Executive Summary:
This notification clarifies eligibility criteria and admission-related matters for law courses in India, as per decisions made by the Bar Council of India. It addresses minimum mark requirements for postgraduate students and OBC candidates, relaxation for handicapped candidates, and validity of admissions. The document references meetings and resolutions from 2009, 2013 and 2014.
Key Points / Main Content:
Eligibility Criteria:
* Individuals with less than 45% marks at the Graduation level but 45% or more in Post Graduation are eligible for the three-year law course, subject to Bar Council of India rules.
* OBC candidates require a minimum of 42% marks in the qualifying examination for both the five-year integrated course and the three-year LLB course.
Admission-Related Matters:
* Handicapped candidates who secured 42.08% in the qualifying exam, their request for 3% relaxation of marks provided by Law college for the purpose of admission to LL.B course can be allowed and admission is considered valid for all purposes.
Impact Analysis:
OBC Candidates:
* Impact: Need to secure at least 42% marks in qualifying exams for law course admission.
* Action Required: Ensure marks meet the minimum requirement to be eligible for application.
Handicapped Candidates:
* Impact: Approval for relaxation on required marks for admission to LLB programs.
* Action Required: Can request and receive an exception of 3% on marks, if the law college provides for it.
Postgraduate Students:
* Impact: Clarification on eligibility based on postgraduate marks if undergraduate marks are below 45%.
* Action Required: Verify postgraduate marks to meet eligibility criteria for the three-year law course.
Law Colleges:
* Impact: Need to consider relaxed criteria when processing application from handicapped candidates.
* Action Required: Implement the council's decision and grant and recognize candidate's admission as valid.
Key Entities Referenced
Bar Council of India: The regulatory body for legal education and the legal profession in India. Several notifications and meeting extracts from the Bar Council of India are referenced in the document.
LL.B: Bachelor of Laws, an undergraduate law degree. The document discusses admission criteria and related issues for the LL.B program.
Other Backward Class: A collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are educationally or socially disadvantaged. Minimum percentage of marks for OBC students is mentioned in the notification.
Vijay Bhatt: An Hon'ble Member who examined the matter relating to validity of admission in LL.B course secured by handicapped candidates.
Bhoj Chander Thakur: An Hon'ble Member who examined the matter relating to validity of admission in LL.B course secured by handicapped candidates. Also member of committee that submitted report dated 18.01.2014.
J. R. Sharma: Secretary of Bar Council of India, as indicated by his signature on the notifications.
Rameshchandra G. Shah: Member of committee that submitted report dated 18.01.2014.
Raj Mohan Singh: Hon'ble Member, Bar Council of India and member of committee that submitted report dated 18.01.2014.
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secured by handicapped candidates. He has secured
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42.08% in qualifying exam and has requested for approval
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of relaxation of 3% of marks provided by Law college for
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the purpose of admisssion to LL.B course. The opinion of
Hon'ble Members is that the request of the handicapped Resolution No. 5/2014
candidates can be allowed and his admission in LL.B course
After consideration the Council resolves to accept the
should be deemand to be valid for all purposes. The Council
report dated 18.01.2014 submitted by Mr. Rameshchandra
resolves accordingly.
G. Shah, Mr. Bhoj Chander Thakur and Mr. Raj Mohan
J. R. SHARMA, Secy. Singh, Hon'ble Member, Bar Council of India.
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"After through discussion the Committee is of the view to
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students to be obtained for qualifying examination such as
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