Mr. Reginald, A. Nelson, the first Principal, entered upon his duties on 2 May 1891.

Thus, the Law College came into existence. For seven and a half years after birth, it had no habitation of its own and the college was housed at the Senate House of the University of Madras. A project to place the new institution as near the High Court as possible led to the selection of a site for erecting a structure to the west of the High Court building. The building structure of the Law College was designed by Mr.Henry Irwin, the Government Architect and the Law College moved into that building on 9 January 1899. As a natural consequence of gaining a building of its own, the Law College was converted into a full time institution.[1]

The Diamond Jubilee of Madras Law College was celebrated on 14 March 1952.[2] P. V. Rajamannar, the first Indian to become the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, presided over the function.

In 2018, the Law College was split into two different campuses and moved to different campuses as the building structure which housed the college for more than 100 years, was found to be damaged and had a risk of collapsing.

 
The Law College in Madras, c. 1905
 
Madras High Court and the Law College

Admission

At present, the admissions are made through Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University. It enrolls 562 students every year.

Academics

In the early seventies, the college was upgraded into a post-graduate institution with the introduction of M.L. courses. It primarily offers 5-year integrated B.A., B.L. and 3-year B.G.L. under-graduate programmes.

From 1973 to 1974, the Tamil Language has also been made as a medium of instruction in Law as part of a government policy to introduce Tamil as official language at all levels in the state.

With a view to upgrading the standards of legal education, B.A.B.L., (Hons) course was initially introduced in the college from the academic year 2002–2003. But the same was shifted to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University with effect from the academic year 2006–2007.

Campus

Until 2015, the Madras Law College was located within the campus of High Court of Madras. Its building structure being very similar to the High Court structures, popularly, many South-Indian movies have been known to portray the Law college structures as Court halls wherever the movie required a court room scenes. The Primary structure of the old campus, designed by English architect Henry Irwin, is a classic example of Indo-Saracenic Architectural style. It used to house most of the Administrative sections of the college and the Moot Hall. The Library was housed in a newer building built around 2008 and more classrooms were also added with additional blocks. The old campus had many other old structures and tombs. The college used to have a large sports ground adjacent to it in the early 1990s, which was eventually taken over for accommodating the High Court structures and turned into a car parking facility.

In 2018, the Campus was split into two and moved to two different premises outside the Chennai City limits. The decision to shift the campus was made after the discovery of core damages to the primary structure of the college building owing to the Metro Rail construction work around 2015. Presently, the campus at Pudupakkam Village, Chengalpet taluk of Kancheepuram district, accommodates 1,205 students who study five-year law courses. The campus at Pattaraiperumbudur Village, Thiruvallur District, accommodates 1,123 students who study three-year law courses.[3]

Hostel

The college does not provide a hostel within its campus. The men's hostel has been at No. 92, Millers Road Kilpauk, Chennai since 1959 and women's hostel has been at No. 133, Walajah Road, Chepauk, Chennai. The hostel facilities are very limited and are filled up on merit basis.

 
David Yale and Thomas Tomb

Student life

The college has been actively participating in many Moot courts, in India and also internationally and occasionally it hosts its own National level Moot Court Competition called as FIAT JUSTITIA.[citation needed]

List of principals

Succession List of Principals
S.No Name From To
1. Thiru R.A. Nelson B.A.,L.L.B.,

Bar-at-law

1891 1913
2. Thiru K. Narayana Rao B.A., L.L.B.,

I.C.S. Director of Legal Studies and Head of the department.

(Actg.) 28 July 25 August 1902
3. Thiru. Charles E.Odgers M.A.B.C.L

(Bar-at-law)

(Actg.) 26 August 25 November 1902
2 February 1905 19 August 1906
30 June 1908 22 April 1909
4. Dr. S. Swaminathan

(Bar-at-law)

(Actg.) 29 June 1908 18 October 1909
9 July 1912 12 December 1913
5. Thiru. Arthur Davies, B.A.,

(Bar-at-law)

1913 1927
6. Thiru C. Madhavan Nair, B.L.,

Bar-at-Law

(Actg.) 5 July 1920
7. Thiru C. Kunhi Raman, B.A., B.L.,

Bar-at-Law

(Actg.) 10 April 1924 2 March 1925
8. Thiru M. Rathnaswami, M.A.,

Bar-at-Law

1928 1929
9. Thiru K. Krishna Menon, M.A., B.C.L., 1930 1949
10. Thiru Siram.Govindarajulu Naidu, B.A. LL.B., (cantab), B.L.,

(Madras),Bar-at-Law.

1949 1967
11. Prof.A.Palaniswami, M.L

Principal and Head of Department

1967 1968
12. Prof. C. Rajaraman, M.A., LL.B.,

(Cantab), Bar-at-law

1974 1978
13. Prof. Master Sankaran, M.L., 1978 1983
14. Prof. T. Audiseshan, M.L. 1983 1995
15. Prof.S.Narayanaswamy, M.L., 1995 1997
16. Prof. C. Robin, M.A., LL.M., 1 June 2008 31 July 2011.
17. Dr. G.C. Kothandan M.A.,(Hist.) M.A. (Soci.)., M.L., D.C.F.Sc., PhD 2002 2004
18. Dr.G.P.Godhana Gandhi, M.A.M.L., D.R.S., D.H.ED., PhD, 2004 2005
19. Prof.C.Robin, M.A., LL.M., 2005 2006
20. Dr. J.Jayamani, M.L. PhD,M.A.M.L., D.R.S., D.H.ED., PhD, 2006 2008
21. Prof. M. Mohamed Iqbal, M.A., LL.M., 2008 2011
22. Prof. K. Balaji Naidu, M.A., M.L., M.Phil., 2011 2012
23. Prof. Dr. S.Narayanaperumal, M.L., PhD, 2012 2013
24. Prof.Dr.N.S.Santhosh Kumar M.Com.,M.A.,M.L.,PhD, 2013 2014
25. Prof.Dr.K.Murugadoss B.Com.,M.L.,D.T.L., PhD, 2014 2016
26. Prof. Dr. Gowri Ramesh M.L., PhD, 2016 2016
27. Prof.C.Chockalingam M.A., M.L., PhD, (Pattaraiperambadur) 2016 Till date
28. Prof. Dr. J. Vijayalakshmi L.L.M., PhD, (Pudupakkam) 2018 2019
29. Prof. Dr. Gowri Ramesh M.L., PhD,(Pudupakkam) 2019 Till date

Notable alumni

Presidents

Chief Justices of India

Judges of the Supreme Court of India

Judges of the High Courts

Chief Ministers of States

Ministers

Advocates

Others

See also

References

  1. ^ History of the College, Official Website.
  2. ^ dated 15 March 1952: Law and Life, The Hindu. Friday, 15 March 2002
  3. ^ "Amid protest: At last, law college shifted to two new premises". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ^ Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.Karpaga Vinayagam, Jharkhand High Court, Official Website
  5. ^ http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/formerjudges.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ A fitting tribute to son of the soil, The Hindu. 14 April 2007

External links

  • Official website

Coordinates: 13°5′15.17″N 80°17′8.27″E / 13.0875472°N 80.2856306°E / 13.0875472; 80.2856306

March 02, 2023
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dr Ambedkar Government Law College commonly known by its former name Madras Law College is a law school located in Chennai Madras Tamil Nadu India It is also referred to as Government Law College or GLC Chennai It was established in 1891 It was renamed in 1990 as Dr Ambedkar Government Law College by the Government of Tamil Nadu in commemoration of the birth centenary of B R Ambedkar In 1997 the Government of Tamil Nadu passed an Act which brought the college under the wings of the newly established Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University splitting the college from the University of Madras Dr Ambedkar Government Law College ChennaiMadras Law CollegeOther nameDRAGLCMottoFiat justitia ruat caelum Let justice be done though the heavens fall TypeGovernment Law CollegeEstablished2 May 1891 131 years ago 2 May 1891 Parent institution1891 1996 University of Madras1996 present Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law UniversityStudents1800LocationChennai Tamil Nadu IndiaWebsitewww wbr draglc wbr ac wbr in Contents 1 History 2 Admission 3 Academics 4 Campus 5 Hostel 6 Student life 7 List of principals 8 Notable alumni 8 1 Presidents 8 2 Chief Justices of India 8 3 Judges of the Supreme Court of India 8 4 Judges of the High Courts 8 5 Chief Ministers of States 8 6 Ministers 8 7 Advocates 8 8 Others 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditThe genesis of Legal Education in Madras can be traced to the informal law classes conducted by Mr George Norton Advocate General of Madras State 1827 1853 in his house in the form of conversations in the early 19th century In 1852 at the direction of Sir Henry Eldred Pottinger the Governor of Madras during that period a Government High School was expanded into the Presidency College Chennai Mr John Bruce Norton was appointed as the first Professor of law in 1855 who delivered his lectures at the Presidency College Chennai Till 1884 there was only one Professor of Law in the Presidency College Chennai To supplement lectures by tutorials a second Professor was appointed in 1884 and to him the tutorial work was entrusted The Scheme was put on trial for two years and it proved a success So it was continued for two more years from 1 January 1886 H B Grigg the Director of Public Instruction who evinced keen interest in improving the status of legal education in Madras sent a proposal to the Government for setting up a Central Law College in Madras The Government concurred with Mr Grigg that changes were necessary in the arrangements for Law Instruction and that an independent institution should be established In 1885 Mr Justice T Muthuswamy Iyer also gave his warm support to the proposal The Proposal was sanctioned by the Secretary of State on the advice of the Council of Legal Studies Education in London and the Law College was established as an independent institution under the control of the Director of Public instruction Mr Reginald A Nelson the first Principal entered upon his duties on 2 May 1891 Thus the Law College came into existence For seven and a half years after birth it had no habitation of its own and the college was housed at the Senate House of the University of Madras A project to place the new institution as near the High Court as possible led to the selection of a site for erecting a structure to the west of the High Court building The building structure of the Law College was designed by Mr Henry Irwin the Government Architect and the Law College moved into that building on 9 January 1899 As a natural consequence of gaining a building of its own the Law College was converted into a full time institution 1 The Diamond Jubilee of Madras Law College was celebrated on 14 March 1952 2 P V Rajamannar the first Indian to become the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court presided over the function In 2018 the Law College was split into two different campuses and moved to different campuses as the building structure which housed the college for more than 100 years was found to be damaged and had a risk of collapsing The Law College in Madras c 1905 Madras High Court and the Law CollegeAdmission EditAt present the admissions are made through Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University It enrolls 562 students every year Academics EditIn the early seventies the college was upgraded into a post graduate institution with the introduction of M L courses It primarily offers 5 year integrated B A B L and 3 year B G L under graduate programmes From 1973 to 1974 the Tamil Language has also been made as a medium of instruction in Law as part of a government policy to introduce Tamil as official language at all levels in the state With a view to upgrading the standards of legal education B A B L Hons course was initially introduced in the college from the academic year 2002 2003 But the same was shifted to the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University with effect from the academic year 2006 2007 Campus EditUntil 2015 the Madras Law College was located within the campus of High Court of Madras Its building structure being very similar to the High Court structures popularly many South Indian movies have been known to portray the Law college structures as Court halls wherever the movie required a court room scenes The Primary structure of the old campus designed by English architect Henry Irwin is a classic example of Indo Saracenic Architectural style It used to house most of the Administrative sections of the college and the Moot Hall The Library was housed in a newer building built around 2008 and more classrooms were also added with additional blocks The old campus had many other old structures and tombs The college used to have a large sports ground adjacent to it in the early 1990s which was eventually taken over for accommodating the High Court structures and turned into a car parking facility In 2018 the Campus was split into two and moved to two different premises outside the Chennai City limits The decision to shift the campus was made after the discovery of core damages to the primary structure of the college building owing to the Metro Rail construction work around 2015 Presently the campus at Pudupakkam Village Chengalpet taluk of Kancheepuram district accommodates 1 205 students who study five year law courses The campus at Pattaraiperumbudur Village Thiruvallur District accommodates 1 123 students who study three year law courses 3 Hostel EditThe college does not provide a hostel within its campus The men s hostel has been at No 92 Millers Road Kilpauk Chennai since 1959 and women s hostel has been at No 133 Walajah Road Chepauk Chennai The hostel facilities are very limited and are filled up on merit basis David Yale and Thomas TombStudent life EditThe college has been actively participating in many Moot courts in India and also internationally and occasionally it hosts its own National level Moot Court Competition called as FIAT JUSTITIA citation needed List of principals EditSuccession List of Principals S No Name From To1 Thiru R A Nelson B A L L B Bar at law 1891 19132 Thiru K Narayana Rao B A L L B I C S Director of Legal Studies and Head of the department Actg 28 July 25 August 19023 Thiru Charles E Odgers M A B C L Bar at law Actg 26 August 25 November 19022 February 1905 19 August 190630 June 1908 22 April 19094 Dr S Swaminathan Bar at law Actg 29 June 1908 18 October 19099 July 1912 12 December 19135 Thiru Arthur Davies B A Bar at law 1913 19276 Thiru C Madhavan Nair B L Bar at Law Actg 5 July 19207 Thiru C Kunhi Raman B A B L Bar at Law Actg 10 April 1924 2 March 19258 Thiru M Rathnaswami M A Bar at Law 1928 19299 Thiru K Krishna Menon M A B C L 1930 194910 Thiru Siram Govindarajulu Naidu B A LL B cantab B L Madras Bar at Law 1949 196711 Prof A Palaniswami M L Principal and Head of Department 1967 196812 Prof C Rajaraman M A LL B Cantab Bar at law 1974 197813 Prof Master Sankaran M L 1978 198314 Prof T Audiseshan M L 1983 199515 Prof S Narayanaswamy M L 1995 199716 Prof C Robin M A LL M 1 June 2008 31 July 2011 17 Dr G C Kothandan M A Hist M A Soci M L D C F Sc PhD 2002 200418 Dr G P Godhana Gandhi M A M L D R S D H ED PhD 2004 200519 Prof C Robin M A LL M 2005 200620 Dr J Jayamani M L PhD M A M L D R S D H ED PhD 2006 200821 Prof M Mohamed Iqbal M A LL M 2008 201122 Prof K Balaji Naidu M A M L M Phil 2011 201223 Prof Dr S Narayanaperumal M L PhD 2012 201324 Prof Dr N S Santhosh Kumar M Com M A M L PhD 2013 201425 Prof Dr K Murugadoss B Com M L D T L PhD 2014 201626 Prof Dr Gowri Ramesh M L PhD 2016 201627 Prof C Chockalingam M A M L PhD Pattaraiperambadur 2016 Till date28 Prof Dr J Vijayalakshmi L L M PhD Pudupakkam 2018 201929 Prof Dr Gowri Ramesh M L PhD Pudupakkam 2019 Till dateNotable alumni EditPresidents Edit R Venkataraman eighth President of India 1987 1992 Chief Justices of India Edit R Venkataraman eight President of India 1987 1992 Koka Subba Rao ninth Chief Justice of India from 1958 to 1967 and was also a Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court 1956 1958 P Sathasivam 40th Chief Justice of India in 2013 and is the former Governor of KerelaJudges of the Supreme Court of India Edit P Satyanarayana Raju Judge Supreme Court of India 1965 1966 and was also the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court 1964 1965 V Balakrishna Eradi Judge Supreme court of India 1981 and was also the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court 1980 B Jagannadha Das Judge of the Supreme Court of India and was also the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Palapatti Sadaya Goundar KailasamJudges of the High Courts Edit M Karpaga Vinayagam Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court 4 2006 V Periyakaruppiah Judge High Court of Madras 2007 2012 P D Dinakaran Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court 2008 2011 C S Karnan Judge of the Calcutta High Court Justice S Manikumar Chief Justice of Kerala High Court M Narayan Moorthy Judge High Court of Madras 1981 1983 5 Lingaraj Panigrahi Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Sundaram Nainar Sundaram Chief Justice of the Gujarat and Telangana High CourtChief Ministers of States Edit Damodaram Sanjivayya Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh 1960 1964 M Bhaktavatsalam Chief Minister of Madras State 1963 1967 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh 1982 1983 1992 94 Ministers Edit E Ikkanda Warrier Last Prime Minister of State of Cochin V K Krishna Menon Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Jana Krishnamurthi former Minister of Law and Justice P Chidambaram former Finance Minister of India V K Krishna Menon former Defence Minister of India M A Ayyangar the first Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Speaker of the 2nd Lok Sabha 6 Dr John Mathai India s first Railway Minister and subsequently Finance Minister under First Nehru ministry R K Shanmukham Chetty India s first Finance Minister Murasoli Maran S Kumaraswami Reddiar A Ranganatha Mudaliar Minister of Public Health and Excise for the Madras PresidencyAdvocates Edit P S Sivaswami Iyer Advocate General of Madras 1907 1911 C Sankaran Nair Advocate General of Madras 1908 and President of the Indian National Congress 1897 S Ashok KumarOthers Edit M B Nirmal Social Activist amp Founder Exnora International T N Manoharan Chartered Accountant and former president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India E Krishna Iyer a freedom fighter classical artist and activist Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao Historian and Telugu writer D R Karthikeyan special director of the Central Bureau of Investigation 1998 and Director General National Human Rights Commission Swami Vireshwarananda tenth president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Mithavaadi Krishnan journalist social reformer and Izhava leaderSee also Edit India portalReferences Edit History of the College Official Website dated 15 March 1952 Law and Life The Hindu Friday 15 March 2002 Amid protest At last law college shifted to two new premises The New Indian Express Retrieved 13 October 2018 Hon ble Mr Justice M Karpaga Vinayagam Jharkhand High Court Official Website http www hcmadras tn nic in formerjudges pdf bare URL PDF A fitting tribute to son of the soil The Hindu 14 April 2007External links EditOfficial website Coordinates 13 5 15 17 N 80 17 8 27 E 13 0875472 N 80 2856306 E 13 0875472 80 2856306 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dr Ambedkar Government Law College Chennai amp oldid 1129147305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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