FINALREPORT - The Bar Council of India
FINALREPORT - The Bar Council of India
FINALREPORT - The Bar Council of India
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<strong>The</strong> Vision for Reform 16UGC Committee on Legal Education, in order to ensure bettercoordination between the BCI and the UGC Committees.iv.LCI envisages ‘effective consultation’ between BCI and theUniversities as a three-tier process: the first consultation on aproposal regarding legal education would be between BCI, throughits Legal Education Committee, and the State <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Council</strong>s, afterwhich the proposals would be considered by the UGC Committeeon Legal Education. As the final stage <strong>of</strong> the consultation, theproposals would once again be deliberated by the BCI LegalEducation Committee.v. LCI also contemplates that the proposals <strong>of</strong> the BCI LegalEducation Committee would be binding on the <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, andwould have to be implemented “without demur”. It is noteworthythat consistent with the recommendations <strong>of</strong> the 14 th LawCommission Report, the 184 th Report also accords primacy to BCIwith respect to regulation <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional legal education.vi.With respect to inspection and recognition <strong>of</strong> law colleges by BCI,LCI recommends that it is imperative to require prior permissionfrom BCI for imparting legal education. LCI rightly observes thatthe absence <strong>of</strong> such a requirement has lead to a host <strong>of</strong> law collegesREPORT OF 3-MEMBER COMMITTEE ON REFORM OF LEGAL EDUCATION