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As reported yesterday, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore is likely to introduce a 50 per cent state domicile reservation..The 2017 National Law School of India University (Amendment) Bill was tabled by Karnataka Law Minister TB Jayachandra yesterday. The Bill has been passed in the state legislative assembly, but is yet to receive assent in the legislative council..The Bill seeks to amend Section 4 of the NLSIU Act so as to reserve not less than fifty per cent seats for resident students of Karnataka..It is also interesting to note that the Statement of Objects provides for reservation of not less than 30% seats for students from the state, while the final Bill provides for 50%..The term “resident student of Karnataka” means:.(i) A student who or either of whose parents has resided in the state of Karnataka for a period of not less than ten years preceding the qualifying examination; and.(ii) A student who has studied in any one of the recognized educational institutions in the State for a period of not less than seven years preceding the qualifying examination..A total of 80 seats are currently up for grabs at the country’s first national law university. 57 of these are reserved for general category students. It remains to be seen whether the University will increase its intake should the legislation go through..As pointed out earlier, NLSIU was one of the few remaining CLAT law schools to have no state domicile reservation. If the Bill gets passed, only NLU Jodhpur and NLU Odisha will have that distinction..Read the Bill: