New BCI Rules Abolishing 1 Year LL.M Courses In India Challenged In Before The Supreme Court
4 years, 2 months ago

New BCI Rules Abolishing 1 Year LL.M Courses In India Challenged In Before The Supreme Court

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A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the recent notification of the Bar Council of India to abolish one year LLM courses in India. Tamanna Chandan, the petitioner, a law student has challenged the new Bar Council of India Legal Education Rules, 2020 as being in violation of. Tamanna Chandan, the petitioner, a law student has challenged the new Bar Council of India Legal Education Rules, 2020 as being in violation of her fundamental right to education. ABOUT THE BCI NOTIFICATION The new Bar Council of India Legal Education Rules, 2020, seeks to abolish One year Master Degree in Law in India.

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SC Dismisses Bar Council's Petition on Convicts Attending LLB Classes
6 days, 19 hours ago

SC Dismisses Bar Council's Petition on Convicts Attending LLB Classes

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition by the Bar Council of India, which had challenged a Kerala High Court order permitting two murder convicts to pursue LLB classes virtually. The case stemmed from a Kerala High Court ruling on November 23, 2023, that allowed the two convicted men to attend LLB classes online, despite their conviction. While the …

'Make Your House In Order': Madhya Pradesh HC Deprecates BCI For Granting Retrospective Recognition To Certain Colleges After 20 Yrs
2 weeks, 4 days 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 …

DU, BCI may evolve online classes mechanism for law students, says HC
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

1-Year LL.M. | Supreme Court Asks BCI To Hold Stakeholder Meeting On Concerns About 1-Year Teaching Requirement To Accept 1-Yr LL.M
1 month, 2 weeks ago

1-Year LL.M. | Supreme Court Asks BCI To Hold Stakeholder Meeting On Concerns About 1-Year Teaching Requirement To Accept 1-Yr LL.M

Live Law  

In the pleas challenging Bar Council of India's decision to scrap one-year LL.M. degrees, the Supreme Court today suggested that a meeting of all stakeholders be convened to work towards resolution of issues - including the requirement of 1 year teaching experience for 1-year LL.M. A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and noted …

University Need Not Insist On +2 Passing Certificate To Determine Eligibility For 3-Yrs LLB Course If Student Produces First Degree: Karnataka HC
2 months, 3 weeks ago

University Need Not Insist On +2 Passing Certificate To Determine Eligibility For 3-Yrs LLB Course If Student Produces First Degree: Karnataka HC

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The Karnataka High Court has said that the question of considering Higher Secondary pass certificate for admission to LLB course would be irrelevant so long as the candidates were to have a First degree issued by any recognised University. A single judge Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while allowing the petition filed by one Rakesh Shetty and said “In respect …

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, 1 week 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

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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 …

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

Live Law  

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 …

Foreign Law Degree Holders Have To Pass BCI's Qualifying Exam To Practice In India, Even If They Have Cleared Bridge Course: Delhi HC
3 months, 3 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 …

Foreign Law Degree Holder With Bridge Course Not Required To Clear Other Qualifying Exams Except AIBE: Karnataka HC Cites BCI Notification
4 months, 1 week ago

Foreign Law Degree Holder With Bridge Course Not Required To Clear Other Qualifying Exams Except AIBE: Karnataka HC Cites BCI Notification

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Bar Council to enrol a law degree holder from foreign university who has completed 2 years of Bridge Course, on its rolls on the basis of the results of the Bridge Course without insisting for any other qualifying examinations other than AIBE. On his return to India, he successfully completed his Bridge …

AIBE : Supreme Court Seeks BCI's Response On Plea To Allow Final Year Law Students To Appear In All India Bar Exam
6 months, 2 weeks 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, 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 …

Most Colleges Yet to Take Permission for Offering Law Courses: BCI to HC
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Gujarat High Court Halts Admissions At Eight Law Colleges Lacking BCI Approval
9 months, 3 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
10 months 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 …

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 …

'We Don't Design Courses': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Having 4-Yr LLB Course
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'We Don't Design Courses': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Having 4-Yr LLB Course

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction on Centre to constitute a “Legal Education Commission” comprising of retired judges, law professors and lawyers to ascertain the feasibility of four years LLB course.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora remarked that it is not the court's domain to …

'5-Year Law Course Beneficial, Need Mature People In Profession' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea For 3-Year LL.B Course After School
11 months ago

'5-Year Law Course Beneficial, Need Mature People In Profession' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea For 3-Year LL.B Course After School

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to allow 3-year LL.B degree course right after the 12th standard.After the bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala expressed disinclination to entertain the matter, the petitioner chose to withdraw the petition. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to …

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 …

State Bar Council Has No Authority To Question Law Degree Certificate On Grounds Of Ineligibility To Obtain Certificate: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

State Bar Council Has No Authority To Question Law Degree Certificate On Grounds Of Ineligibility To Obtain Certificate: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the Karnataka State Bar Council refusing to enroll a government servant who pursued a law degree while being in service and sought enrollment after his retirement on the ground that he did not submit any documents to show that he has attended the classes conducted by the college. To …

AILET 2024: Registration begins tomorrow at nationallawuniversitydelhi.in, check eligibility criteria
1 year, 7 months ago

AILET 2024: Registration begins tomorrow at nationallawuniversitydelhi.in, check eligibility criteria

Hindustan Times  

The National Law University of Delhi will begin the registration process for the All India Law Entrance Test-2024 for admission to five-year BA LLB, LLM, and PhD programs for the academic year 2024–2025 on August 7. AILET 2024: Registration begins tomorrow at nationallawuniversitydelhi.in As per the schedule, the AILET 2023 exam will take place on December 10. Eligibility: The candidate …

Domicile Not A Condition For Enrolment With State Bar Council, Only Bar Council Of Delhi Insisting For It: BCI To Delhi High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Domicile Not A Condition For Enrolment With State Bar Council, Only Bar Council Of Delhi Insisting For It: BCI To Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has told the Delhi High Court that domicile of a law graduate is not a condition for enrolment with a State Bar Council as per law and that no other State Bar Council except Bar Council of Delhi has it as a requirement. “…the Bar Council of India vide email dated 10 May 2023 sent …

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

MBBS : "4 Attempts Not Good Enough?", Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To NMC Regulation Capping Number Of Attempts For First Year Exam
2 years, 1 month ago

MBBS : "4 Attempts Not Good Enough?", Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To NMC Regulation Capping Number Of Attempts For First Year Exam

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bunch of petitions challenging the regulation introduced by the National Medical Commission in 2019 which limited the number of attempts to clear the first year examination as four. Before the introduction of this regulation, there was no limit.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala …

Kerala High Court Directs Law College To Consider Granting Admission To 5-Year LLB Course To Candidate With 3-Year Diploma After Class X
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Directs Law College To Consider Granting Admission To 5-Year LLB Course To Candidate With 3-Year Diploma After Class X

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently directed the Principal of the Sree Narayana Law College, Poothotta to consider the claim of a candidate who had been denied admission to the 5 year LL.B. Justice Devan Ramachandran took note of the Circular issued by the BCI granting equivalency to the qualification of three year Diploma/Polytechnic course viz-a-viz the Plus Two certificate course …

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

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 …

Students With 3-Year Diploma/Polytechnic After Class X Eligible For BA LLB Admission, Incorporate In Prospectus: Madras High Court To TNDALU
2 years, 2 months ago

Students With 3-Year Diploma/Polytechnic After Class X Eligible For BA LLB Admission, Incorporate In Prospectus: Madras High Court To TNDALU

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University to permit a student, who had pursued a three-year diploma after the 10th standard, to participate in the admission process for the five-year BA LLB course. The court said he cannot be disqualified merely on the ground that he had studied three year diploma course after completing …

Law graduates, out of practice for 5+ years, have to clear bar exam again: BCI
2 years, 7 months ago

Law graduates, out of practice for 5+ years, have to clear bar exam again: BCI

Hindustan Times  

Law graduates who stay out of law practice for more than five years and seek to return to advocacy will be required to clear the All India Bar Examination, the Bar Council of India has told the Supreme Court. Law graduates, out of practice for 5+ years, have to clear bar exam again: BCI tells SC In an affidavit filed …

Law Graduates Who Pursue Jobs Unconnected To Legal Field For More Than 5 Yrs Will Have To Re-Appear For AIBE: BCI Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Law Graduates Who Pursue Jobs Unconnected To Legal Field For More Than 5 Yrs Will Have To Re-Appear For AIBE: BCI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has decided that law graduates who remain in employment for more than 5 years, having no connection/relationship with legal or judicial matters, and seek to re-join the legal profession, will be required to clear AIBE again. In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the BCI said: "If a person remains in service having no …

Can Permit Law Graduates In Other Jobs To Provisionally Enrol As Advocates On Undertaking To Resign In 6 Months After Clearing AIBE: BCI Tells SC
2 years, 7 months ago

Can Permit Law Graduates In Other Jobs To Provisionally Enrol As Advocates On Undertaking To Resign In 6 Months After Clearing AIBE: BCI Tells SC

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has passed a resolution, granting a 6-months window to law graduates to quit their jobs after declaration of result of the All India Bar Examination for enrollment as an Advocate. The suggestion was put forth by Amicus Curiae Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan in BCI's appeal against a judgment of the Gujarat High Court, which allowed …

Karnataka High Court Directs Law University To Consider Student's Representation Who Could Not Complete LLB Course In Stipulated 10 Yrs Time
2 years, 11 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 …

Whether Part-Time LLB Degree Courses Have Sanction From Bar Council Of India? Whether Law Degree Obtained Is Recognised Or Not? MP HC To Examine
3 years ago

Whether Part-Time LLB Degree Courses Have Sanction From Bar Council Of India? Whether Law Degree Obtained Is Recognised Or Not? MP HC To Examine

Live Law  

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently questioned the validity of a law degree attained by attending part-time classes and whether the same has sanction of the Bar Council of India. Noting the submissions of the Petitioner, the Court brought its attention to the conduct of the said Institution- However, the issue involved is in different domain namely whether part …

MHT CET 2021 examination date announced; to be held in two phases in September
3 years, 7 months ago

MHT CET 2021 examination date announced; to be held in two phases in September

Firstpost  

The test for technical courses will be held online in two phases, from 4 to 10 and 14 to 20 September, while examination for LLB courses is scheduled to be conducted from 16 September The Maharashtra Common Entrance Test 2021 examination date has been announced. State Higher and Technical Education Minister, Uday Samant, made the announcement in a press conference …

LLB Exams- 650 Students At Law Faculty, DU Write To Dean Seeking Take-Home Examination In View Of BCI Expert Committee Recommendations
3 years, 9 months ago

LLB Exams- 650 Students At Law Faculty, DU Write To Dean Seeking Take-Home Examination In View Of BCI Expert Committee Recommendations

Live Law  

Over 650 students at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi have sent a representation to the Dean, Faculty of Law. The latest representation appears to be a final attempt based on BCI Expert Committee's recommendation, which clarified that the Faculty of Law is under no obligation to restrict to any particular mode of examination. The Committee was constituted in …

Over 300 Final-Year Faculty Of Law, DU Students Write To BCI To Direct DU To Adopt Assignment-Based Evaluation For Exams
3 years, 9 months ago

Over 300 Final-Year Faculty Of Law, DU Students Write To BCI To Direct DU To Adopt Assignment-Based Evaluation For Exams

Live Law  

Over 300 final year LL.B students of Faculty of Law, University of Delhi have sent a representation to the Bar Council of India requesting for the cancellation of their pending intermediate exams and to direct the University to adopt an Assignment Based Evaluation instead. The representation states that the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on …

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 …

Law Students At Delhi University Write To BCI Seeking Cancellation Of Pending Intermediate Term Exams For Final Year Students
3 years, 10 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 …

Plea In Madras High Court Against Condition Requiring Candidate To Possess 2-Year LLM For Ph.D Application At TNDALU
3 years, 10 months ago

Plea In Madras High Court Against Condition Requiring Candidate To Possess 2-Year LLM For Ph.D Application At TNDALU

Live Law  

The matter was taken up by a Division Bench of Justices Anita Sumanth and Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy on Thursday where it was admitted. The petition by Suganya Jeba Sarojini, through Advocates M. Nirmalkumar, Adeeb Mohammed and T. Arivoli challenges the Ph.D Regulations in so far as it permits only Post Graduates with a "Two Years Master's Degree in law" to …

'Consider Provisionally Enrolling [Indian] Foreign Law Graduates' : Indira Jaising Writes To Bar Council Of India Chairperson
3 years, 11 months ago

'Consider Provisionally Enrolling [Indian] Foreign Law Graduates' : Indira Jaising Writes To Bar Council Of India Chairperson

Live Law  

Highlighting the difficulties faced by foreign law graduates on account of the delay in declaring the results of qualifying exams, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising has requested the Bar Council of India Chairperson to consider giving them provisional enrolment, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the BCI. "I have received many distress calls, from graduates who have been …

Students Who Followed 10+3 (Diploma)+3 (Degree) Course Structure Granted Interim Permission To Pursue 3 Yr LL.B Course By Madras High Court
4 years ago

Students Who Followed 10+3 (Diploma)+3 (Degree) Course Structure Granted Interim Permission To Pursue 3 Yr LL.B Course By Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently issued an interim direction to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University to let those students participate in counseling, who, instead of pursuing +2, pursued polytechnic and thereafter, completed their Engineering degree by a regular course. The Petitioners before the Court challenged the order of the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, rejecting the petitioners' …

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, …

[One Year LLM] "BCI Has No Power To Regulate LLM Course"; NLU Consortium Tells Supreme Court, Hearing For Interim Relief Tomorrow
4 years, 1 month ago

[One Year LLM] "BCI Has No Power To Regulate LLM Course"; NLU Consortium Tells Supreme Court, Hearing For Interim Relief Tomorrow

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing of two writ petitions challenging the decision of the Bar Council of India to scrap one-year LLM program. SC to consider the petition filed by Consortium of National Law Universities against the BCI rules abolishing one year LLM program tomorrow. Consortium asked to file an affidavit regarding the commencement of …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Decision Of Bar Council, Karnataka Law University To Conduct Offline Intermediate Semester LLB Exam
4 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Decision Of Bar Council, Karnataka Law University To Conduct Offline Intermediate Semester LLB Exam

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday quashed and set aside the decision of the Bar Council of India and subsequent circular issued by the Karnataka State Law University thereby imposing an examination on the intermediate semester law students.A Single judge bench of Justice R Devdas said: "Having regard to the grievance raised in the petition and decision of Supreme Court …

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 …

Bar Council of India Proposes to Quash One-Year LLM Course, to Introduce Common Entrance Test for Post-Graduation
4 years, 2 months ago

Bar Council of India Proposes to Quash One-Year LLM Course, to Introduce Common Entrance Test for Post-Graduation

News 18  

In a major decision, the Bar Council of India has decided to annul the one-year master’s degree programme from the next academic session. The BCI’s “Bar Council of India Legal Education, Rules, 2020”, notified on January 2, 2021, has proposed to reinstate the pre-2013 format of a two-year master’s degree, spread conventionally over four semesters. In addition to these, the …

Bar Council of India scraps one-year LLM course, proposes introduction of new entrance exam
4 years, 2 months ago

Bar Council of India scraps one-year LLM course, proposes introduction of new entrance exam

Firstpost  

After the entrance exam is introduced, students who want to pursue Masters in Law will be required to submit the score of their admission test to register in relevant universities along with other required documents The Bar Council of India has sought to abolish the one-year Master’s Degree in Law course in the country from the next academic session. According …

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