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The Court remarked that, “State Bar Council being regulatory body has the heavy burden to see that junior advocates are paid stipend for maintaining their expenses and transportation.”
The Court also directed the Bar Council to publish the list of advocates who have since qualified AIBE and keep the District Judiciary informed, given the ramifications if similar defaults recur.
The question before the Court was whether candidates who had obtained their preceding degrees through open or correspondence mode but subsequently completed a 3-year regular LLB from recognised universities, could be provisionally enrolled as advocates pending final adjudication on Rule 5, Rules of Legal Education, 2008.
BCI has announced the dispatch status of AIBE XXI COPs and outlined the timeline for the next batch of certificates.
The Court observed that both parties had “occupied the time of the Bar Council of India, a High Court and this Court for eleven years”, time, it noted, “that belonged to other litigants, waiting for reliefs they genuinely need.”
Two women candidates securing the 6th and 7th positions in Bar Council elections have urged reconsideration of the co-option mechanism, stressing natural justice, electoral representation and meaningful participation of women advocates.
For practicing in High Court such advocates having a provisional enrolment certificate issued by Bar Council of U.P. must also have provisional advocate roll of High Court, Allahabad or Lucknow
The Court held that while mere registration of an FIR does not attach stigma and every accused is presumed innocent, the increasing criminal cases involving practising advocates warrant institutional attention and policy consideration by the Bar Councils.
BCI has directed all Universities imparting legal education to conduct comprehensive physical inspections of every Centre of Legal Education within six weeks, discontinue impermissible weekend and evening law programmes, and verify compliance with the Rules of Legal Education, 2008.
Can these reforms redefine the future of the legal profession? Following the Supreme Court’s judgment in Ajay Vijh v. Indian Banks Association, the
The Court called for a shift from occasional seminars to continuous professional learning and proposed a full-time National Legal Academy to strengthen advocates’ skills, ethics, technological competence, and long-term development.
The instant dispute arose from Canara Bank’s allegation that the appellant’s legal opinion wrongly certified the entire mortgaged property as belonging to the guarantor, despite prior sale deeds affecting part of it. The Bank treated the alleged omission in title verification as negligence that exposed it to financial risk.
BCI has announced the 24th Qualifying Examination for Indian nationals with foreign law degrees, to be held from 15 July to 21 July 2026.
The Bar Council of India has issued an urgent interim order suspending Advocate Samarth Singh following serious allegations of dowry death and cruelty in connection with his wife’s death.
BCI has revised Chapter III of BCI Uniform Rules (and Guidelines) for the elections of Bar Councils, 2016, removing artificial distinction and restoring fair participation for Bar Association office-bearers.
“The Registrar Generals of all the High Courts are hereby directed to communicate this order and submit a report along with the details of the Bar Associations that have failed to comply with the order or are reluctant to comply with these directions.”
BCI has formally clarified that the three-year moratorium on law colleges has ended, and approvals will now be decided through inspections under the Rules of Legal Education, 2008.
The Court grimly noted that hooliganism shown by the members of Barabanki Bar Association, stating that Bar Council of India is expected to take appropriate action. The Court also transferred the case to Tis Hazari Courts to ensure fair trial.
BCI has announced the syllabus of AIBE XXI examination followed by the announcement of examination schedule.