{"id":11084,"date":"2025-03-22T13:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/?p=11084"},"modified":"2025-03-22T13:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:26:19","slug":"education-behind-bars-a-progressive-move-or-a-risky-precedent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/education-behind-bars-a-progressive-move-or-a-risky-precedent\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Behind Bars: A Progressive Move or a Risky Precedent?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11084\" class=\"elementor elementor-11084\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4753e05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4753e05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1a9602\" data-id=\"a1a9602\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204dea2 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"204dea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11085\" src=\"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-300x171.jpeg\" alt=\"Education Behind Bars\" width=\"666\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-1024x585.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-768x439.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-1536x878.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-150x86.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-450x257.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16-1200x686.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-16.jpeg 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p><p>In a milestone judgment, the Supreme Court has confirmed the entitlement of convicted murderers to pursue law courses online, dismissing appeals by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The judgment has raised questions over the rehabilitative function of education and the confines of legal education.<\/p><p>The top court, led by Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, severely reprimanded the BCI&#8217;s opposition, terming it a &#8220;rigid&#8221; mindset that goes against reform. &#8220;Why is BCI opposing a direction like this? This is reformative,&#8221; the bench scolded, highlighting the power of education to transform.<\/p><p>The BCI argued that offering online legal studies to prisoners would set an uncomfortable precedent, since legal education has historically been classroom and experiential. The Supreme Court firmly dismissed this, however, holding that prison education is a key part of rehabilitation and reform.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49a751b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49a751b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a88bed\" data-id=\"9a88bed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4bef96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4bef96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.604px; font-family: 'Public Sans', system-ui, sans-serif; font-weight: var(--title-fw-bold);\">ALSO READ<\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left post-meta-single\"><h1 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/no-maintenance-for-working-wife-rules-supreme-court\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">No Maintenance for Working Wife, Rules Supreme Court<\/span><\/a><\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e170cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e170cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e39267d\" data-id=\"e39267d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbce1e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbce1e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Justice Surya Kant also condemned the interference by the BCI, stating, &#8220;BCI should not interfere at all in legal education. It should be left to jurists and scholars.&#8221; The court also noted that the BCI&#8217;s petition was unduly delayed by 394 days, prejudicing its credibility.<\/p><p>This legal battle began in November 2023 when the Kerala High Court allowed two murder convicts, Pattakka Suresh Babu and V Vinoyi, to study law courses online. The two convicts had cleared entrance exams, and the high court emphasized that education is a fundamental right that cannot be denied to prisoners.<\/p><p>Suresh Babu is pursuing law from KMCT Law College, Kuttipuram, and V Vinoyi is pursuing from Sree Narayana Law College, Poothotta, Ernakulam.<\/p><p>The Supreme Court judgment is a milestone in the thinking regarding the education of prisoners as a rehabilitation process instead of a privilege to be denied. 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