400 Lawyers suspended by Tamil Nadu bar council
Posted on: 04/Mar/2014 11:51:50 AM
Although the Bar Council of India (BCI) has abolished the controversial upper age limit of 35 years for students taking law degrees, the Tamil Nadu bar council has retained the age ceiling, and reinforced it in a resolution on Saturday (14 December). The conflict has left thousands of students in the state, who enrolled in law courses between 2008 and 2011, in limbo, said the BCI, which is looking into the matter.
Based on this, the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Bar Council have suspended the registration of 400 lawyers. T Selvam who is the President of the Bar Council has mentioned, “The details and ages of the people who have joined law colleges in the year 2009 and who had got the law degrees in the year 2012 and 2013 have been collected. It has come to our notice that about 400 people who have attained the age of 35 years have joined the course in the year 2009 (June month). As per the High Court directions we have suspended them. After the enquiry, action will be taken to cancel the bar registration”.
