‘Bar Council Cannot Run A Law College’: Prashant Bhushan Tells Supreme Court

Advocate
P asha t
Bhusha
o
Mo day
told
the
Sup eme
Cou t
that
a
petitio
challe gi g
the
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia’s
(BCI)
ole
i
u i g
a
law
college
is
bei g
filed,
citi g
a
pote tial
co flict
betwee
its
egulato y
a d
i stitutio al
fu ctio s.

Bhusha
made
the
submissio
befo e
a
be ch
comp isi g
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
Su ya
Ka t,
Justice
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
Justice
V
Moha a
while
the
cou t
was
hea i g
a
plea
filed
by
EAS
Sa ma
a d
othe s
challe gi g
the
validity
of
the
SHANTI
Act,
LiveLaw
epo ted.

Bhusha
D aws
Pa allel
With
Atomic
E e gy
Regulato

Bhusha
was
add essi g
the
issue
of
pote tial
co flicts
i
the
fu ctio i g
of
the
Atomic
E e gy
Regulato y
Boa d
(AERB).
He
a gued
that
membe s
of
the
AERB
a e
appoi ted
o
the
ecomme datio
of
a
selectio
pa el
co stituted
by
the
Atomic
E e gy
Commissio ,
which
ope ates
uclea
powe
pla ts.

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He
co te ded
that
such
a
a a geme t
u de mi es
the
pu pose
of
havi g
a
i depe de t
egulato y
body.

D awi g
a
pa allel
with
the
BCI,
Bhusha
told
the
cou t
that
the
statuto y
egulato
was
also
u i g
a
law
college
despite
havi g
egulato y
powe s
ove
legal
educatio
i stitutio s.

“Today
the
Ba
Cou cil
is
u i g
a
law
college.
I
fact,
we
a e
fili g
a
petitio
ega di g
that
—
that
the
Ba
Cou cil
ca ot
u
a
law
college,& dquo;
Bhusha
said.

BCI-Ru
Law
U ive sity
I
Questio

Bhusha ‘s
ema ks
appea ed
to
efe
to
the
BCI
T ust- u
I dia
I te atio al
U ive sity
of
Legal
Educatio
a d
Resea ch
(IIULER)
i
Goa.

The
issue
comes
amid
the
BCI’s
i volveme t
i
pla s
fo
a
Natio al
Legal
Academy
fo
the
compulso y
t ai i g
of
lawye s,
as
p oposed
by
the
Sup eme
Cou t.

& bsp;

BCI
Chai ma
Ma a
Kuma
Mish a
ece tly
said
at
a
o ie tatio
p og amme
at
IIULER
that
the
p oposed
academy
would
be
established
at
the
u ive sity.

Justice
PS
Na asimha,
whose
be ch
had
di ected
the
BCI
to
establish
the
academy,
was
also
p ese t
at
the
eve t.

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