Bar Council of India
Q+A: Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced new rules for foreign lawyers and law firms to practice law in India. The Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022 allows foreign lawyers ..
Tags: Bar Council of India • Legal system • legal system in india • Legal systems
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Right to be Defended
The Hubli Bar Association had announced that it was withdrawing its February resolution against defending 4 students accused of sedition. Constitutional Provisions The Constitution provides the right to be defended by a legal practitioner of his/ her choice as one ..
Tags: Article 14 • Article 22 • Article 39A • Bar Council of India • Supreme court
Bar Council of India imposes 3-year moratorium on opening of new law colleges
Bar Council of India (BCI), the apex bar body has imposed 3 year moratorium on opening of new institutions except for national law universities (NLUs), if proposed by a state. This decision has been taken to curb mushrooming of law ..
Tags: Advocates Act 1961 • Apex Bar Body • Bar Council of India • CLAT • Law Institutions
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Draft National Education Policy on Higher Education
The draft National Education Policy makes the following recommendations to improve the quality of higher education: There is a great need to focus on multidisciplinary and 21st-century competencies for future work roles. These multidisciplinary capabilities differentiate humans from Robots. Breaking ..
Tags: Bar Council of India • Higher education • LASE • Liberal Arts Science Education • Medical Council of India
Pioneer Indian Lawyer Dr N. R. Madhava Menon passes away
Dr.NR Madhava Menon an educationist, scholar and pioneer of Indian legal education, dies in Thiruvananthapuram at 84 years of age. About NR Madhava Menon He is considered as ‘Father of Modern Legal Education’, for changing the face of Indian legal ..
Tags: Autobiography • Bar Council of India • Father of Modern Legal Education • National Law School of India University • National Law Schools in India
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Lawyers’ plan nationwide agitations against Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Bar Council of India (BCI) has called for a nationwide stir against what they allege as the undemocratic provisions of the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2017. BCI has planned to submit a memorandum to the Union Law Minister to reject the Law ..
Tags: Bar Council of India • Ministry of Law and Justice • National