P.G. College of Law

HISTORY OF POST GRADUATE COLLEGE OF LAW OSMANIA UNIVERSITY,HYDERABAD: The Post Graduate College of Law has a Glorious History of more than 115 years. The Faculty of Law started classes in 1899 by Legal Department during Nizam period, in Hyderabad State. Thus teaching Law was in existence even before Osmania University which came into existence in 1919. In 1923 Law Department was constituted at premises of Arts College in O.U. The University made a successful experiment of teaching Law, in a vernacular language namely Urdu. At that time Urdu was court language. The College shifted to Nizam College premises and in 1983 into its Newly constructed building . At present the institution is offering six branches in Master of Laws (LLM), Constitutional Law, Corporate Law, Jurisprudence, International Law, Labour Law, Crimes and Torts, PG Diploma course in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and also Ph.D. Programme. To improve the legal education standards, the College introduced 5YDC integrated course at bachelor’s level in 2006. The College is known for its Committed Faculty with Excellent Infrastructure and Alumni having reached the pinnacles of excellence as Judges of Supreme Court and