A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh said that providing a window of six months of provisional enrolment might be one solution.
“BCI may allow provisional enrolment for 6 months which means the during that period, they will not be entitled to practice, thus balance of convenience can be maintained. This also subserves the object that a person takes the exam and continues in another profession and then claim seniority years later based on that exam. If the person exercises the option to continue in employment then he would have to take the Bar exam again when he seeks to practice again as a lawyer. Thus, 6 months is a good enough period for a person to decide to whether they want to be in law profession or continue in another employment,” the Court noted in its order.
Source: Barandbench
