Law Graduates fight sudden bar exam requirement

The Indian Express reports on four law students challenging the Bar’s decision in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The four students have made the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana and the Union of India opposite parties in the petition.The petitioners appeared in their final semester exams in April 2010, and are now awaiting their results. The petitioners were astonished on receiving the information on the website of The Bar Council of India, wherein it was highlighted, “No advocate enrolled under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961 shall be entitled to practice under Chapter IV of the Advocates Act, 1961, unless such advocate successfully passes the All India Bar Examination conducted by the Bar Council of India.

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