The authorities of Punjab University accepted the demands of the students regarding the change in the timings of law classes and said that the fresh time-table would come into effect from next semester. Students were demanding the change in the timings of law classes and were on strike regarding the same.
The decision to change the timings was taken in a meeting held between chairperson, Department Student Welfare (DSW), and Dean of University Instructions (DUI).
According to the new time table, the classes will be from 8:30 am to 3 pm instead of 8:30 am to 4 pm.
Now, the classes will be from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm followed by a presentation class from 2 pm to 3 pm.
Earlier, law department Chairperson Shalini Marwaha said " the rules had been laid down by the Bar Council in 2008 and made mandatory for all law institutions across the country. The 2017-18 admission rules of the law department included the same information and the students had been admitted under the same guidelines. The letter, sent to PU by the Bar Council in 2016, stated that the law course needs to be more than just a degree or a certificate for practice. Therefore, in legal Education Rules 2008, the teaching duration and hours of study have been fixed at 30 hours per week by the Bar Council. With the evening batches cancelled, the new timetable is for five days a week. Classes are to be held from 8:30 am to 10 am. Following a half-hour break, classes would be held from 10:30 to 1:30 pm. With a second break for an hour, classes would be from 2:30 pm to 4 pm."
Department representative Gurpreet Singh said, “Earlier, lectures were delivered in two batches of morning and evening. From this session, the department has decided to deliver four lectures a day, each of one-and- a-half hours. We have requested the administration to follow the previous pattern.”