BCI lashes out at Justice Chelameswar after his retirementJustice Chelameswar, who demitted office on June 22, had disapproved of the Centre's decision not to elevate Justice K M Joseph to the Supr...
25 Jun, 2018, 06.40 PM IST
BCI: Lawyer-MPs mustn’t appear before judge facing impeachmentIn a resolution passed by the general council meeting of BCI said MPs and MLAs could not be banned from practising law but they should be r...
01 Apr, 2018, 10.54 AM IST
BCI panel discusses SC crisis with Justice Arun MishraJustice Mishra was assigned by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra a PIL relating to the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, who was hearin...
14 Jan, 2018, 07.57 PM IST
Supreme Court judges, lawyers' bodies hold hectic parleys over top court crisisEarly in the morning, the delegation met Justice R.K. Agrawal and thereafter Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, two days after the four judges went p...
14 Jan, 2018, 04.25 PM IST
Number of fake lawyers across the country to touch the halfway mark, drive continuesVoters are lawyers enrolled with various State Bar Councils to practice law in respective trial courts and the state’s high court. The figu...
23 Jan, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
Central Information Commission pulls up BCI for not following mandatory RTI clauseThe case relates to a woman named K R Chitra who sought to know information relating to inspection of all law colleges and institutions by ...
17 Apr, 2016, 01.22 PM IST
Over 30% of lawyers have fake degrees: Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra“We have implemented the BCI Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules 2015 and have now made it mandatory for all lawyers to ...
25 Feb, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
BCI corruption case: Delhi court orders framing of charges against former officials, othersThe court, however, said no charge of forgery for purpose of cheating and using forged documents as genuine is made out against the accused.
05 Nov, 2015, 03.01 PM IST
30 per cent of lawyers in India are fake, Bar Council chief saysThe two-time BCI chairman expressed concern that thousands of fake law certificates are being issued and thousands of lawyers.
26 Jul, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
Bar Council of India issues show cause notice to lawyers in December 16 caseThe lawyers' apex body took the decision around midnight last night after its executive committee meeting.
07 Mar, 2015, 02.47 PM IST
Bar Council of India issues show cause notices to lawyers for anti-women remarksIn the BBC documentary on the gang rape, Sharma said such incidents of rape are bound to happen if girls go out without proper security.
07 Mar, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
- BCI allows Delhi University's fresh law grads to enrol provisionally
The Bar Council of India (BCI) today allowed fresh law graduates of Delhi University to get themselves provisionally enrolled as advocates.
11 Nov, 2014, 10.28 PM IST
Delhi Bar Council writes to Bar Council of India on uncertain future of DU fresh law graduatesOn September 25, BCI had decided to derecognise DU's law course after it failed to seek timely extension of affiliation of its three centre...
16 Oct, 2014, 08.31 PM IST
Bar Council rejects CJI R M Lodha's plan to keep courts open 365 days a yearHeads of the various state bar councils have rejected Chief Justice of India R M Lodha's suggestion to keep courts open 365 days a year.
06 Jun, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
- Bar Council of India meets Kapil Sibal, threatens nation-wide stir on Higher Education Research Bill
A Bar Council of India delegation met Kapil Sibal & threatened a nation-wide stir if legal education is not taken out of the purview of pro...
01 Jun, 2012, 10.52 PM IST
- Higher Education & Research Bill unconstitutional: Bar Council of India
The Bar Council of India, which has been opposing the Centre's proposed law for regulating legal education, has termed it as unconstitution...
08 May, 2012, 06.05 PM IST
- New code of conduct for lawyers soon: BCI Chairman
The Bar Council of India is framing new guidelines drawn from overseas jurisdictions for ethical conduct of lawyers and would notify the ne...
06 Feb, 2011, 09.13 PM IST