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Eligibility:
(i) An applicant holding a Masters Degree in Law from a recognised University with 55% marks in the qualifying examination or a degree approved by Association of Indian Universities, or any other equivalent qualification recognized by the University, in the relevant field, with 55% marks.
(ii) Any Masters Degree in Law with 55% marks obtained from any of the Universities outside India, and that has been so recognized by the Indian Association of Universities, New Delhi.
(iii) For applicants belonging to SC/ST category a relaxation of 5% in marks shall be admissible under eligibility conditions prescribed under sub-clauses 1(i) and (ii).
     

Categories:   
There shall be two categories of Ph.D. candidates.

(i) Full Time Candidates; (ii) Faculty Members of HNLU
(i) Full Time Candidates.
All approved candidates registered for Ph.D. who pursue the full time study in this University shall belong to this category.
(ii) Faculty Members of HNLU
All approved candidates who are employed in Law teaching departments of this University.
(iii) Research outside the University.
During the course of Ph.D. Programme for reasons approved by the Doctoral Committee, the candidates may be permitted by the University to spend upto one year in the Institution or on project approved for the purpose outside the University for carrying out research in areas related to the subject of investigation.

(iv) The duration of all programmes in Ph.D. including residential requirement and the time limits for the submission of thesis for these categories of candidates shall be stipulated under Clause 5 below.
 

Registration Procedure:
(i) The candidate desirous of registering for Ph.D. degree shall pay an application fee of Rs.1000/- and submit an application in the prescribed Form.
(ii) The application shall be scrutinized by the Doctoral Committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor who shall determine the suitability of the eligible candidates to do Doctoral work in any one of the approved categories and fields and recommend, giving due consideration of the entire disciplinary fields of research.
(iii) For approved candidates the date of provisional registration shall be the reckoning date for all purposes, which the Doctoral Committee has recommended. Such date shall be 1 st of a calendar month.
(iv) Every approved candidate shall register by paying the Registration Fee of Rs.5000/- at the time of enrolling as a Ph.D. student.
If the candidate fails to do so within the permissible dates of payment of fees, the registration will automatically lapse and the candidate’s name will be removed from the rolls. The candidate other than faculty member of HNLU shall have to pay fees for all other heads except the tuition fee as is applicable to other Postgraduate Courses of the University.
     

Supervisors & Number of Candidates
Nomination
All Ph.D. candidates shall be required to work under a recognized Supervisor who is a member of the faculty of the University.
Recognition
Recognition of Supervisor will be considered by the Doctoral Committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor. The supervisor must possess:
a) A Ph.D. Degree in Law. And any one of the following
b(i) A minimum of two technical publications in the relevant or allied areas of research in the referred Journals and referred Conference proceedings within a period of 3 years preceding his date of application for recognition.
b(ii) Professor of Law with teaching and research experience.
Number of Candidates Guided
A Supervisor shall not normally guide more than four doctoral candidates at any time. However, an addition of two candidates under Joint Supervision may be permitted.