{
  "id": 6706776,
  "title": "SC Upholds 50% Seat Cut At Mumbai Law Colleges, Citing Faculty Shortage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/sc-upholds-50-seat-cut-at-mumbai-law-colleges-citing-faculty-shortage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T03:58:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/sc-upholds-50-seat-cut-at-mumbai-law-colleges-citing-faculty-shortage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court's dismissal of a PIL challenging Mumbai University's decision to halve the sanctioned intake at several affiliated law colleges, putting the spotlight on faculty shortages and academic standards in legal education. The university had decided to reduce intake by 50% in three-year and five-year LLB programmes at around…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}