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Lot of improvement needed in legal education system in India
London, Jul 5 (PTI) Highlighting the need for "a lot of improvement" in the Indian legal education system to make it dynamic, Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj has said the government has taken a series of measures in this direction.
Addressing a conference organised by the Indo-European Business Forum here, he also referred to the efforts to deal with pending court cases through "mediation centres".
"Through mediation and conciliation, we are trying to resolve a large number of cases," Bhardwaj said on Friday night, adding "mediation centres" have been set up to resolve disputes in every High Court in the country.
On the quality of the legal education system in India, he
said: "We feel that a lot of improvement needs to be done in the legal education to make it dynamic."
He said till 1985 there was only one law school in Bangalore. But now Government has set up 23 new law schools in an effort to improve the quality of legal education.
"Almost in every state there is one National Law School and they are producing lawyers in large numbers," he said at the meet at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Besides, the Minister said, the central government had invested Rs.10 billion for e-governance facilities in judiciary and in the next two years every court will have such facilities.
Describing India as a land of opportunities, Bhardwaj said
investors in India got good returns.
Citing an example of the automobile sector which had seen a proliferation, he said "the automobile sector has shown that any thing can be sold in India in a jiffy."
Addressing a conference organised by the Indo-European Business Forum here, he also referred to the efforts to deal with pending court cases through "mediation centres".
"Through mediation and conciliation, we are trying to resolve a large number of cases," Bhardwaj said on Friday night, adding "mediation centres" have been set up to resolve disputes in every High Court in the country.
On the quality of the legal education system in India, he
said: "We feel that a lot of improvement needs to be done in the legal education to make it dynamic."
He said till 1985 there was only one law school in Bangalore. But now Government has set up 23 new law schools in an effort to improve the quality of legal education.
"Almost in every state there is one National Law School and they are producing lawyers in large numbers," he said at the meet at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Besides, the Minister said, the central government had invested Rs.10 billion for e-governance facilities in judiciary and in the next two years every court will have such facilities.
Describing India as a land of opportunities, Bhardwaj said
investors in India got good returns.
Citing an example of the automobile sector which had seen a proliferation, he said "the automobile sector has shown that any thing can be sold in India in a jiffy."
