FAQs – Master of Business Law

Legal Education is regulated by the Bar Council of India. All the courses offered by the university are recognized by the Bar Council of India. All the courses of the university including those offered through ODL and Online mode are recognized by the Bar Council of India.

An LL.B. degree is an undergraduate degree whereas, the MBL is a Masters degree focused on Business Laws. Though there might be some content overlap with the LL.B., the MBL programme material is much more comprehensive and allows the students to develop an expertise in areas of Business Law.

Please visit the MBL programme page for course structure.

While the MBL and LL.M. are both master’s degrees. The two programs are not equivalent. The MBL enables the students to cultivate a postgraduate level of understanding of all the Business-related laws.

The knowledge gained during the MBL programme is greatly valued by the industry. An MBL graduate specializes in as many as ten areas which are very pertinent to the business community. Many of our graduates work as Law Officers, Legal Assistants, Legal researchers and Legal Advisors in the industry.

The duration of the course shall be two academic years.

For the Master of Business Laws (M.B.L.) programme, every candidate admitted shall pay the prescribed fees at the time of admission. In the event that a candidate is unable to fulfil the prescribed requirements for the award of the degree within the stipulated two academic years, he/she may be permitted to continue for an additional period of up to three subsequent academic years, or until all requirements are duly completed, whichever is earlier. Such continuation shall be subject to payment of the prescribed continuation fee for each year (currently ₹5,000/-, subject to revision).

At the conclusion of the fifth academic year, if the candidate has not fulfilled all requirements for the award of the degree, the admission shall stand automatically cancelled.

Students admitted to MBL – first year programme are eligible for promotion to the second year even if they are unable to pass all the courses required in the first year. However, at the end of the first academic year, a student has to remit the second year to continue in the second year. At the end of second year, the student can take exams for courses offered in the first and second year of the MBL programme.

Every course shall have a combination of formative and summative assessments. This will aid in regular learning and understanding concepts better.

To successfully complete a programme, a student must take all three assessments (Formative I + Formative II + Summative) and obtain a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of three and above out of seven. An aggregate of your performance will count towards the final grade in each course.