The Bar Council of India Rules, 1975

Bar Council of India Rules, 1975 under the Advocates Act, 1961

This 2025 edition of The Bar Council of India Rules (issued under the Advocates Act, 1961) compiles the complete, verbatim text of every rule and schedule framed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for enrolment, professional conduct, education, and discipline of advocates. Updated through the sweeping BCI Notification dated 24-8-2024—which integrates the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 2023—this volume is the definitive rule-book for India’s legal profession.

What’s inside
• All Parts I–VI & Schedules of the BCI Rules, reflecting the 2024 amendments on certificate-of-practice renewal, foreign-law-firm entry, and online disciplinary hearings.
• Key allied instruments, fully consolidated:
– Certification and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015 (as revised 2024)
– Advocates (Right to Take Up Law-Teaching) Rules, 1979
– Admission as Advocates (Exemption / Training & Examination) Rules, 1965 & 1968
– Bar Council of India Training Rules, 1998 and Rules on Legal Education, 2008 (incorporating latest Curriculum & Clinical-Course directives)
– Rules for Election and Code of Conduct for BCI Members & State Bar Councils (updated for e-polling)
• Concise short comments beneath pivotal provisions—flagging fee caps, dress-code relaxations, conflict-of-interest norms, and digital-practice mandates—while preserving full Bare-Act admissibility for examinations.

Core regulatory coverage

• Enrolment & certificate of practice—online verification portals, periodic renewal, and disciplinary suspension triggers.
• Standards of professional etiquette & conduct—client-confidentiality, advertising restraints, social-media usage, and anti-harassment duties.
• Legal education oversight—approval of law colleges, five-year / three-year course structures, clinical programmes, and bar-exit assessment.
• Continuing professional development—mandatory CLE credits, webinar recognition, and sanctions for non-compliance.
• Disciplinary machinery—State Bar Council tribunals, BCI appellate powers, electronic-hearing procedures, and penalty guidelines.
• Governance of Bar Councils—composition, elections, financial management, and welfare-fund contributions.

This edition is particularly useful for

• AIBE candidates & law students mastering professional ethics and BCI regulations.
• Practising advocates, chamber clerks & law-firm HR teams handling enrolment, certificate renewal, and disciplinary risk.
• Law-school administrators & faculty seeking authoritative norms on recognition, curriculum, and moot-court requirements.
• Bar-Council officials, legal-education regulators & policy researchers tracking reforms in professional governance.

Presented without extensive commentary yet enriched with pinpoint explanatory notes, this Bare-Act volume guarantees clarity, authenticity, and immediate practical insight—indispensable for statutory compliance, exam preparation, and day-to-day professional reference.