Law students ticked off

CHENNAI: "What will you do if a client approaches you alleging that the cop refused to register his complaint?" This question was posed by Justice Markandeya Katju, a judge of the Supreme Court, to the audience of law students at the Dr Ambedkar Law University in the city, on Saturday.As the correct answer was not forthcoming, Justice Katju had a dig at the students for their ignorance of law as well as the Bar Council of India (BCI), the statutory body  governing legal education in the country, for prescribing the syllabus which did not include practical training.Mere theoretical classes would not bring the result, unless it was supported by practical training classes. The students should get to know the day-to-day legal problems of common man and the way to get rid of them if the students were imparted practical training by way of participation in free legal clinics, the judge said, and added th at the legal education system needed radical change. He had also spoken to the BCI chairman in this connection, he said.Answering a valley of questions posed by the students, Katju at times complemented them for their brilliant queries and their up-to-date knowledge.