Bar Council of India’s meeting on the provision of mandatory test for advocates for enrollment and to start practice in the court and entry on foreign lawyers remained inconclusive as the members could not reach to final conclusion despite long debate last evening.
There are over 9.5 lakh lawyers enrolled with Bar Councils at present and several thousand fresh law graduates are in the queue of enrollment to start their practice. According to sources the some of the members had the view that there should be no such provision of mandatory test, as suggested by the government. They had the view that the if the candidate is not competent he will be automatically shunted during his professional career. While a section of the BCI’s members had different view and they wanted to go ahead with the government’s plan, said sources. However, the decision will be taken in this regard after next meeting, they said.
