JUDGMENT :

ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.

1. The present Petition has been filed in the public interest and seeks the following reliefs;

(a) To direct Respondent No.1 University, State Legal Services Authorities Respondent No.3 and Respondent No.4 Bar Council of India to empanel a team of their senior officers to visit all Law Colleges under the jurisdiction of the Mumbai University and on close verification of the functioning of the legal aid clinics in every college prepare a detailed report as avered in this PIL for submission before the Hon’ble Court for appropriate adjudication and final verdict.

(b) To direct Respondent No.2, State’s Dept. of education to prepare a budgetary layout for funding law colleges through grant-in-aid scheme and further to grant appropriate annual amount for colleges to run legal aid clinics as effectively as laid down in the statutes and as ordered by the Supreme Court as referred hereinabove.

(c) To direct Respondent No.1 University to give an undertaking to prepare annual report for filing before the court for next 3 years from every college, Under Rule 42, Schedule VIII in hard and soft copies to satisfy on its proper survey and monitoring the working of the lega