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{{Short description|Law | {{Short description|Law College in Kerala, India}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} | ||
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{{Infobox university | |||
| name = Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram | |||
{{Infobox | | native_name = സർക്കാർ നിയമ കലാലയം, തിരുവനന്തപുരം | ||
| name | | motto = {{langx|la|[[Fiat justitia ruat caelum|Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum]]}} | ||
| motto | | mottoeng = Let justice be done though the heavens fall. | ||
| type | | type = [[Public University|Public]] | ||
| image | | image = File: Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram Emblem.png | ||
| | | caption = [[Emblem]] | ||
| established | | established = {{Start date and age|1875|df=yes}} | ||
| students | | founder = [[Ayilyam Thirunal|Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma IV]] | ||
| principal | | students = | ||
| affiliations = [[University of Kerala]]<br>[[Bar Council of India]] | | principal = Dr. N. Krishna Kumar (I/C) | ||
| dean | | affiliations = [[University of Kerala]]<br />[[Bar Council of India]] | ||
| city | | dean = | ||
| state | | city = [[Thiruvananthapuram]] | ||
| country | | state = [[Kerala]] | ||
| postcode | | country = [[India]] | ||
| coordinates | | postcode = Barton Hill P.O 695035 | ||
| pushpin_map | | coordinates = {{coord|8.5085|76.9427|type:edu|display=inline,title}} <!-- verify coord --> | ||
| campus | | pushpin_map = | ||
| undergrad | | campus = Urban | ||
| postgrad | | former_name = His Highness The Maharaja's Law College, Thiruvananthapuram | ||
| doctoral | | other_names = GLC Thiruvananthapuram, GLC TVPM, GLCT | ||
| other_name | | undergrad = 880 | ||
| language | | postgrad = 30 | ||
| website | | doctoral = | ||
| other_name = | |||
| language = English | |||
| website = {{URL|http://glctvm.ac.in/}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[File: | [[File:Highland Bungalow Govt Law College (cropped).jpg|thumb|Highland Bungalow at the Campus.]] | ||
'''Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram | '''Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram''' is an institution for [[Legal education in India|legal education]] at graduate and post-graduate levels in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Established by the then Maharaja of [[Travancore]] in 1875, it is one of the oldest law colleges in India. Affiliated to the Faculty of Law of [[University of Kerala]] and the [[Bar Council of India]], the college is supervised and controlled by the [[Government of Kerala]].<ref>http://www.glctvm.ac.in/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> | ||
The campus is housed in the Highland Bungalow situated in Barton Hill, which is a green space in the heart of city. An eminent centre of research in Law, the college has one of the oldest and largest law libraries in India.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glctvm.ac.in/facility/content/Library | title=Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്ക്കാര് സ്ഥാപനം }}</ref> | |||
The college offers an undergraduate five-year integrated [[Bachelor of Arts]]–[[Bachelor of Laws]] (B.A. LL.B.) program along with three-year LL.B. program, both of which qualify the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India. Post-graduate law degrees ([[Master of Laws|LL.M.]]) are offered in two lines of specialization: Constitution Law & Criminal Law.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glctvm.ac.in/courses/degree/ba-llb | title=Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്ക്കാര് സ്ഥാപനം }}</ref> | |||
Alumni of the college include judges of the [[Supreme Court of India]] such as [[Fathima Beevi|Justice Fathima Beevi]], judges of various High Courts, statesmen and academicians like [[N. R. Madhava Menon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glctvm.ac.in/rights/alumini | title=Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്ക്കാര് സ്ഥാപനം }}</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The government of | The government of [[Ayilyam Thirunal]], the Maharaja of [[Travancore]], on 31 January 1875, sanctioned "the Organisation of a Law Class in connection with [[University College Thiruvananthapuram|His Highness The Maharaja's College]] at Thiruvananthapuram to enable candidates from Travancore to present themselves for the Law Examination of the [[University of Madras]] and to encourage others to pursue the study of law systematically".{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} The order directed that it should be worked on the same lines as the class attached to the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] at Madras. W. E. Ormsby, [[Barrister|Barrister-at-law]], then a judge of Sadur Court of Travancore was appointed Professor of Law in H. H. College. He opened the class on 9 February of the same year. In 1877, H. H. College was affiliated to the [[University of Madras]] in the Faculty of Law.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
The class was thus continued till 1894 when in conformity with important alterations in the by-laws of the Madras University regarding the B.L. Degree Examination, the institution was re-organised on an entirely different footing. The | The class was thus continued till 1894, when in conformity with important alterations in the by-laws of the Madras University regarding the B.L. Degree Examination, the institution was re-organised on an entirely different footing. The law class – which till then was working as a part of H. H. College (and whose professors were treated as members of that college) – was raised to the status of an independent college named "His Highness Maharaja's Law College, Thiruvananthapuram". A complete set of rules was also sanctioned by the Government for the control and regulation of work in the college. The rules prescribed the qualification required for the members of the teaching staff.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
The | The college was maintained by His Highness's Government and the management of the college was vested in the Principal acting directly under the orders of [[Dewan]] of Travancore till the end of 1908. In 1909, the college was placed under the Director of Public Instruction and in 1910, under the High Court. With the inauguration of [[University of Kerala|University of Travancore]] in 1938, the college was transferred to the control and supervision of the university.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
In August 1949 the college was shifted to Ernakulam to fit in with the new set up arising out of the integration of erstwhile [[Travancore-Cochin|State of Travancore- Cochin]] and the location of the High Court of the united | In August 1949, the college was shifted to Ernakulam to fit in with the new set up arising out of the integration of erstwhile [[Travancore-Cochin|State of Travancore-Cochin]] and the location of the High Court of the united state at [[Ernakulam]]. In 1954, it was again brought to Thiruvananthapuram, leaving at Ernakulam, a [[Government Law College, Ernakulam|sister college]] and was housed in the current premises in the Highland Bungalow on the Barton Hill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/heritage-walk-explores-barton-hill/article6923962.ece|title=Heritage Walk explores Barton Hill|newspaper=The Hindu |date=23 February 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Under the University Act of 1957, the college was transferred to the control of Government of Kerala. In 1961, the Government made the college a permanent institution. | ||
In | In 1962–63, a full-time post-graduate course was introduced with M. L. Degree and [[Master of Laws|LL.M]] course was started in 1971. A three-year [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] course was started from 1967 to 1968 and a five year LL.B. course was introduced from the academic year 1984–85.<ref>http://www.glctvm.ac.in/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> | ||
==Campus== | ==Campus== | ||
The Government Law College | The Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram is housed in the Highland Bungalow of Walthew Clarance Barton (1834–1903), the first Chief Engineer of the erstwhile state of Travancore. Many new blocks were later added in the five-acre green campus in the heart of the city. | ||
==Academics== | ==Academics== | ||
===Admissions=== | ===Admissions=== | ||
Admissions to both undergraduate and | Admissions to both undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the college are through the Kerala Law Entrance Examination (KLEE) conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examination, Government of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web |title=CEE Kerala official website |url=https://cee.kerala.gov.in/cee/ |access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> | ||
===Academic programmes === | ===Academic programmes === | ||
====B.A., LL.B (Integrated)==== | |||
The college offers an undergraduate five-year integrated [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] program which, upon completion, qualifies the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India. | |||
This | This is a double degree Integrated course comprising B.A (English) and LL.B degrees. The bachelor's degree in B.A. and Law consists of regular course of study for a minimum period of 10 semesters in five years and has 14 papers in B.A. and 31 papers in Law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cee-kerala.org/docs/llb5_2015/prospectus.pdf |title=Prospectus |publisher=www.cee-kerala.org |access-date=2020-01-31 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701140629/http://www.cee-kerala.org/docs/llb5_2015/prospectus.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
====LL.B (three-year course)==== | |||
The college also offers a three-year LL.B. program which, upon completion, qualifies the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India. | |||
' | The bachelor's degree in law (LL.B) consists of a regular course of study for a minimum period of 6 semesters in three years and has 20 compulsory papers, 4 compulsory clinical papers and 6 optional papers in Law. | ||
====Masters in Law (LL.M)==== | |||
'''LL.M | Post-graduate law degrees are offered in two lines of specialization: ''Constitution Law & Criminal Law''. The normal duration of the [[Master of Laws|LL.M.]] programme is four semesters. Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram was one of the few colleges to run a LL.M Programme in Constitution Law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cee-kerala.org/docs/llm2014/llm2014_pros.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - LLM 2014 Prospectus |access-date=2020-01-31 |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320095929/http://cee-kerala.org/docs/llm2014/llm2014_pros.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
====LL.M (evening batch)==== | |||
The Government of Kerala directed that a 20 student batch should start from 2015 to 2016. | |||
===Library=== | ===Library=== | ||
The GLC Thiruvananthapuram Library is one of the oldest law libraries in the country. Known for its rare collection of books and treatise on various subjects not limited to law, it holds over 27,000 books and 5000 periodicals. Being an important resource center, the library is primarily intended to provide undergraduate and postgraduate readers with the books they need for their studies. | |||
===Research block=== | |||
In 2013, Research Center in Law status was accorded to the college by the University of Kerala. By 2013, the college requested the formation of a chair named ''Malloor Govinda Pillai Chair on Criminal Law'', and a proposal to form ''Justice K.K Mathew Chair on Constitutional Law'' was also pending with the government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/glc-thiruvananthapuram-accorded-research-centre-status/|title=GLC Thiruvananthapuram accorded research centre status|first=Nebil|last=Nizar|date=15 November 2013|website=www.livelaw.in}}</ref> | |||
===Research | |||
Research Center | |||
==Student life== | ==Student life== | ||
===Hostel=== | ===Hostel=== | ||
The Hostel Block inaugurated by the then President of India, | The Hostel Block inaugurated by the then President of India, [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] as a men's hostel<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Authorities-shut-down-Government-Law-College-mens-hostel/articleshow/16872947.cms|title=Authorities shut down Government Law College men's hostel | Thiruvananthapuram News|website=The Times of India|date=19 October 2012 }}</ref> was converted into a women's hostel in 2012. The admission is made by the Warden for students from second year of study onward. The male students are now accommodated in a separate block at University Hostel for men at [[Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram]].{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
=== | ===National Service Scheme=== | ||
The [[National Service Scheme]] is an Indian government-sponsored programme under the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the [[Government of India]]. The college has two NSS units and has been involved in many social service activities in rural areas<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/lending-a-helping-hand/article4385946.ece|title=Lending a helping hand|first=Athira|last=M|newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 February 2013|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> and has organised many legal aid and legal literacy programs in addition to forest conservation, environmental protection and blood donation camps. In 2012, Assistant Professor K. Hareendran of the college was selected as the "Best Programme Officer of NSS" for the [[University of Kerala]]. | |||
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=== | ===Student publications=== | ||
The | Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram magazine is brought out annually by the college union. The Student Editor is chosen by an electoral college consisting of all students of the college, and the Staff Editor is ''nominated'' by the Staff Council headed by the college Principal. [[N. R. Madhava Menon|N. R. Madava Menon]] was the student editor during 1954–55.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
In 2016, the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (I.Q.A.C.) launched ''Legal WRIT (Writings on Research and Innovative Topics)'', an annual student-edited in-house journal devised to improve the quality and the academic talents of the students aiming for the promotion of reading, writing and research among students.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701023823/http://glctvpm.com/college/iqac.shtml|archive-date=1 July 2020|url=http://glctvpm.com/college/iqac.shtml|title=GLCT - IQAC|website=glctvpm.com|access-date=22 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===National Cadet Corps=== | |||
The [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] (NCC) is the youth wing of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] under the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]. In 2023, the NCC sub-unit under 1(K) Naval Unit NCC Akkulam was established in the Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram. | |||
==Notable alumni== | ==Notable alumni== | ||
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===Judiciary=== | ===Judiciary=== | ||
* [[Fathima Beevi]], former judge, [[Supreme Court of India]], first female | * [[Fathima Beevi]], former judge, [[Supreme Court of India]], (first female judge of Supreme Court of India) and 11th Governor of [[Tamilnadu]] State | ||
* [[K. K. Mathew]], former judge, Supreme Court of India | * [[K. K. Mathew]], former judge, Supreme Court of India | ||
* [[Cyriac Joseph]], former judge, Supreme Court of India | * [[Cyriac Joseph]], former judge, Supreme Court of India | ||
* [[Anna Chandy]], former judge, [[Kerala High Court|High Court of Kerala]] (first female judge and later first female High Court judge in India) | |||
* [[Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti]], former Chief Justice of Kerala and [[Gujarat High Court|Gujarat]] High Courts | |||
* [[D. Sreedevi]], former judge, High Court of Kerala and former chairperson, [[Kerala Women's Commission]] | |||
* [[B. Kemal Pasha]], former judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
* [[T. V. Anilkumar]], former judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
* [[N. Anil Kumar]], former judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
* [[P. Habeeb Mohamed]], former judge, [[Kerala High Court#Judicial system in the Kingdom of Travancore|The High Court of Travancore]] (princely state) | * [[P. Habeeb Mohamed]], former judge, [[Kerala High Court#Judicial system in the Kingdom of Travancore|The High Court of Travancore]] (princely state) | ||
* [[ | * [[Sathish Ninan]], Judge, High Court of Kerala | ||
* [[C. S. Dias]], Judge High Court of Kerala | * [[P. Somarajan]], former Judge, High Court of Kerala | ||
* [[C. S. Dias]], Judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
* [[A. Badharudeen]], Judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
* [[Karunakaran Babu|K. Babu]], Judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
* [[P. G. Ajithkumar]], Judge, High Court of Kerala | |||
===Legislature=== | ===Legislature=== | ||
* [[ | * [[Annie Mascarene]], member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] and the [[1st Lok Sabha|First Lok Sabha]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]], Member of [[Cochin Legislative Council]] | ||
* [[ | * [[R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi]], first speaker of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] | ||
* [[K. M. Seethi Sahib|K. M. Seethi]], former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |||
* [[D. Damodaran Potti]], former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |||
* [[N. Sakthan]], former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |||
* [[V. D. Satheesan]], Leader of Opposition, Second Vijayan Government | |||
* [[V. Parameswaran Nayar]], former [[Indian Parliament|Member of Parliament]] | |||
* [[M. I. Shanavas]], former Member of Parliament | |||
* [[Anirudhan Sampath|A. Sampath]], former Member of Parliament | |||
* [[Jose K. Mani]], Member of Parliament | * [[Jose K. Mani]], Member of Parliament | ||
* [[ | * [[Mathew Kuzhalnadan]], member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | ||
* [[T.V. Rajesh]], former member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |||
* [[P. C. Vishnunath]], member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |||
* [[ | * [[K. K. Ramachandran Nair]], former member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | ||
* [[ | * [[P. Aisha Potty]], former Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[P. | |||
===Government=== | ===Government=== | ||
* [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]], former [[Chief minister of Kerala]] | |||
* [[R. Sankar]], former Chief minister of Kerala | |||
* [[C. Achutha Menon]], former Chief minister of Kerala | * [[C. Achutha Menon]], former Chief minister of Kerala | ||
* [[ | * [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]], former Chief minister of Kerala | ||
* [[Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan]], former | * [[E. Ikkanda Warrier]], 3rd Prime Minister of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] | ||
* [[C. Kesavan]], former Chief minister of [[Travancore-Cochin]] | |||
* [[K. T. Achuthan|K.T. Achuthan]], former minister, Government of Kerala | |||
* [[P. T. Chacko]], Former Home Minister of Kerala | |||
* [[Ramesh Chennithala]], former Home Minister of Kerala | |||
* [[Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan]], former Home Minister of Kerala | |||
* [[K. R. Gouri Amma]], former minister, Government of Kerala | |||
* [[K. C. Joseph (Irikkur politician)|K. C. Joseph]], former minister, Government of Kerala | |||
* [[M. Vijayakumar]], former Minister of Law, Government of Kerala | * [[M. Vijayakumar]], former Minister of Law, Government of Kerala | ||
* [[M. N. Govindan Nair]], former minister, Government of Kerala | * [[M. N. Govindan Nair]], former minister, Government of Kerala | ||
* [[K. A. Damodara Menon]], former minister, Government of Kerala | |||
* [[T. M. Jacob]], former minister, Government of Kerala | * [[T. M. Jacob]], former minister, Government of Kerala | ||
* [[Mathew T. Thomas]], former minister, Government of Kerala | * [[Mathew T. Thomas]], former minister, Government of Kerala | ||
* [[G. Sudhakaran]], former minister, Government of Kerala | * [[G. Sudhakaran]], former minister, Government of Kerala | ||
* [[E. Ahamed]], former [[Minister of State]], External Affairs<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160507171931/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-09/news/48999744_1_government-law-college-glc-aam-admi-party | * [[E. Ahamed]], former [[Minister of State]], External Affairs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-09/news/48999744_1_government-law-college-glc-aam-admi-party |title=Proud moment for Government Law College with 10 alumni in poll fray - timesofindia-economictimes |website=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507171931/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-09/news/48999744_1_government-law-college-glc-aam-admi-party |archive-date=7 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* [[M. B. Rajesh]], Minister for Excise, Government of Kerala | |||
* [[Kodikunnil Suresh]], former Minister of State, Labour | * [[Kodikunnil Suresh]], former Minister of State, Labour | ||
* [[ | * [[N. K. Premachandran]], former minister, Government of Kerala | ||
===Bureaucrats=== | |||
* [[N. R. Madhava Menon]], former [[Central Secretariat Service]] officer, founder of [[National Law School of India University]], [[West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences]] and former director of [[National Judicial Academy (India)]] | |||
* [[V. Joseph Thomas]] [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], former Director General of [[Kerala Police]] | |||
* [[Abdul Sathar Kunju]] IPS, former Director General of Kerala Police | |||
* [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]], former [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer and award-winning writer | |||
* [[T P Sundararajan]], former IPS officer and assistant director of [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] | |||
===Malayalam film industry=== | |||
* [[Resul Pookutty]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] winning sound designer | |||
* [[Sukumaran]], [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|State Best Actor]] award winner | |||
* [[Bheeman Raghu]], actor and police officer | |||
* [[Anoop Menon]], actor and scriptwriter | |||
* [[Shankar Ramakrishnan]], actor and scriptwriter | |||
* [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]], actor | |||
* [[Sudeep Kumar]], singer | |||
===Others=== | |||
* [[K. M. Mathew]], former Chief Editor, [[Malayala Manorama]] | * [[K. M. Mathew]], former Chief Editor, [[Malayala Manorama]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mali Madhavan Nair]], author and journalist | ||
* [[Aiyappan Pillai]], lawyer and politician | |||
* | |||
==Popular culture== | ==Popular culture== | ||
[[Shaji Kailas|Shaji Khailas]] | The film ''[[Thalastaanam|Thalasthanam]]'' – directed by [[Shaji Kailas|Shaji Khailas]], scripted by [[Renji Panicker]], and starring [[Suresh Gopi]] revolves around the politics of Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
Shooting also took place in Government Law College for [[ | Shooting also took place in Government Law College for ''[[Randam Varavu]]'', directed by [[K. Madhu]] and starring [[Jayaram]].{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Colleges in Thiruvananthapuram]] | [[Category:Colleges in Thiruvananthapuram]] | ||
[[Category:Colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala]] | [[Category:Colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1875]] | ||
[[Category:1875 establishments in India]] | [[Category:1875 establishments in India]] | ||
[[Category:Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras]] | [[Category:Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras]] | ||
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സർക്കാർ നിയമ കലാലയം, തിരുവനന്തപുരം | |
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Other names | GLC Thiruvananthapuram, GLC TVPM, GLCT |
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Former name | His Highness The Maharaja's Law College, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Motto | Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. |
Motto in English | Let justice be done though the heavens fall. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1875 |
| Founder | Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma IV |
| Principal | Dr. N. Krishna Kumar (I/C) |
| Undergraduates | 880 |
| Postgraduates | 30 |
| Location | , , Barton Hill P.O 695035 , 8°30′31″N 76°56′34″E / 8.5085°N 76.9427°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | English |
| Affiliations | University of Kerala Bar Council of India |
| Website | glctvm |
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Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram is an institution for legal education at graduate and post-graduate levels in Kerala, India. Established by the then Maharaja of Travancore in 1875, it is one of the oldest law colleges in India. Affiliated to the Faculty of Law of University of Kerala and the Bar Council of India, the college is supervised and controlled by the Government of Kerala.[1]
The campus is housed in the Highland Bungalow situated in Barton Hill, which is a green space in the heart of city. An eminent centre of research in Law, the college has one of the oldest and largest law libraries in India.[2]
The college offers an undergraduate five-year integrated Bachelor of Arts–Bachelor of Laws (B.A. LL.B.) program along with three-year LL.B. program, both of which qualify the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India. Post-graduate law degrees (LL.M.) are offered in two lines of specialization: Constitution Law & Criminal Law.[3]
Alumni of the college include judges of the Supreme Court of India such as Justice Fathima Beevi, judges of various High Courts, statesmen and academicians like N. R. Madhava Menon.[4]
History[edit | edit source]
The government of Ayilyam Thirunal, the Maharaja of Travancore, on 31 January 1875, sanctioned "the Organisation of a Law Class in connection with His Highness The Maharaja's College at Thiruvananthapuram to enable candidates from Travancore to present themselves for the Law Examination of the University of Madras and to encourage others to pursue the study of law systematically".[citation needed] The order directed that it should be worked on the same lines as the class attached to the Presidency College at Madras. W. E. Ormsby, Barrister-at-law, then a judge of Sadur Court of Travancore was appointed Professor of Law in H. H. College. He opened the class on 9 February of the same year. In 1877, H. H. College was affiliated to the University of Madras in the Faculty of Law.[citation needed]
The class was thus continued till 1894, when in conformity with important alterations in the by-laws of the Madras University regarding the B.L. Degree Examination, the institution was re-organised on an entirely different footing. The law class – which till then was working as a part of H. H. College (and whose professors were treated as members of that college) – was raised to the status of an independent college named "His Highness Maharaja's Law College, Thiruvananthapuram". A complete set of rules was also sanctioned by the Government for the control and regulation of work in the college. The rules prescribed the qualification required for the members of the teaching staff.[citation needed]
The college was maintained by His Highness's Government and the management of the college was vested in the Principal acting directly under the orders of Dewan of Travancore till the end of 1908. In 1909, the college was placed under the Director of Public Instruction and in 1910, under the High Court. With the inauguration of University of Travancore in 1938, the college was transferred to the control and supervision of the university.[citation needed]
In August 1949, the college was shifted to Ernakulam to fit in with the new set up arising out of the integration of erstwhile State of Travancore-Cochin and the location of the High Court of the united state at Ernakulam. In 1954, it was again brought to Thiruvananthapuram, leaving at Ernakulam, a sister college and was housed in the current premises in the Highland Bungalow on the Barton Hill.[5] Under the University Act of 1957, the college was transferred to the control of Government of Kerala. In 1961, the Government made the college a permanent institution.
In 1962–63, a full-time post-graduate course was introduced with M. L. Degree and LL.M course was started in 1971. A three-year LL.B course was started from 1967 to 1968 and a five year LL.B. course was introduced from the academic year 1984–85.[6]
Campus[edit | edit source]
The Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram is housed in the Highland Bungalow of Walthew Clarance Barton (1834–1903), the first Chief Engineer of the erstwhile state of Travancore. Many new blocks were later added in the five-acre green campus in the heart of the city.
Academics[edit | edit source]
Admissions[edit | edit source]
Admissions to both undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the college are through the Kerala Law Entrance Examination (KLEE) conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examination, Government of Kerala.[7]
Academic programmes[edit | edit source]
B.A., LL.B (Integrated)[edit | edit source]
The college offers an undergraduate five-year integrated LL.B. program which, upon completion, qualifies the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India.
This is a double degree Integrated course comprising B.A (English) and LL.B degrees. The bachelor's degree in B.A. and Law consists of regular course of study for a minimum period of 10 semesters in five years and has 14 papers in B.A. and 31 papers in Law.[8]
LL.B (three-year course)[edit | edit source]
The college also offers a three-year LL.B. program which, upon completion, qualifies the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India.
The bachelor's degree in law (LL.B) consists of a regular course of study for a minimum period of 6 semesters in three years and has 20 compulsory papers, 4 compulsory clinical papers and 6 optional papers in Law.
Masters in Law (LL.M)[edit | edit source]
Post-graduate law degrees are offered in two lines of specialization: Constitution Law & Criminal Law. The normal duration of the LL.M. programme is four semesters. Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram was one of the few colleges to run a LL.M Programme in Constitution Law.[9]
LL.M (evening batch)[edit | edit source]
The Government of Kerala directed that a 20 student batch should start from 2015 to 2016.
Library[edit | edit source]
The GLC Thiruvananthapuram Library is one of the oldest law libraries in the country. Known for its rare collection of books and treatise on various subjects not limited to law, it holds over 27,000 books and 5000 periodicals. Being an important resource center, the library is primarily intended to provide undergraduate and postgraduate readers with the books they need for their studies.
Research block[edit | edit source]
In 2013, Research Center in Law status was accorded to the college by the University of Kerala. By 2013, the college requested the formation of a chair named Malloor Govinda Pillai Chair on Criminal Law, and a proposal to form Justice K.K Mathew Chair on Constitutional Law was also pending with the government.[10]
Student life[edit | edit source]
Hostel[edit | edit source]
The Hostel Block inaugurated by the then President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as a men's hostel[11] was converted into a women's hostel in 2012. The admission is made by the Warden for students from second year of study onward. The male students are now accommodated in a separate block at University Hostel for men at Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram.[citation needed]
National Service Scheme[edit | edit source]
The National Service Scheme is an Indian government-sponsored programme under the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. The college has two NSS units and has been involved in many social service activities in rural areas[12] and has organised many legal aid and legal literacy programs in addition to forest conservation, environmental protection and blood donation camps. In 2012, Assistant Professor K. Hareendran of the college was selected as the "Best Programme Officer of NSS" for the University of Kerala.
Student publications[edit | edit source]
Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram magazine is brought out annually by the college union. The Student Editor is chosen by an electoral college consisting of all students of the college, and the Staff Editor is nominated by the Staff Council headed by the college Principal. N. R. Madava Menon was the student editor during 1954–55.[citation needed]
In 2016, the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (I.Q.A.C.) launched Legal WRIT (Writings on Research and Innovative Topics), an annual student-edited in-house journal devised to improve the quality and the academic talents of the students aiming for the promotion of reading, writing and research among students.[13]
National Cadet Corps[edit | edit source]
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces under the Ministry of Defence. In 2023, the NCC sub-unit under 1(K) Naval Unit NCC Akkulam was established in the Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram.
Notable alumni[edit | edit source]
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Judiciary[edit | edit source]
- Fathima Beevi, former judge, Supreme Court of India, (first female judge of Supreme Court of India) and 11th Governor of Tamilnadu State
- K. K. Mathew, former judge, Supreme Court of India
- Cyriac Joseph, former judge, Supreme Court of India
- Anna Chandy, former judge, High Court of Kerala (first female judge and later first female High Court judge in India)
- Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti, former Chief Justice of Kerala and Gujarat High Courts
- D. Sreedevi, former judge, High Court of Kerala and former chairperson, Kerala Women's Commission
- B. Kemal Pasha, former judge, High Court of Kerala
- T. V. Anilkumar, former judge, High Court of Kerala
- N. Anil Kumar, former judge, High Court of Kerala
- P. Habeeb Mohamed, former judge, The High Court of Travancore (princely state)
- Sathish Ninan, Judge, High Court of Kerala
- P. Somarajan, former Judge, High Court of Kerala
- C. S. Dias, Judge, High Court of Kerala
- A. Badharudeen, Judge, High Court of Kerala
- K. Babu, Judge, High Court of Kerala
- P. G. Ajithkumar, Judge, High Court of Kerala
Legislature[edit | edit source]
- Annie Mascarene, member of the Constituent Assembly of India and the First Lok Sabha.
- V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan, Member of Cochin Legislative Council
- R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi, first speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- K. M. Seethi, former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- D. Damodaran Potti, former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- N. Sakthan, former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- V. D. Satheesan, Leader of Opposition, Second Vijayan Government
- V. Parameswaran Nayar, former Member of Parliament
- M. I. Shanavas, former Member of Parliament
- A. Sampath, former Member of Parliament
- Jose K. Mani, Member of Parliament
- Mathew Kuzhalnadan, member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- T.V. Rajesh, former member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- P. C. Vishnunath, member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- K. K. Ramachandran Nair, former member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
- P. Aisha Potty, former Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
Government[edit | edit source]
- Pattom A. Thanu Pillai, former Chief minister of Kerala
- R. Sankar, former Chief minister of Kerala
- C. Achutha Menon, former Chief minister of Kerala
- P. K. Vasudevan Nair, former Chief minister of Kerala
- E. Ikkanda Warrier, 3rd Prime Minister of Cochin
- C. Kesavan, former Chief minister of Travancore-Cochin
- K.T. Achuthan, former minister, Government of Kerala
- P. T. Chacko, Former Home Minister of Kerala
- Ramesh Chennithala, former Home Minister of Kerala
- Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, former Home Minister of Kerala
- K. R. Gouri Amma, former minister, Government of Kerala
- K. C. Joseph, former minister, Government of Kerala
- M. Vijayakumar, former Minister of Law, Government of Kerala
- M. N. Govindan Nair, former minister, Government of Kerala
- K. A. Damodara Menon, former minister, Government of Kerala
- T. M. Jacob, former minister, Government of Kerala
- Mathew T. Thomas, former minister, Government of Kerala
- G. Sudhakaran, former minister, Government of Kerala
- E. Ahamed, former Minister of State, External Affairs[14]
- M. B. Rajesh, Minister for Excise, Government of Kerala
- Kodikunnil Suresh, former Minister of State, Labour
- N. K. Premachandran, former minister, Government of Kerala
Bureaucrats[edit | edit source]
- N. R. Madhava Menon, former Central Secretariat Service officer, founder of National Law School of India University, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences and former director of National Judicial Academy (India)
- V. Joseph Thomas IPS, former Director General of Kerala Police
- Abdul Sathar Kunju IPS, former Director General of Kerala Police
- Malayattoor Ramakrishnan, former IAS officer and award-winning writer
- T P Sundararajan, former IPS officer and assistant director of Intelligence Bureau
Malayalam film industry[edit | edit source]
- Resul Pookutty, Oscar winning sound designer
- Sukumaran, State Best Actor award winner
- Bheeman Raghu, actor and police officer
- Anoop Menon, actor and scriptwriter
- Shankar Ramakrishnan, actor and scriptwriter
- Karamana Janardanan Nair, actor
- Sudeep Kumar, singer
Others[edit | edit source]
- K. M. Mathew, former Chief Editor, Malayala Manorama
- Mali Madhavan Nair, author and journalist
- Aiyappan Pillai, lawyer and politician
Popular culture[edit | edit source]
The film Thalasthanam – directed by Shaji Khailas, scripted by Renji Panicker, and starring Suresh Gopi revolves around the politics of Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram.[citation needed]
Shooting also took place in Government Law College for Randam Varavu, directed by K. Madhu and starring Jayaram.[citation needed]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Government Law College, Ernakulam
- Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
- University of Kerala
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://www.glctvm.ac.in/ [bare URL]
- ↑ "Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്ക്കാര് സ്ഥാപനം".
- ↑ "Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്ക്കാര് സ്ഥാപനം".
- ↑ "Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്ക്കാര് സ്ഥാപനം".
- ↑ "Heritage Walk explores Barton Hill". The Hindu. 23 February 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ http://www.glctvm.ac.in/ [bare URL]
- ↑ "CEE Kerala official website". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Prospectus" (PDF). www.cee-kerala.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Microsoft Word - LLM 2014 Prospectus" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ Nizar, Nebil (15 November 2013). "GLC Thiruvananthapuram accorded research centre status". www.livelaw.in.
- ↑ "Authorities shut down Government Law College men's hostel | Thiruvananthapuram News". The Times of India. 19 October 2012.
- ↑ M, Athira (6 February 2013). "Lending a helping hand". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "GLCT - IQAC". glctvpm.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Proud moment for Government Law College with 10 alumni in poll fray - timesofindia-economictimes". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.