Bar Council of India
Regulating body of lawyers in India
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Bar Council of India (BCI) is a statutory body established under section 4 of the Advocates Act 1961 that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India. Its members are elected from amongst the lawyers in India and represent the Indian bar. It prescribes standards of professional conduct, etiquettes and exercises disciplinary jurisdiction over the bar. It also sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to universities whose law degrees will qualify students to enrol themselves as advocates upon graduation.
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Supreme Court comes to aid of visually impaired aspiring lawyersThe Supreme Court directed the Bar Council of India to facilitate visually impaired law graduates taking the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) using screen reader software and assistive devices. The..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'Academic records tampered': Bar Council removes AAP legal cell head Sanjeev Nasiar, to move CBIThe Bar Council of India (BCI) removed Sanjeev Nasiar, head of AAP’s legal cell, from his Bar Council of Delhi vice chairman position over questions surrounding his 1988 law degree. The BCI ordered a..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Advocates cannot be held liable under Consumer Protection Act: SCThe judgement came on plea filed by bar bodies, such as Bar Council of India, Delhi High Court Bar Association and Bar of Indian Lawyers, and other individuals challenging a 2007 verdict of the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Bar Council of India welcomes three new laws, commends removal of colonial-era ActsIndiaTimes - Published | |
Former Orissa HC CJ, Punjab & Haryana HC judge get Nalsa seatsThe Centre has nominated former Orissa high court chief justice S Muralidhar and sitting Punjab and Haryana high court judge, Justice Arun Palli as members of the National Legal Services Authority. The..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Bar Council moves HC against its ruling on enrolling South Korean as advocateThe Bar Council of India has approached the Delhi High Court to challenge a previous direction to process the enrolment of a South Korean national as an advocate. The BCI argued that foreign lawyers..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court says lawyers’ strike unacceptable, seeks action taken reportThe Supreme Court on Monday frowned upon advocates of the Delhi high court abstaining from work to protest the transfer of Justice Gaurang Kanth to the Calcutta HC, and asked the Bar Council of India..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Bar Council allows overseas law firms entry in some sectorsThe Bar Council of India, the legal profession’s apex regulating body, has decided to allow foreign lawyers and firms to practice in the country in the field of foreign law and international issues..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Legal profession in India opens up for foreign lawyers and law firmsThe Bar Council of India, the apex regulating body of legal profession, has decided to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practice law in the country in the field of foreign law and international..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Bar Council allows foreign lawyers, law firms to practice in IndiaThe Bar Council of India (BCI) has agreed to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practice foreign law in India on a reciprocity basis. However,they will not be entitled to practice law in India..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Lower court judges hesitant to give bail: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud“Higher judiciary is flooded with bail applications due to reluctance at grassroots to grant bail. Judges at the grassroots are reluctant to grant bail not because they do not understand crime but..IndiaTimes - Published |
