The Bar Council of India has constituted a ‘High Level Expert Committee’ to resolve the mode of examination and analysis for LLB college students within the wake of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The apex bar physique stated the committee was constituted in view of the request of a number of college students from throughout the nation, together with 273 college students of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (DU).
The BCI, which can be the regulator of authorized training within the nation, stated it has resolved to represent a 12-member knowledgeable committee below the chairmanship of Justice Govind Mathur, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. “Students from several centers of legal education including 273 students of Faculty of Law, DU had sent email with the request that LLB Intermediate Semester examination/evaluation and promotion should be conducted as per UGC guideline through a holistic scheme i.e. 50 Percentage marks from internal assessment and 50 percentile for past performance,” the BCI stated in a press launch issued on Wednesday.
BCI President Manan Kumar Mishra stated that on May 27 an electronic mail was despatched by Professor Vandana, Dean, Faculty of Law, DU, to the Bar Council of India, informing that the college has introduced exams for undergraduate and different streams. , which is about to start. “It has specifically mentioned the planned examination for LLB (All Years) which is to commence on June 10 as OBE (Open-Book Examination) in mixed mode,” the bar physique stated. It has particularly requested whether or not any common directive has been issued by the BCI or is within the pipeline for regulation departments in central universities, it famous.
The BCI stated that it has determined to not difficulty any pointers with regard to conducting examinations for college kids of intermediate semester or closing semester of regulation as final yr’s pointers have been challenged earlier than courts and a few universities deviate from the rules. needed and needed to undertake his personal. Protocol for conducting the examination.
“However, especially in view of the inquiries being held in the office of BCI like in the above letters, inquiries regarding the guidelines sent by Prof. The Council was of the view that a high level committee of eminent academicians/Vice Chancellors be constituted and requested to deliberate on the issue and suggest an agreed mode for examination/evaluation and promotion for Intermediate semester law students be done,” it stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
