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Programmes via Online\/Distance, compliance directive<\/span>, addressed to all Law Universities\/Departments targeting <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">LL.M. programmes<\/span> offered through <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">online, distance, hybrid, or blended modes, declared unauthorised by BCI<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Points:<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>This Directive follows an <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">urgent communication<\/span>, dated <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">25-6-2025<\/span> between <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hon\u2019ble Mr. Justice Rajendra Menon<\/span>, Co-chairman, Standing Committee on Legal Education of the BCI and Registrar General of all High Courts.<\/li>\n<li>Based on statutory power to regulate legal education, BCI issued a notice to clearly state that no Law University\/institution is permitted to offer LL.M. degrees through online-only, distance, or hybrid learning modes.<\/li>\n<li>Offering LL.M. degrees by Universities through non-traditional means, is in strict contravention of S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7(1)(h)<\/a> and S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">49(1)(af)<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/kl407A16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advocates Act, 1961<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>These courses were reportedly launched by Universities\/Institutions without any prior approvals from the Legal Education committee or BCI, thereby violating Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">141<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution of India<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>BCI reaffirmed its role as the exclusive authority in regulating both LL.B. and LL.M. programmes and termed these unauthorised offerings a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">serious breach<\/span> of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">legal education framework<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>The directive draws on key Supreme Court decisions, specifically in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vinit Garg v. UGC<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ZI1G25V4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2021) 12 SCC 416<\/a> and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Odisha Lift Irrigation Corp ltd. v. Rabi Sankar Patro<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/fi2M66xJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2018) 1 SCC 468<\/a>, prohibiting professional programmes through online means without prior regulatory approval.<\/li>\n<li>Following the issuance of the notice, several Universities have withdrawn such programmes, while many have justified their programmes under <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">National Educational Policy (\u2018NEP\u2019)<\/span> 2020.<\/li>\n<li>BCI has firmly stated that institutional autonomy or course-level innovation cannot supersede the regulatory framework laid down by statutory authorities.<\/li>\n<li>It has also <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">prohibited the use of misleading nomenclature<\/span> such as <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u2018LL.M. (Professional)\u2019<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u2018Executive LL.M.\u2019<\/span>, or equivalents like <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u2018M.Sc. in Cyber Law\u2019<\/span>, unless explicitly approved.<\/li>\n<li>The Council has expressed its concern that many executive programmes are being <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">marketed to non-law students<\/span>, undermining the fundamental purpose legal education.<\/li>\n<li>The notice mandates that all law institutions <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">strictly comply<\/span> with the directive and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">submit a formal compliance report<\/span> to the BCI.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">As part of enforcement<\/span>, BCI has issued <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">show-cause notices<\/span> and initiated proceedings against several leading institutions found in breach of the Legal Education Rules, including:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">NLIU Bhopal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">IIT Kharagpur<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">O.P. 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