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 Suresh Kumar Kait

Chief Justice
High Court of Madhya Pradesh and
the Chancellor of Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur

Chairman
2 The Hon'ble Minister

Law & Legislative Affairs Department,
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

Member
3 Shri Inder Singh Parmar

The Hon'ble Minister
Higher Education Department,
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

Member
4 Hon'ble Shri Justice Anand Pathak

Judge
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench Gwalior

Member
5 Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Dwivedi

Judge
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur

Member
6 Smt. Veera Rana (IAS)

The Chief Secretary
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
7 Shri Prashant Singh

The Advocate General
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur

Member
8 Shri Narendra Pratap Singh

Principal Secretary
Law & Legislative Affairs Department,
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
9 Shri Manish Rastogi

Principal Secretary
Finance Department,
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
10 Shri Anupam Rajan (IAS)

Principal Secretary
Higher Education Department
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
11 Shri Radhe Lal Gupta (Adv.)

Principal Secretary
Higher Education Department
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Member
12 Hon'ble Shri Justice Aniruddha Bose

Director
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal

Member
13 Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

The Chairperson
University Grant Commission, New Delhi

Member
14 Shri Brian D' Silva

Senior Advocate
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur

Member
15 Shri K. C. Ghildiyal

Senior Advocate
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur

Member
16 Shri Anoop Nair

Advocate
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur

Member
17 Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Kumar Sinha

Vice Chancellor
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur

Member Secretary