Jammu University students demand NLU in Pir Panjal, Chenab Valley

Students of Jammu University protested the establishment of the National Law University (NLU) in the Kashmir region yesterday.

The protest began after representations for the NLU to be established in the Jammu region made to the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha went unanswered.

A few students were detained and released after yesterday's protest.

Speaking with Bar & Bench, a student said that simultaneous protests were being held for the establishment of the NLU in two regions of Jammu - Pir Panjal and Chenab Valley.

Last year, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had allocated ₹50 crore for the development of the NLU. During the legislative assembly's autumn session, it was announced the NLU would function from April 2026 onwards, at a temporary campus in Ompora, Budgam, a central Kashmir district.

Corrigendum: A previous version of this story said that the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu made a representation to the Union Minister of State for Law and Justice. The error is regretted.