General Council

Under Section 10 of the DNLU Act, 2018, there shall be a General Council which shall be composed of:

  • Chancellor or his nominee as appointed by him shall be the Chairman of the Council.
  • Minister-in-charge of law and legislative affairs for the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Minister-in-charge of higher education for government of Madhya Pradesh.
  • 2 judges of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh as nominated by Chief Justice, one of whom is a judge-in-charge of Madhya Pradesh State Judicial Academy.
  • Chief Secretary to the Government of Madhya Pradesh
  • Advocate General of Madhya Pradesh
  • Principal Secretary of law and legislative affairs under the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Additional Chief Secretary or Principle Secretary of finance department of Government of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Additional Chief Secretary or Principle Secretary of Higher Education department of Government of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Chairman of State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh or his nominee
  • Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal
  • Vice-Chancellor of any National Law University as nominated by the Chancellor
  • Chairperson of University Grants Commission
  • 3 eminent lawyers as nominated by the Chancellor
  • Vice-Chancellor of Dharmashastra National Law University.
Sr. Member/Authorities Name Position
1 Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva

Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court
& the Chancellor of DNLU, Jabalpur

Chairman
2 The Hon’ble Minister-in-charge

Law & Legislative Affairs Department Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
3 Shri Inder Singh Parmar

The Hon’ble Minister-in-charge
Higher Education Department Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
4 Hon’ble Shri Justice Sujoy Paul

Judge
High Court of Madhya Pradesh,Jabalpur - 482 001

Member
5 Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Dwivedi

Judge
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur-48 2001

Member
6 Ms. Veera Rana

The Chief Secretary
Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
7 Shri Prashant Singh

The Advocate General
Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur

Member
8 The Principal Secretary

Law & Legislative Affairs Department
Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
9 Shri Ajeet Kesari

Additional Chief Secretary
Finance Department
Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
10 Shri Kailesh Chand Gupta

Additional Chief Secretary
Higher Education Department
Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
11 Shri Prem Singh Bhadoria

The Chairman
State Bar Council
Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur

Member
12 Hon’ble Shri Justice Sujoy

Director
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal

Member
13 Prof. (Dr.) S. Surya Prakash

Vice-Chancellor
National Law Institute University, Kerwa Dam Road, Bhopal-462044

Member
14 Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

The Chairperson
University Grant Commission, New Delhi

Member
15 Shri Brian D' Silva

Senior Advocate
High Court of Madhya Pradesh,Jabalpur

Member
16 Shri K. C. Ghildiyal

Senior Advocate
Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur

Member
17 Shri Anoop Nair

Senior Advocate
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur

Member
18 Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Kumar Sinha

Hon'ble Vice Chancellor
Dharmashastra National Law University,Jabalpur

Member