AIBE XXI COP Update: First batch dispatched to State Bar Councils; second phase processing for pending candidates announced
BCI has announced the dispatch status of AIBE XXI COPs and outlined the timeline for the next batch of certificates.
State Bar Councils
Women Candidates Securing 6th & 7th Positions Seek Recall of Supreme Court Order on Bar Council Co-option
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.
BCI must construe existing framework to ensure 30% seats in State Bar Council are occupied by women members: Supreme Court
The Court directed that the complete details by the Bar Council of India to be furnished on 08-12-2025; and clarified that the relevant Rules shall be deemed to have been amended providing making a provision for such reservation.
Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry seeks amendment to raise advocates enrollment fees in a letter to Ministry of Law & Justice
“The financial health of the State Bar Councils is integral to maintaining professional standards, ensuring the independence of the Bar, and enabling the efficient discharge of statutory duties.”
‘There is nothing like optional’; BCI & State Bar Councils cannot collect any ‘optional’ fees: Supreme Court
A contempt petition was filed before the Court alleging that State Bar Councils are not complying with directions given in Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, (2025) 1 SCC 641 with specific allegations for Karnataka State Bar Council.
Making Law Accessible: Gaurav Kumar talks about Landmark SC Enrolment Fees Case
Interviewed by Khushi Kalyani Gautam
Digital Solicitation and Advertising: Everlasting Legal Controversies
by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
“Same-sex marriages against India’s culture and civilization”; BCI opposes Marriage Equality
In an interview, Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Advocate and Chairman, Bar Council of India, called same-sex marriages to be against the culture
IAMC organising conference on the topic “Changing Facets of Arbitration Law”[December 18, 2022]
The International Arbitration & Mediation Centre, Hyderabad in association with Disputandum and Goel & Associates is organizing a conference on the topic
1273 Complaints from State Bar Councils transferred to BCI in last 5 years: SC unimpressed by COVID-19 Pandemic excuse for non-disposal of complaints; Issues Directions
Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has issued a series of directions after it was brought to
BCI | “Last & Final Opportunity”; Details of Practicing Advocates to be supplied as per requirement of SC’s e-Committee by 15th November
Bar Council of India The General Council of the Bar Council of India, as a last and final opportunity, has resolved to