Delhi HC stops Bar Council of India from acting against Dentons Link Legal for foreign tie-upThe Delhi High Court has barred the Bar Council of India (BCI) from taking final action against Dentons Link Legal over its alliance with g...
21 Aug, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
BCI rebukes SILF over opposition to foreign law firm entry, reaffirms commitment to legal reformThe Bar Council of India (BCI) has strongly refuted claims made by the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) regarding the entry of foreign la...
29 Jun, 2025, 11.15 PM IST
Rules amended for entry of foreign legal firmsThe Bar Council of India has amended rules to permit foreign lawyers and law firms to practice international law in India on a reciprocal b...
14 May, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
Bar Council of India allows foreign lawyers, firms to practice in India on reciprocity basisThe Bar Council of India has amended its rules to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practice foreign law in India on a reciprocity bas...
14 May, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
Global law firms' India entry plans hit regulatory hurdleThe Bar Council of India and the Law Society of England and Wales discussed allowing foreign law firms in India. Despite initial excitement...
29 Jul, 2024, 06.49 AM IST
China's version of Neuralink unveiled at tech forumBeijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology unveiled Neucyber, a BCI implant similar to Neuralink's tech. It enables a monkey to control a robotic arm...
25 Apr, 2024, 12.34 PM IST
Earmarked 500 law colleges which are sub-standard, surprise inspections to be done: BCI to Supreme CourtIn an affidavit filed in a matter related to reforms in legal education and placements of young lawyers, the BCI said that it is constituti...
15 Apr, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
Competition Commission of India dismisses complaint against Bar Council of IndiaThe complaint was regarding the BCI rules that impose maximum age restrictions for new entrants into the legal education. It was also alleg...
21 Jan, 2021, 03.07 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
Foreign law firms case: Will step in if BCI fails to frame rules, say CentreThe BCI, on its part, said it was willing to frame rules to allow foreign firms on the basis of reciprocity, but did not want to give forei...
11 Jan, 2018, 08.17 AM IST
No proposal to regulate fee charged by lawyers: GovernmentThere is no proposal pending before the government or the Bar Council of India to regulate the fee charged by advocates, Lok Sabha was info...
05 May, 2016, 04.51 PM IST
Will inquire into Patiala House court violence: Bar Council of India tells SCIn an affidavit submitted to the top court the BCI condemned the attack on journalists and tended an apology to the media.
22 Feb, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
DU's law centres inspected, report by January 2015: Bar Council of India to High CourtBCI's response came during the hearing of a PIL seeking setting aside of a notification barring fresh law graduates of DU from being enroll...
17 Dec, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
- Foreign law firms can't open liaison offices in India, SC to RBI
e Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Reserve Bank of India not to allow foreign law firms to open liaison offices in the country.
05 Jul, 2012, 02.10 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
- Lawyers can advertise on Internet, BCI tells Supreme Court
Lawyers, like other professionals, are now free to advertise their services on Internet as the Bar Council of India informed the Supreme Co...
28 Jul, 2008, 07.05 PM IST