Graduates & Bar Exam

BCI to release Sunday’s AIBE-IX results in eight weeks

Sunday’s All India Bar Exam’s (AIBE-IX) results will be released tentatively before 15 April, the Bar Council of India (BCI) notified on its website today.

All India Bar Exam (AIBE): SC consti bench to probe 13-petition mega challenge vs BCI test next week with KKV assist [UPDATE–I]

AIBE: delayed on schedule
AIBE: delayed on schedule
Senior advocate KK Venugopal was appointed a friend of the court in the 13-petition challenge to the Bar Council of India’s All India Bar Examination (AIBE) listed today, before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court.

China to reform legal profession qualification system

Chinese authorities have pledged to reform the country’s qualification system for those who want to enter the legal profession. A statement jointly issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council on Sunday said the system will be improved...

Scoop: BCI quietly extends dodgy bar exam contract with ITES Horizon again as AIBE postponed 3 months

The Bar Council of India (BCI) renewed its dubiously awarded bar exam contract to underperforming exam agency ITES Horizon, without a public tender of the contract and without holding a council meeting for members’ consensus on the renewal.

BCI announces 9th AIBE: 13 December 2015 ('tentatively' 7 months after 8th)

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced on the official All India Bar Exam (AIBE) website that the ninth bar exam would probably be held on 13 December 2015: Examination Date AIBE-IX (Notification No: AIBE/WS/065) (31st Aug, 2015) The tentative Examination Date for AIBE-IX is 13 Dec,2015.Online...

AIBE 8 results are out, 6 weeks after bar exam

The results for the eighth All India Bar Exam (AIBE) have been published on the official AIBE website.

RTI’d minutes of BCI reveal how multi-crore bar exam contract was awarded to mystery 5th bidder ITeS Horizon #longread

ITES Horizon: ca 2012
ITES Horizon: ca 2012
The BCI’s 2012 meeting minutes regarding the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) have revealed details of the process by which the contract to conduct the fourth and subsequent AIBEs was awarded to ITeS Horizon.

CIC orders BCI to publish all past All India Bar Exam (AIBE) question papers online

“The Central Information Commission has directed the Bar Council of India to proactively post on its website the question papers and keys of the All India CIC Bar Examination for the benefit of young lawyers,” reported the PTI . Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu said: It is reported that ar...

Surprise: Council decides to postpone bar exam (AIBE) by TWO+ months to 24 May 2015 [UPDATE-1: Schedule released]

The eighth All India Bar Exam (AIBE) has been postponed from its scheduled date of 15 March 2015 to 24 May 2015 “as per the Council decision”

AIBE takers in Jammu & Kashmir get raincheck

Candidates taking tomorrow’s All India Bar Exam (AIBE) in Jammu & Kashmir don’t have to turn up tomorrow because of heavy rain, said a notice on the official website: “Due to heavy rain in Jammu & Kashmir area, if any candidate is not able to appear for the AIBE-VII Examination on 7th Sep,...

Only 1 of 160 pass latest Bombay solicitors exam outright (4 more slip through on grace)

Only five candidates out of 160, or 3 per cent, have passed the latest Bombay Incorporated Law Society (BILS) solicitors exam. No first time test takers passed this time, said BILS examiner in charge Dawood Mandviwala, adding that out of the five who did pass, four had barely passed on the “border l...

Bar Exam 7 registration date extended to 13 August

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has extended the registration date for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) to 13 August, according to a notice dated today (25 July) on the official AIBE website. Registrations were scheduled to end today after the bar exam date was postponed to 7 September 2014.

RTI reveals: BCI & contractor made record Rs 10+ cr out of 2 bar exams in 2012/13 as pass rates rose to highest ever levels

AIBE
AIBE
In the fourth and fifth All India Bar Exams (AIBE), 80 per cent and 73 per cent respectively passed the exam out of a total of 58,631 applicants.

All India Bar Exam 7 postponed by a month after delayed web redesign; Fees doubled in 2 years

aibewebsite
aibewebsite
The All India Bar Exam (AIBE) run by the Bar Council of India (BCI) has been postponed for a month after a delayed website redesign.

At least 700 candidates who sat for 2012 bar exam still await practice certificate

AIBE
AIBE
Certificates of practice (COP) for 784 candidates who sat the 4th AIBE in 2012, have been withheld because of “incomplete documentation”.

Next All India Bar Exam (AIBE): ‘Conducted tentatively’ on 29 June 2014

AIBE
AIBE
Less than two weeks after publishing the results of the sixth All India Bar Exam (AIBE), the Bar Council of India (BCI) has now announced a “tentative” date for the seventh AIBE on its website.

Indians with foreign law degrees might have to pay US$2,000 to BCI to qualify here

BCI: Dollars
BCI: Dollars
The Bar Council of India (BCI) is considering a proposal to charge $2,000 each to Indian nationals with foreign law degrees who are looking to qualify in India.

Breaking: All India Bar Exam (AIBE) fails can re-check answer sheets by paying Rs 200

AIBE
AIBE
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced on the the official All India Bar Exam (AIBE) website that candidates can get their answer sheets rechecked for a Rs 200 fee until 26 March.

BCI to hold six-day exam for tiny handful of Indian nationals holding foreign law degrees on 24 March

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced the sixth Qualifying Examination for the Indian Nationals holding Foreign Law Degrees to take place between 24 and 29 March 2014 in Delhi over six exam papers [ BCI notice ] Only three candidates sat for the fourth edition of the exam in 2012, with only o...

Bar Exam VI results now actually available over hidden link

The results for the sixth All India Bar Exam (AIBE) are now accessible, according to Legally India reader reports.