Delhi High Court disposes of plea seeking direction to make RTE Act compulsory subject in all law schools

The Delhi High Court today disposed of the Public Interest Litigation that had been filed seeking direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to make the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, (RTE Act) a compulsory subject in all law schools.

The division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad disposed of the petition and requested BCI to look into the matter and do the needful.

The PIL was filed by Social Jurist, A Civil Rights Group which had stated that the Bar Council of India has failed to consider prescribing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act, 2009) as a compulsory subject in Centers of Legal Education.

Today, when BCI mentioned that it will look into the matter, the court agreed to the same and disposed of the plea at hand.

During the hearing, the counsel appearing on behalf of BCI stated that they are extensively teaching the matter in law schools. “Questions are given to students from Article 21A of the Constitution in the question papers of Constitutional Law,” said the counsel appearing on behalf of BCI.

The PIL was filed by Advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh before the Delhi High Court seeking direction to Bar Council of India to consider making RTE Act, 2009 a compulsory subject in all law schools.

Case Title: Social Jurist, A Civil Rights Group vs. Bar Council of India