Bar Council of West Bengal

Bar Council of West Bengal
Statutory body overview
Formed1961; 63 years ago (1961)
HeadquartersCity Civil Court Building, Kolkatta
Statutory body executives
  • Shri Ashok Kumar Deb[1], President
  • Shri Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay, Vice-Chairman
Websitehttp://wbbarcouncil.org/member.php

Bar Council of West Bengal is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of West Bengal. It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act, 1961 and Bar Council of India. In March 1953, S. R. Das as head of the 'All India Bar Committee', proposed the creation of the apex body as an All-India Bar Council and Bar council at state levels and submitted a report to the Central Government of India. Members of the Bar Council are elected from among members enrolled and practicing as lawyers practicing law in the state of West Bengal[2][3] and they represent the state in Bar Council of India meetings.[4][5] Bar Council of a place designs standards of professional conduct to be followed by members, and designs etiquettes and has the power to enforce disciplinary guidelines over the members of bar council.

  1. ^ "The Bar Council of West Bengal :: Elected Members". wbbarcouncil.org. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ "West Bengal Bar Council urges CJI to remove Calcutta high court's acting CJ". The Times of India. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ^ Rajaram, Prema (28 June 2021). "Bar Council of West Bengal writes to CJI, seeks removal of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal". India Today. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ Sahay, Shiv (28 June 2021). "West Bengal Bar Council seeks removal of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Bengal Bar Council seeks removal of Calcutta HC's acting chief justice, says he is 'partial, biased'". Scroll.in. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.