Tamil Nadu government today introduced a bill in the state Assembly, prohibiting the establishment of law colleges by private persons across the state.
The legislation, introduced by Law, Courts and Prisons Minister S P Velumani follows the government's policy decision to establish adequate number of government law colleges in the state in a phased manner to impart legal education at an affordable cost.
According to the statement of objects of the bill, past experience revealed that private trusts/societies were not able to provide legal education at affordable cost to the economically and socially weaker sections and also were not able to continue to run the law colleges successfully.
