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The Legal Education - Law Commission of India

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48(e) if any proposal is received under clause (d) from theUniversity Grants <strong>Commission</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Education</strong>Committee, the procedure specified in clauses (a) to (c)shall be followed by the Bar Council <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Education</strong>Committee.(f) the standards <strong>of</strong> legal education as may be finalized underthis section shall be the minimum standards necessary forstudents to get enrolled at the Bar for practicing thepr<strong>of</strong>ession <strong>of</strong> law in Courts.”4.21 We, further recommend that the University Grants <strong>Commission</strong> Act,1956 be amended and a separate provision in the form <strong>of</strong> section 5Afor constitution <strong>of</strong> the ‘<strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Committee’ <strong>of</strong> theUniversity Grants <strong>Commission</strong>, as follows:-<strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Committee <strong>of</strong> the University Grants <strong>Commission</strong>“5A (1). <strong>The</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> shall constitute a <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Education</strong>Committee <strong>of</strong> the University Grants <strong>Commission</strong> consisting <strong>of</strong>ten members <strong>of</strong> whom-(a) six shall be law teachers <strong>of</strong> the rank <strong>of</strong>Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Dean or Principal holding <strong>of</strong>fice assuch or others <strong>of</strong> equal rank;(b) two shall be retired law teachers <strong>of</strong> the rank<strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Dean or Principal or others <strong>of</strong>equal rank;(c) two shall be Vice-Chancellors or Directors<strong>of</strong> law universities established by statute.(2) <strong>The</strong> University Grants <strong>Commission</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Education</strong>Committee shall represent all the universities and law collegesfor purpose <strong>of</strong> clause (h) <strong>of</strong> sub-section (1) <strong>of</strong> section 7 <strong>of</strong> theAdvocates Act, 1961.(3) <strong>The</strong> University Grants <strong>Commission</strong> shall nominate-

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