Articles tagged with: Bar Council of India (BCI)
AIBE VIII to be held on 15 March 2015
The All Indian Bar Examination (AIBE VIII) will be held on the 15 March 2015, reported Bar & Bench, quoting BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra.
Candidates will be able to apply online from tomorrow. AIBE VII was held on 7 September and its results were declared in November.
BCI to submit Delhi University law fac report by January
The Bar Council of India (BCI) would submit its report on the possible re-accreditation of Delhi University in the first week of January 2015, the BCI secretary told the Delhi high court today in a writ petition challenging the disaffiliation of Delhi University’s law schools , reported the Economic...
3 lawyers file RTIs for BCI minutes; LI files appeal over Mishra’s decision to hide BCI documents [UPDATE-1]
Legally India yesterday made an appeal under the Right to Information (RTI) Act against Friday’s (12 December) decision by the BCI chairman to retract the BCI’s reply to an RTI request to inspect its meeting minutes. BCI co-chairman Manan Kumar Mishra had said the BCI would not allow copying of all ...
LI asks BCI chairman MK Mishra why he’s trying to hide BCI minutes: Listen to his response
In two years, number of law schools increased from 800 to 1,200: Now BCI hopes to put brake on mushrooming epidemic
BCI to raise big law school inspection fee to Rs 3 lakh as regulator to seek government funding
The Bar Council of India (BCI) plans to double the inspection fee for national law universities and law schools in metropolitan cities to Rs 3 lakh, while keeping the amount constant at Rs 1.5 lakh for other law schools.
Allahabad HC dismisses writ: Too soon to challenge BCI anti-youngster rule (but leaves door ajar for click of mouse)
The Allahabad high court today dismissed as premature, a writ challenging the Bar Council of India’s yet-to-be enforced Rule 7 that bars advocates with less than five years of lower court experience from practicing in the Supreme Court. RMLNLU Lucknow student Anubhav Verma was the lead petitioner in...
In defence of a young bar: Why the BCI can’t & shouldn’t shut young lawyers out of courts
Supreme Court advocate Nipun Saxena argues for a young bar and why the Bar Council of India (BCI) should not curtail the practice of young lawyers any further.
HC admits writ against BCI anti-youngster rules, BCI to respond by January
The Madras high court today admitted 23-year-old lawyer Akshay Mani’s writ challenging the new Bar Council of India (BCI) restriction on the right to practice before the apex and higher courts. Mani’s counsel Naveen Kumar Murthi told Legally India that Mani’s challenge to the new BCI rule barring ad...
BCI anti-youngster rules challenged in Madras HC writ
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras high court by a 23-year-old lawyer against the Constitutional Validity of Rule 7 of the Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules 2014 that were introduced earlier this month and, if approved, would effectively ban advocates without several year...
DU alum DHC judge issues notice to BCI over DU disaffiliation
The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought responses of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Delhi Bar Council (DBC) on a plea challenging the regulator’s order barring DU law graduates from being enrolled as advocates. Justice Manmohan issued notices to BCI, DBC, Delhi University (DU) and its Faculty of L...
Dismissed: CJI unimpressed with BCI plea to ban enrolment of lawyers older than 45
The Supreme Court Tuesday unequivocally rejected arguments by Bar Council of India (BCI) counsel Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad to set an upper age limit for graduates to enrol as lawyers, reported the Indian Express . The BCI had sought to a rule to prevent graduates older than 45 from enrolling as law...
BCI blinks, allows DU grads to provisionally enrol, pending final call
The Bar Council of India (BCI) yesterday notified Delhi University that it’s graduates would be allowed to enroll provisionally as lawyers, in a letter sent under the BCI’s previous chairman Biri Singh Sinsinwar, who was replaced on Saturday by his predecessor Manan Kumar Mishra, reported the PTI . ...
BCI bans newbie advocates from SC unless have 5 years of lower court experience (+ 5-yearly practice renewal) [UPDATE-1]
5 ideas that are radical (but shouldn’t be) to save our legal profession, education & the BCI
MK Mishra back as BCI chairman with Madras senior S Prabakaran as co-chair
The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Sunday re-elected the Bihar state bar council representative Manan Kumar Mishra back into chairmanship of the BCI, afterRajasthan member Biri Singh Sinsinwar occupied the post from April having succeeded Mishra, reported the Deccan Chronicle . Madras high court seni...
AIBE VII results are out (but Delhi certificates of practice still MIA after 10 months)
Results of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) VII, held on 7 September, have been declared by the Bar Council of India (BCI) on the official AIBE website . Lawyers enrolled with the Delhi bar council (DBC) who passed the sixth AIBE, held on 19 January 2014, have not yet been given a certificate of...
Kerala bar council wants to ban lawyers from speaking to journalists
The Kerala bar council is discussing plans to ban all lawyers from talking to the media about their own cases under the anti-advertising rule 36 of the Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules, which could be implemented after a meeting soon, reported the Deccan Chronicle . The rule states that advocates mu...
DU to merge all 3 law campuses into one as students demand better infra at BCI inspection
The Delhi University (DU) has submitted a proposal to the Delhi high court for construction of a single campus for the three law schools under its umbrella that are currently operating from separate buildings, reported The Hindu and others. The new building, 75 per cent of which is allegedly ready, ...
BCI inspects DU law centres (which get emergency paintjob?)
The Bar Council of India (BCI) today inspected beleagured Delhi University’s three law centres.