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{{Short description|Public law school in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
| native_name = महाराष्ट्र राष्ट्रीय विधि विश्विद्यालय
| motto = शुभाम् विद्याम् श्रद्धानः आददीता
| motto_lang = Sanskrit
| image = Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur logo.png
| image_size = 140px
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2016}}
| type = [[National Law University]]
| affiliation =
| endowment = [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]], [[Government of India]]
| administrative_staff = 27<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/people_staff.php |website=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| faculty = 37<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/people_faculty.php |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Visiting Faculty |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/people_visiting_faculty.php |website=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Research Associates |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/people_research_associates.php |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| principal =
| rector =
| chancellor = [[Chief Justice of India]]
| vice_chancellor = [[Vijender Kumar]]<ref name="MNLU-Nagpur-VC">{{cite web|url=http://www.mnlunagpur.edu.in/vc-desk.php|title=MNLU Nagpur VC}}</ref>
| dean =
| head_label =
| head = [[Chief Justice of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MNLU ACT, 2014 |url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/acts/2014.06.pdf |website=Bombay High Court |publisher=Maharashtra State Government |access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>
| students = 817<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nagpur |first1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |title=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| undergrad = 600<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nagpur |first1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |title=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| postgrad = 125<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nagpur |first1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |title=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| doctoral = 92<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nagpur |first1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |title=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| city = [[Nagpur]]
| state = [[Maharashtra]]
| postalcode = 441108
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.1458|N|79.0882|E|display=inline,title}}
| campus = [[urban area|Urban]], {{convert|75|acre|km2}}<ref name="TOI1">{{cite news |title=MNLU Nagpur,campus |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/nagpur/Bigger-campus-for-MNLU-near-Mihan/articleshow/51859913.cms|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=17 April 2016 |access-date=15 October 2016 }}</ref>
| free_label = Thinking Ahead...<ref>{{cite web |title=Label of the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/index.php |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
| colours = {{Color box|Orange}} Orange
| mascot =
| nickname = NLU N
| affiliations = [[Bar Council of India]];<ref>{{cite web |title=List of approved colleges |url=http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/List-of-Law-Colleges-having-approval-by-the-BCI.pdf |website=Bar council of India |publisher=Bar Council of India |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref><br />[[International Association of Law Schools]]
| website = {{url|nlunagpur.ac.in}}
}}

'''Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur''' (MNLU) (also known as '''National Law University, Nagpur''' or '''NLU Nagpur''') is a [[Autonomous law schools in India|National Law University]] and a [[public]] [[law school]] established by the government through the Maharashtra National Law University Act (Maharashtra Act No. VI of 2014).<ref name="About NLU Nagpur">{{cite web |last1=National Law University |first1=About |title=About National Law University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/about_nlu.php |website=nlu Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> The university is the 19th [[National Law University]] established in India and is located in the Orange City of [[Nagpur|Nagpur, Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nagpur |first1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |title=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> The [[Chief Justice of India]] serves as the Head of the institution'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=MNLU ACT, 2014 |url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/acts/2014.06.pdf |website=Bombay High Court |publisher=Maharashtra State Government |access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>'''

==History==
The demand for the establishment of a National Law University was the oldest among all national level institutions like IIM, IIIT, AIIMS, and NIPER in Vidarbha which is considered as a backward region of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/MNLU-N-to-start-with-60-students-from-June/articleshow/50778558.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2016-01-30}}</ref> Nagpur was the first to be tipped to get the State's First National Law University when its demand was endorsed by dignitaries which included Then-President [[Pratibha Patil]], Chief Justice [[Mohit Shantilal Shah|Mohit Shah]] and then Chief Minister [[Prithviraj Chavan]] during High Court Bar Association's (HCBA) Platinum Jubilee celebrations in February 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-progress-on-national-law-univ-in-city/articleshow/47422893.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-05-26}}</ref> But due to some unidentified reasons, the proposal failed to move further. Ex-High Court Bar Association President Mr. Anil Mardikar first raised the demand on February 6, 2011 for an NLU in Nagpur.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nagpur to get National Law University in 2014 |url=https://www.nagpurpulse.com/nagpur-to-get-national-law-university-in-2014/ |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Nagpur Pulse |publisher=Nagpur Pulse |date=2013-10-10}}</ref> But The Maharashtra Government shifted The Institute to Mumbai as revealed by then Minister Of State [[D. P. Sawant|DP Sawant]].<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-progress-on-national-law-univ-in-city/articleshow/47422893.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-05-26}}</ref> The High Court Bar Association of Nagpur and District Bar Association of Nagpur staged protests and even filed a PIL in [[Bombay High Court|Nagpur High Court]] against this move.<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-progress-on-national-law-univ-in-city/articleshow/47422893.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-05-26}}</ref> The Government was forced to allow the establishment of an NLU in Nagpur.<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-progress-on-national-law-univ-in-city/articleshow/47422893.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-05-26}}</ref> The Bill to govern NLUs was tabled in the Nagpur session of the assembly in 2013 for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-progress-on-national-law-univ-in-city/articleshow/47422893.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-05-26}}</ref> The State Assembly passed the Maharashtra National Law University Act (Maharashtra Act No. VI of 2014) paving way for the establishment of The Institution.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014 |url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/acts/2014.06.pdf |website=Bombay High Court |publisher=Bomabay High Court |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> The [[Chief Justice of India]] appointed [[Sharad Arvind Bobde|Justice Sharad Bobde]] as the first Chancellor for MNLU Nagpur and District judge Dr. N.M Sakharkar was appointed as the Officer On Special Duty (OSD) and the Registrar of the university.<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU-N to start with 60 students from June |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-progress-on-national-law-univ-in-city/articleshow/47422893.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-05-26}}</ref>

== Academics and research ==
The university has twenty-eight centres for advanced legal studies and research to address the socio-legal issues and challenges and to conduct research on thriving issues of law, social science and humanities. These centres offer courses, conduct seminars, conferences, and training programs for the identified target groups.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

The prominent research centres are<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

# Centre for Advanced Study in Criminal Law (CASCL)
# Centre for Consumer Protection Laws and Advocacy (CCPLA)
# Centre for Advanced Study in International Humanitarian Law (CASH)
# Centre for Study in Agriculture Law and Economics (SALE)
# Bureau of Information for Studies Abroad (BISA)
# Directorate of Distance Education (DODE)
# Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights (CASIHR)
# Centre for Woman and Child Rights
# Centre of Intellectual Property Law (IPR) [In collaboration with the [[World Intellectual Property Organization|World Intellectual Property Organisation]]( WIPO)]
# Centre for Legal Aid and Services
# Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution

The university has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with prominent law universities of the country for the purpose of academic collaboration that will encompass exchange of students and members of faculty between the two universities, etc. The university has inked MoUs and collaborations with the following institutions<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.jpg|thumb|right|Justice Sharad Bobde, 47th Chief Justice of India, serves as the chancellor of the university.]]

# [[National Law School of India University|National Law School of India University, Bangalore]];
# [[National Law University, Delhi]];
# [[Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law|Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab]];
# [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences|The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Mumbai]];
# [[Gujarat National Law University|Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar]];
# [[National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam]];
# [[Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

==Library==
The university's library has physical copies of over 35,000 legal titles. It has received various donations prominently from Bombay High Court Library (Nagpur Bench) for its development. The university also has access to various physical and virtual legal databases.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

==Activities==
The university offers [[Bachelor of Laws|B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)]] Five-Year Integrated Degree Programme [120 seats], [[B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) in Adjudication and Justicing]] Five-Year Integrated Degree Programme [60 seats], [[Bachelor of Laws|B.B.A.L.L.B (Hons.)]] Five-Year Integrated Degree Programme [60 seats], One-Year [[Master of Laws|LL.M.]] Postgraduate Degree Programme, [[Doctor of Law|Doctor of law (Ph.D.)]] Programme, Short-term diplomas and certificate courses in law<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> The university also hosts cultural fest ''sanskrotsav'' and annual Intra sport event ''sportacus''.

==Publications==

# MNLU Contemporary Law Review (CLR)
# MNLU Student Law Review
# MNLU Journal of Social Sciences
# MNLU Journal on International Law
# MNLU Journal on Taxation Laws
# MNLU Journal on Arbitration
# MNLU Journal of law and economics

== Admissions ==
The admissions to the university are done on merit ranking based on the [[Common Law Admission Test]] (CLAT) of India which is a centralized test for admission to 21 [[Autonomous law schools in India|National Law Universities]] in India. The eligibility is as per the CLAT Notification.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> The acceptance rate is less than five percent with sixty thousand applicants applying for 120 seats as of 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=CLAT 2019: Around 60,000 appear for the test |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/clat-2019-around-60000-appear-for-the-test/articleshow/69506447.cms |access-date=10 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |issue=26/05/2019 |publisher=Times of India |date=2019-05-26}}</ref>

A separate admission process including group discussion and personal interview is carried out for selecting students for The B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) in Adjudication and Justicing Programme which is a Five-Year Integrated Degree Course.

==Affiliations==
MNLU Nagpur is recognized by the [[Bar Council of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of approved colleges |url=http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/List-of-Law-Colleges-having-approval-by-the-BCI.pdf |website=Bar council of India |publisher=Bar Council of India |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> and the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC) as a [[state university (India)|state university]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UGC recognition|url=http://nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/affiliations/UGC%20Letter%202.pdf|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> The [[Bombay High Court]] (Nagpur Bench) serves as the governing institution of the university.<ref>{{cite news |title=HC admits plea on NLU-N for further hearing |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/hc-admits-plea-on-nlu-n-for-further-hearing/articleshow/63617997.cms |access-date=10 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India}}</ref>

==Memberships==
[[File:Kailash Satyarthi March 2015.jpg|thumb|181x181px|Mr. [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, 2014, serves as a member of the academic council of the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/govern_academic_council.php|title = National Law University, Nagpur}}</ref>]]
MNLU is a member and has a technical association with<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR |first1=About the University |title=About the University |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/2019/University%20Brochure.pdf |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

# Asian Law Institute (ASLI), Singapore
# Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
# Forum of South Asian Clinical Law Teachers (FSACLT), Goa
# Indian Economic Association (IEA);
# Indian Institute of Comparative Law (IICL), Jaipur
# [[Indian Institute of Public Administration]] (IIPA), New Delhi
# [[Indian Law Institute]] (ILI), New Delhi
# Indian Political Science Association (IPSA)
# Indian Society of Criminology (ISC), Madras;
# [[Indian Society of International Law]] (ISIL), New Delhi
# Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (ICPS), New Delhi
# [[International Association of Law Schools]] (IALS)
# International Law Students Association (ILSA), USA
# Legal Information Institute of India (LII of India)
# [[Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute]] (SICI)
# National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur
# The Institute of Military Law, Nagpur

==Governing council==
[[File:Image of the dormitory at Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur.jpg|thumb|Hostel at the New Campus of MNLU-N]]
[[File:Image showing the inside of the campus of MNLU Nagpur.jpg|thumb|Basement at MNLU N]]
[[File:Hostel 164546854.jpg|thumb|Hostels and Gymkhana]]
[[File:Glimpse of the 4th Cultural Fest - Lawkriti 4.0.jpg|thumb|Glimpse of lawkriti 4.0]]
[[File:The temporary Academic Block.jpg|thumb|The Temporary Academic Block]]
The Governing Council of the university is as follows<ref>{{cite web |title=General Council |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/govern_general_council.php |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

# Hon’ble [[Sharad Arvind Bobde|Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde]], Chief Justice, [[Supreme Court of India]]- Chancellor
# Hon'ble [[Pradeep Nandrajog|Justice Pradeep Nandrajog]], Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court|High Court of Bombay]]- Pro-Chancellor
# Prof. (Dr.) Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor
# Shri [[K. K. Venugopal|K.K. Venugopal]], Attorney General of India
# Hon’ble [[Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai|Justice B. R. Gavai]], Judge, Supreme Court of India
# Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, State of Maharashtra
# Hon’ble Minister for Law, State of Maharashtra
# Advocate General of Maharashtra
# Shri Jayant D. Jaibhave, Nominee of Bar Council of India
# Chairman Bar Council of Maharashtra
# Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department, Government of Maharashtra
# Hon’ble [[V. S. Sirpurkar|Justice V S Sirpurkar]], Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
# [[Prakash Amte|Dr. Prakash Amte]], Social Worker
# Hon’ble [https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?auth=amdldGlkPTM3NCZwYWdlbm89Mzg= Justice R. C. Chavan], Former Judge, Bombay High Court
# Prof. (Dr.) [[Paramjit Singh Jaswal|Parmjit S. Jaswal]], Vice-Chancellor, RGNUL Patiala, Punjab

==Academic council==
[[File:Temple 6456546.jpg|thumb|The Temple of the Campus]]
The academic council of the university consists of the following-<ref>{{cite web |title=Academic council |url=https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/govern_academic_council.php |website=NLU Nagpur |publisher=NLU Nagpur |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

# Prof.(Dr.) [[Vijender Kumar]], Vice-Chancellor, NLU, Nagpur - Chairman
# Dr [[Raghunath Anant Mashelkar]], National Research Professor, [[National Chemical Laboratory]], Pune
# Shri [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Nobel Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, New Delhi
# Hon’ble Justice G. Raghuram, Former Judge, [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]], Hyderabad
# Nominee of the State Government of Maharashtra
# Shri Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Advocate and chairman, Bar Council of India, New Delhi
# Dr Himanshu Pandey, associate professor of law, Head Centre for Corporate Law and Governance, MNLU, Nagpur
# Registrar, ex-officio Secretary

== Student Life ==

=== Lawkriti ===
Lawkriti is the cultural fest of the university, the fest stretches for a week where various fun and enthusiastic student activities takes place like quiz, debate, music, dance, poetry, drama takes place on each day with a different theme.

== Campus ==
The university's main campus is under construction and is coming up at a cost of 750 crores sanctioned by the [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=MNLU Nagpur to get Rs 750 cr gov't windfall, envisions new 60 acre campus (joint 2nd largest of all NLUs) |url=https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/mnlu-nagpur-construction-75-crore-by-31-march-200-cr-building-construction-to-launch-by-august-2018-00011130-9084 |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Legally India |publisher=Legally India |date=2018-02-05}}</ref> The Ground-breaking ceremony for the campus was performed by [[Ranjan Gogoi]], [[Chief Justice of India]]; [[Nitin Gadkari]], Union Minister, [[Devendra Fadnavis]], Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Justice Sharad Bobde, Judge, Supreme court; Justice [[Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai|Bhushan Gavai]], Supreme Court; Justice [[N. V. Ramana|N V Ramana]], Judge, Supreme Court; Justice [[Pradeep Nandrajog]], Chief Justice of High Court of Bombay and Pro-Chancellor of the university, [[Vinod Tawde]], Minister of Higher and Technical Education of [[Maharashtra]]; [[Sudhir Mungantiwar]], Minister of Finance and [[Chandrashekhar Bawankule]], Guardian Minister of Maharashtra<ref>{{cite news |title=Proposal To Start Course In 'Nyaya Shastra' In Maharashtra National Law University |url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/proposal-to-start-course-in-nyaya-shastra-in-mnlu-sc-judge-2086979 |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=NDTV |publisher=NDTV |date=2019-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CJI Gogoi to grace bhoomipujan of MNLU on 18th |url=https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2019/8/14/CJI-Gogoi-to-grace-bhoomipujan-of-MNLU-on-18th.html |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=The Hitavada |issue=14/08/2019 |publisher=The Hitavada |date=2019-08-14}}</ref>

The new building would be a completely green one with state-of-art facilities for students and staff with [https://www.grihaindia.org/griha-rating GRIHA Certification].<ref>{{cite news |title=Green MNLU building to have state-of-art facilities|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2017-08-05}}</ref> It would have a ‘Museum Of Law’ along with a health and wellness centre to help nearby villagers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Green MNLU building to have state-of-art facilities|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2017-08-05}}</ref> The campus will follow Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) norms. It will have solar panels to produce energy, and food would be cooked on it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Green MNLU building to have state-of-art facilities|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2017-08-05}}</ref> All classrooms will be embedded with information and communication technology.<ref>{{cite news |title=Green MNLU building to have state-of-art facilities|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2017-08-05}}</ref> The first phase of the construction has been done. Construction of the second and third phase of the campus is expected to complete to soon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Green MNLU building to have state-of-art facilities|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms |access-date=9 September 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2017-08-05}}</ref>MNLU Nagpur is envisioned to have the most beautiful campus in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-29 |title=Rs200 crore sanctioned for MNLU |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/rs200-crore-sanctioned-for-mnlu/articleshow/62686802.cms |access-date=2023-06-25 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> MNLU Nagpur is expected to have the best in class infrastructure along with various amenities and facilities which include the country's first museum of law and a Hostel for the LGBT community.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-08-05 |title=Green MNLU building to have state-of-art facilities |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms |access-date=2023-06-25 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-29 |title=Rs200 crore sanctioned for MNLU |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/rs200-crore-sanctioned-for-mnlu/articleshow/62686802.cms |access-date=2023-06-25 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-08-08 |title=MNLU’s new campus on Wardha Rd to have hostel for transgenders |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/mnlus-new-campus-on-wardha-rd-to-have-hostel-for-transgenders/articleshow/59961052.cms |access-date=2023-06-25 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://nlunagpur.ac.in/ Official website]
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