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| Sunday, May 27, 2007
Abolition of entrance test for law courses challenged in court
Chennai: A Tamil Nadu Government order abolishing entrance test
for admission to law degree courses has been challenged in the
Madras High Court.
In his petition, Bagyaraj of Pudukuppam, Alamathi, Chennai,
submitted that the process to admit students through an entrance
examination to law courses was followed for the past 24 years.
By adopting such a system, irregularities and favouritism were
avoided.
For this academic year, the Government has issued an order abolishing
the common entrance test for admission to B.L. (Regular) - 5
years, B.L. (Hons.) - 5 years and B.L. - 3 year courses. The
order said the criteria for admission would be percentage of
marks obtained by candidates in the qualifying examinations
for all subjects, excluding languages.
Under the guise of "policy decision," the Government
had abolished the entrance examination for law courses without
seeking the opinion of anyone.
A student with any degree could apply for a law course. The
normalisation scheme which was the basis for admission to M.B.B.S.
and B.E. courses did not hold good in the selection of students
for the B.L. course.
The Government Order violated the principles of equity, justice
and fair play, the petitioner submitted and prayed for declaring
the impugned G.O. as void, illegal and violative of Article
14 of the Constitution and direct the respondents to restore
the earlier system of selecting candidates.
The Secretary, Law (Legal Studies), Tamil Nadu, and the Registrar
of Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University were among those cited
as respondents.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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