The University Grants Commission (UGC) has reaffirmed the mandatory 75 per cent attendance requirement in law colleges, in a recently filed affidavit before the Bombay High Court. The affidavit was in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an associate professor at a city law college. The law faculty had to move the high court as the varsity and Bar Council of India (BCI) did not take cognisance of her 26-page submission justifying the need for mandatory attendance in law colleges. The matter will be heard in the coming weeks. Mid-day was the first newspaper to mention her concern in the report ‘Law colleges ignore attendance, professor sounds the alarm’ dated June 3, 2023.

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