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130prescribe higher standards.(para 4.10 to 4.12)19) UGC and BCI to introduce a system of Accreditation of lawcolleges. Section 7 (1) (h) should be amended to enable Bar Council ofIndia to promote excellence in legal education for the purpose ofaccreditation system.(para 5.22)20) It is proposed to recommend amendment of clause (h) in sec. 7(1)enabling the Bar Council of India to lay down procedure and conditions forappointment of Adjunct teachers who are to be appointed from amongmembers of the Bar and the retired Judges. This has to be done inconsultation with the State Bar Councils and the Legal EducationCommittee of the Bar Council of India and the Legal Education Committeeof the UGC.(para 7.12)21) It is proposed that a separate provision be inserted in the AdvocatesAct for providing that no law college or a law department of a universityshall impart instructions in course of study in law which lead to enrolmentas an advocate unless a permission has been granted by the Bar Council ofIndia in this regard. It is also proposed that no law college or lawdepartment of university or any other institution shall continue to impartinstruction in such course, if the permission granted by the Bar Council ofIndia has been withdrawn. Further that any fees collected towardsadmission in violation of this provision shall be refunded. It is also
131proposed that violation of this provision shall amount to an offencepunishable under proposed new section 45A.It is proposed that existing section 7A be renumbered as 7D and aftersection 7, above mentioned provision be inserted.(paras 8.3.1 & 8.3.2)22) A separate clause in sub-section (1) of section 7 be added to enablethe Bar Council of India to grant permission for imparting instruction to alaw department of a university or a law college and to withdraw suchpermission.(para 8.13)23) It is recommended that separate provisions be incorporated in theAdvocates Act, 1961 for providing that in case of any conflict in theinspection reports of the Bar Council of India and of the UGC/Universitiesor where there is a big gap between the claims of the management and theInspection Committee, a Task Force should make inspection on the samelines as in the Regulations of the AICTE in which a Judicial Officer wouldbe a member. For this purpose, it is proposed that new sections 7B and 7Cbe added in the Advocates Act. Consequently, inspection Rules framed bythe Bar Council of India should be amended.(para 8.12)24) The existing section 7 (1) (i) should deal only with recognition ofuniversities. For the purpose of inspection of law colleges and universities,separate provisions should be inserted in the form of section 7B and 7C.
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69Chapter VIIAdjunct Teachers from
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77students who will go to the Bar o
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