Overview
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the National Law University will begin operating in the Valley from April 2026.
- Admissions and teaching will start in rented accommodation rather than a permanent campus in the first phase.
- Ompora in Budgam, the unused site of a stalled software park after Air Force objections, is identified as a likely starting location if no better space is found.
- The assembly passed a private member resolution urging swift establishment at Srinagar and noted funds are already provided, with an earlier budget provision of ₹50 crore.
- The proposal will go to the Chief Justice of the J-K and Ladakh High Court and the J-K chief secretary, and BJP figures have lodged an election-code complaint over the Budgam announcement.