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Former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani has criticised the decision of the Bar Council of India to introduce a minimum age limit of 20 years for BA LLB and 30 years for LLB. “I do not see any logic in this decision,” he said on Sunday. He was speaking to journalists after a speech on “Right to Defence” at Bharati Vidyapeeth University’s New Law College at Erandwane.
The council had, in its new set of rules on standards of legal education released last week, stipulated that students from the open category taking admission for the LLB old course in 2009-10 should have attained 30 years of age, while those from the reserved category should be at least 35. Open category students seeking admission for BA LLB would have to be at least 20 years of age, while the age limit for students in the reserved category would be 22.
Lawyers, academics and students have criticised the decision. Sureshchandra Bhosale, dean, faculty of law, University of Pune, said, “It is not justified and the council has not stated any reasons for the decision. The university will take the lead in filing a petition against the decision,” he said.
The university will convene a meeting of representatives of all eight universities in Maharashtra by this month-end to discuss the decision. Bhosale said the council had issued a similar decision a decade ago, which was turned down by the Supreme Court. The university has 23 law colleges under its jurisdiction, with the total number of law colleges in the state being 75.
Mukund Sarda, dean and principal, New Law College of Bharati Vidyapeeth University, said such an age limit could be justified for interdisciplinary courses like B Tech-LLB, BBA -LLB and others. “However, an age limit for LLB and BA LLB is debatable,” he said.
Janaki V, a second year law student of ILS Law College, too said it was unfair to introduce an age limit for the course. “Education must be for all, irrespective of age. The council should justify it or should have considered the opinion of experts before taking such a decision,” she said.
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THE LLB COURSE LIMIT SHOULD BE AT 50 YEARS
This move by bci is unfair cos there r many people in this country who r poor or were poor in their younger stage of life,due to which they were not able to complete legal studies even though they were interested in serving their people cos due to unfavourable circumstances arised out of misfortune or maybe economic backwardness they were compelled to earn for their family rather then studying.But if they r economically fit enough to perform llb at their middle or later stage of their life then how can we deny them education? cos firstly education is our fundamental right,secondly its unconstitutional to discriminate on the basis of age,and thirdly legal education is necessary for all citizen so that even if they don't perform advocacy atleast they can protect themselves from harassment & fraud.Therefore, legal education must not have any age limits as its necessary for our citizen.Moreover,legal education is necessary for all citizen to develop faith in our vast judiciary.
All have to know about the constitution of India.And for that LLB is must, SO no age bar should be there,and education is our fundamental rights,so why should there is a age limit. As per the situation of india,it is necesary to knoe about law and order,even government have to motivate to add in the Syllabus,so that student may know about law and they can protect them from wrong activities. I hope that age limit for LLB should me removed as soon as possible
Upper age bar on law course is totally unnatural and against the right of learning & development principle of human being. This proves the narrow approach of few law professionals in BCI probably there may be fear of competition in thier minds as thre are people having vast knowledge of laws but due to absense of law degree they can not represent in the court of law. Right of learning & development is natural and it should not be taken from a comman person. Argument of quality control is useless as it applies also to other field like engg & technolgy etc. where there is no upper age limit at all and engineers are getting multiple engineering degrees one after other and adding value in nation development. BCI should show open ness and should remove this restriction of upper age limit immediately.
DO NOT PLAY WITH EMOTIONS OF PEOPLE LIFT AGE LIMIT
Legal studies is a most prestigious course of all over world, if other profession like CA,CWA,CS dont have any age limit, then why in law,the Bar council of india whatever doing is unlawful and its injustice, india is still have poor country many of students eager to have studies legal course or other professional course but due some problem peoples are not able to do so,if you want age limit then you can do for general 35 and sc/st for 40, Age limit 30 is much lesser,i personally request to Law/HRD minister of india please take the issue seriously and remove the monopoly sysstem of BCI,other wise all over india students and parents will be come for protest and agisiating like others, i will be write personally this issue to prime minister of india.
education can be attained at any stage of life. It is the fundamental right of every citizen. If some how a person could not get proper guidance or was unable to pursue the course due to financial conditions,at proper time to do LLB and his age crosses the limit ,he would not be eligible to do the course. This is wrong .He should be given time to coorect his mistake.If age bar is removed ,our people can enhance their education at any stage.Hence ,it is good for our country as well as our people.
It is a bar on people or class of the society who really want to serve the country and help the needy from the cluthes of the perfessional advocates
I strongly oppose the age limit as its a complete violation of our basic rights to educate ourselves. The justification given by the law makers have been nothing but lame and highly unconvincing.I want maximum age limit 40 years(general cast).I m desirable candidate,to admit this course ,if the age limit is not mandetary by BCI
What BCI has given reasons are not justifiable, today there is need to understand the basic legal knowledge to every Indian citizen. If BCI desires to fix certain age limit or having any plan in changing in present system in law education before that it has to take confidence of all the universities and discuss the issue with all the concerned , then only a moderate decision should be brought on the terrace, which do not harmful and not trenchig the educational freedom of every indian citizen
Standards can be laid down for legal education, but the BCI has no authority to fix maximum age limit for the admission of the students in universities.It denies law education to those who want to study law while pursuing other professions.WE ALL MUST PROTEST AGAINST THE BCI DECISION, AS IT IS AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF HUMAN BEING.Hope the Honrable Court Order will be favorable to the petitioners
The BCI's decision to impose age bar on admission as advocate will have serious impact on those citizens of the country who wish to take-up the law as medium of serving the society rather than one of the professions for earning money. There are many middle aged citizens from different walks of life wish to take-up the law degree and join the BCI to serve the society and poor. The best examples are social workers and supporters of social workers. Hence, the age shall not be the restriction for taking law and justice as a profession.
I think there should not be age limit for any education. I think we better understand the things after experienc it. means when we come across any difficulties, and then go for study, we should better understand the situation. like wise a person who face a problem with courts, police station, and all and thenafter he decided to learn LL.B. he would be better in understanding all things.
There should not be age limit for learning because government should encourge to those pople who are intrested to learn
Here, its reported as the "minimum age limit" of 20 and 30 instead of the correct information ie., "maximum age limit". Its a fundamental mistake in communication. Also in the second para it has been explained further as "...should have attained 30 years of age, while those from the reserved category should be at least 35" and similarly for the UG variant.It just shows that all the comments made have been made on the basis of prior understanding of the issues.For the issue here, I strongly oppose the age limit as its a complete violation of our basic rights to educate ourselves. The justification given by the law makers have been nothing but lame and highly unconvincing. If they strongly question the quality of the student on the basis of their age then aren't they justifying/proving their own stance of having limited quality/merit of judgement with increasing age ? I am re-thinking whether to agree with their stance with such glaring example.
When we grow in age and experience we better interpret the law. A good lawer should not be a bookworm. He should be practical and wise. so studying and practicing should not have any age limits. As elder member of the democratic society i strongly condemn this. If any body who can change this rule is truely serving the humanity. If this age limit is removed then its a tribute to the institution of democracy in its true spirit and principle. Dear lawers please for god sake fight against this and change this rule. Is enrolment as advocate at 45 is justified? getting a degree at 20s and starting practice at 45 is justified? Please change this. There should not be age limit for fighting against injustice and crime.
It is highly unfair to introduce age limit. As a Law Graduate who has also completed Graduation in Engineering I strongly protest this move. I request the concerned to review this decission on high priority and give adequate relaxation for people who are having industry experience. A Law Degree is not necessarily for practising in Court of Law but enhances and broadens the thinking of an individual and in turn helps the Society at large. Putting an age bar would be against the Directive Principles of State Policy.
Why the BCI putting the age bar for LLB?If a person who is eligible for Govt. of Job within will not opt for LLB. Most of the people do LLB when they are out of the Govt. Job range.A person is below the range of 30 years who would law graduate will not go the village level courts for practicing be they will try for big cities only for their future prospect.It is highly unfair to introduce age limit. As a Law Graduate who has also completed Graduation in Engineering I strongly protest this move. I request the concerned to review this decision on high priority and give adequate relaxation for people who are having industry experience. A Law Degree is not necessarily for practicing in Court of Law but enhances and broadens the thinking of an individual and in turn helps the Society at large. Putting an age bar would be against the Directive Principles of State Policy.
I think there should not be age limit for education.although people should be encouraged to learn further . i do not understand why this is done . they should certainly consider this in high priority
the move of BCI to introduce age bar is not only unfair, but also arbitrary and discriminatory. It is a well known fact that men grow wiser as their age progresses with their experiences and exposure. if the age limit is prescribed, the legal community will deprive itself a lot wiser men. this kind of restrictions are not there in developed countries and their legal systems are doing fine. if the intention is to improve the quality, there are a lot of other means, it cannot be done by a blunt mechanism of age restriction. this decision also deprives the men who are above 30, and who could not pursue the legal education due to various reasons when they were below thrity. this move should be condemned outright and protested with utmost vehemence.
Discrimination on the basis of age is unconstitutional. Maybe the Bar Council members are too old to remember that. They should introduce an age limit for those making such decisions... let panels and councils have contemporary thoughts please. And let anyone who wants to study anything, do so within the realms of the our constitution please.