The Mumbai University (MU) is conducting surprise inspections of law colleges in the city, MMR and the Konkan and has constituted numerous three-member committees, as per the directives of the Bar Council of India (BCI). The BCI had raised concern vide its circular dated March 28, 2023, about the mushrooming of private law colleges across the country and the deteriorating level of legal education (LLB and LLM), with no full-time faculty or qualified principals and without adequate infrastructure, a report stated in this paper.

The surprise inspection report is crucial, as the vice-chancellor and the Bar Council will decide on the fate of those law colleges with adverse remarks. The circular is addressed to vice-chancellors and registrars of all universities awarding law degrees and imparting legal education, directing them to send reports of surprise inspections conducted wherein there is grossly inadequate infrastructure and a lack of faculty. If the same is not done, the Bar Council of India shall be constrained to withdraw the recognition granted to such defaulting universities.