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Naveen lays stone for law varsity

CUTTACK: Putting all speculations to rest about the site of the proposed National Law University, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the varsity on the outskirts of the city near Naraj. The State Government had made an initial civil deposit of Rs 2 crore for the purpose in 1998.

Even as the proposal for setting up the university was mooted eight years ago and the state government had identified site of the proposed university at Brajabeharypur Mouza under Athagarh tehsil on the outskirts of the city, the Government was recently thinking of relocating it somewhere near Bhubaneswar.

The university would be eighth of its kind in the country. On the other hand States like Karnataka, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have already set up national law universities in their respective states. But the Orissa project was getting delayed because of certain confusions over the site selection. Speaking on the occasion, Patnaik informed that the State Cabinet has okayed the draft bill of the varsity and has decided to spend around Rs 5 crore on the project. State Law Minister B B Harichandan speaking on the occasion said that the Centre had agreed to provide Rs 5 crore in phased manner towards construction of the university’s infrastructure. “Besides, the UGC, the Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council have also agreed to fund adequately to make the varsity a centre of excellence,” Harichandan said.

Higher Education Minister Samir Dey said the university, which would impart five-year integrated law course and self-financing courses, would start functioning from 2008-09 academic session. He said the university would have a corpus fund of Rs 5 crore and make all out effort to generate its own funds.

Chief Justice A K Ganguly, several judges of High Court, Advocate General and members of the bar, including former Bar Council of India chairman Jagannath Patnaik were present on the occasion.

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