After return to India, Professor was called to Bar and practiced as Senior Advocate in Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench Lucknow and had honour to argue many cases of sensitive nature at the time.
He was very successful at the Bar and was amongst top few advocates till he continued. The Chancellor, G.H.Raisoni University based at Nagpur (Maharashtra) successfully persuaded Professor Tripathi to accept their offer to establish Law college in that university at Raipur (C.G) campus which was done.
S.H.D Institute of Legal Studies and Research based at Mathura affiliated to Agra University (Dr B.R. Ambedkar University) invited Professor Tripathi to accept Directorship Of the Institute. From there he shifted to Narbadeshwarvidhi Mahavidyalaya, Constituent College of Lucknow University as its principal and thereafter to Khaitan law college Kanpur University also as its principal.
Swami Vivekananda Subharti University Meerut (Western U.P) invited Professor Tripathi to patronize and establish Institute of Law on its being established as such by UP act 28 of 2008, wherein he was first and founder Professor of Law, head of law dept., and dean of the faculty of law in this university from hence he superannuated in April 2010.
Prof. Tripathi was invited by MATS University Raipur (C.G) as director of MATS Law School in July 2010, wherein at present, he continuous to serve the cause of legal education & research.
Professor Tripathi has been a visiting Professor of Law in Hidayatullah National Law University Raipur (C.G), Chanakya National Law University Patna (Bihar) and ICFAI University. Hyderabad (Dehradun Campus).
Professor Tripathi is a legal practitioner with wide experience who has been teaching Law since over 42 years now and is someone who has contributed significantly to the development of the profession.Professor Tripathi specializes in law of International Trade, Commerce, Property and Constitutional Jurisprudence. Any query in area’s are welcome.
Professor Tripathi is presently amongst the senior-most serving Professors of Law in the sub-continent. It is noteworthy that Professor Tripathi received his Doctorate in Laws in 1977 at Allahabad University, making him the youngest candidate to be conferred the degree.
Professor Tripathi has practiced Law in various High Court jurisdictions in India, apart from practicing at the Supreme Court of India. He adorned the Governing Council of one of the most distinguished professional research bodies of India, the Indian Law Institute at New Delhi.
Heading the MATS Law School of MATS University, Raipur (C.G) Professor Tripathi blends rich professional experience with teaching expertise.
He has trained Law teachers at special request of the University Grants Commission {1985 at Madhya Pradesh, “Teaching Law at Post Graduate Level” and 1983 at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, “How to Teach Law to the beginners”}.
Professor Tripathi has admirable experience in development and administration of Law Schools. Apart from being the founder Professor of Law at University of Sagar in Madhya Pradesh Subharti University at Meerut, in Uttar Pradesh and MATS University, Raipur (C.G) Professor Tripathi has framed syllabi, drafted Ordinances and Regulations for various degree programs.
It is in this context that a University promoted by a major media house in Bangladesh has envisaged interest in seeking his team-leadership for setting up a School of Law at par with international standards.
Professor Tripathi has taught Law and done consultancy in the African Continent, including the University of Cross River in Nigeria.
He has authored many books on Law including one on Law of Contract as practiced and applicable in the Nigerian jursidiction. He has been commended and awarded a prize for his wide-spanning authorship by the Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India.
Regarding teaching methodology, professor Tripathi blends case law and problerm methods with socrates dialogue method quoting exhaustively from revealed laws of continent and customery laws of this sub-continent that innovates teaching methodology to suit caliber and understanding of youngster and senior scholars admirably.
He is acclaimed best faculty in all universities he has taught in.
In the arena of research, amongst other areas, Prof. Tripathi patronizes research in theory of contract; something that is cardinal to Business Law in all jurisdictions around the world. Prof.
Tripathi has researched in self-induced Frustration of Contract; a theorem that seeks to identify elements of a willful locus of control in an otherwise supposedly auto-occurrence of collapse of a contracted transactional agreement.
{The work has been published in India’s ‘Supreme Court Journal’ at pages 47 through 57.}
On the other hand, Prof. Tripathi has done a comparative survey of legal positions of the United Kingdom jurisdiction, the American jurisdiction and the Indian scenario regarding the inviability in execution of a contract. {See “Comparative Survey of the Doctrine of Impossibility of Performance of a Contract in UK, USA and India”, published Volume 3 – No.3 – of Allahabad University Studies.}.
Professor Tripathi has approached the Doctrine of Frustration from another interesting angle, namely that of impracticality of performance. His paper, ‘Impracticability of Performance as reason or cause of Frustration of Contract’ is a significant juristic contribution.
His book on 'simple contract' vividly explains the point.
This is definitely a landmark contribution of an acadmic to tell the world as to why does contract frustrate. The application of doctrine of frustration to leases and agreements to marry are recognizable contributions.
As a jurist, Prof. Tripathi has examined the mirage of ‘consent’ in his work, “Reality of Consent in Law of Contract” published in Law Quarterly {16 Law Quarterly pp 20-31}. His work “Disappearance of the Foundation of the Contract Theory” {Lawyer, Vol.8, No.10 pp 145-157} notices a milestone in the evolution of the Theory of Contract.
Amongst the jurists whom Professor G.P. Tripathi is mentoring research is Shams Khwaja who, in the area of Contract Law, is working on an ‘Anti-Thesis to Theory of Contract in Context of American Business Law’.
Professor Tripathi is guilding LL.D./Ph.D. Scholars of C.C.S University Meerut U.P, ( Vivek Kumar Tyagi Lecturere in the Department of Legal Studies C.C.S. University Campus Meerut ) on the topic Offshorings in Legal Profession with in the light of Globalization Singhania University Rajasthan and MATS University, Raipur, wherein some sitting honorable judges of several high courts are pursuing research under him leading to LL.D degree.
Swami Vivekanand after whom Subharti University is named, apart from being an Indian religious scholar and leader, contributed to universal brotherhood standing tall on the American soil of Chicago. Till April 2010, at Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Prof. G.P. Tripathi also contributes as a jurist and lawyer to the process of National Integration in India. He has expressed on issues of Public Law & Religion apart from his work that is very relevant to contemporary Indian polity and scenario, “A Critical Survey of Law relating to Domicile in India” (Allahabad Law Review, Vol.5, pp 25-46). The “mool niwas” issue of Uttarakhand and the “Maharashtrian manoos” issue of Bombay are put to place by said work of Dr. Tripathi: a significant contribution to National Integration. Now at MATS University he has contributed several research papers including one on e-responsibility, e-waste and the law as forerunner to his idea to start B. Tech. LLB (6 years) integrated law degree course in MATS Law School.
Like Austin made a departure in the history of jurisprudence, Prof. Tripathi has also sought to give a new dimension to Indian Jurisprudence and taking it at a generic level. In his presentation on “Transcendental Jurisprudence” God whether jural concept? Whether god is basic feature of Indian Constitution? He has referred to article 60 and 69 of the constitution wherein President elect, take oath in name of God, So does Vice President under article 69. Our Constitutional functionary included High Court and Supreme Court judge's take oath as prescribed in 3rd schedule of the Constitution in course of witnesses take oath under Indian Oath Act, Public Notaries administer oath under Notaries Act these are in the name of God. What is relevance of God to lawyers; are unique areas of discussion in this book published under title of Indian Jurisprudence. Prof. Tripathi talks of the existence of ‘Cosmic Law’ contrasting it with man-made Law. He feels that in delivery of justice principles other than man-made law are required to achieve optimization in larger concept of justice delivery. The catch word of Indian Jurisprudence is where Technology ends, Science begins, where Science ends, Philosophy begins, where Philosophy ends, the Religion begins, where religion ends, God begins, where God ends ,the end ends. The message is that Indian universities must
rewrite the contents of course on jurisprudence and include therein transcendental jurisprudence.
Professor Tripathi also believes that Transcendental Jurisprudence can also be applied with success to situations such as terrorism, suicide attacks and naxalism in seeking a root-directed cure for such scourges. Concept of mob justice, log kya kahenge (peer justice) and koi dekh lega, are innovations searched by professor Tripathi as crux of justice delivery system in India.
While capital punishment or death penalty has been subject of national debate of the years, Prof. Tripathi has voiced significant grounds for conjecturing a new right, the right not to live; euthanasia is another side of that coin. This was presented at the World Congress on Law and Medicine. Prof. Tripathi’s views on the subject have also been quoted by the Supreme Court.
Professor Tripathi has thrown light on an important everyday aspect of gender justice and liability through his article published in Andhra Weekly Reporter, ‘Husbands! How are you liable for debts taken by your wives? Professor Advocate, Religion of law, law of religion. The religion of law is what is in the triology of Indian Constitutions, preamble, part 3rd and 4th. Law of religion is love, respect, morality and dharma, adherence to tradition institution and relation's in the society, to know oneself, Knowledge of self and self realization. Experiencing the experiencer, satya chit annand. He is of the view that freedom of religion is right but freedom from religion is not. One must have a religion none can be without religion-believe, disbelieve or not believe but sustain your Dharma as our Dharma.
Prof. GP Tripathi
Professor of Law and Director MATS Law School
MATS University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
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