Bar Council of India

Bar Council of India
Statutory body overview
Formed1961; 63 years ago (1961)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Statutory body executives
  • Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman
  • S. Prabakaran, Vice Chairman
  • Satish Abarao Deshmukh, Co-chairman
Websitewww.barcouncilofindia.org
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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.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "About the Bar Council of India". Bar Council of India. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ "The Indian Legal Profession" (PDF). President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Advocates Act, 1961" (PDF). Parliament of India. 1961. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.