The Gujarat High Court, in an interim order, has asked the Gujarat Bar Council to accept the admission forms of “all similarly situated law graduates” from government law schools and state law schools receiving grants that are not approved by the Gujarat Bar Council. of India and also issue a provisional certificate of practice to enable students to appear in the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 2024.

The exam is scheduled for November this year. The High Court was hearing applications filed by several law graduates from various educational institutions after their registration forms were not processed by the Gujarat Bar Council, resulting in non-issuance of provisional practice certificate.

Single panel of judges Justice Aniruddha P. Mayi In its interim order dated October 21, it said the order will apply to similarly situated law graduates who have completed their LLB course from institutions that have not been approved by the Bar Council of India as it would be unfair to not allow them to take the examination.

“It is brought to the notice of the court that there are other similarly situated graduates in the State of Gujarat whose forms have not been processed and who have completed their LLB degree. CLE degree not approved by the Bar Council of India due to non-compliance with payment of regularization fees and being a government or grant granting institution in the State of Gujarat. It would be unfair to such law graduates who did not or were unable to approach this Court by filing writ petitions for such benefits and who would be deprived of the opportunity to appear at AIBE 2024. Therefore, this Court directs that the present interim order shall also apply to all similarly situated graduates who have completed their LLB degree in Government or Grant CLE in the State of Gujarat not approved by the Bar Council of India due to non-compliance. payment of regularization fees. They are entitled to submit their registration forms to the Gujarat Bar Council and the Gujarat Bar Council shall accept the forms for admission of such law graduates and process the same for issuance of provisional certificate of practice pending the outcome of these petitions.“, they said on the bench.

During the hearing, a lawyer appearing for the Bar Council of India said that the bench had sent a communication on October 18 stating that the student petitioners could take part in AIBE-2024 subject to the consideration of the present suits, but this should not be taken as a precedent. .

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