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As part of the representative remit of the Bar Council, it has a number of representative committees. The most senior of these is the Bar Council, which has 56 members representing organisations such as the Circuits and Specialist Bar Associations, and 60 members elected by the wider Bar. [4] There are a further fourteen committees, including:
A bar council (Irish: Comhairle an Bharra) or bar association, in a common law jurisdiction with a legal profession split between solicitors and barristers or advocates, is a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers.
In March 1953, the 'All India Bar Committee', headed by S. R. Das, submitted a report that proposed the creation of a bar council for each state and an all-India bar council as an apex body. It was suggested that the All India Bar Council would regulate the legal profession and set the standard of legal education.
Bar Council of Karnataka was formed as per the requirement of Section 3 of Advocates Act, 1961 [1] which mandates each state of India to have a Bar Council. On 30 June 2018, [1] the Karnataka Bar Council was formed. As per the guidelines the legal profession in India and the standards of legal education would be regulated by All India Bar Council.
1. In 2021, Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa challenged the decision of bar to raise membership charges. [11] 2.In 2011, Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa passed resolution to lay down guidelines to keep fake lawyers out of court. [7] 3.In 2011, Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa had made suggestions to exclude Judiciary from Lokpal Bill. [12]
1928 - The organization began as a chapter of a national association of attorneys employed by the federal government. 1932 - The Council was created as a separate organization - the Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut - by act of the New York State Legislature then signed into law by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 1, 1932.
The Madras Bar Council or Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of Tamilnadu and Union Territory of Puducherry. 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 ...
The BSB's functions were originally carried out by the General Council of the Bar, the barristers' representative body, until 2006 when the Bar Council created the BSB as an independent regulator. The Legal Services Board has once - in 2013 - questioned the independence of the BSB from the Bar Council. [1]