Madras High Court allows extra admissions at private law colleges A division bench comprising Justices R Suresh Kumar and Shamim Ahmed heard the cases.

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Madras High Court allows extra admissions at private law colleges
A division bench comprising Justices R Suresh Kumar and Shamim Ahmed heard the cases.
DTNEXT Bureau
Updated:5th Feb, 2026 at 10:12 PM
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has lifted the ban on additional student admissions in private law colleges across Tamil Nadu.

Several colleges had applied for approval to admit extra students for the 2025-26 academic year.

However, the Bar Council of India returned the applications without consideration, citing a three-year ban issued in 2025 for granting permission for additional admissions.

Challenging this decision, by counsel M Ravi for nine private law colleges in Tamil Nadu filed petitions before the Madras High Court.

A division bench comprising Justices R Suresh Kumar and Shamim Ahmed heard the cases.

During the hearing, the Bar Council of India informed the court that a new resolution had been passed on January 11, withdrawing the earlier ban order.

Under the new resolution, applications would be considered based on necessity and eligibility.

The court directed the colleges that had withdrawn their applications to reapply within three days.

The bench instructed the Bar Council to process these applications and pass final orders within three weeks from the date of receipt, and to evaluate the applications based on the infrastructure facilities available in the respective colleges.”
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[06/02, 08:18] Meta AI: The Madras High Court has lifted the ban on additional student admissions in private law colleges across Tamil Nadu. This decision allows colleges that had applied for approval to admit extra students for the 2025-26 academic year to reapply. The Bar Council of India had initially returned the applications without consideration, citing a three-year ban issued in 2025. However, the council later passed a new resolution on January 11, withdrawing the ban and stating that applications would be considered based on necessity and eligibility. ¹

The court has directed the colleges to reapply within three days and instructed the Bar Council to process these applications and pass final orders within three weeks. The evaluation will be based on the infrastructure facilities available in the respective colleges.

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