You may have noticed that Legally India’s once-much-beloved newsletter of 122 issues had sadly been on a multi-year hiatus. Well, it’s back.

Last year the Bar Council of India (BCI) rejected a lawyer’s right to information (RTI) request and appeal on the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) by simply not answering the majority of queries.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) requires lawyers who take the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) to waive their statutory and fundamental rights.

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 ...

This is a short story and video of how LI tried and failed getting the BCI chairman to be more transparent.