Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackedray has written to Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar to intervene in the delay in law college admissions in the state. Thackeray has requested Javadekar to call a meeting of Bar Council of India (BCI) and universities to help sort out the issue. Admissions to law courses for academic year 2016-17 are yet to begin in Maharashtra.
The issue has been brewing for over a month with the BCI asking state governments to ensure that law colleges in their respective states comply with norms, failing which they would be derecognised. As a result of this, admissions to the first year of both the three and five year courses have been put on hold in many states. The worst affected is Maharashtra, as the state government had adopted the Law-CET for admissions to the courses for the academic year 2016-17. The moral high ground taken by the BCI has resulted in admissions getting delayed especially in the state.
Based on the grievances of the students wanting to take admission in law courses, Mr Thackeray decided to seek the intervention of Mr Javadekar. While agreeing to the BCI’s stand, Mr Thackeray, in a tweet, said, ‘I have written to Minister @PrakashJavdekar ji to intervene in the law college admission delays and help the students not miss a year.’ He further said, “Requested Javadekar Ji to call a meeting of the Bar Council of India, concerned Universities across the nation and help sort out the issue.”
