The Bar Council of India Will Not Compromise with The Standard of Legal Education, Urges Universities to Affiliate Law Colleges with Better Infrastructure.
(Judicial Quest New Network)
The Bar Council of India has issued a press release in which it advised universities to affiliate Law Colleges only with better infrastructure to compete with international standards. Mushrooming of Law Colleges has to be stopped at any costs.
With a view to imposing stricter standards for legal education in the country the BCI has issues a notification today.
It states that it had been observed by BCI that State Governments often grant/issue “No Objection Certificate” in a very casual manner for opening of Law colleges without consideration of demand of particular area or population of the area. Quite often, the Universities grant affiliation to Law Colleges recklessly, without undertaking a careful inspection.
Apart from the affiliation and NOC’s all new teachers are required to acquire proper training, failing which they would not be allowed to teach in any law college.
The Bar Council of India had, by way of resolution dated 11.08.2019, imposed moratorium for a period of three years on opening of New Law
Colleges/Centres of Legal Education Bar Council of India had imposed the moratorium in order to curtail the mushrooming growth of Law colleges/Centres of legal education in the country with a view to improve the standards of providing legal education by Law Colleges/Centres of Legal Education.
In it’s today’s release the BCI has decided to withdraw its appeal against the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court setting aside the Three-year moratorium imposed by the council in August,2019, on opening the new law college.
The BCI declared that it has revoked the moratorium from council’s end.
The Council has also resolved to undertake surprise visits of Colleges/Centres of Legal Education which, presently, may not be workable till the pandemic is over as mostly all educational institutions are closed. The Bar Council of India has accordingly decided to file an application for withdrawal of the LPA.
The NOC to open the law college is issued by the state government concerned in whose jurisdiction the college is proposed to be opened.
It is further me motioned that The Bar Council of India has filed an LPA against the above referred order dated 04.12.2021, but it realizes that it would be feasible and better if a committee is appointed to consider drafting of Rules for moratorium which thereafter can be placed before the Legal Education Committee which has a statutory sanction. under section 10 (2) (b) of the Advocates Act, as was observed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Furthermore, The Universities are requested to carry out inspection and scrutiny of the Institutions in a meticulous manner, and, only thereafter, consider to grant, affiliation, otherwise, Bar Council of India would seriously consider to de -recognise the degrees being issued by such University/ies. The Bar Council of India is not going to compromise with the standard of Legal Education and the Universities are advised to affiliate Law Colleges only with better infrastructure to compete with international standards. Mushrooming of Law Colleges has to be stopped at any costs.
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