Indian Law Institute

The Indian Law Institute
Mottoतमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Let light emerge from darkness
TypeDeemed University
Established1956 (1956)
AffiliationBCI, UGC, NAAC
PresidentChief Justice of India
DirectorManoj Kumar Sinha
Students366
Postgraduates340
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Location
Opp. Supreme Court of India, Bhagwan Das Road New Delhi, India
CampusUrban
Websiteili.ac.in

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. 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.