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Government Law College, Mumbai
Government Law College enjoys the distinction of being the oldest law school in Asia and has, since its inception in 1855, essayed a seminal role in the evolution of the legal and judicial landscape of India. Any discussion of India's legal system and culture today is incomplete, in fact, meaningless without a mention of Government Law College, Mumbai.
Looking back over the years, one realises the immeasurable role this pioneering law institution has played in the judicial, political and historical life of India. Government Law College, with its illustrious history and a heritage spanning over a century and a half, has nurtured some of the greatest minds of today, not only in the field of law but in other
walks of life. The alumni of Government Law College have been pivotal in placing India on the globe even before she became independent. The great freedom fighter Shri. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an alumnus of this institution.
Since 1855, this premier institute of legal training has upheld it’s tradition of producing meritorious legal scholars who dedicate themselves to public service and reform. The generations of distinguished legal luminaries who have been nurtured by this unique institution, have made a seminal contribution globally, to the evolution of the legal fraternity. GLC, Mumbai has a rich heritage and pedigree, it is the repository of erudition in the legal firmament and has had the privilege of guidance and tutelage under eminent legal luminaries such as Justice M. C. Chagla (First Cheif of Bombay High Court post independence), Sir Motilal Setalvad (first Attorney General of India) and several others who have adorned benches of the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court. The students who have passed out from the portals of GLC have distinguished themselves at the Bar, the Judiciary and the Academe. From these portals, have passed the likes of five Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of India, Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, former President of India, and Mr. Lal Krishna Advani, former deputy Prime Minister of India.
Free India’s first Law Minister and one of the principal architects of India’s Constitution - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Sir Dinshaw Mulla, Sir Bomanji Wadia and Shri. A.A.A. Fyzee have served as Principals of this historic institution. With the strength of its glorious past, Government Law College strives incessantly and unremittingly towards a grand future.
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