Abolition of Entrance Test for Law Courses Challenged in Court

Chennai: A Tamil Nadu Government order abolishing entrance test for admission to law degree courses has been challenged in the Madras High Court.

In his petition, Bagyaraj of Pudukuppam, Alamathi, Chennai, submitted that the process to admit students through an entrance examination to law courses was followed for the past 24 years. By adopting such a system, irregularities and favouritism were avoided.

For this academic year, the Government has issued an order abolishing the common entrance test for admission to B.L. (Regular) - 5 years, B.L. (Hons.) - 5 years and B.L. - 3 year courses. The order said the criteria for admission would be percentage of marks obtained by candidates in the qualifying examinations for all subjects, excluding languages.

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