 bill no 181 of 2016 the compulsory teaching of legal education in educational institutions bill, 2016 byshri chandra prakash joshi, mp a billto provide for compulsory teaching of legal education in all educational institutions and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "advisory council" means the advisory council for legal education constituted under section 6;5(b) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(c) "educational institution" means a primary or a middle or a secondary or a senior secondary level school imparting education to children, by whatever name such institution is called, but does not include a minority educational institution;10(d) "legal education" means such aspects of civil and criminal law as are necessary for development of legal awareness in students; and(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 from such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette specify, the legal education shall be taught as a compulsory subject in all educational institutions from such class onwards as may be determined by the central government on the recommendation of advisory council15compulsory teaching of legal education in educational institutions4 the appropriate government shall, immediately after issuance of the notification under section 3, issue directions for compulsory teaching of legal education in all educational institutions within its jurisdictionappropriate government to issue directions for compulsory teaching of legal education in educational institutions appointment of teachers205 subject to such matters, as may be prescribed, the appropriate government shall ensure appointment of such number of teachers with such qualifications, as may be specified, for teaching legal education in educational institutionsconstitution of advisory council6 (1) the central government shall, within three months of the coming into force of the compulsory teaching of legal education in educational institutions act, 2016, by notification in the official gazette, constitute an advisory council for legal education25(2) the advisory council shall consist of such number of persons, having special knowledge or practical experience in the field of law, as the central government may deem fit7 the advisory council shall perform the following functions, namely:—functions of advisory council(a) recommend to the central government the syllabus of legal education foreach class upto senior secondary level;30(b) recommend to the central government the class from which onwards thelegal education shall be taught in educational institutions;(c) recommend to the appropriate government the qualifications of teachers tobe appointed in educational institutions for teaching legal education;35(d) recommend to the appropriate government the institutions which may begiven recognition for training teachers in legal education for the purpose of their appointment in educational institutions; and40(e) co-ordinate with the appropriate government and the educational institutions authorities with a view to ensuring effective implementation of the provisions of this act8 the appropriate government shall derecognize such educational institutions, which does not comply with the provisions of section 4, after giving such institution a reasonable opportunity of being heardderecognition of educational institutions for noncompliance of the provisions of the act5 9 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds10 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceoverriding effects of the actpower to make rules11 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act10 15(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsit has been generally believed among different sections and groups of the society that legal education is only for the law students, lawyers etc however, basic legal education can play a very important role in our daily life it is very necessary for every person to have certain basic knowledge of law, otherwise it would become very difficult for him to tackle several problems, from consumer protection to fundamental rights there are certain laws and regulations, the basic knowledge of which is very necessary for every person lack of legal awareness and knowledge is the main reason that certain rights of a person get violated so easilythe main reason why a common man does not take the violation of his rights seriously is that he lives under a belief that he would have to pay certain amount to the concerned lawyer moreover, he is scared of the legal process and the judicial system of the country and, indeed he is not wrong but there is another way which can be used to know how your rights can be protected from being violatedit has been said that knowledge is power it is the responsibility of education system to make a common man aware of his legal rights and how these legal rights can be saved current education system in schools lays emphasis on imparting quality education however, it is missing out on legal education and is, therefore, incomplete without itthe bill, therefore, seeks to provide for making legal education compulsory in all educational institutions right from primary school level to senior secondary level in order to make it a part of school curriculumhence this billnew delhi;chandra prakash joshijuly 4, 2016 financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for appointment of law education teachers in all schoolsclause 6 provides for constitution of advisory council for law education by the central government clause 9 provides for payment of adequate funds to the state for carrying out the purpose of the act the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india at this stage, it is not possible to give exact estimate of expenditure, both recurring and non-recurring, which will be involved from the consolidated fund of india, if the bill is enacted into a law however, it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore will be involved per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 11 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purpose of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for compulsory teaching of legal education in all educational institutions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri chandra prakash joshi, mp)gmgipmrnd—1485ls(s3)—22-07-2016