JUDGMENT :

SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J.

Prayer: Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the respondents 6 and 7 with respect to S. No. (3) LL.B (General) (4) LL.B (Academic) of Law Programmes of the distance education Admission Notification No. DDE/S/009/2020-21 dated 07.08.2020 published in Tamil Daily News Paper, Daily Thanthi dated 09.08.2020 and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents 6 and 7 to withdraw all the Two years LL.B (General) and Three Years LL.B (Academic) course certificates issued in past if any to change name of the Two years LL.B (General) and Three years LL.B (Academic) Courses.

1. The petitioner, a public interest litigant, has brought to the notice of the Court a matter of considerable significance. The Annamalai University offers courses leading to bachelor and master of laws degrees, diplomas and post-graduate diplomas by the distance education mode and the petitioner complains that such courses cannot be conducted without the approval of the Bar Council of India (the BCI), which is sovereign in the field of legal education in the country