Part-time law course gives 2nd hand status to legal

Delhi High Court today said the concept of part-time law course was a problem as it gave a "second hand" status to the legal profession and wondered why it was not given primacy like the medical course.
"This whole concept of part-time course is a problem. Why is law a second hand job? Why not a primary one like medicine," Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked while seeking the response of the Centre, Delhi University and Bar Council of India on a plea against change of timing of two law centres run by the varsity.
The court refused to pass an interim order putting on hold the counselling process, slated to begin from August 26, on the plea by several hundred candidates out of 2310 who had cleared the entrance exams for the law courses run by DU.

The petitioners had sought stay on the counselling saying once they opt for one of the two centres, which used to hold classes in the evening earlier, they would not be able to change it.
The change of timing was announced as per a notification issued by the Bar Council of India (BCI), effective from this year.
The petitioners said they were affected by the change of timing as most of them were government servants and persons working in the private sector.
"Let them enjoy their present jobs," the court said.