- Abolition of age limit for admission to LLB
- Information of BCI in Supreme Court
- 2008 Amendments to Rules
Supreme Court News: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to remove the upper age limit for admission to law courses. The BCI informed the Supreme Court on Friday that the proposal was approved on November 5. Therefore, the students who want to study law are likely to get a big relief.
Chief Justice Suryakant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. BCI's lawyers gave this information before Mohana's bench. According to Bar and Bench, the court was told that the BCI has approved the proposal to remove the age limit condition. The court recorded this information and disposed of the petition in this regard.
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There was an age limit for five-year and three-year courses
As per BCI's Legal Education Rules, 2008, the maximum age limit for open category candidates for the five-year integrated LLB (LL.B.) course was 20 years. Five years relaxation was given to reserved category candidates. Also the maximum age limit for three years LLB course was fixed at 30 years. For this course too, the reserved category had a relaxation of five years.
Age limit has been litigated for years
The age limit for admission to law courses has been challenged in the courts for many years. In 2013, the BCI withdrew the age limit provision from its 2008 rules. The Committee had stated that these restrictions violate Article 14 of the Constitution i.e. the right to equality. However, the BCI re-enforced the age limit through a circular dated September 2016. This decision was also challenged in various courts.
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BCI's decision after Supreme Court's suggestion
During a hearing in September, the Supreme Court had directed the BCI to consider removing the upper age limit for the five-year integrated LLB course. At that time, BCI had asked for time to take a decision.
In the hearing held on Friday, the BCI clarified that it had approved the proposal to remove the age limit on November 5. Senior advocate Joheb Hussain, appearing on behalf of the petitioners, raised the issue that the age limit has been removed and then re-imposed. He requested that the decision approved at this time be recorded in the order of the court. BCI's counsel said that a copy of the proposal could not be filed yet as the proposal was approved recently. The court recorded the stand of BCI and disposed of the petition.