Age Limit For LLB: Kerala HC Stays Notification, Permits Aspirants To Participate In Selection Process [Read Order]

In a reprieve to hundreds of LL.B. aspirants in Kerala who have crossed the ‘age limit’ prescribed by revived Clause-28 in Legal Education Rules by Bar Council of India, the High Court of Kerala has, in an interim order issued in a batch of petitions challenging the age limit, directed the authorities to permit candidates to participate in the selection process, irrespective of upper. aspirants in Kerala who have crossed the ‘age limit’ prescribed by revived Clause-28 in Legal Education Rules by Bar Council of India, the High Court of Kerala has, in an interim order issued in a batch of petitions challenging the age limit, directed the authorities to permit candidates to participate in the selection process, irrespective of upper age limit. The operative part of the order reads as follow: “In so far as the Bar council had requested state Government to rely upon clause 28 after the examination result had been published, it would be appropriate that all the candidates be permitted to participate in the selection process irrespective of the condition imposed in clause 28 for the time being. The, appropriate authority shall permit all the candidates to participate in the selection process irrespective of upper age limit.” As per a recent circular, the Bar Council of India has revived the rule stipulating the maximum age limit for law courses across the country.