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Age limit for joining law courses challenged

The saying that “age can be no bar for learning” does not seem to apply for those seeking to pursue a law degree course in Tamil Nadu. As of now, those who have passed Class 12 and in the age group of 20 to 22 years alone can pursue a fiveyear integrated law course while for those wanting to do a three-year Bachelor Degree course 30 is the upper age limit for general category students.

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27 Aug 2016, 3:37 am

Chennai

There is a five-year relaxation for those from SC, ST and Other Backward Communities. This has been challenged in the Madras High Court with a public interest litigation. Advocate M Radhakrishnan, appearing as the party in person, contended that the clause prescribing maximum age limit for entry into colleges was arbitrary and unreasonable since the term ‘minimum qualifications’ could be interpreted to mean only ‘minimum educational qualifications’ and could not be related to age.

He also submitted that there was no material whatsoever to conclude that those who have passed Class 12 examinations and are more than 20 or 22 years would be unable to learn the subjects taught in the five-year LL. B course and those who are above 30 or 35 years cannot learn what is taught in the three-year LLB course. The plea also brought in the aspect that when it came to enrolling a person who had obtained a degree in law as an advocate there remained no rule prescribing maximum age limit and hence prescribing an age limit to pursue law could was irrational. A division bench comprising Justice M M Sundresh and Justice R Mahadevan, which heard the plea, adjourned the case to September 2 for further hearing.

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