Jurisprudence Explained a book by NK Singh released
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 03 2016:
'Jurisprudence Explained' a book written by late Hijam NK Singh was released today at the Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi, by Senior Judge, Supreme Court of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi who attended as the chief guest.
Constitutional Expert and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Fali S Nariman attended as the guest of honour, Senior Advocate and Vice President, Supreme Court Bar Association Ajit Kumar Sinha as special suests.
Wife of late Hijam NK Singh Thiyam Geeta Devi also attended the book release function.
The book is produced by the Universal Law Publishing an Imprint of Lexis-Nexis.
The 1st edition of the said book was prescribed as a reference book in many law colleges and universities including Faculty of Law, University of Punjab and Justice Hidyatullah National Law University, Raipur.
It may be remembered that late Hijam Nabakumar Singh was born to a humble family at Imphal.
After completing his initial studies at Imphal, he continued to pursue his BA (Hons) in Economics from DM College under University of Guwahati.
Thereafter, he received his law degree from the University of Poona, with LL.B from Poona Law College (presently known as ILS Law College) .
He was a recipient of a Special Certificate (Gold Medal) in LL.M for having stood First Class First in the year 1972-1973 from the said University.
He was enrolled as an Advocate in 1973 with Bar Council of Assam, Manipur etc.
He also actively practised in the Guwahati High Court; Manipur High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
He was a designated Senior Advocate in the year January 1994 and has also served as the Advocate General of Manipur from 2002 till Jan 2005 .
He was an active senior member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, New Delhi.
Late Hijam NK Singh was also the President of the High Court Bar Association, Manipur for two terms.
He passed away from a heart attack on Nov 17, 2013 .