After the government announcement about its intention for the mandatory qualifying test to get membership of the Bar Council and start practice in the court, debate has started about the requirement of such announcement. On the other hand Bar Council of India is going to convene the meeting this week in this regard.

“The Bar Council of India will look into the issue very soon. We are going to convene a meeting in this regard on 20th this month”, BCI’s Chairman and senior advocate Suraj Narain Prasad Sinha told fachcha.com over phone. It is yet to see what has been proposed by the government in this regard, he said. According to him the agenda of the meeting will be – proposal of mandatory qualifying test to get membership of Bar Council and entry of foreign lawyers in India.

Other members and students have different views in this regard but they say that there should be some mechanism to stop LL.B. shops. The BCI will look into it but there is need of quality legal education in the country, says Ram Avtar Gupta, Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee, BCI.

Ayaz Ahmed, a first year LL.M. student of Faculty of Law, Delhi University, says that LL.B. degree is easily available in the country. “A UGC-NET type exam will help to maintain quality of legal education in this regard”, Ayaz told fachcha.com.

However, Raman an LL.B. student of Meerut College, Meerut says that it is just a way to facilitate students of some of the best universities. There are already several examinations like judicial services examination, Supreme Court examinations and others to get entry into this profession. Another exam will just increase the burden of students and nothing else. Though Shalini Singh, an LL.B. student of Law Centre-I, Delhi University says that this should be taken as a positive step as it will help to promote quality education.