Citing poor teaching, parent wants law exams deferred
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:5.1.2020
Imagine a government law college where the post of principal is lying vacant since 2004, and physical education teacher vacancy lying unfilled since 2000. Also, of the sanctioned faculty strength of 18, only nine are available to teach students. This is Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Puducherry for you.
The issue came to light when a student’s father moved the Madras high court to postpone the first semester examination saying the five-year LLB course students had not been taught much during the year. The examination, scheduled to commence on Monday will, however, go on as the court has refused to stay the examination. It, however, directed the authorities concerned to furnish details of the vacancy in faculty positions by January 8.
Justice P D Audikesavalu passed an interim direction to this effect on a petition filed by a Puducherry-based advocate, S Subramanian, whose son is studying first year LLB in the college.
The petition said though the first year classes commenced with a lecture on August 23, 2019, regular classes began only at the end of September. Not having enough faculty members in the college deprives students of the right to equip themselves for the semester examinations, the petition said, adding that even temporary faculty members were not available due to a low salary offered of ₹10,000 a month.
Stating that the college has to comply with the mandatory rules of the Bar Council of India under the Advocates Act, which clearly mentions the requirement of faculty and other infrastructure, the petitioner said the college had admitted students for the academic year 2019-20 without complying with the rules.
He prayed for a direction to restrain the college from conducting the semester examinations for first year LLB students and a direction to fill the vacancies of faculty members within a time frame.
Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Puducherry has only nine faculty members to teach students against the sanctioned strength of 18
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:5.1.2020
Imagine a government law college where the post of principal is lying vacant since 2004, and physical education teacher vacancy lying unfilled since 2000. Also, of the sanctioned faculty strength of 18, only nine are available to teach students. This is Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Puducherry for you.
The issue came to light when a student’s father moved the Madras high court to postpone the first semester examination saying the five-year LLB course students had not been taught much during the year. The examination, scheduled to commence on Monday will, however, go on as the court has refused to stay the examination. It, however, directed the authorities concerned to furnish details of the vacancy in faculty positions by January 8.
Justice P D Audikesavalu passed an interim direction to this effect on a petition filed by a Puducherry-based advocate, S Subramanian, whose son is studying first year LLB in the college.
The petition said though the first year classes commenced with a lecture on August 23, 2019, regular classes began only at the end of September. Not having enough faculty members in the college deprives students of the right to equip themselves for the semester examinations, the petition said, adding that even temporary faculty members were not available due to a low salary offered of ₹10,000 a month.
Stating that the college has to comply with the mandatory rules of the Bar Council of India under the Advocates Act, which clearly mentions the requirement of faculty and other infrastructure, the petitioner said the college had admitted students for the academic year 2019-20 without complying with the rules.
He prayed for a direction to restrain the college from conducting the semester examinations for first year LLB students and a direction to fill the vacancies of faculty members within a time frame.
Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Puducherry has only nine faculty members to teach students against the sanctioned strength of 18
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