Shri Gajanan Shantaram Shinde v. Bar Council Of India And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4337 OF 2015 Shri. Gajanan Shantaram Shinde ..Petitioner

Versus

Bar Council of India and others ..Respondents Mr. Sandesh Patil i/by Ms. Anusha P. Amin for the Petitioner. Mrs. Rupali Shinde, AGP for the Respondent No.5. CORAM : B. R. GAVAI & SANDEEP K. SHINDE, JJ.

DATE : 3rd OCTOBER, 2017 P.C.

1] The Petitioner has approached this Court being aggrieved by the refusal of Respondent Nos.1 and 2 to grant "no objection" to the Petitioner for taking admission to the LLB course. 2] Undisputedly, the Petitioner has done graduation from "Open University" and not in a regular course.

3] Rule 5 of the Rules of Legal Education, 2008, provides that for being eligible for admission to LLB degree, a candidate must have passed a graduate degree in a course which is regularly conducted. The validity of the said Rules had come up before the Division Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No.2215 of 2012. The Division Bench by order BGP.

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dated 9th April, 2013, has upheld the validity. The relief as claimed by the Petitioner cannot be granted. The Petition is dismissed. [SANDEEP K. SHINDE, J] [B. R. GAVAI, J] BGP.