V. CHITAMBARESH, J.

1. Mr. K. Krishna Menon who was the Principal of the prestigious Madras Law College (now Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College) for 19 long years (1930-1949) used to welcome the freshers as follows:-

"Gentlemen, you are seen here because you cannot be seen elsewhere."

Those were the days when the students sought refuge in the law colleges as they could not succeed in securing admission in other professional colleges owing to their poor academic record. The situation has changed more than half a century down the lane and the law colleges are now the most sought after institutions for the students to pursue their education. This necessarily involves a more serious imparting of education to the students which the Universities and the law colleges in the State are yet to realise.

2. The Writ Petition seeks the implementation of the directions contained in Satheesh Kumar vs. Mahatma Gandhi University, 2015 (4) KLT 151 wherein it has inter alia been held as follows:-

"Therefore the prescription of the minimum hours of lecture classes and holding of tutorials, moot court and seminars by the Bar Council of India is to be scrupulously followed by the Universities