The Legal Education - Law Commission of India

32UGC, a body which will be representative of all Universities with whomthe Bar Council of India will have to consult for the purposes of sec.7(1)(h).3.9 Further, we have re-examined the issue of membership of the LegalEducation Committee in the light of the responses of the UGC, Bar Councilof India and the Faculty, to the Working Paper. We find that the grievanceof the Bar Council of India that it has been given only a one-third share (5out of 15) is genuine and has to be accepted. The original ratio of 5 out of10 is to be maintained. It is, therefore, proposed to drop the idea of the 15-member Committee as proposed in the Working Paper and to adhere to the10-member Committee as at present making it clear that one half, i.e. fivemembers, will be Bar Councillors. As of now, the remaining five are non-Bar Councillors. We propose to make some changes in the composition ofthe remaining five and here the Bar Council of India can have nogrievance. Out of the remaining five members, one will continue to be aretired Judge of the Supreme Court, one other will be a retired ChiefJustice/retired Judge of a High Court, to be nominated by the Chief Justiceof India. (It appears that such a procedure is already being followed by theBar Council of India). Of the remaining three to be nominated, the LawCommission agrees with the UGC that the Law Secretary, Govt. of Indiaand the Secretary, UGC can be dropped. In those two places nowoccupied by non-Bar Councillors, it is proposed to bring in two more fromthe faculty making it three from the faculty instead of one as at present andthese three are to be nominated by the UGC and the three faculty membersmust, as stated in the next Chapter, be faculty members of the proposedUGC Legal Education Committee and also be teachers actually in office.