Sibal calls Bar for talks on edu bill

NewDelhi:The government has invited bar associations for talks in the wake of lawyers’ threat to go on strike from July 11 to protest against the proposed higher education bill.
    In a letter to bar associations, HRD minister Kapil Sibal said the Bar Council of India is free to prescribe minimum standards of education for grant of degrees leading to professional practice. Terming the proposed Higher Education and Research Bill as “draconian, unconstitutional and undemocratic”, the BCI had last month threatened that lawyers would go on strike on July 11 and 12 if the bill is not changed.