    
Universal's is the name taken with utmost respect in the legal profession for more than half a century now. One of India 's greatest law publishing companies was founded by a humble salesman of law books. Perhaps, all great stories have unbelievably humble beginnings. The journey of a man Madan Gopal, began as a salesman who then traded in law books, lived amongst them, and went on to become the first - and so far the only - non-lawyer to be officially honoured by the Bar Association of India for his outstanding 50 years contribution to the legal profession. No mean achievement, this.
Universal Book Traders (UBT) came into being and later, Universal Law Publishing Company became the publishing wing of the Universal Group.
Universal entered into law publishing primarily for the reason to bring to the legal fraternity the best at a reasonable price. To a large extent this explains the great number of Indian Economy Editions of foreign law books that Universal has published.
Universal Group in general and Universal Law Publishing Company in particular has emerged as a major law publishing house with an extremely efficient editorial machinery capable of producing books of remarkable editorial quality. The Group's marketing wing, Universal Book Traders, on the other hand has quite an extensive marketing network spread across India, which helps the Group to market not only its own books effectively but also those published by other law publishing houses.
Universal has over 700 titles published including over 300 Bare Acts, over 100 Indian Editions of foreign books and over 250 bestselling titles authored by judges, noted jurists and prominent lawyers. The books published by the Universal prove to be hugely helpful not only to the lawyers and judges but also to the law students. In order to meet the demand of a quality institution which can help law students prepare for entrances to the law schools across the country and for judicial service examinations, the Group established a sister concern by the name 'Universal Institute of Legal Studies', which happens to be the latest of the Group's endeavours in lending a helping hand in the promotion and betterment of the legal profession in India. |
