**Summary:**
This notification, issued by the Bar Council of India on September 23, 2015, announces amendments to the Legal Education Rules 2008. Specifically, in Schedule II, Part II C, concerning optional papers for the LL.B. course, the Legal Education Committee has added "Animal Protection Laws" as an optional paper. This addition follows the line "Law on SMEs on agricultural processing and rural industry." The decision was made during a meeting of the Legal Education Committee held on July 19, 2015. Ashok Kumar Pandey, Joint Secretary, Bar Council of India, signed the notification. The notification number is Advt.III/4/Exty.9615/217 and was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 330, New Delhi, on September 24, 2015.
Key Entities Referenced
Bar Council of India: The regulatory body for legal education and the legal profession in India, which issued the notification.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued and where the Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri is located.
Legal Education Committee: A committee under the Bar Council of India responsible for matters related to legal education.
Legal Education Rules 2008: The set of rules governing legal education in India, which are being amended by this notification.
LL.B.: Bachelor of Laws, an undergraduate law degree.
Animal Protection Laws: The subject being added as an optional paper to the LL.B. course curriculum.
ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification on behalf of the Bar Council of India.
Law on SMEs on agricultural processing and rural industry: The existing optional paper in Legal Education Rules 2008, after which Animal Protection Laws is added.
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BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd September, 2015
Extracts of the Minutes of the Legal Education Committee meeting held on 19th July, 2015
Item No. 39/2015-C ( LE)
The Legal Education Committee at its meeting held on 19th July, 2015 has made the following amendments:—
The Legal Education Rules- 2008, in Schedule II, Part II (C ) under the heading "Not less than six papers from
any of the following groups ( paper 25 to 30) However a University is free to take only a few common options for the
purpose of LL.B. course without any specialization:" add ‘‘Animal Protection Laws" after the line "Law on SMEs on
agricultural processing and rural industry" as optional paper."
ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY, Jt. Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./96/15(217)]
4097 GI/2015
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