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SC stays age limit for LLB admission

Law aspirants in India will now go through a common admission standard as the Supreme Court has dismissed a decision…

SC stays age limit for LLB admission

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Law aspirants in India will now go through a common admission standard as the Supreme Court has dismissed a decision of the Bar Council of India which requested to raise the age limit for five-year LLB course and three-year course to 22 and 45 years respectively.

A bench of Justices chaired by S A Bobde and L N Rao on March 3 stated that the age restriction fixed by BCI prima facie seemed unreasonable and would prevent students from pursuing law education.

"It will not serve any purpose. What is big deal about fixing the age limitation. There is a demand from society (for doing away with age restriction) and you have to consider it. You go around promoting legal education and here BCI puts restrictions. We stay the decision," the judges said, according to reports.

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Currently, the age limit for the LLB courses is 20 years for the five-year course and 30 years for the three-year course.

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