The plea says that though representations had been made to the Bar Council of India BCI to consider introducing RTE Act as a compulsory subject, they were unanswered. A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to consider introducing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act as a compulsory subject for students in law colleges and universities. The public interest litigation filed by Social Jurist, a civil rights group, is listed on Tuesday before a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad. The plea claims that RTE Act is a “key child’s right” for the education and development of all children in society and unfortunately it has not been implemented in its true letter and spirit. The plea states that the “justiciability of the right to education places a great responsibility on lawyers – for lawyers alone can take violations to court”. With respect to a child, it places an additional responsibility on the legal education system to ensure that lawyers are familiarised with the manner in which this right is to be provided so that its violation can be recognised, the plea contends. The plea says that law students are not taught about the enactment and BCI under the Bar Council of India Rules is empowered with the responsibility of prescribing compulsory subjects in law colleges and universities. The plea states that representations had been made to the BCI on February 15 to consider introducing RTE Act as a compulsory subject in the curriculum before the next academic year, however, the same went unanswered. Copies of the representation were also sent to Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. “The petitioner begs to challenge the impugned actions/inactions on the part of the respondent on the following amongst other,” the plea states. The plea further contends that the inaction on BCI’s part violates the fundamental right to education “guaranteed to lakhs of children” under Articles 14 (equality before law), 21(right to life) and 21-A (right to education) of the Constitution of India as well as the provisions of the RTE Act.