NEW DELHI:  A key suggestion to bring legal education under the purview of the upcoming Higher Education Commission of India, which is to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the AICTE-has been dropped after strong objection from the Bar Council of India and Union Ministry of Law.

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“As the NEP suggests that there should be four different bodies to govern four areas of higher education — academics, regulation, funding and accreditation, we will make required changes to the HECI Bill so that it takes over as the regulator,” another official said.

The clauses to give more autonomy to the states and create a special purpose vehicle, most likely in the form of a society headed by an academician, which will be responsible for disbursal of funds to the universities, are likely to remain. In the proposed commission, there will be representatives from 4 states to be rotated every three years.

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