Jammu Kashmir NLU to come up at Budgam, classes from April: Reports

The Jammu and Kashmir government has confirmed the establishment of a National Law University (NLU) in the union territory, 28th in the country, in the legislative assembly today, as per media reports. The temporary campus of the law school will reportedly come up at Budgam’s Ompora and classes will start in April.

The Jammu Kashmir Student Association (JKSA) thanked the chief minister Omar Abdullah for making the formal announcement and allocating Rs 50 crore, the reports said. The permanent campus will be finalised in consultation with the chief justice of the J-K high court and the Bar Council of India (BCI).

The CM informed that a committee headed by additional chief secretary Shantmanu had been constituted to study other states’ models and to finalise the structure, as per the reports.

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In March this year, J-K CM made the NLU announcement in the assembly. The students’ body had, then too, expressed gratitude for addressing the long–pending demand. JKSA president Ummar Jamal said that the students had been advocating for a law university in the valley for years.

The student association had argued that the absence of a dedicated law school forced students to move to the other states, resulting in an increase in their financial burden and loss for the territory. The new NLU will provide access to quality legal education and produce law professionals in the region.