Jahanvi Agarwal The Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to halt admissions for seven law schools for the 2024-25 academic year. This move aims to address the proliferation of substandard law colleges across India. Four of these colleges are Read more
Radhika Mittal The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a transformative circular on May 20, mandating significant reforms for all Centers for Legal Education (CLEs) in the country. These reforms, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for modernizing Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a significant recommendation, the Parliamentary Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has proposed new guidelines for lawyers’ pro bono work. It was suggested that the Bar Council of India (BCI) mandate every lawyer to engage Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 15th, the Bar Council of India offered to conduct the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) for law school admissions. The BCI stated that it has a mechanism to conduct the test in different regional languages, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Kerala High Court Judge Justice A Muhamed Mustaque, in his inaugural address for the “Juris Trailblazers” on Sunday, had remarked that, “Bar council members are dictating the syllabus. This is the biggest tragedy we are facing in Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India reserved its judgment in a plea that was discussing the power of the Bar Council of India (BCI) to regulate matters pertaining to enrolment as an advocate. Advocate Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Hours before the Supreme Court agreed to consider a Writ Petition challenging the non-declaration of the result even after the passage of more than five months, the Bar Council of India announced the results of the “18th Bar Read more
Anadi Tewari In a letter-petition (dated: 07 May 2021), the Bar Council of India has moved before the Supreme Court seeking directions from the top court in order to reduce the sufferings and miseries of the affected lawyers and their Read more