A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing two petitions challenging the age limit imposed on law aspirants by the BCI.
The limit was first introduced by BCI in 2008 by which the maximum age for seeking admission to the five-year Bachelor of Law degree programme (which is offered after class 12) was fixed at 20 years and that for the three-year LLB programme (offered after graduation) at 30 years.
The bench will hear the petitions after four weeks.
The rule was an attempt to ensure that only students who are "serious" and "focused" should be able to practise law.
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The petitioners however contended that the age criterion went against those who wanted to pursue law even after joining some other work.
In 2011, the age limit clause was quashed by Punjab and Haryana High Court. Subsequently in 2013, the BCI issued a notification announcing that the rule is no more valid. However, in 2015, the Madras High Court held the notification invalid. The judgement was upheld by Supreme Court as well.
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