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{{Short description|Law institute in New Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox university
|name = The Indian Law Institute
|image = Indian_Law_Institute_Logo.svg
|image_size = 170px
|motto = {{lang|sa|तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय}} {{small|([[Sanskrit]])}}
|mottoeng = Let light emerge from darkness
|established = {{start date and age|1956}}
|type = [[Deemed University]]
|president = [[Chief Justice of India]]
|director = Manoj Kumar Sinha<ref name=Governance>{{cite web|title=Governance|url=http://ili.ac.in/ob.html|website=ili.ac.in|publisher=The Indian Law Institute|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>
|students = 366<ref name=nirf_stud>{{Cite web|title=Indian Law Institute NIRF 2020 Data|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2020/pdf/Law/IR-L-U-0103.pdf|website=[[NIRF]]}}</ref>
|undergrad =
|postgrad = 340<ref name=nirf_stud/>
|doctoral = 26<ref name=nirf_stud/>
|location = Opp. Supreme Court of India, Bhagwan Das Road [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
|website = {{URL|http://ili.ac.in/}}
|affiliation = [[Bar Council of India|BCI]], [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]]
}}
[[File:Indian_Law_Institute_at_New_Delhi.jpg|thumb|Indian Law Institute campus]]
[[File:Main_gate_of_Indian_Law_Institute.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance of Indian Law Institute]]
The '''Indian Law Institute''' ('''ILI''') is a [[deemed university]] and socio-legal research institute, founded in 1956. Established in New Delhi, primarily with the objective of promoting and conducting [[legal research]], education and training.<ref name=pro/><ref name=hin/> The objectives of the Institute as laid down in its [[Memorandum of Association]] are to cultivate the science of law, to promote advanced studies and research in law so as to meet the social, economic and other needs of the Indian people, to promote systematization of law, to encourage and conduct investigations in legal and allied fields, to improve [[legal education]], to impart instructions in law, and to publish studies, books, periodicals, etc.

The institute was instrumental in organizing an international conference on Global Environment and Disaster Management Law Society in 2011.

==History==
It was formally inaugurated by the President of India, [[Rajendra Prasad]] on 12 December 1957.<ref name=pro>{{cite web |title=Profile |url=http://www.ili.ac.in/profile.htm |publisher=Official website |access-date=5 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719170507/http://www.ili.ac.in/profile.htm |archive-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[A.T. Markose]] was the founding director of the institute from 1957 to 1963. The institute is an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the Indian Law Institute has the requisite independence and [[academic freedom]] to carry out its objectives. The membership of the institute is now nearly three thousand representing the persons interested in the study and advancement of law.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Organisation and administration ==
===Governance===
Hon’ble [[Chief Justice of India]] is the [[List of Latin phrases (A–E)|''ex officio'']] president of the institute. The Law Minister of the [[government of India]] and the [[Attorney general|attorney-general]] for India are its ''ex officio'' vice presidents. A third vice-president is elected by the members of the governing council, from among themselves. Judges of the Hon’ble [[Supreme Court of India]] and High Courts, prominent lawyers, government officials and professors of law are represented in the governing council of the institute.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Dharmendra Singh Sengar, was director from July 2009–August 2011. In 2013 Manoj Kumar Sinha was appointed director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saluja |first=Pallavi |title=NUJS Professor Manoj Kumar Sinha appointed ILI Director |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/nujs-professor-manoj-kumar-sinha-appointed-ili-director |access-date=2021-03-02 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news}}</ref>

==Academics==
The institute has been granted [[deemed university]] status in 2004 vide the government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification No. F.9-9/2001-U.3 dated 29.10.2004. After that in 2005, the institute enrolled its first batch of L.L.M. and Ph.D. program, and later also started research based courses.<ref name=hin>{{cite news |title=Indian Law Institute offers research-based courses|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/18/stories/2008051855331100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520225641/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/18/stories/2008051855331100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2008 |date= 18 May 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Law Institute gets deemed university status |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/05/stories/2005060513260500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220232329/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/05/stories/2005060513260500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2013 |date=5 Jun 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>

===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking
|NIRF_L_2023 = 17
|NIRF_L_2024 = 35
}}
The institute was ranked 17th in India in the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] law ranking in 2023.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_L_2023 />

===Library===
The institute's library has more than 75000 titles and subscribes to 270 current [[legal periodical]]s. JILI is the [[Law review|law journal]] published by the institute. ASIL contains surveys of leading reported court cases in India in a year and same are analysed by academics and practitioners.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===Publications===
ILI publishes various books and two Journals. ''JILI(Journal of the Indian law Institute)'' is an international journal<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of the Indian Law Institute |url=https://www.jstor.org/journal/jindilawinst?refreqid=excelsior%3Ac0874374e718c900ad7de405364c0517 |website=JSTOR |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> for academics, researchers, advocates, judges etc. This is edited by Dr Jyoti Dogra Sood, Assistant Research Professor. It has another journal ''ILI Law review'' which is an online law journal specially for law students, though academics, researchers, advocates, and judges may also contribute. This is edited by Dr Anurag Deep, Professor of law, ILI.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

====Annual Survey of Indian Law====
The ''Annual Survey of Indian Law'' ({{ISSN|0570-2666}}; ''Annu. Surv. Indian Law'') is a [[law journal]] published by the institute. It was established in 1965 and the [[editor-in-chief]] is Manoj Kumar Sinha.<ref name=LC>{{cite web |url=http://lccn.loc.gov/sa68010568 |title=Annual Survey of Indian Law |work=Library of Congress Catalog |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=2015-02-21}}</ref>

===Courses offered===
;Degree Courses
* Ph.D. in Law
* LL.M. - 1-year course

;P.G. Diploma Courses
* Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADRs)
* Corporate Laws & Management
* Cyber Law
* Drafting of Legislation, Treaties and Agreements (Not available)
* Environmental Law & Management (Not available)
* Human Rights Law (Not available)
* Intellectual Property Rights Law
* International Trade Law (Not available)
* Labour Law (Not available)
* Securities & Banking Laws (Not available)
* Tax Law (Not available)

;Online Certificate Courses: (3 months)
* Cyber Law
* Intellectual Property Rights and Information Technology in the Internet Age

==Notable faculty==
*[[Lotika Sarkar]]<ref name=b&B>{{cite web |title=In Remembrance: Professor Lotika Sarkar (1923-2013)|url=http://barandbench.com/content/remembrance-professor-lotika-sarkar-1923-2013#.Ua8I9NI3CHg |date=8 April 2013 |publisher=Bar and Bench |access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.ili.ac.in/}}

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[[Category:Legal research institutes]]
[[Category:Research institutes established in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Law schools in Delhi]]
[[Category:Deemed universities in India]]

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