Relief on age bar for legal education in Ajmer TNN Dec 14, 2013, 02.50AM IST Tags: MDS University|Governor|Government Law College|Department of Education AJMER: The Government Law College in Ajmer granted a relief in the age bar for pursuing law. The aspirants, who were earlier overage for the course, are now allowed to submit their applications by Saturday. There was heavy anguish and protest in the students, who had entered their 30s, when they were denied admission. According to sources, the state higher education department had a rule on the statute of Bar Council of India that said that in a professional law degree, students of age less than thirty years can only pursue the course. "They implemented the rule from this session and there was distress in students," said a source. The students gave a memorandum to college authorities asking them to give the students a chance to study. But, those authorities passed the bug to higher authorities. Then, senior advocate Yogesh Kumar Sharma took up this issue with the ministry of human resource development, the governor and the Bar Council of India. "At a meeting in August, the Bar Council of India resolved and clarified that clause 28 of the legal education, 2008 was withdrawn," said Sharma He added that the bar council withdrew the age restriction allowing colleges and universities to admit law aspirants in their five and three-year-long courses. "Several judgments passed by the high court emphasize on the right to education and this was made clear to the Rajasthan government and MDS University Ajmer," added Sharma. The higher education department lifted the age bar and asked the colleges to provide admissions to students without any discrimination based on age. "As per the order of our department, we asked students to file their application and have scheduled the last date as December 14," said officials of MDS University. Students rushed to file applications on Friday. "I was left with no option at the age of 32 and decided to pursue law. Now, I think I have got a chance to have a better life," said a student