Karnataka Bar Council stops enrolment of law graduates from outside the State, over concerns of fake degrees
2 months ago

Karnataka Bar Council stops enrolment of law graduates from outside the State, over concerns of fake degrees

The Hindu  

The Karnataka State Bar Council has temporarily withheld the enrolment of advocates who procured their three-year law degrees from other States after the number of candidates who sought enrolment with fake degrees increased recently. “Last month, we found out that 112 advocates had produced fake degrees and all of them were from Delhi. While the KSBC directs advocates graduating from other States to take the bar exam in those respective districts and transfer to Karnataka, the advocates reportedly refuse. Criticising the council’s move, Supreme Court and High Court advocate Brijesh Kalappa said: “There is no guarantee whatsoever that candidates cannot forge documents of non-existent colleges or procure fake degrees from within the State of Karnataka.

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Bar Council of India has mandated criminal background checks on law students by universities: BCI Vice Chairman
1 month ago

Bar Council of India has mandated criminal background checks on law students by universities: BCI Vice Chairman

The Hindu  

The Bar Council of India is in a pro-active mode to address the concerns about about any criminal antecedents of practicing and prospective lawyers. That’s why the Bar Council issued circulars in September 2024 making it mandatory for law students to declare their criminal antecedents, if any, while making the concerned legal education institutions equally accountable to check the background …

University Need Not Insist On +2 Passing Certificate To Determine Eligibility For 3-Yrs LLB Course If Student Produces First Degree: Karnataka HC
2 months, 2 weeks ago

University Need Not Insist On +2 Passing Certificate To Determine Eligibility For 3-Yrs LLB Course If Student Produces First Degree: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that the question of considering Higher Secondary pass certificate for admission to LLB course would be irrelevant so long as the candidates were to have a First degree issued by any recognised University. A single judge Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while allowing the petition filed by one Rakesh Shetty and said “In respect …

Can Graduates Of 3-Year LLB Correspondence Course Enrol As Advocates? Supreme Court To Consider
3 months, 1 week ago

Can Graduates Of 3-Year LLB Correspondence Course Enrol As Advocates? Supreme Court To Consider

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider whether a law graduate of a 3-year LLB Course be allowed to enrol with the State Bar Council if s/he obtained an undergraduate degree through correspondence. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale was hearing a challenge to the order of the Telangana High Court which refused to allow Bar …

Ineligibility To Pursue 3-Yr LLB Course Was Raised After Graduation: Plea In Bombay HC Challenges State Bar Council's Denial Of Enrolment
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ineligibility To Pursue 3-Yr LLB Course Was Raised After Graduation: Plea In Bombay HC Challenges State Bar Council's Denial Of Enrolment

Live Law  

A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court against the Bar Council of Maharashtra's decision to deny sanad/enrolment to a law graduate who completed a 3-year LLB on the ground that her aggregate marks in bachelor's degree prior to LLB were less than 45% aggregate marks. The Bar Council of Maharashtra denied the petitioner's enrolment in view of …

6K Law Graduates Awaiting Enrolment: Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State Bar Council To Enrol Them Provisionally Within Two-Weeks
3 months, 3 weeks ago

6K Law Graduates Awaiting Enrolment: Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State Bar Council To Enrol Them Provisionally Within Two-Weeks

Live Law  

In what comes as a relief to around six thousand law graduates, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State Bar Council to provisionally enrol lawyers within a two-week time, subject to the verification to be done by the Council. Uske baad isme poore nahi the nomination forms toh uski scrutiny karke uski jaanch karke jitney bhi completed …

Provide Current Status Of Affiliation Of Law Universities/Colleges On Website: Karnataka High Court To BCI
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Provide Current Status Of Affiliation Of Law Universities/Colleges On Website: Karnataka High Court To BCI

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bar Council of India, to provide details regarding the current status of affiliation of universities, college names etc on its website. A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj said “The Bar Council of India is directed to add the following columns, the date on which an application for extension of affiliation is …

State Bar Council Has No Authority To Question Law Degree Certificate On Grounds Of Ineligibility To Obtain Certificate: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

State Bar Council Has No Authority To Question Law Degree Certificate On Grounds Of Ineligibility To Obtain Certificate: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the Karnataka State Bar Council refusing to enroll a government servant who pursued a law degree while being in service and sought enrollment after his retirement on the ground that he did not submit any documents to show that he has attended the classes conducted by the college. To …

LLB Admissions: Telangana High Court Asks State Bar Council To Furnish List Of Aggrieved Aspirants Graduated Via Distant Or Regular Mode
1 year, 7 months ago

LLB Admissions: Telangana High Court Asks State Bar Council To Furnish List Of Aggrieved Aspirants Graduated Via Distant Or Regular Mode

Live Law  

Telangana High Court has ordered the State Bar Council to file, in a tabular format, the modes in which various students have completed their +2/graduation education to determine whether the students are eligible for LLB qualification and subsequently to enrol as an advocate. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T Vinod Kumar was hearing a batch …

Domicile Not A Condition For Enrolment With State Bar Council, Only Bar Council Of Delhi Insisting For It: BCI To Delhi High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Domicile Not A Condition For Enrolment With State Bar Council, Only Bar Council Of Delhi Insisting For It: BCI To Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has told the Delhi High Court that domicile of a law graduate is not a condition for enrolment with a State Bar Council as per law and that no other State Bar Council except Bar Council of Delhi has it as a requirement. “…the Bar Council of India vide email dated 10 May 2023 sent …

Legal Profession Will Become Outdated If You Don’t Reconsider Existing Structure Of LLB Courses: Delhi High Court To Bar Council Of India
2 years, 2 months ago

Legal Profession Will Become Outdated If You Don’t Reconsider Existing Structure Of LLB Courses: Delhi High Court To Bar Council Of India

Live Law  

Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Bar Council of India to consider combining other subjects with the law courses to increase diversity of knowledge in the legal field.“You could consider giving combination courses like biology with law, physics or chemistry with law. Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Bar Council of India to consider combining other subjects with …

Allowing Foreign National To Practice Law In India : Bar Council Of India Seeks Views Of State Bar Councils
2 years, 6 months ago

Allowing Foreign National To Practice Law In India : Bar Council Of India Seeks Views Of State Bar Councils

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has sought the views of the State Bar Councils seeking their views regarding allowing a Korean citizen, who completed law education in India, to enrol as an advocate in India. Putting forward the appeal of Mr. Daeyoung Jung, the Bar Council through the letter informs that he is a Korean National who has obtained the …

Punjab & Haryana Bar Body Restrains 140 'Advocates' Allegedly Found With Forged & Fabricated Enrollment Certificates From Practising
2 years, 7 months ago

Punjab & Haryana Bar Body Restrains 140 'Advocates' Allegedly Found With Forged & Fabricated Enrollment Certificates From Practising

Live Law  

The Bar Council Of Punjab and Haryana this week restrained 140 people who were practising law from appearing in any court of law after the bar body found them guilty of "possessing forged and fabricated enrolment certificates". The bar body called it a scam and a classic case after it found them of possessing forged and fictitious Enrollment Certificates and …

Can Permit Law Graduates In Other Jobs To Provisionally Enrol As Advocates On Undertaking To Resign In 6 Months After Clearing AIBE: BCI Tells SC
2 years, 7 months ago

Can Permit Law Graduates In Other Jobs To Provisionally Enrol As Advocates On Undertaking To Resign In 6 Months After Clearing AIBE: BCI Tells SC

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has passed a resolution, granting a 6-months window to law graduates to quit their jobs after declaration of result of the All India Bar Examination for enrollment as an Advocate. The suggestion was put forth by Amicus Curiae Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan in BCI's appeal against a judgment of the Gujarat High Court, which allowed …

Empanelment Of Advocates/Law Firms At Mangalore University
3 years, 1 month ago

Empanelment Of Advocates/Law Firms At Mangalore University

Live Law  

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Kerala Woman Appears for Cases, Wins Bar Elections Without Law Degree, Now Absconding
3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala Woman Appears for Cases, Wins Bar Elections Without Law Degree, Now Absconding

News 18  

A woman in Kerala’s Alappuzha district managed to allegedly dupe the entire legal system and practice as an advocate for two years without an LLB degree and without having enrolled in the state bar council. According to Live Law, which reported the incident, the woman had managed to dupe the bar by working as a junior advocate in a well …

Gujarat High Court Allows Persons Having Full Time/Part Time Jobs Having Law Degree To Get Enrolled, Enrolment Certificate Shall Be Withheld
4 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat High Court Allows Persons Having Full Time/Part Time Jobs Having Law Degree To Get Enrolled, Enrolment Certificate Shall Be Withheld

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Friday watered down Rules 1 and 2 of the Bar Council of Gujarat Rules paving way for other professionals having LLB degree to get enrolled with the Bar. The Bench ordered, "We read down Rules 1 and 2 respectively of the Bar Council of Gujarat Rules so as to read that a person may be …

UP govt official seeks 4, 704 employees and teachers report on fake degrees row
5 years, 8 months ago

UP govt official seeks 4, 704 employees and teachers report on fake degrees row

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Basic Siksha Parishad Secretary Ruby Singh has asked for a report by July 15 regarding allegations that 4, 704 employees and teachers in the state education department have obtained jobs using fake degrees. A Special Investigation Team was formed by the Uttar Pradesh police after a complaint in the state education department about employees with fake or tampered …

Elections to state bar councils on February 15
7 years, 3 months ago

Elections to state bar councils on February 15

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Bar Council of India and state bar councils to start the elections on February 15, 2018, and complete them in six weeks. Agrawal and A.M. Sapre refused to postpone the elections as sought by some state bar councils on the ground that the process of verification of law degree certificates could not …

Verification: Delhi Bar Council Gives List Of 1,300 Advocates With No Or Illegible LLB Certificate, To Cure Defect By Sept 13 [Read Notice]
7 years, 6 months ago

Verification: Delhi Bar Council Gives List Of 1,300 Advocates With No Or Illegible LLB Certificate, To Cure Defect By Sept 13 [Read Notice]

Live Law  

In pursuance to the Supreme Court’s last week decision granting 15 days for lawyers enrolled with any state bar council to cure the defects in their applications for verification of their LLB degrees, the Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice with a list of 1,300 advocates whose LLB degrees/ certificate are not clear or not available with the …

All Educational Certificates To Be Verified Before Enrolment Of New Lawyers: BCI
8 years ago

All Educational Certificates To Be Verified Before Enrolment Of New Lawyers: BCI

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has reportedly directed all State Bar Councils to enroll fresh law graduates only after verifying all educational certificates, including Class 10, Senior Secondary, Graduation, if any, and the LL.B. degree certificates.The State Bar Councils have been directed to send photo copies of the certificates to the concerned Board/Universities for verification, within five. The State Bar …

BCI Verification: SC Directs Universities To Verify Law Degrees Without Charging Fee [Read Order]
8 years ago

BCI Verification: SC Directs Universities To Verify Law Degrees Without Charging Fee [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, directed all universities to verify certificates of law degree holders without charging a fee.In the case challenging the 2015 Bar Council of India Verification Rules, the Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Rohinton Fali Nariman passed this interim order.Senior Counsel K.K.Venugopal appeared for BCI. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, directed all universities to verify …

BCI Verification: SC Directs Universities To Verify Law Degrees Without Charging Fee [Read Order]
8 years ago

BCI Verification: SC Directs Universities To Verify Law Degrees Without Charging Fee [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, directed all universities to verify certificates of law degree holders without charging a fee.In the case challenging the 2015 Bar Council of India Verification Rules, the Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Rohinton Fali Nariman passed this interim order.Senior Counsel K.K.Venugopal appeared for BCI. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, directed all universities to verify …

Breaking: BCI Directs Bar Councils To Charge Rs.2500/- From Law Graduates For Pre-enrolment Verification Of Certificates [Read Letter]
8 years, 1 month ago

Breaking: BCI Directs Bar Councils To Charge Rs.2500/- From Law Graduates For Pre-enrolment Verification Of Certificates [Read Letter]

Live Law  

In the wake of reports that half of the lawyers are fake, the Bar Council of India has announced stringent pre enrolment verification process.In a general body meeting, the Council resolved that, along with the enrolment form, Xerox as well as original certificates of the candidates applying for enrolment shall be submitted. In the wake of reports that half of …

Breaking: BCI Directs Bar Councils To Charge Rs.2500/- From Law Graduates For Pre-enrolment Verification Of Certificates [Read Letter]
8 years, 1 month ago

Breaking: BCI Directs Bar Councils To Charge Rs.2500/- From Law Graduates For Pre-enrolment Verification Of Certificates [Read Letter]

Live Law  

In the wake of reports that half of the lawyers are fake, the Bar Council of India has announced stringent pre enrolment verification process.In a general body meeting, the Council resolved that, along with the enrolment form, Xerox as well as original certificates of the candidates applying for enrolment shall be submitted. In the wake of reports that half of …

Karnataka HC Upholds Denial Of LLB Seats To Students From Open/Unrecognised Schools [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka HC Upholds Denial Of LLB Seats To Students From Open/Unrecognised Schools [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a group of petitions by students challenging their rejection for admission to law course on account of their ineligibility caused by qualifying degrees obtained through open universities or 10+2 certificates directly without foundation courses.The court affirmed the BCI’s authority for deciding qualification for admission to LLB, 3 years and. The Karnataka High Court has …

Karnataka HC Upholds Denial Of LLB Seats To Students From Open/Unrecognised Schools [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka HC Upholds Denial Of LLB Seats To Students From Open/Unrecognised Schools [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a group of petitions by students challenging their rejection for admission to law course on account of their ineligibility caused by qualifying degrees obtained through open universities or 10+2 certificates directly without foundation courses.The court affirmed the BCI’s authority for deciding qualification for admission to LLB, 3 years and. The Karnataka High Court has …

Breaking; UOI to consider to entrust the Functions of Bar Council to a body headed by Rtd.SC Judge; Madras HC issues Guidelines to clean the Legal Profession [Read Judgment]
9 years, 5 months ago

Breaking; UOI to consider to entrust the Functions of Bar Council to a body headed by Rtd.SC Judge; Madras HC issues Guidelines to clean the Legal Profession [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Madras High Court today issued Guidelines to prevent intrusion of person having criminal antecedents without legally studying bachelor of Law Degree for maintaining the purity in the justice delivery system. 3) Bar Council of India shall direct the State Bar Councils not to enrol any law graduate with pending criminal cases except bailable cases attracting punishment upto three years and …

Breaking; UOI to consider to entrust the Functions of Bar Council to a body headed by Rtd.SC Judge; Madras HC issues Guidelines to clean the Legal Profession [Read Judgment]
9 years, 5 months ago

Breaking; UOI to consider to entrust the Functions of Bar Council to a body headed by Rtd.SC Judge; Madras HC issues Guidelines to clean the Legal Profession [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Madras High Court today issued Guidelines to prevent intrusion of person having criminal antecedents without legally studying bachelor of Law Degree for maintaining the purity in the justice delivery system. 3) Bar Council of India shall direct the State Bar Councils not to enrol any law graduate with pending criminal cases except bailable cases attracting punishment upto three years and …

30% of the lawyers in India are fake; such lawyers organize strikes and boycotts: BCI Chairman
9 years, 7 months ago

30% of the lawyers in India are fake; such lawyers organize strikes and boycotts: BCI Chairman

Live Law  

In an appalling exposure, Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has said 30 per cent of all lawyers in India are fake, holding fraudulent law degrees, degrading the quality of the profession. Mr. Mishra was addressing the crowd at the Lawyers Meet, 2015, organized by the Bar Council of India in Chennai on Saturday.The Lawyers Meet-2015 was organized …

Provisional Enrolment for fresh DU Law Graduates, says Bar Council of India
10 years, 4 months ago

Provisional Enrolment for fresh DU Law Graduates, says Bar Council of India

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India today allowed fresh law graduates from Delhi University to be provisionally enrolled as advocates. This comes after the law faculty Dean had written to the Bar Council of India, requesting it to continue the registration.Bar Council of India in September had declared Delhi University Law course as unrecognized and had said that the fresh pass …

Provisional Enrolment for fresh DU Law Graduates, says Bar Council of India
10 years, 4 months ago

Provisional Enrolment for fresh DU Law Graduates, says Bar Council of India

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India today allowed fresh law graduates from Delhi University to be provisionally enrolled as advocates. This comes after the law faculty Dean had written to the Bar Council of India, requesting it to continue the registration.Bar Council of India in September had declared Delhi University Law course as unrecognized and had said that the fresh pass …

Delhi University sends application for inspection and affiliation to BCI
10 years, 5 months ago

Delhi University sends application for inspection and affiliation to BCI

Live Law  

Delhi University of law has finally sent its application for affiliation and inspection under the Legal Education Rules to the Bar Council of India, providing a breather to the recent graduates of the Institute. Their future as lawyers had been marred with uncertainty with the BCI de-recognizing the law course.Law Faculty Dean Ashwani Kumar Bansal said, “The applications were prepared …

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