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The counsel for the Bar Council of India (BCI) said that the body will definitely look into the representation within a reasonable time (File photo/News18)
Under the Legal Education Rules, the Council is empowered with the responsibility of prescribing compulsory subjects in the centers of legal education.
The Bar Council of India on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it would consider the issue of introducing the right within a “reasonable time”. Education To act as a compulsory subject in law colleges.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a PIL filed by NGO Social Jurist, which submitted that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, is a fundamental right of children, which needs to be implemented properly. can be applied in a sense. letter and spirit only when it is taught as a compulsory subject in the curriculum and not just being a part of a subject.
Petitioner’s counsel Ashok Aggarwal said a representation was made to the Council last month to include the RTE Act in the syllabus and the authority should be asked to take a decision on it.
Counsel for the Bar Council of India (BCI) submitted that the body would certainly look into the representation within a reasonable time.
Under the Legal Education Rules, the Council is empowered with the responsibility of prescribing compulsory subjects in the centers of legal education.
The bench, also comprising Justice Subramaniam Prasad, remarked during the hearing that the council should have been given some “breathing time” by the petitioner to decide its representation before filing the petition.
The plea states that compulsory teaching of the RTE Act as a separate subject is necessary in the public interest as awareness of the law is basic to legal education in the country.
“The RTE Act, 2009, was enacted by the Parliament of India in terms of Article 21-A of the Constitution of India, which guarantees free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6-14 years, as the State may Is. Law, determine. Both Article 21-A of the Constitution and the RTE Act, 2009 came into force with effect from 01.04.2010.
“Though a period of more than 12 years has passed, hardly any of the law students, lawyers and judges are aware of the same. We find that the RTE Act, 2009 is yet to be implemented in the curriculum of law students in law colleges and universities. has not been included.
It states that right to education is an important right of children but it is not implemented in the true sense. The plea states that there is an additional responsibility on the legal education system to ensure that lawyers are familiarized with the manner in which this right can be protected and justice done to children.
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