A few months into the new academic year, students of LLB are wondering if they qualify for it as per the regulations of Bar Council of India (BCI). The regulatory body for law has issued guidelines on online examinations for all pending exams from the last academic year. However, all law students were promoted to the new academic year despite the pending exams by the University of Mumbai, due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Students now fear the consequences as the University Mumbai ignored BCI guidelines.

The BCI had instructed universities in the past that non-final year students should not be promoted without exams. According to earlier BCI guidelines, universities were asked to take pending exams within one month of the beginning of the new academic year. As per new guidelines, since the pandemic is nowhere near its end, online exams should be held. But students already into the next academic year are worried about BCI taking action against them in future, as it also issues approvals for graduates to practice law.