NALSAR row puts Bar Council of India in focus

There is a group in India called the Bar Council of India that helps make rules for lawyers and law schools.

Some law students at a university called NALSAR were unhappy that the Chief Justice of India was invited to their graduation ceremony.

The Bar Council got upset too and told the state bar councils not to let these students become lawyers.

But just a few hours later, the Bar Council changed its mind and took back the order.

The Bar Council was created by a law called the Advocates Act in the year 1961.

That law also created state bar councils, and they are the ones who actually sign up new lawyers.

Even though the Bar Council makes big rules, it cannot enroll lawyers by itself.

In 2023, the Bar Council allowed lawyers from other countries to work in India, but they cannot go to Indian courts or practice Indian law.