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| 2019 SLG 759 2019 SLD 759 2019 SCMR 389 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Constitutional Petition No. 134 of 2012, Civil MiscellaneousApplication No. 1864 of 2010 in Constitutional Petition No.9 of 2005, Civil Miscellaneous Applications Nos. 1939 of2014, 5959 of 2016, 4095, 1793, 2876, 2996, 3014 and 6672 of2018 in Constitu
UMAR ATA BANDIAL, JUSTICE IJAZ UL AHSAN, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by:Hamid Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, M. Anwar Kamal, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, Zafar Iqbal Kalanori, Advocate Supreme Court, Muhammad Arshad, Secy. PBC, Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon, Advocate Supreme Court, M. Shoaib Shaheen, Advocat
Constitutional Petition No. 134 of 2012, Civil MiscellaneousApplication No. 1864 of 2010 in Constitutional Petition No.9 of 2005, Civil Miscellaneous Applications Nos. 1939 of2014, 5959 of 2016, 4095, 1793, 2876, 2996, 3014 and 6672 of2018 in Constitu
UMAR ATA BANDIAL, JUSTICE IJAZ UL AHSAN, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by:Hamid Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, M. Anwar Kamal, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, Zafar Iqbal Kalanori, Advocate Supreme Court, Muhammad Arshad, Secy. PBC, Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon, Advocate Supreme Court, M. Shoaib Shaheen, Advocat
PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL THROUGH CHAIRMAN AND OTHERSVSFEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION AND OTHERS
Law: Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973
Section: 13(1)(i)
Law: Pakistan Bar Council Legal Education Rules, 2015
Section: R.9,13,17,25,28,34
(a) Bar and bench--- ----Legal system on the whole flourished by positive and productive cooperation between the Bar and the Bench for ascertainment of the truth and decision of controversies according to the relevant and applicable law---Independent, competent, honest and industrious judicature required an equally independent, dynamic, honest and dedicated Bar in order to effectively provide justice in accordance with law to all members of the society. (b) Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act (XXXV of 1973)--- ----S. 13(1)(j)---Pakistan Bar Council Legal Education Rules, 2015, Rr.9, 13, 17, 25, 28 & 34---Professional standards of legal education---Criteria for recognition of degree awarding institutions and for affiliation of law colleges---Eligibility for admission to LL.B programme---Recommendations and directions given by the Supreme Court for improving standards of legal education in Pakistan---Legal education played a crucial role in strengthening the rule of law, social stability, governance and economic development---In Pakistan there had been a major decline in the standard of legal education owing to various reasons, most important of which was the proliferation of substandard law degree awarding institutions that were motivated solely by commercial considerations rather than academic excellence---Such shift in priorities had inevitably compromised the quality of education and hampered the intellectual development of law students---Provision of good quality legal education was inextricably linked with dispensation of justice that the Bar was responsible for ensuring---In its capacity, the Bar must make a conscientious effort to standardise law degree awarding institutions---Standards of proficiency for entry to the Bar was regulated by Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 ("Act")---Pakistan Bar Council established under the Act and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan ("HECP") were the key regulators to supervise and enforce professional standards in legal education---Cooperation between the Bar Councils, HECP and law colleges had far reaching effects in terms of development in the law, therefore law degree awarding institutions…
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