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New Indian Express
02-08-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BC quota panel gets one more year to submit report
CHENNAI: In an indication that the ruling DMK is ready to face the 2026 Assembly election without gesturing any assurances or action towards fulfilling the demand for 10.5 % reservation for Vanniyars by the PMK, the government has extended the time limit given to the Backward Classes Commission (BCC) by another one year till July 2026 to submit its report on the matter. This is the fifth extension being given to the BCC for examining the demand for internal reservation within the Most Backward Classes (MBCs) and Denotified Communities (DNCs) and submit a report. The previous deadline of July 12, 2025 was extended till July 12, 2026 through a government order on Wednesday. The examination of the demand for internal reservation and submission of a report was added as an additional term of reference (ToR) in January 2023 to the present BCC, which was constituted in November 2022 with a set of six terms of reference. Interestingly, the three-year term of the BCC, headed by Justice V Bharathidasan, retired judge of the Madras High Court, is ending by November. The government is likely to extend its term. When the BCC was tasked with studying the demand for internal reservation in January 2023, it was asked to submit its report in three months. However, the government has since extended the time limit four times over the past 2.5 years, citing that the commission requested extensions due to lack of quantifiable data of all communities included in the MBC and DNC lists.
Time of India
13-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University opens admissions for five-year integrated law degree programmes
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University on Monday opened applications for five-year integrated honours degrees, including BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, and BCA LLB, offered by the School of Excellence in Law. Aspirants can apply through the university's website, until May with 70% and above in Class XII exams are eligible to apply for these programmes. For SC/ST candidates, the eligibility mark is 60%. "Candidates aspiring to study BCom LLB (Honours) must have studied commerce or an equivalent subject related to commerce, and candidates aspiring to study BCA LLB must have studied computer science or an equivalent subject in higher secondary," a release from the university registrar four courses offered by the School of Excellence in Law have a combined strength of 624 seats. About 26 law colleges, including 15 govt law colleges, will offer the BA LLB degree course throughout the state. Candidates should have a minimum of 45%, and SC/ST candidates need to obtain a minimum of 40% marks to be eligible to apply for the programme. There are 2,400 seats available for law counselling this university will prepare a merit list based on Class XII exam scores in four subjects, excluding the language papers. Based on the cut-off marks, the university will release a rank list and conduct admissions through online counselling. There is no age limit for applying for law degrees according to the Supreme Court's year, the university received more than 20,000 applications for law admissions counselling. This year, the university expects a similar number of applications for the 2025-26 academic year. Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University V-C convener committee chairperson Justice V Bharathidasan launched the registrations of applications on university also said it would issue a separate notification for three-year LLB (Honours), three-year LLB (affiliated), and two-year LLM (CBCS) separately on the university's website,
