Oldest law school in Maharashtra mislabels LLB degree in certs

Oldest law school in Maharashtra mislabels LLB degree in certs

Hemali.Chhapia@timesofindia.com 29.03.2026court

Mumbai : The reputed Government Law College (GLC) in Churchgate has issued third-year, second-semester certificates carrying an incorrect expansion of the LLB degree as “Bachelor of Legislative Law,” a nomenclature not recognised by the Bar Council of India or Mumbai University, under which the 170-year-old institution operates.

‘LLB’ stands for the Latin term, ‘Legum Baacalaureus’. In English, it is referred to as ‘Bachelor of Laws’. When contacted, principal Asmita Vaidya initially asked this reporter to check the “full form of LLB on the internet and on the MU website.” When informed that it stands for Bachelor of Laws, she said the marksheet format was from the University of Mumbai. Later she said her college could not have issued a certificate with an erroneous expansion. On Friday, Vaidya told TOI that an office clerk had made the mistake after referring to an online source. 

“Fresh corrected certificates are being printed and distributed,” she said. By evening, the college issued a notice asking second, third and fourth year students to collect their marksheet “with the title as per university norms.”

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