CJI Chandrachud: Higher education in law must be extended to remote areas

Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday said university education in law should be extended to remote rural areas so that students from small towns are not deprived of the opportunity to become lawyers.

Speaking at the inauguration event of the Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University here, Chandrachud said, "Technology has given us the ability to reach out to far-flung students. Despite developments in legal education, the contemporary legal education system favours only English-speaking urban children."

He said that even such opportunities as moot courts, internships and competitions were traditionally designed keeping in mind children coming from elite families.

The CJI also appealed to the varsity administration to keep the medium of instruction to be Hindi, so that the best students from Uttar Pradesh become the best lawyers.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Justice Manoj Misra of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Justice Arun Bhansali, Uttar Pradesh Advocate General Ajay Kumar Mishra and University Vice-Chancellor Usha Tandon also addressed the gathering.