Bar Council of India

Regulating body of lawyers in India

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Bar Council of India (BCI) is a statutory body established under section 4 of the Advocates Act 1961 that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India. Its members are elected from amongst the lawyers in India and represent the Indian bar. It prescribes standards of professional conduct, etiquettes and exercises disciplinary jurisdiction over the bar. It also sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to universities whose law degrees will qualify students to enrol themselves as advocates upon graduation.

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Bar Council of India welcomes three new laws, commends removal of colonial-era Acts IndiaTimes - Published on January 3, 2024
Former Orissa HC CJ, Punjab & Haryana HC judge get Nalsa seats The Centre has nominated former Orissa high court chief justice S Muralidhar and sitting Punjab and Haryana high court judge, Justice Arun Palli as members of the National Legal Services Authority. The.. IndiaTimes - Published on November 4, 2023
Bar Council moves HC against its ruling on enrolling South Korean as advocate The Bar Council of India has approached the Delhi High Court to challenge a previous direction to process the enrolment of a South Korean national as an advocate. The BCI argued that foreign lawyers.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 18, 2023

Supreme Court says lawyers’ strike unacceptable, seeks action taken report The Supreme Court on Monday frowned upon advocates of the Delhi high court abstaining from work to protest the transfer of Justice Gaurang Kanth to the Calcutta HC, and asked the Bar Council of India.. IndiaTimes - Published on July 17, 2023
Bar Council allows overseas law firms entry in some sectors The Bar Council of India, the legal profession’s apex regulating body, has decided to allow foreign lawyers and firms to practice in the country in the field of foreign law and international issues.. IndiaTimes - Published on March 15, 2023
Legal profession in India opens up for foreign lawyers and law firms The Bar Council of India, the apex regulating body of legal profession, has decided to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practice law in the country in the field of foreign law and international.. IndiaTimes - Published on March 15, 2023

Bar Council allows foreign lawyers, law firms to practice in India The Bar Council of India (BCI) has agreed to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practice foreign law in India on a reciprocity basis. However,they will not be entitled to practice law in India.. IndiaTimes - Published on March 15, 2023
Lower court judges hesitant to give bail: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud “Higher judiciary is flooded with bail applications due to reluctance at grassroots to grant bail. Judges at the grassroots are reluctant to grant bail not because they do not understand crime but.. IndiaTimes - Published on November 20, 2022
Bar Council of India: Will frame rules to punish striking lawyers IndiaTimes - Published on August 27, 2021
Form special force to guard courts, judges: Bar Council of India Referring to the killing of a judge in Jharkhand and crimes committed frequently within court premises across the country and clashes between lawyers and police, the Bar Council of India, the apex.. IndiaTimes - Published on August 24, 2021