National Law School of India Act, 1986 Preamble 1 - Bare Act

THE NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA ACT, 1986¹

[Act, No. 22 of 1986]

[30th April, 1986]

PREAMBLE

An Act to establish and incorporate National Law School of India University at Bangalore.

WHEREAS the functions of the Bar Council of India includes the promotion of legal education;

AND Whereas the Bar Council of India to carry out the said function has got created a public charitable trust called the Bar Council of India Trust, the objects of which inter alia includes the establishment, maintenance and running of a model law college in India;

AND Whereas the Bar Council of India Trust to carry out the said objects of the Trust opened a branch office at Bangalore and registered a society named and styled as the National Law School of India Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 (Karnataka Act 17 of 1960) the objects of which inter alia includes the establishment, maintenance and development of a teaching and research institute of higher learning in law with powers to award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions called the National Law School of India in Bangalore;

AND Whereas in furtherance of the above object and to manage the said National Law School of India, rules were framed by the said society providing for constitution of different authorities and other matters relating to the School;

AND Whereas the National Law School of India Society, has requested the State Government to establish the National Law School of India University on the lines of the said rules to enable it to carry out its objects and functions effectively;

AND Whereas it is considered necessary to encourage the establishment of such a national level institution in the State of Karnataka;

AND Whereas it is deemed expedient to establish National Law School of India University for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

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1. First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Thirteenth day of May, 1986