New Delhi, April 16 -- A PIL was filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India to set up an expert committee for exploring the feasibility to have a three-year LLB course, instead of existing five-year one, after class 12.

At present, students can get admitted to a five-year integrated law course after class 12 through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), adopted by the premier National Law Universities (NLUs). Students can also pursue a three-year LLB course after graduating in any discipline.

The plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay said it was "seeking direction to the Centre and Bar Council of India to form an expert committee to ascertain the feasibility of starting three-year...