5 years, 6 months ago

Four Days Before The All India Bar Exam, Bombay HC Grants Relief To 5 Final Year Law Students [Read Order]

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The Bombay High Court recently granted relief to five final year law students and directed Mumbai University along with the Controller of Examinations to release their marksheets and passing certificates after determining the legitimacy of their records, so that they are allowed to appear for the All India Bar Exam held on September 15, Sunday. They contended in a writ petition that the University has still not completed the formalities of issuing necessary mark-sheets and passing certificates, which would enable them to appear for the All India Bar Examination scheduled on September 15, so as to then qualify for a licence to practice as an advocate. Senior Advocate Mihir Desai appeared on behalf of the respondents Controller of Examinations, the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, law college and Admission Regulatory Authority. Court noted how it would be difficult for the said authority to complete the entire process within such a short span of time and observed- "All that can be done is, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of these contesting respondents, we can direct the University as also the Controller of Examinations to verify the correctness and genuineness of the documents listed at Exhibit 'D' to this petition and from its own records, conclude whether the admissions were granted, the examinations were taken and the examinations have been indeed cleared by these petitioners.

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1 day, 2 hours ago

Legal Education Rules Framed By BCI Not In Consonance With Advocates Act: Law College Tells Bombay High Court In Plea Opposing Inspection

Live Law

The Bombay High Court on Monday, reserved its judgment in a petition filed by a law school against an inspection notice issued by the Bar Council of India. The petition filed in 2019 by Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University Law School challenged the notice issued by the BCI for inspection of the college. The petitioner argued that the Legal Education …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

'Make Your House In Order': Madhya Pradesh HC Deprecates BCI For Granting Retrospective Recognition To Certain Colleges After 20 Yrs

Live Law

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has deprecated the practice of Bar Council of India in granting recognition to certain colleges even after 20 years, with retrospective effect. A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain observed, “It is brought to the notice of this Court that in some cases the recognition has been given by …

1 month ago

Gujarat HC Paves Way For Two Law Graduates From Unrecognized College To Apply For Civil Judge Post, State Bar Body To Issue Provisional Certificate

Live Law

The Gujarat High Court on Monday directed the State Bar Council to issue provisional certificate of practice to two law graduates, who completed their LL.B. 2 – Bar Council of Gujarat is directed to issue provisional certificate of practice to the petitioners and the respondent no. 13048 of 2024 alongwith the order of note for speaking to minutes dated 23.10.2024, …

2 months ago

MP High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging BCI's Attendance Rules, Meanwhile Permits NLIU Student Short On Attendance To Sit In Class

Live Law

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently granted interim relief to an law student to attend her fourth semester classes after she was debarred by NLIU Bhopal due to shortage of attendance. The petitioner would at liberty to move an appropriate application for permission when the dates for repeat examinations are notified.” The student's petition challenges the …

2 months, 1 week ago

High Court Asks Delhi University To Ensure Date-Sheets Are Issued At Least 15 Days Prior To Commencement Of Law Exams

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has asked the Dean and Head of Delhi University's Faculty of Law to ensure that future date-sheets are issued at least 15 days before the commencement of examinations.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma strongly urged the varsity's Dean of the Faculty of Law to take all administrative decisions, including the issuance of date-sheets, with due regard for the …

2 months, 1 week ago

Exam row: Patna HC directs Bihar govt, BPSC to file counter affidavits; next hearing Jan 31

Hindustan Times

Patna, The Patna High Court on Thursday directed the Bihar government and the state public service commission to file counter affidavits on a bunch of petitions seeking the of the Combined Competitive Exams held last month. Exam row: Patna HC directs Bihar govt, BPSC to file counter affidavits; next hearing Jan 31 Justice Arvind Singh Chandel set January 31 as …

2 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka HC Asks Bangalore University To Consider Students' Grievance About Overlapping Of University Exams With Other Competitive Exams

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangalore University to consider the grievance raised by students about the clashing of exams held by the University with examination of other competitive courses. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun said, “The grievance of students that University and other exams often clash, the University …

2 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court allows Bangalore varsity to hold exams of B.Com course as per schedule from January 13

The Hindu

The High Court of Karnataka, in a special sitting held on Sunday has given a go ahead for the Bangalore University to hold exams for the first, third and fifth semesters of B.Com course as per the schedule, from January 13, 2025. A division bench comprising Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice M. I. Arun passed the interim order while staying …

2 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Permits Bangalore University To Conduct B.Com Examination As Per Original Scheduled From Jan 13

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court, stayed the interim order passed by a Single judge bench, directing the Bangalore University to reschedule the B.Com examination of the first, third and fifth semesters that were scheduled to be held on 13.01.2025, 15.01.2025, 17.01.2025, 20.01.2025 and 21.01.2025. The single bench issued the direction in view of the schedule of the CA foundation examination and …

3 months ago

Can't Expect Law Students Who Failed IPC Paper, To Appear For BNS Paper In Supplementary Exams Which Has Never Been Taught: Karnataka HC

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that law students who have already attended classes for Indian Penal Code and have failed in the examination, it cannot be expected that those students take up the examination for Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which has never been taught to them in the course structure. Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while quashing a notification issued …

DU postpones exams for law students after protests over schedule

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3 months, 1 week ago

DU postpones exams for law students after protests over schedule

The Hindu

Delhi University has decided to postpone examinations for law students, a day after protests erupted at the Campus Law Centre over their schedule, a university official said on Tuesday. A scuffle broke out between students and police at CLC on Monday during a protest by law students against the examination schedule. We will make fresh arrangements after consulting with the …

3 months, 1 week ago

Can Graduates Of 3-Year LLB Correspondence Course Enrol As Advocates? Supreme Court To Consider

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider whether a law graduate of a 3-year LLB Course be allowed to enrol with the State Bar Council if s/he obtained an undergraduate degree through correspondence. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale was hearing a challenge to the order of the Telangana High Court which refused to allow Bar …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

HC relief for law students over attendance-based marks deduction

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday granted interim relief to two final-year law students from deduction of their internal assessment marks due to low attendance. Government Law College in Churchgate, where the students are enrolled, had failed to adhere to attendance protocols mandated by University of Mumbai, the court noted, and directed college authorities to reassess their marks. HC …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ineligibility To Pursue 3-Yr LLB Course Was Raised After Graduation: Plea In Bombay HC Challenges State Bar Council's Denial Of Enrolment

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A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court against the Bar Council of Maharashtra's decision to deny sanad/enrolment to a law graduate who completed a 3-year LLB on the ground that her aggregate marks in bachelor's degree prior to LLB were less than 45% aggregate marks. The Bar Council of Maharashtra denied the petitioner's enrolment in view of …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign Law Degree Holders Have To Pass BCI's Qualifying Exam To Practice In India, Even If They Have Cleared Bridge Course: Delhi HC

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has rejected a challenge to the Bar Council of India's 2024 notification requiring Indian citizens with foreign law degrees to take a qualifying examination to be eligible for enrolment in India. The petitioner challenged the notification issued by BCI on November 11, scheduling the '21st Qualifying Examination for Indian Nationals Holding Foreign Law Degrees'.The petitioner's grievance …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Adhere To UGC/Bar Council Of India Guidelines: Telangana High Court Tells State In Plea Against "Undue Delay" In LLB Admissions

Live Law

While disposing of a PIL highlighting "unreasonable delay" in admissions to law courses in the state, the Telangana High Court has asked various respondents including the State authorities to make a "sincere" endeavour to adhere to guidelines of the University Grants CommissionBar Council of India with respect to admissions in law schools.The court passed the order while disposing of a. …

4 months ago

Allahabad HC Comes To Aid Of Visually Impaired Candidate Who Couldn't Fill AIBE Form Due To Error In LLB Results

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court last week came to the aid of a visually impaired candidate who could not apply for the All-India Bar Examination -XIX in time, admittedly due to an error in his 5th-semester examination result caused by his University. Though the University rectified the error and declared the candidate passed, the petitioner, due to the said error, could …

4 months, 1 week ago

Student Files Plea Against Rs 30 Lakh Seat Leaving Bond Rule, Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice, Directs College To Return Original Documents

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The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court sought the state government's stand on a medical student's plea against the Rs 30 Lakh seat leaving bond he had signed while taking admission in a medical college, which would be charged if he left the seat without completing the course or his original documents will not be returned. 3–Mahatma Gandhi …

6 months, 1 week ago

AIBE : Supreme Court Seeks BCI's Response On Plea To Allow Final Year Law Students To Appear In All India Bar Exam

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Bar Council of India on a petition challenging the BCI's decision to prevent final-year law students from appearing in the All India Bar Examination.The Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a writ petition challenging the recent notification of Bar Council. The …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

AIBE : Plea In Supreme Court Against BCI Notification Barring Final Year Law Students From All India Bar Examination

Live Law

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the recent notification of Bar Council of India regarding eligibility for the All-India Bar Examination which prohibits final year law students from registering for and appearing in the upcoming AIBE-XIX scheduled for November 24, 2024. The plea is filed 9 final year law students of the 3-year. The plea …

8 months ago

Schools Play Vital Role In Education, Must Ensure Examinee's Documentation Is Completed Within Time: Delhi HC Provides Relief To Class 10, 12 Students

Live Law

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to open its online portal to accommodate 45 class 10th and 12th students studying in a Delhi school to appear in their improvement and compartmental exams. Observing that the petitioner school had been “very negligent” in the present case, a single judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Decision on NEET-UG 2024 re-test delayed as SC adjourns hearing to July 18

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the NEET-UG 2024 case after noting that some of the parties had not yet received the latest affidavits filed by the Centre and the National Testing Agency. In the affidavit submitted on Wednesday night, the Centre opposed the demand for a re-test of the NEET-UG 2024, citing a comprehensive report from …

10 months ago

Student Provisionally Permitted To Appear In Board Exams Despite Low Attendance Seeks Gujarat High Court's Intervention To Sit For Supplementary Exam

Live Law

Following directives from the Gujarat High Court, the Central Board of Secondary Education disclosed the results of a Class 10 student from Gandhinagar's Delhi Public School on Tuesday who was permitted to sit for the Board exams on the court's order despite being initially deemed ineligible due to insufficient attendance. His father approached the High Court in February, requesting the …

1 year ago

Karnataka High Court rejects plea seeking referral of State government’s appeal on classes 5, 8, 9, and 11 board exam issue to larger Bench

The Hindu

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday rejected the plea for referring to a larger Bench the appeal filed by the State government challenging the single judge’s order of quashing the decision of holding board exams for classes 5, 8, 9, and 11 without framing the rules for this purpose. However, the Bench permitted the association to implead in the …

1 year, 1 month ago

Government introduces bill to tackle exam malpractices in Lok Sabha

New Indian Express

NEW DEHI: A bill which seeks to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations, with provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 1 crore was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The move comes against the backdrop of cancellation of a series of competitive tests such as the teacher …

1 year, 3 months ago

Kerala High Court Dismisses Candidate's Plea For Postponement Of Either AIBE Or AILET Due To Clashing Timings

Live Law

The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to issue a direction to postpone the 18th All India Bar Examination, 2024 or All India Law Entrance Test, 2024. The learned counsel for the 1st respondent submitted that the candidate can take another chance for the All India Bar examination and the fee paid will be adjusted towards that chance.” The Court …

1 year, 4 months ago

[Holiday Hearing] Allahabad HC Grants Interim Relief To Management Student Denied To Write Exam Due To Attendance Shortfall

Live Law

In a special hearing conducted during the Diwali holidays, the Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, allowed a management student, who was short of attendance, to appear in the supplementary examination to be held on Thursday at Amity University. Essentially, in her writ plea, the petitioner-student raised a grievance that though she had attended all the classes of Marketing Management in …

1 year, 4 months ago

AIBE 18 rescheduled for December 10 | Check updates

India Today

The exam conducting body, the Bar Council of India, has rescheduled the All India Bar Examination 18 to December 10, 2023. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Aspiring lawyers in India must successfully pass the All India Bar Examination to obtain a certificate of practice from the Bar Council of India. To be eligible for the AIBE, candidates must hold a law degree from …

1 year, 4 months ago

AIBE XVIII Date Postponed to Avoid Clash With CLAT PG, MP State Judicial PT Exams

News 18

The Bar Council of India will conduct the All India Bar Examination XVIII on December 10. It was earlier scheduled to be held on December 3 but has now been postponed to avoid a clash with CLAT PG and MP State Judicial PT exams. “Recognizing the significance of the All India Bar Exam, CLAT PG, and MP State Judicial PT, …

1 year, 7 months ago

LLB Admissions: Telangana High Court Asks State Bar Council To Furnish List Of Aggrieved Aspirants Graduated Via Distant Or Regular Mode

Live Law

Telangana High Court has ordered the State Bar Council to file, in a tabular format, the modes in which various students have completed their +2/graduation education to determine whether the students are eligible for LLB qualification and subsequently to enrol as an advocate. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T Vinod Kumar was hearing a batch …

1 year, 11 months ago

Karnataka High Court Stays Externment Order Against BSc Student For Two Weeks To Allow Him Appear For Scheduled Examinations

Live Law

Coming to the aid of a student pursuing B.Sc course, the Karnataka High Court has stayed for two weeks the execution and operation of the externment order passed by the Assistant Commissioner, against him, to enable him to appear for examinations. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum sitting at Dharwad bench disposed of the petition filed by …

2 years ago

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Board Exams For Classes 5 & 8 In Karnataka On March 27

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear next Monday a petition challenging the holding of board examination for students of Standards 5 and 8th in schools affiliated to the Karnataka state board.The petition has been moved by the associations of unaided private schools against the order passed by a division bench of the Karnataka High Court on March 15 …

2 years, 1 month ago

AIBE XVII: Revised Answer Key Released By Bar Council Of India

Live Law

The Bar Council Of India has released the revised answer key of the All India Bar Examination XVII for Sets A, B, C, and D. The Answer Key for the AIBE 17 was released on Feb 5 after the exam was conducted, however the same was removed later on, reportedly because the key contained incorrect answers. The Bar Council of …

2 years, 1 month ago

Let Final Year Students Take AIBE, Ensure Enrolment Fee Doesn't Become Oppressive : Supreme Court To Bar Council Of India

Live Law

Final semester law students, on the production of eligibility proof, should be allowed to take the All-India Bar Examination, although the result would be subject to the student passing all the components of the college examination, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday said, while upholding the power of the Bar Council of India to require law graduates …

2 years, 1 month ago

1,71,402 Law Graduates Appear For All India Bar Examination-XVII [Read Answer Key]

Live Law

The Bar Council of India today conducted the All India Bar Examination XVII. According to the BCI, the examination was successfully conducted by paper and pen mode across 53 cities and 261 centres with technology-enabled monitoring and confidentiality processes to ensure fair exam practice and that no impersonation. According to the BCI, the examination was successfully conducted by paper and …

2 years, 2 months ago

Legal Profession Will Become Outdated If You Don’t Reconsider Existing Structure Of LLB Courses: Delhi High Court To Bar Council Of India

Live Law

Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Bar Council of India to consider combining other subjects with the law courses to increase diversity of knowledge in the legal field.“You could consider giving combination courses like biology with law, physics or chemistry with law. Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Bar Council of India to consider combining other subjects with …

2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Asks BCI To File Status Report On Having A ‘Pre-Set Schedule’ For All India Bar Examination

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Bar Council of India to submit a further status report on having a "pre-set schedule" for conduct of All India Bar Examination. Justice Prathiba M Singh was apprised by counsel appearing for BCI that the AIBE 2023 examination has been scheduled to be held on February 5 and the results are expected …

2 years, 6 months ago

Eight Law Students Move High Court Over Delayed Result By GLC Mumbai; Seek State Bar Enrolment, Admission To LLM

Live Law

Eight students of Government Law College, Mumbai affiliated with Mumbai University, have filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court praying for declaration of their final semester results. The problem of delay in declaration of results is a perpetual problem in the Mumbai University causing many meritorious students to miss out on employment and higher education opportunities, according to …

2 years, 9 months ago

Conducting Exams For LLB Admissions- University Rules Prevails Over Bar Council Of India Rules: Gujarat High Court

Live Law

A single-judge bench of Justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati of the Gujarat High Court held that in terms of conduction of examination and results for admission to LLB course, the rules of a University would prevail over the Rules of Bar Council of India. In this case, the High Court upheld Saurashtra University rules that prohibited admission for an LLB course …

2 years, 9 months ago

RGUHS Agrees To Conduct Fresh Practical Exam For Final Year MBBS Students Before Karnataka High Court

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the practical examinations conducted for the student-petitioners pursuing their final year MBBS course at certain colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, in a plea alleging that the same was not conducted in accordance with law and was done in violation of the University guidelines. A single judge bench of Justice …

2 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Consider Law Student's Representation For Uniformity In Examination Pattern & Mode In All Universities

Live Law

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to consider a law student's representation seeking uniformity in the method and pattern of examination for undergraduate students in all universities across the State. The division bench of Justices Milind Jadhav and Abhay Ahuja asked the Director, Higher Education Department, Maharashtra to take a decision on a 37-year-old law student, Bhalusha …

2 years, 10 months ago

HC dismisses plea of students challenging offline exams of Delhi University

Hindustan Times

The Delhi High Court on Friday 'dismissed as withdrawn' the plea of several Delhi University students challenging the university's February 11 notice that sought direction for offline examination for the even semester to be held in May 2022. HC dismisses plea of students challenging offline exams of Delhi University Justice Rekha Palli on Friday after noting down the submission of …

2 years, 10 months ago

High Court Directs Karnataka Examination Authority To Permit OCI Students To Appear In Exams & Counselling On Par With Indian Students

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to permit Overseas Citizens of Indian students to appear in the examination and participate in the counseling process to be conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority, on par with the Indian students. It is also made clear that as directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court that the OCI students are also …

3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court refuses to cancel offline board exams for classes 10, 12

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of offline board examinations for classes 10 and 12 to be conducted by the CBSE and several other boards this year, saying such petitions give Â“false hopeÂ” and create Â“confusionÂ” among students who are going to appear in these exams. The apex court observed that the petition is Â“ill-advisedÂ” …

3 years, 1 month ago

Class 10 & 12 Exams : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea To Cancel Physical Exams Of State Boards, CBSE & ICSE

Live Law

Update on February 22 : Supreme Court agrees to list the petition tomorrow The Chief Justice of India on Monday accepted a request made for the urgent listing of a writ petition which seeks the cancellation of physical exams for Class 10 and 12 to be conducted by all State Boards, CBSE, ICSE and NIOS.Advocate-on-Record Prashant Padmanabhan mentioned the petition …

3 years, 1 month ago

All India Bar Examination XVI (AIBE 16) Result Declared

Live Law

The All India Bar Examination result has been declared today. The candidates can check their results by entering their Roll Number and Date of Birth on the given link.AIBE 16 Result: Process- Visit the official website allindiabarexamination.com - Click. AIBE 16 Result: Process - Visit the official website allindiabarexamination.com - Click on the AIBE result - Insert login credentials including …

3 years, 2 months ago

Class 10 students file petition against school in SC

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday heard a plea filed by 24 students from Class 10 against a private school, St Xavier International School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha for demanding money and forcing them to take admission to the school to get better marks. Accordingly, issue notice returnable on February 14.,” ordered the bench, which also comprised Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T …

3 years, 3 months ago

'Effective Education Not Imparted Amid Covid': Karnataka HC Quashes KSLU Notif For Conducting Intermediate Sem Exams For 3-Yr LLB Course

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court on December 14, quashed the notification issued by Karnataka State Law University, by which it was to conduct offline examinations for the students of 2nd and 4th semester of three year LLB course. oing by data collected by the University which indicate the majority of the students did not possess the laptop/desktop and also do not …

3 years, 3 months ago

If we Start Interfering in all Exams, No Exam will be Conducted, Says SC as it Dismisses CMA Students' Plea

News 18

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the writ petition challenging pattern and online mode of the intermediate and final cost accountants examination. While dismissing the petition, the bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna said, “We can’t turn ourselves into supervisory authorities.” In the petitioner’s counsel’s submission, it was revealed that the petitioner were from Delhi and …

3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain RGNUL Students' Plea Against HC's Refusal To List Petition Seeking Waiver Of Fees For Urgent Hearing

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a special leave petition filed by undergraduate students studying in Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law assailing Punjab and Haryana High Court's order of refusing to list for urgent hearing their writ petition seeking relief of waiver of fees for August- December 2020. Appearing for the Students, Senior Advocate Siddhartha Bhatnagar submitted …

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