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Will consider including law on right to education in curriculum, Bar Council of India tells Delhi High Court

Lawyer Ashok Agarwal, the petitioner's counsel, said a representation was made to the Council last month to include RTE Act in the curriculum and the authority should be asked to decide the same

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The Bar Council of India on Tuesday told Delhi High Court that it will consider within "reasonable time" the issue of introducing Right to Education Act as a compulsory subject in law colleges.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a public interest litigation by NGO Social Jurist, which asserted that Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, a key right of children, can be implemented in its true letter and spirit only if it is taught as a compulsory subject in the curriculum rather than just being part of a subject.

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