Common Law Admission Test may not select students with right ethos: CJI Chandrachud
Panaji (PTI): Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has said the current model of selection of students for National Law Universities, which involves cracking the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), may not result in the selection of those with the "right ethos".
He was speaking on Saturday after inaugurating the first academic session of the India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER) in Goa, an initiative of the Bar Council of India Trust-PEARL FIRST (BCIT-PF).
The varsity should be a centre for "cutting- edge research," Justice Chandrachud said, adding that IIULER should have a system which makes its students' body more inclusive.
Entrance tests like the CLAT do not necessarily allow entry to all the deserving candidates, he added.
"One of the problems that the National Law Universities have faced is perhaps the model which we use to select students does not always promote value-based education because we have a common law entrance examination and we test the students' ability to crack the CLAT," the CJI said.
"Cracking the CLAT does not necessarily result in students who have the right ethos to perceive a career in law....I appeal to the vice chancellor and faculty to place importance on value-based legal education for the students from diverse background," he said.
Quality education requires resources, but it should not be so designed as to shut out students who can not pay for it, the CJI said.
He also urged the first-batch students to be always inquisitive.
Apart from the CJI, who is an ex-officio visitor of the institute, Supreme Court judge Justice P S Narasimha, who is the chancellor of the university, SC judge Justice B R Gavai, Attorney General R Venkataramani and Bombay High Court's Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta were also present.
Prof Srivdhya Ragvan, the vice-chancellor of the university, said India has the potential to disrupt the global legal sector the same way it did in the Information Technology.
Justice Narasimha said the county lacks high-standard legal writing and qualitative standard law books.
He stressed on the need to establish institutions of excellence with focus on research to provide data-based opinions on various legal subjects.
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Sunil Narine's ton goes in vain as Jos Buttler's unbeaten century guides Rajasthan Royals to victory
Kolkata, Apr 16: Rajasthan Royals pulled off the Indian Premier League's biggest run chase to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets here on Tuesday.
Asked to bat first, KKR rode on Sunil Narine's 56-ball 109 to post 223/6 in the allotted 20 overs.
In reply, RR were in all sorts of trouble at one stage but Jos Buttler blasted his way to an unbeaten 60-ball 107, as the visitors completed the chase in the last ball of the match.
After his team was asked to bat first on a fresh pitch, Narine blazed away to a 49-ball 100 to lead KKR's charge in this top-of-the-table clash at Eden Gardens.
It was a one-man show from KKR as Narine (109 off 56) batted till the 18th over, first stitching 85 runs with Angkrish Raghuvanshi (30) and then adding 51 runs with Andre Russell (13).
However, Buttler had other ideas as he did the job for RR from an extremely difficult position.
Brief scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders: 223/6 in 20 overs (Sunil Narine 109; Avesh Khan 2/35).
Rajasthan Royals: 224/8 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 107 not out; Sunil Narine 2/30).
An Impactful Innings 😍
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