The government prepares a higher education perspective plan every year based on requirement of colleges in different localities. While last year’s perspective plan did not allow any new college to open, this year many slots have opened up. They have also indicated that more students want to pursue law over other professional courses. Experts point at the changing look of a career in law from the courtroom to corporate sector, as a reason for this increasing demand. While Mumbai University has approval from the state government for 60 new colleges in the plan, 125 applications for them have been forwarded to the state government.

An educationist said the 60 new colleges have been finalised looking at demands for certain courses as well as requirement of certain streams in certain localities. File picture