Lok Sabha Question No. 3331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Law Universities and Colleges
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS *****

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3331 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2017

## Law Universities and Colleges

## †3331. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI JOSE K. MANI

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of law universities and colleges in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more law universities in the country;
- (c) whether  the  recently  released  list  of  law  colleges  in  India  prepared  by  the  Bar Council of India reveals that there has been a proliferation of new colleges in U.P., M.P. and Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether this has raised concerns in the legal and judicial fraternity about the quality of advocates these institutions are churning out and if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) whether elite universities have just one or two colleges affiliated to them to ensure good law education to its students and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) A list of the number of Law Universities and Colleges in the country is at Annexure-A.
- (b) At present there is no proposal with the Government to set up Law Universities in the country.
- (c) The Bar Council of India has informed that as per the data for the year 2016-17 the State Government  of  Gujarat  and    Uttar  Pradesh  have  given  more  permission  to  new  law institutions  compared to  other states. As far as Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are concerned, less than 10 numbers of new institutions have been permitted.
- (d) No Madam. To check the quality of legal education in the country the Bar Council of India  has  framed  'the  Bar  Council  of  India  Rules  of  Legal  Education,  2008'  and constituted 'Legal Education Committee' under Section 10(2)(b) of the Advocates Act, 1961 presently headed by a former Hon'ble Judge of Supreme Court, two Hon'ble sitting Chief Justices of High Courts, several Hon'ble sitting Judges of different High Courts, former Chief Justice of High Court and former Judges of High Courts.
- (e) The Universities having one or two colleges affiliated to them can concentrate on good law  education  and  also  they  can  allot  funds  granted  by  UGC  properly  to  these  law colleges.

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## Annexure- A

|   Sl. | Name             |   Number of Universities |   Total Colleges |
|-------|------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                       16 |               80 |
|     2 | Arunchal Pradesh |                        5 |                3 |
|     3 | Assam            |                        6 |               27 |
|     4 | Bihar            |                        9 |               29 |
|     5 | Chhatishgarh     |                        8 |               24 |
|     6 | Delhi            |                        4 |               13 |
|     7 | Goa              |                        1 |                2 |
|     8 | Jharkhand        |                        7 |               14 |
|     9 | Gujarat          |                       16 |               86 |
|    10 | Haryana          |                       21 |               36 |
|    11 | Jammu            |                        3 |               15 |
|    12 | Himachal Pradesh |                       11 |               10 |
|    13 | Karnataka        |                        7 |              127 |
|    14 | Kerala           |                        6 |               34 |
|    15 | Madhya Pradesh   |                       13 |              173 |
|    16 | Manipal          |                        1 |                3 |
|    17 | Maharashtra      |                       14 |              180 |
|    18 | Maghalaya        |                        3 |                6 |
|    19 | Mizoram          |                        1 |                1 |
|    20 | Nagaland         |                        1 |                3 |
|    21 | Odisha           |                        7 |               41 |
|    22 | Pondicherry      |                        1 |                2 |
|    23 | Punjab           |                        7 |               33 |
|    24 | Rajasthan        |                       36 |               86 |
|    25 | Sikkim           |                        3 |                2 |
|    26 | Tamil Nadu       |                        7 |               16 |
|    27 | Tripura          |                        2 |                2 |
|    28 | Uttar Pradesh    |                       32 |              388 |
|    29 | Uttrakhand       |                       10 |               26 |

| 30   | West Bengal   |   13 |   37 |
|------|---------------|------|------|
|      |               |  271 | 1499 |