The Bar Council of India (BCI) has published the pro-forma undertaking that 2010 graduates will need sign before practising, agreeing to take and pass the bar exam in future.
The BCI website, which had been offline since late last week after a failure to renew the barcouncilofindia.org domain name but went online again yesterday, stated that the undertaking is “to be signed by Advocates who have applied for the All India Bar Examination. Please note that the undertaking must be on notorised affidavits on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs 10/-.”
The affidavit requires state bar council enrolment numbers, law degree and pass-out date, with the undertaking: “I have also applied to the Bar Council of India for appearing in All India Bar Examination now to be held on 6th March 2011. In term of the Resolution No. 100/2010 passed by the Bar Council of India at its meeting held on 20th November 2010, I, undertake that I will practise as an advocate provisionally till I qualify by clearing the All India Bar Examination. I further undertake that in case I do not clear the All India Bar Examination, I will not practise as an advocate before any court in India, until the time I qualify in a succeeding/ subsequent examination.”
The template affidavit that was circulated to state bar councils by the BCI and that was published on the Gujarat bar council’s website earlier this week stated that the undertaking should be on a stamp paper of Rs 100.
In a separate press release the BCI confirmed that the bar exam would be held on 6 March and stated: “The BCI has also decided that all applicants who have filed their applications for the AIBE shall be permitted to practice law in India after furnishing an undertaking to the respective State Bar Councils (SBCs). A copy of the proforma of the undertaking will be available with the SBCs shortly (and on the BCI website), and applicants for the AIBE are required to furnish their undertaking at the SBC where they have enrolled.”
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Having made such a schemozzle of this exam, the least the BCI can do is continue accepting applications until some determined future date.
What happend to the SC's decision, last week SC was supposed to take up the issue (Supreme Court judges may hear bar exam cases this month after all, it is in the related articles 7th topic). It seems that SC is also not interested in this issue. Please try to give us fresh news regarding SC's judgment, when they are going to take up the issue.
It is nearly 6 months we are sitting idle. Why only lawyers that too from this batch, let other lawyers also who is practicing at present must attend the exam until they pass the exam let them stop their practice. This is professional course we already passed the exam and obtained law degree as well as bar council's membership. Why BCI is troubling us. Let them conduct the exam for fresh batch i.e. for three and five years batches. This issue is making us crazy.
So, please give us some good news regarding the cancellation of exam.
Thanks.
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I spoken to Secretary Bar Council of Delhi. They say no need of giving any undertakings. They ask us to carry on as fully fledged Advocate. Could you plese check up with BCD and clarify .
All revolts stopped ?
What Exam ?