Seeks Union law Minister's intervention
Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel on Monday sought Union law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's intervention to ensure that law graduates from around 70 colleges, including Delhi University's faculty of law, are allowed to enroll as advocate and they shouldn't get punished for no fault of theirs.
In a letter to the Union law Minister, Goel said, "While the BCI may have a justified point, why should the students of these institutes suffer for any dereliction of duty by the management and faculty members of these institutes, universities and law colleges. They have spent three precious years of their lives to make a career in legal profession and now they are being stopped from being enrolled as advocates for no fault of theirs."
He said that the impact of this situation is being felt across all over the country as the law graduates and students affected due to the BCI's directives are spread over a number of states. "The students who are in first, second and third year of the law course in these colleges are also looking at a ruined career even before it has begun for them. In view of these circumstances, I urge you to intervene in this matter and find a solution," Goel mentioned.
Goel suggested to ensure that if any of the colleges is disaffiliated by the BCI, then a provision should be made to shift the students to a recognised law college in future so that they do not suffer due to carelessness of the management or faculty of such institutes.