BCI Merely Degree-Recognising Body, Can’t Regulate Admissions: Maharashtra Tells Bombay HC [Read Affidavit]
7 years, 10 months ago

BCI Merely Degree-Recognising Body, Can’t Regulate Admissions: Maharashtra Tells Bombay HC [Read Affidavit]

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In a relief to law colleges and students in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has directed the completion of admission process to law colleges for this academic year within the stipulated time without the Bar Council of India’s consent or approval.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni passed these directions on April 20 in a PIL filed by one Vibhuti. In a relief to law colleges and students in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has directed the completion of admission process to law colleges for this academic year within the stipulated time without the Bar Council of India’s consent or approval. Brief Facts In a matter regarding conduct of admissions through the Common Admission Process, a bench headed by Justice SC Dharmadhikari asked the state to consult BCI in deciding the syllabi as well as other criteria as “it is a stakeholder in legal education”. However, when the court directed the state government to file an affidavit taking a stand on Sections 7 and of the Advocates’ Act, 1961, the state government deemed the said provisions to mean that “the BCI has merely consultative and recommendatory role in matter of promotion of legal education and laying down standards of such education”.

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Legal Education Rules Framed By BCI Not In Consonance With Advocates Act: Law College Tells Bombay High Court In Plea Opposing Inspection
1 hour, 2 minutes 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 …

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

Bar Council of India has mandated criminal background checks on law students by universities: BCI Vice Chairman
1 month ago

Bar Council of India has mandated criminal background checks on law students by universities: BCI Vice Chairman

The Hindu  

The Bar Council of India is in a pro-active mode to address the concerns about about any criminal antecedents of practicing and prospective lawyers. That’s why the Bar Council issued circulars in September 2024 making it mandatory for law students to declare their criminal antecedents, if any, while making the concerned legal education institutions equally accountable to check the background …

DU, BCI may evolve online classes mechanism for law students, says HC
1 month, 1 week ago

DU, BCI may evolve online classes mechanism for law students, says HC

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court has said that the Delhi University and the Bar Council of India may evolve a mechanism to enable the Bachelor of Laws students to attend classes online with the appropriate safeguards and conditions. The court, in its order passed on February 11, said it was “conscious of the fact that in professional courses, physical attendance carries …

Bombay HC Upholds Bar Council of India’s circular on criminal antecedents declaration for law students
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bombay HC Upholds Bar Council of India’s circular on criminal antecedents declaration for law students

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Monday said there was nothing illegal in a circular issued by the Bar Council of India seeking a declaration from law students on their criminal antecedents, if any. The BCI, in its circular issued to all educational institutions and universities, sought the implementation of the criminal background check system, declaration regarding simultaneous degree and/or regular …

Can't Direct University To Lower Cut-Off Standard: Bombay HC Refuses To Quash Mumbai Varsity Decision Cancelling Admission After 4 Semesters
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can't Direct University To Lower Cut-Off Standard: Bombay HC Refuses To Quash Mumbai Varsity Decision Cancelling Admission After 4 Semesters

Live Law  

While refusing to interfere with Mumbai University's decision to cancel the admission of a student after completion of four semesters due to insufficient marks in the International Baccalaureate programme, the Bombay High Court observed that if the student did not secure the predicted grades, the Court cannot direct the university to lower the cut-off standard. The university issued a 'prima …

Bombay High Court Pulls Up BCI, BCMG For Suspending Female Lawyer's Licence Without Following Principles Of Natural Justice
2 months ago

Bombay High Court Pulls Up BCI, BCMG For Suspending Female Lawyer's Licence Without Following Principles Of Natural Justice

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently stayed an order passed by the Bar Council of India by which it had suspended the licence of a Mumbai-based female advocate over a complaint by few members of the Advocate Association of Western India A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna questioned the manner in which both the BCI and the …

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

23 Yrs Later, Gujarat Court Grants Relief To Man Who Was Denied LLB Admission For Being A Year Short Of 15-Year Student Period Rule
3 months ago

23 Yrs Later, Gujarat Court Grants Relief To Man Who Was Denied LLB Admission For Being A Year Short Of 15-Year Student Period Rule

Live Law  

After a legal battle spanning 23 years, a City Civil Court in Ahmedabad last month directed Gujarat University and a college affiliated to grant admission to a 42-year-old man in the three-year LL.B course in the next academic year. The Defendants denied the admission to the plaintiff on the ground that as per the University's rules a student has to …

23 Yrs Later, Gujarat Court Grants Relief To Man Who Was Denied LLB Admission For Being A Year Short Of 15-Year Student Period Rule
3 months ago

23 Yrs Later, Gujarat Court Grants Relief To Man Who Was Denied LLB Admission For Being A Year Short Of 15-Year Student Period Rule

Live Law  

After a legal battle spanning 23 years, a City Civil Court in Ahmedabad last month directed Gujarat University and a college affiliated to grant admission to a 42-year-old man in the three-year LL.B course in the next academic year.The plaintiff–Shashi Kumar Mohata, a commerce graduate from Calcutta University sought for admission into the 3-year LL. After a legal battle spanning …

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

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

AAP legal cell chief challenges BCI ouster in Delhi HC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

AAP legal cell chief challenges BCI ouster in Delhi HC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The controversy surrounding Advocate Sanjeev Nasiar, AAP Legal Cell chief and former vice chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi, escalated on Monday as he moved the HC challenging his removal by Bar Council of India. Nasiar’s petition, filed through Senior Advocate Ramesh Gupta, was urgently mentioned before a bench led by Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru. In …

HC stays BCI decision removing AAP legal chief as vice-chairman of Bar Council of Delhi
3 months, 2 weeks ago

HC stays BCI decision removing AAP legal chief as vice-chairman of Bar Council of Delhi

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed a resolution of the Bar Council of India removing advocate Sanjeev Nasiar, the president of Aam Aadmi Party’s legal cell, from the post of Bar Council of Delhi’s vice-chairman, pending the completion of an inquiry into the authenticity of his law degree. The court passed the interim order on a petition by Mr. …

Bombay High Court Upholds Post-Graduate Medical Admission Criteria For Domiciled Candidates Who Obtained MBBS Degree Outside Maharashtra
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Upholds Post-Graduate Medical Admission Criteria For Domiciled Candidates Who Obtained MBBS Degree Outside Maharashtra

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The Bombay High Court has upheld the framework for PG medical course admission in Maharashtra which mandates domiciled candidates who obtained MBBS degree outside the State, to have secured admission to MBBS course under the All-India Quota in any Government Medical College or the All India Institute of Medical Sciences or any other Central Government Institution, to be eligible for …

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

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

AIBE : Plea In Supreme Court Against BCI Notification Barring Final Year Law Students From All India Bar Examination
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Most Colleges Yet to Take Permission for Offering Law Courses: BCI to HC
7 months, 1 week ago

Most Colleges Yet to Take Permission for Offering Law Courses: BCI to HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior counsel L. Ravichander, representing the Bar Council of India, on Monday informed the Telangana High Court that only 19 of the 32 colleges spread across the state had taken accreditation from the BCI to impart law courses, while other colleges have been declared as defaulters. He also informed the court that the Nalsar University of Law and the …

Karnataka High Court Declines Law Students' Plea Challenging Debarment From Writing Ninth-Semester Exams Due To Attendance Shortage
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court Declines Law Students' Plea Challenging Debarment From Writing Ninth-Semester Exams Due To Attendance Shortage

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has rejected petitions filed by 9th-semester law students seeking directions on the Karnataka State Law University to permit them to write their examinations, which they were not allowed to do since they did not meet the required attendance criteria. Integrated Degree Course in Law, read with Regulation 15 would permit them to pursue the 10th Semester, …

Telangana HC Sets Deadline for BCI on Law College Admissions
8 months ago

Telangana HC Sets Deadline for BCI on Law College Admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday took on record an undertaking of the Bar Council of India that it would ensure listing of all eligible colleges to make admissions to law courses in the state by August 4. The panel comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Anil Kumar is hearing a PIL filed by A. Bhasker Reddy. …

Gujarat High Court Halts Admissions At Eight Law Colleges Lacking BCI Approval
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court Halts Admissions At Eight Law Colleges Lacking BCI Approval

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has halted the admission process for LLB courses at eight law colleges in the state that have not received approval from the Bar Council of India. Justice Vimal K Vyas, presiding over the case, noted, “Considering the provisions of Rules 2008 and considering the judgment of the Apex Court in case of Bar Council of India …

BCI Mandates Immediate Implementation Of New Legal Education Guidelines, Including Mediation And New Criminal Laws From 2024-25 Onwards
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BCI Mandates Immediate Implementation Of New Legal Education Guidelines, Including Mediation And New Criminal Laws From 2024-25 Onwards

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has issued a circular instructing centers of legal education nationwide to promptly implement its various guidelines, including making mediation a compulsory subject. The circular has been issued in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "transformative vision" for legal education and the shared enthusiasm of the judiciary and the government for incorporating new subjects into legal …

Delhi High Court Refuses To Direct Bar Council Of India To Treat UK Law Degree Equal To Undergrad Course In India
10 months ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Direct Bar Council Of India To Treat UK Law Degree Equal To Undergrad Course In India

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has refused to direct the Bar Council of India to treat the degree of a law graduate from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom as equivalent to an undergraduate course in India.Justice C Hari Shankar said that the Court cannot direct the BCI to provide any such certificate of equivalence. The Delhi High Court …

Gujarat High Court Directs State, Universities To Clarify Student Allotment To Non-BCI Approved Law Colleges
10 months ago

Gujarat High Court Directs State, Universities To Clarify Student Allotment To Non-BCI Approved Law Colleges

Live Law  

On a plea by eight law colleges in the State seeking recognition by the Bar Council of India, the Gujarat High Court today instructed the State to file an affidavit explaining whether a law college not recognized or approved by the BCI can be allotted students by the government. The High Court also sought similar affidavits from the universities to …

Provide Current Status Of Affiliation Of Law Universities/Colleges On Website: Karnataka High Court To BCI
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Provide Current Status Of Affiliation Of Law Universities/Colleges On Website: Karnataka High Court To BCI

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bar Council of India, to provide details regarding the current status of affiliation of universities, college names etc on its website. A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj said “The Bar Council of India is directed to add the following columns, the date on which an application for extension of affiliation is …

Bar Council urges higher education institutes, state governments to uphold sanctity of legal education
11 months, 1 week ago

Bar Council urges higher education institutes, state governments to uphold sanctity of legal education

Hindustan Times  

The Bar Council of India has issued a circular to the vice-chancellors and departments of higher education across the country to help the top lawyers' body in its "endeavour to uphold the sanctity and quality" of legal education. The Bar Council of India has urged all state governments and universities to help the top lawyers' body in its "endeavour to …

BCI Raises Concerns About Rise In Low Quality Law Colleges, Appeals To Universities To Grant NOCs Only After Proper Evaluation
11 months, 1 week ago

BCI Raises Concerns About Rise In Low Quality Law Colleges, Appeals To Universities To Grant NOCs Only After Proper Evaluation

Live Law  

The BCI's letter stated that despite its collective efforts, the Council continues to face significant challenges posed by the 'mushroom growth and proliferation of substandard law colleges.' This concerning trend highlights the urgent need for stricter adherence to regulatory measures in order to curb the unchecked proliferation of law colleges across the country.” The Bar Council of India again, by …

Supreme Court Transfers To Itself Petition Challenging BCI's Election Code Of Conduct Rules 2023 Before Karnataka High Court
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Transfers To Itself Petition Challenging BCI's Election Code Of Conduct Rules 2023 Before Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday transferred to itself a pending petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the Bar Council Of India Rules 2023 on grounds that similar cases with identical issues of conducting free and fair state bar. The Supreme Court on Monday transferred to itself a pending petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the Bar Council Of …

Contradictory Information On Eligibility For LLB, Bombay High Court Grants Relief To Law Aspirant
1 year, 1 month ago

Contradictory Information On Eligibility For LLB, Bombay High Court Grants Relief To Law Aspirant

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court today set aside the University of Mumbai's decision to deny admission to a law aspirant over confusion regarding the grading system of the International Baccalaureate students to the LLB program. "There appears to be some contradiction and confusion between what is stated in the AIU procedure and what is stated in the Circular issued by the …

Gujarat High Court Stays Admissions In Gujarat University-Affiliated Law Colleges Till June 28
1 year, 8 months ago

Gujarat High Court Stays Admissions In Gujarat University-Affiliated Law Colleges Till June 28

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has stayed admissions in eight government grant-in-aid law colleges in the city and Gandhinagar in response to the Bar Council of India's recent cancellation of recognition for these institutions. Three grant-in-aid law colleges under the Gujarat Law Society : LA Shah Law College, IM Nanavati Law College, and MN Nanavati Law College, have approached the court. …

Can BCI Refuse To Enrol Graduate From Law College Which Was De-Recognized? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment
1 year, 9 months ago

Can BCI Refuse To Enrol Graduate From Law College Which Was De-Recognized? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement in a plea which dealt which the question whether the Bar Council of India has the power to regulate matters pertaining to education or not before enrolment as an advocate. During the brief hearing today, Advocate on Record Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, appearing for the BCI, informed the Bench that in a Constitution …

Students from 36 law schools condemn BCI's resolution against marriage equality
1 year, 10 months ago

Students from 36 law schools condemn BCI's resolution against marriage equality

Hindustan Times  

Indian students from 36 law schools have released a statement collectively on "condemnation and solidarity against the Bar Council of India's resolution on marriage equality, on which the Supreme Court is currently hearing pleas. It states, “Nothing in the Act, as interpreted by the Supreme Court, empowers the BCI to pass comments on sub judice matters.” The statement says that …

Push UOI To Shut Down Websites Offering Online Law Courses Sans BCI’s Approval, Take Action Against Erring Persons: Allahabad HC To BCI
1 year, 11 months ago

Push UOI To Shut Down Websites Offering Online Law Courses Sans BCI’s Approval, Take Action Against Erring Persons: Allahabad HC To BCI

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Bar Council Of India to take against the persons hosting websites which offer online law course without the approval of BCI. The bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh also asked the BCI to make appropriate recommendations to the Union of India to ensure that appropriate actions are taken …

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

Delhi High Court Directs BCI To Constitute Special Expert Teams For Conducting Surprise Visits To Law Colleges Lacking Minimum Infra, Adequate Facilitates
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Directs BCI To Constitute Special Expert Teams For Conducting Surprise Visits To Law Colleges Lacking Minimum Infra, Adequate Facilitates

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Bar Council of India to constitute special expert teams to conduct surprise visits of law colleges that lack minimum infrastructure and adequate facilities. The Court was dealing with a bunch of pleas seeking a direction to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to allocate 110 seats to the Ideal Institute of Management …

Conducting Exams For LLB Admissions- University Rules Prevails Over Bar Council Of India Rules: Gujarat High Court
2 years, 8 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 …

BCI distances itself from online law course purported as IGNOU's
2 years, 10 months ago

BCI distances itself from online law course purported as IGNOU's

Hindustan Times  

The Bar Council of India has issued a statement distancing itself from a purported BCI, the regulatory body for law education in the country, said an attempt was made to portray as if this "It is being made clear/ to be made clear that such In response to a letter by the BCI, IGNOU Registrar V B Negi told the …

Karnataka High Court Directs Law University To Consider Student's Representation Who Could Not Complete LLB Course In Stipulated 10 Yrs Time
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka High Court Directs Law University To Consider Student's Representation Who Could Not Complete LLB Course In Stipulated 10 Yrs Time

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka State Law University to consider sympathetically and decided on a representation to be made by a law student who could not complete his Five Year B.A LLB course within the stipulated period of 10 years from the admission to the course. A single judge bench of Justice P Krishan Bhat while disposing …

BCI Earmarked 500 Law Colleges As 'Sub-Standard'; Those Found Lacking During Surprise Inspections Will Be Closed: Law Ministry
2 years, 11 months ago

BCI Earmarked 500 Law Colleges As 'Sub-Standard'; Those Found Lacking During Surprise Inspections Will Be Closed: Law Ministry

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has earmarked 500 Institutions throughout the country that are sub-standard and a team led by some former Judge/Senior Advocate and noted academicians plans to conduct surprise visits of such Institutions. Chowdary in the Rajya Sabha, asking whether BCI, being the apex regulatory body, is taking measures to tighten yardstick in examinations, exercise stringent control at …

Breaking: New BCI Rules Which Prohibits Criticism Of Its Decisions Has Not Taken Effect, Waiting For CJI's Approval:BCI Tells Kerala High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Breaking: New BCI Rules Which Prohibits Criticism Of Its Decisions Has Not Taken Effect, Waiting For CJI's Approval:BCI Tells Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India on Wednesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the new Rules which prohibits criticism and dissent against the BCI and other Bar Councils has not taken effect.The Single Bench of Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar was hearing a petition seeking a declaration that the recently inserted Sections V and V-A of Chapter II of Part …

BCI To Withdraw Appeal Against Punjab & Haryana HC Order Against Moratorium On Opening Of New Law Colleges
3 years, 9 months ago

BCI To Withdraw Appeal Against Punjab & Haryana HC Order Against Moratorium On Opening Of New Law Colleges

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India 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 of new law colleges. With a view to improve the standards of providing legal education in India by curtailing the mushrooming growth of Law colleges, the …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Bar Council Of India and Faculty of Law, DU in Petition seeking Cancellation of Pending Exams
3 years, 9 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Bar Council Of India and Faculty of Law, DU in Petition seeking Cancellation of Pending Exams

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court issued Notice on a petition filed by students of Faculty of Law, University of Delhi seeking cancellation of the pending 4th semester exams for final year students, and evaluation in alternative mode as per the UGC Guidelines dated 29.4.2020. However, BCI Press Release dated 1.11.2020, diverting from the UGC Guidelines, stated that law students will have …

BCI Constitutes Expert Committee To Decide Evaluation Method For Law Students In Intermediate Semesters
3 years, 9 months ago

BCI Constitutes Expert Committee To Decide Evaluation Method For Law Students In Intermediate Semesters

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has constituted a High Level Expert Committee comprising of 12-members to decide the method of evaluation of law students in intermediate semesters, amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The decision is taken in view of several requests received by the Council from law students across the country and specific queries made by Prof. Vandana, …

Law Students At Delhi University Write To BCI Seeking Cancellation Of Pending Intermediate Term Exams For Final Year Students
3 years, 9 months ago

Law Students At Delhi University Write To BCI Seeking Cancellation Of Pending Intermediate Term Exams For Final Year Students

Live Law  

More than 230 final year students at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi have signed a representation sent to BCI and Delhi University seeking cancellation of 4th semester exams, which have been pending for over a year. The letter seeks cancellation of pending exams on the ground that results of final year students will be delayed if pending and upcoming …

UP Bar Council Vs BCI- Dispute Settled Amicably, Adverse Remarks Against BCI Expunged: Delhi High Court Disposes Of Plea
3 years, 10 months ago

UP Bar Council Vs BCI- Dispute Settled Amicably, Adverse Remarks Against BCI Expunged: Delhi High Court Disposes Of Plea

Live Law  

Taking note of the submission made by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh that a meeting was held with the Bar Council of India and that an amicable resolution had been reached between the parties, the Delhi High Court last week disposed of a plea filed by the State Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, alleging that BCI was attempting to …

Order Quashing KSLU, BCI Decision On Offline Exams For 5 Year LLB Applicable To 3 Yr LLB Courses Too : Karnataka High Court
4 years ago

Order Quashing KSLU, BCI Decision On Offline Exams For 5 Year LLB Applicable To 3 Yr LLB Courses Too : Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday clarified that its February 8 order quashing the Karnataka State Law University circular and Bar Council of India decision to conduct end semester physical examination for 5-year LLB course will also be applicable to the 3-year LLB course. While passing the order on February 8, the court had noted that order was limited to …

Breaking- Rules Abolishing One Year LLM Course Will Not Be Implemented This Year: Bar Council Of India Assures In Supreme Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Breaking- Rules Abolishing One Year LLM Course Will Not Be Implemented This Year: Bar Council Of India Assures In Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court the BCI Rules abolishing One Year LLM Programme will not be implemented this year. "The BCI rules to abolish One Year LLM are proposed to be brought into force from the academic year 2022-2023", BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra submitted before the Court.Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, …

Bar Council Of India Not An 'Enterprise': Competition Commission Dismisses Complaint Alleging Abuse Of Dominance By BCI
4 years, 1 month ago

Bar Council Of India Not An 'Enterprise': Competition Commission Dismisses Complaint Alleging Abuse Of Dominance By BCI

Live Law  

The complaint was filed by Mr. Thupili Raveendra Babu, a 52-year-old executive engineer in the Central Public Works Department, who wished to pursue legal education post his retirement. The allegations were that the Bar Council enjoys a dominant position in controlling the legal education and practice in India and it has abused such position in contravention of Section 4 of …

Examining The Validity Of The Notification Of BCI Abolishing One Year LL.M
4 years, 2 months ago

Examining The Validity Of The Notification Of BCI Abolishing One Year LL.M

Live Law  

Recently the Bar Council of India passed a notification on 2.01.2020 inter alia abolishing the one year LL.M course and introducing the two year LL.M course shocking the conscience of many in the legal solidarity and law student's fraternity. However, the BCI never passed any such notification governing the higher legal education while using the aforesaid provisions of the Advocates …

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