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Introduction

The Army Institute of Law (AIL) is a private unaided institute which was established in July 1999 by the  Indian Army under the aegis of the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) at its interim location at Patiala. The Institute is permanently affiliated to The Punjabi University, Patiala and approved by the Bar Council of India. In July 2003, the Institute shifted to its current location at Sector 68, Mohali, Punjab. t. It conducts a five year BA LLB and one year LLM course.

Eligibility

a) Academic Qualification

A candidate who has passed 10+2 examination from Punjab School Education Board or any other equivalent recognized examination securing at least 45% marks is eligible to appear for LET Exam . 

• The applicants who have obtained 10+2 through open university systems directly, without having any basic qualifications for pursuing such studies, are not eligible for admission in Law Courses. 
• The applicants appearing for the qualifying examination in May/June 2022 are allowed to take the Entrance Test – 2022 provisionally, subject to the condition that their candidature shall stand cancelled in case they do not pass the final exams, 2022 with the required percentage of marks.
• Candidates passing the compartment papers of qualifying exam of 10 + 2 subsequently shall not be eligible for admission even if a seat is available.

b) Eligibility Criteria for Wards of Army Personnel

The eligibility criteria is laid down in the AWES Policy. The applicant accordingly must fall under one of the following categories:

i) Army Personnel ( Certificate No. I) 

• Wards of serving Army personnel with minimum 10 years continuous service in the Army to Submit Certificate No. I.
• Wards of Ex-Army personnel granted/awarded regular pension, liberalized family pension, family pension or disability pension at the time of their superannuation, demise, discharge, release medical board/invalided medical board. This includes ward of the recruits who are medically boarded out and granted disability pension to Submit Certificate No. I.
• Wards of Ex-Army personnel who have taken discharge or release after ten years of service to Submit Certificate No. I.

ii) Adopted/Step Ward and Ward of Remarried Widows (Certificate No. I & II)

• Adopted child of Army personnel if adopted at least five years prior to seeking admission to Submit Certificate No. I & II.
• Step Ward are eligible provided they are born from a wedding where at least one parent belonged to the Army who is otherwise eligible to Submit Certificate No. I & II

iii) Eligibility Criteria in Special Cases (Certificate No. III)

• Eligibility criteria for Ward of Ex- Army Medical Corps Officers/Army Dental Corps Officers presently serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force (IN/IAF). Ward of only those Ex- Army Medical Officers/ Army Dental Corps officers presently serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force who have served with the Army for at least 10 years to Submit Certificate No.III.
• Eligibility Criteria for Ward of APS/MNS/TA Personnel
  • Wards of APS personnel classified as ex-serviceman as per Government of India, Ministry of Defense letter No 9 ( 52)/88/D( Res) dated 19th July, 1989 to Submit Certificate No.III.
  • Wards of those APS personnel who are on deputation and who have put in 10 years of service in the Army to Submit Certificate No. III.
  • Ward of APS personnel who are directly recruited into APS who have completed 10 years of service and of those who as per their terms and conditions of service, retired from APS without reversion to P&T Department after completing their minimum pensionable service of which 10 years was in the Army to Submit Certificate No. III.
  • Wards of only those members of MNS who have 10 years service as regular members of MNS or are in receipt of pension from Army to Submit Certificate No. III.
  • Wards of only those TA personnel who have completed 10 years of embodied service to Submit Certificate No. III.

iv) Assam Rifles / ITBP / BSF are NOT eligible for Army Category.

c) Eligibility Criteria for Wards of All India General Category Other than Punjab Residents

Children of citizens of India or persons of Indian origin, who intend to settle permanently in India and have obtained citizenship before admission to AIL. Navy and Air Force Personnel apply under Only in All India General Category. Punjab Residence are not eligible to apply for All India Civil Category.

d) Eligibility Criteria for Wards of Punjab Residents Civil Category

Admission for Children of Punjab Residents Civil Category will be done by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. 

Examination Fee

Rs 3000/- INR

Examination Centres

Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Allahabad, Ambala, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhatinda, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Bikaner, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Gangtok, Gurugram, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hamirpur, Hissar, Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Kota, Lucknow, Meerut, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Pathankot, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Siliguri, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Vadodara, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam

Self Attested Copies of Certificates to be Uploaded along with Online Application Form

• Recent Passport Size Color Photograph (Size less than 80KB)
• Signature (Size less than 80KB)
• Matric Certificate showing Date of Birth (size less than 5MB)
• 10+2 Certificate with Detailed Marks. (size less than5MB).
• Certificate No. I/II/III (Applicable to Wards of Army Personnel).
• Gallantry Award Certificate No. IV (Applicable to Wards of Army Personnel).

Examination

a) Examination Pattern

b) Examination Scheme

The Entrance Test will consist of a paper with 4 sections of two hours duration in a single sitting to be conducted as under:

Selection Process

a) Wards of Army Personnel 

• Admission to wards of Army personnel will be done through the Online Law Entrance Test (LET) conducted by AIL at designated test centres.
• Candidates for both wards of Army personnel and All India General Category will join for online counseling as per merit in the Online Law Entrance Test (LET). Admission will be granted only if the candidate is found eligible on the day of counseling.

c) All India General Category 

• Admission to the All India General Category will be as per merit in the Online Law Entrance Test (LET).
• Candidates for both wards of Army personnel and All India General Category will join for online counseling as per merit in the Online Law Entrance Test (LET). Admission will be granted only if the candidate is found eligible on the day of counseling.

b) Punjab Resident Civil Category

Admission to the Punjab Residents Civil Category will be based on 10+2 merit, drawn up by the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on the basis of centralised online counselling.

Counselling

• After the declaration of the result candidates called for online counselling will send signed scanned copies of all the original documents to the college by 12th July 2022
• Candidates must appear in online counselling on the respective date as notified by the college. Google meet Link for the online counselling will be sent in advance to the candidates. Non-appearance of candidate for counselling will result in the candidate being rendered ineligible and the seat will be offered to the candidate next in merit.
• The admitted students will send the original documents to the Institute within Ten Days of admission. These will be retained by the Institute for registration and verification by Punjabi University, Patiala.
• Candidates who are offered admission will have to deposit the fees in full within 48 hours. No delayed/part payment will be acceptable.

Submission of Documents

After the declaration of result of LET 2022, first 130 candidates in order of merit of Army Category and 20 candidates in order of merit of All India General Category will be called for Online Counselling. Following documents will be submitted as per the details given below:-

Original Certificates to be Submitted to the College by 12th July, 2022

• Matric certificate giving details of Date of Birth
• 10+2 pass Certificate with detailed marks.
• Character Certificate
• Migration Certificate
• Category Certificate (download certificate from Prospectus)
• Gallantry Award Certificate, Applicable to Wards of Army Personnel (download certificate from Prospectus)
• Medical Fitness Certificate (download certificate from Prospectus)
• Willingness Certificate (download certificate from Prospectus)
• An affidavit by Father/Mother/Guardian stating whether or not their ward has studied Punjabi at the Matriculation level. (in case the wards is above eighteen years of age the affidavit shall be signed by him/her).
• It is mandatory for students who have cleared their 10+2 Examination from Education Boards other than Punjab, Haryana, Himachal & CBSE/ICSE to produce an Eligibility Certificate from Punjabi University, Patiala at the time of admission.
• Digital photograph with light blue/white background to be provided by the candidate. Selected candidate will send (5) photographs by post to the Institute.
• One Photograph of Parents, Family Members & Local Guardians.
• Affidavit/Certificate for Punjab Resident Civil Category (please Refer Appendix at page viii)
• Anti Ragging Undertaking to be submitted by admitted students. Refer page no. viii-ix

Prospectus

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