| Admission & entry requirements |
Eligibility for Admission
(i) To be admitted to the candidature for a Ph.D. Degree Programme an applicant shall
have:
(a) Obtained a Master’s Degree in Law (regular mode) from any recognized
University including a foreign University securing not less than 55% marks or its
equivalent.
or
(b) Obtained a Master’s Degree (regular mode) in any discipline from a recognized
University including a foreign University with not less than 55% marks or its
equivalent.
Provided that the candidate with qualifications in Sciences, Social Sciences and
Humanities may pursue his / her research interfacing with public policy or law.
Provided further that the candidate whose final result of the qualifying
examination is awaited, for any reason, shall be allowed to appear provisionally in
the admission test. Such candidate shall have to produce the final result of the
qualifying examination at the time of the final presentation of his / her Ph.D.
proposal.
Provided further that the requirement of 55% marks or its equivalent at Master’s
Degree is relaxed to 50% marks or its equivalent in case of candidate belonging to
SC / ST / OBC (non- creamy layer) and Specially Abled Persons (SAP).
or
(c) A Judge who has served for minimum three years as a Judge of High Court in
India or Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
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(d) The candidate who has passed the Company Secretary examination conducted by
the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and has been awarded the
Associate Membership of the Institute (ACS) and having a Bachelor Degree in
Law from a recognized University through regular stream shall be eligible for
admission to the programme. Provided that the research he / she wishes to pursue
interfaces with a special focus on public policy or law.
or
(e) The candidate who has passed the Chartered Accountants examination conducted
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi and has been
awarded Membership of the Institute and having a Bachelor Degree in Law from a
recognized University through regular stream shall be eligible for admission to the
programme. Provided that the research he / she wishes to pursue interfaces with a
special focus on public policy or law.
(ii) The Vice-Chancellor may permit a faculty member of the Maharashtra National Law
University, Nagpur to take up Ph.D. Degree Programme along with his / her teaching
assignment in the interest of faculty development, provided that his / her teaching
assignment(s) and other responsibilities do not hamper in any way and fulfills the
eligibility conditions prescribed in these Regulations.
2. Procedure for Admission
(i) There shall be an All India Entrance Test (AIET) for Ph.D. Degree programme. All
the candidates including Foreign Nationals and NRI who wish to pursue Ph.D.
Degree programme at the University shall be subject to AIET. The University
reserves the right to conduct the said test in the city Nagpur.
(ii) All the candidates who have applied for Ph.D. Degree programme shall appear for All
India Entrance Test except those who have qualified UGC NET, JRF, CSIR, SLET,
GATE, M.Phil., a Judge who has served for minimum three years as a Judge of High
Court in India or Judge of the Supreme Court of India, as per these Regulations. A
candidate who has already obtained Ph.D. Degree in any of the disciplines shall also
be exempted from All India Entrance Test (AIET) for subsequent Ph.D. Degree
Programme.
Provided that the research he / she wishes to pursue interfaces with a special focus on
public policy or law.
(iii) The qualifying marks at the All India Entrance Test shall be 55% for the General
Category candidates and 50% for the candidates from other categories, i.e., SC / ST /
OBC (non-creamy layer) and Specially Abled Persons.
(iv) All the candidates who have passed the All India Entrance Test as well as those who
are exempted under clause (ii) above are required to attend an interaction with the
Research Committee on their preliminary proposal of research.
(v) All the candidates who have passed the All India Entrance Test as well as those who
are exempted from it are required to submit a preliminary proposal (both in soft and
hard copy) of research not exceeding 1500 words indicating the hypothesis, statement
of problem, research outlines, set of research questions, proposed research
methodology, survey of literature and expected outcomes of the research.
(vi) All research proposals including the preliminary proposals shall be screened through
the anti-plagiarism software. If the percentage of plagiarism for any proposal exceeds
15% of the total work or 10% of total work from a single source then the candidate
shall not be called for the interaction.
(vii) The preliminary proposals shall be evaluated by internal members of the Research
Committee and based on the evaluation the preliminary proposals shall be short listed
and only shortlisted candidates shall be called for interaction with the Research
Committee.
(viii) All the candidates who have passed the All India Entrance Test and successfully
qualified interaction with the Research Committee on the preliminary proposals shall
be admitted provisionally to Ph.D. Degree Programme. Such candidates shall be
required to attend a mandatory course work of a minimum of twenty-two credits
designed and conducted by the University.
(ix) The candidate must obtain a minimum 55 % marks or its equivalent grade in the
course work in order to be eligible to continue in the Doctoral programme.
(x) After successful completion of the course work, the candidate shall submit his / her
final research proposal (both in soft and hard copy) not exceeding 5000 words within
a period of three months.
(xi) Candidates who have qualified the All India Entrance Test, interaction with the
Research Committee on preliminary proposal and also completed the course work
shall be given two opportunities to re-submit their final proposal on the basis of the
recommendations of the Research Committee.
(xii) The final research proposals shall be evaluated by all members of the Research
Committee and based on the evaluation the final research proposals shall be short
listed.
(xiii) All candidates whose final proposals are shortlisted shall be required to present their
final research proposals before the Research Committee. Subsequent to the
presentation, the Committee shall recommend either to register provisionally the
proposal or seek its re-submission in accordance with suggested modifications.
(xiv) Once a candidate successfully qualifies All India Entrance Test, interaction with the
Research Committee on Pre-proposal, Course Work, and makes the presentation on
the final research proposal before the Research Committee. He / she shall be allowed
to get final admission into Ph.D. Degree Programme. However, the title of the
proposed thesis shall also be made final during the presentation on final proposal of
research.
(xv) The period of registration for Ph.D. Degree Programme shall be counted either from
the date of provisional admission or final admission, as approved by the Research
Committee.
(xvi) Not later than three months after the final admission, the title so approved by the
Research Committee shall not be substantially altered except with the permission of
the Research Committee.
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