Lok Sabha Question No. 2645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-04
Subject: Law Courses
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE

## DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

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## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2645

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE  04-08-2023

## Law Courses

2645.  SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

Will the Minister of Law and Justice be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total seats available in integrated Law courses, LLB and LLM in   the country;
- (b) whether there is a huge demand for introducing additional Law courses in   Universities/Colleges  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise and University/college-wise;
- (c) the permission for number of seats granted to universities and colleges during the last three years, the current year and year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to introduce more distance learning Law  Institutes  both  public  and  private,  including  provision  of  weekend classes, particularly for government and private employees to facilitate law education  for  a  larger  number  of  students  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the avenues for education in law in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND  JUSTICE;  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PARLIAMENTARY  AFFAIRS; AND  MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to (c)      As  per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), the University Grant Commission (UGC) has informed that the total seats/intake available  in  integrated  law  courses,  LLB  and  LLM  in  Higher  Education Institutes across the country are as under;

| Name of Courses   |   No. of seats/ intakes |
|-------------------|-------------------------|
| Integrated LLB    |                   71140 |
| LLB (UG)          |                  211763 |
| LLM (PG)          |                   26753 |

Also, as  per the provisions of Sections 7(l)(h) and (i) of the Advocates Act, 1961, the Bar Council of India (BCI), is entrusted with the function interalia of promoting and laying down the standards of legal education in the country. The BCI has informed that there is a demand for introducing law courses  in  Universities/colleges  in  the  country.  As  regards,  number  of seats  granted  to  universities  and  colleges  during  the  last  three  years  is concerned; there is no data available with Central Government. However, the  BCI  has  informed  that  on  31.01.2022,  the  number  of  state-wise universities and colleges who are permitted to start new law colleges, new law courses, additional sections for the previous three years is placed at Annexure- I. However, the data does not contain the applications of the institutions for the recognition and approval from the period 11.08.2019 to 16.06.2021, i.e. when  the  moratorium  was  imposed  by  the  BCI  against starting  of  new  law  colleges,  new  law  courses,  additional  sections  in existing colleges.

- (d) The UGC has informed that 'Law' as a subject has been included in the list of subject areas, where programmes are not permitted to be offered in open and distance learning mode and online mode in Higher Education, as per provision 2 (z) of UGC (ODL Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020 (as amended).
- (e)  There  is  no  specific  information  in  this  regard.  However,  certain measures taken by the UGC for increasing the avenues for education in law in the country are as under:-
- Learning  Outcome-based  Curriculum  Framework  (LOCF)  has  been brought out for 'Law' as an optional subject in Undergraduate Programmes (BA) in 2019.
- In  April,  2023,  the  National  Credit  Framework  has  been  formulated, which can also be adopted for Law stream.
- In order to promote  research in different subjects, the  UGC  is implementing the UGC  NET  JRF  scheme  under  which  financial assistance  is  provided  to  Ph.D.  students. The  performance  of  the candidates in the subject of Law (58) in the UGC-NET from June 2020 to December 2022 are as under:-

| S.No   | Exam                                |   Qualified JRF | for   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|-------|
| 1.     | June 2020                           |             118 |       |
| 2.     | Dec 2020 & June 2021 (merged Cycle) |             179 |       |
| 3.     | Dec 2021 & June 2022 (Merged Cycle) |             288 |       |
| 4.     | December 2022                       |             136 |       |
| Total  | Total                               |             721 |       |

## ANNEXURE - I

|   SI. No. | State             |   Number of Colleges/Universities |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                14 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 3 |
|         3 | Assam             |                                24 |
|         4 | Bihar             |                                 6 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                 1 |
|         6 | Delhi             |                                 4 |
|         7 | Goa               |                                 1 |
|         8 | Gujarat           |                                 7 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 4 |
|        10 | Jharkhand         |                                 7 |
|        11 | Karnataka         |                                21 |
|        12 | Kerala            |                                12 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                19 |
|        14 | Maharashtra       |                                18 |
|        15 | Meghalaya         |                                 3 |
|        16 | Odisha            |                                 7 |
|        17 | Punjab & Haryana  |                                31 |
|        18 | Rajasthan         |                                31 |
|        19 | Tamil Nadu        |                                 7 |
|        20 | Telangana         |                                 5 |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                68 |
|        22 | Uttarakhand       |                                 7 |
|        23 | West Bengal       |                                11 |