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47the proposals for the consultation process are contained in the proposedsec. 10AA to be inserted in the Advocates Act, 1961.4.19 The consultation process will be as stated in para 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 aboveand in the other paras of the Chapter.4.20 We, therefore, recommend that new section in the form of section10AA be inserted in the Advocates Act, 1961 for providingconsultation procedure as follows:-Consultation procedure by the Legal Education Committee of theBar Council of India:“ 10AA. The procedure for consultation under clause (h) ofsub-section (1) of section 7, shall be as follows, namely:-(a) in respect of proposals relating to standards of professionallegal education, the Bar Council Legal EducationCommittee, shall first consult the State Bar Councils andarrive at provisional proposals and the same shall becommunicated to the University Grants Commission LegalEducation Committee for its views on such proposals.(b) after receiving the views of the University GrantsCommission Legal Education Committee, the Bar CouncilLegal Education Committee , shall consider the same andarrive at its final decision.(c) the final decision of the Bar Council Legal EducationCommittee, arrived at under clause (b) shall be enforced bythe Bar Council of India and shall be binding on alluniversities and all law colleges affiliated to universities, inso far as they relate to standards of legal educationnecessary for students to get enrolled at the Bar forpracticing the profession of law;(d) the University Grants Commission Legal EducationCommittee may send any proposal in regard to the mattersreferred to in clause (a) for consideration of the BarCouncil Legal Education Committee;