BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds validity of All India Bar Examination; BCI to decide whether it should be held pre or post-enrolment

The questions referred for the Bench’s consideration were:

(1) Whether Pre-enrolment training in terms of Bar Council of India Training Rules, 1995 framed under Section 24(3)(d) of the Advocates Act, 1961 could be validly prescribed by the Bar Council of India and if so whether the decision of this Court in V. Sudeer vs. Bar Council of India & Anr. [(1999) 3 SCC 176)] requires reconsideration?

(2) Whether a pre-enrolment examination can be prescribed by the Bar Council of India under the Advocates Act, 1961?

(3) In case questions Nos.1 and 2 are answered in the negative whether a post-enrolment examination can be validly prescribed by the Bar Council of India in terms of Section 49(1)(ah) of the Advocates Act, 1961?

Source: Barandbench