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Law students in dts. ask whether they're just country cousins

Mohamed Imranullah S.

``The Government gives us only raw deal''

MADURAI: : Law students in districts, who feel neglected as they are denied benefits accorded to their counterparts in Chennai, demand better deal from the State Government.

Pointing out that the Government provided a financial assistance of Rs.4.5 lakhs last year to six students of Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, to participate in the moot court competitions in Vienna and Hong Kong, a final year student of Madurai Government Law College said, "No other college in the districts is provided with such an attractive assistance. We're being neglected."

Inspite of proving their ability in various fora including the moot court competitions held last year in Pondicherry, where the Madurai college stood first, the students here lack support from the Government. For the present, the college management is in the process of finding private sponsors to help the students attend international competitions.

Agreeing that the Madurai college has produced only one High Court Judge since its inception in 1974 and that students in mofussil areas are weak in English language, the students wonder whether they alone are to blame for the sorry state of affairs.

According to Thalaimutharasu, a former student of the college and now practising in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, though the total sanctioned strength for each of the colleges in Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli, all affiliated to Dr. Ambedkar Law University, is almost equal, the Chennai college enjoyed the maximum benefits in terms of coaching and infrastructure.

On the introduction of two new post-graduate courses in International Law and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from 2005-06, R. Gandhi, also a former student, said, "When patent lawyers in places such as Mumbai and Delhi are way ahead, being masters in IPR, we are making a late beginning. The courses should have been introduced in all law colleges across the State. But the irony is that even to study them a student has to go to Chennai."

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