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Allahabad HC sends zero-mark answer book to BCI, flags legal decline
The Allahabad High Court has sent a redacted copy of a law student’s evaluated answer book, in which he was awarded zero marks, to the Bar Council of India and the Law…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court has sent a redacted copy of a law student’s evaluated answer book, in which he was awarded zero marks, to the Bar Council of India and the Law Commission, expressing serious concern over falling legal education standards. The court asked the BCI to examine whether the present approval and inspection mechanisms for law institutions are strong enough to compete globally.
The bench dismissed the student’s petition for re-evaluation after finding his answers incomprehensible. It noted the student had attempted all questions in the ‘Bio-Diversity Protection Law’ paper but the answers revealed no legal understanding. The court added that the deficiency lay as much in the institution’s failure to teach properly as in the student’s performance.
The Indian Opinion
Some blame individual students for poor answers; others point only at a broken system. The High Court got it right: both are failing. This is not a one-off, similar cases keep reaching courts, yet no systemic fix has followed. The real test will be whether the BCI now inspects that college and, more importantly, whether it finally tightens accreditation norms across all affiliated law schools. Will it act, or will another answer book land in court next year?
Source: livelaw.in
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