Karnataka

Bill

National Law School of India University

NLSIU

Nandimath

Thelegislative assembly has passed an amendmentto the National Law School of India Act with an intention to reserve no less than 50% of the seats for residents of Karnataka atPassed on Tuesday, the Bill states that a student, or either of the student’s parents, who has resided in the state for a period of ten years preceding the qualifying examination, or a student who has studied in any of the recognised educational institutions in the state for a period of seven years preceding to the qualifying examinations, will be considered as ‘resident student of Karnataka’.It may be recalled that, in the past, legislators had discussed about poor representation of students from Karnataka and demanded for reservation of seats.When contacted, Registrar of, OV, said, “I am not aware of the Bill and cannot comment on the issue. It is not mandatory to consult the university authorities prior to introducing a Bill.”The premier law school was established as a state university through a notification under the National Law School of India Act in 1986. The chief justice of India is the chancellor of the university and chairman of the Bar council of India is the chairman of general council. The university has got complete administrative and academic autonomy.However, a source in the university said that law institutions which have come up in various parts of the country have reserved seats for students of the respective states. “Reservation for local students is already in place in most of the law universities in other states. So it is quite natural for the state government to introduce a Bill to facilitate reservation for local students in the NLSIU. At present, hardly a few students from Karnataka get admitted as the competition is very stiff at the national level. If the Bill gets approved, local students will have more representation at the university.”