आधिकारिक दस्तावेज़ / Official document
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H1961-25.pdf.txt
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- Jurisdiction
- Central
- Enactment date
- 1961-05-19
- Sections available
- 85
Commencement information from the source
16-08-1961
Read the sections
1Short title, extent and commencement.→2Definitions.→3State Bar Councils.→4Bar Council of India.→5Bar Council to be body corporate.→6Functions of State Bar Councils.→7Functions of Bar Council of India.→7AMembership in international bodies.→8Term of office of members of State Bar Council.→8AConstitution of special Committee in the absence of election.→9Disciplinary committees.→9AConstitution of legal aid committees.→10Constitution of committees other than disciplinary committees.→10ATransaction of business by Bar Councils and committees thereof.→10BDisqualification of members of Bar Council.→11Staff of Bar Council.→12Accounts and audit.→13Vacancies in Bar Council and committees thereof not to invalidate action taken.→14Election to Bar Councils not to be questioned on certain grounds.→15Power to make rules.→16Senior and other advocates.→17State Bar Councils to maintain roll of advocates.→18Transfer of name from one State roll to another.→19State Bar Councils to send copies of rolls of advocates to the Bar Council of India.→20Special provision for enrolment of certain Supreme Court advocates.→21Disputes regarding seniority.→22Certificate of enrolment.→23Right of pre-audience.→24Persons who may be admitted as advocates on a State roll.→24ADisqualification for enrolment.→25Authority to whom applications for enrolment may be made.→26Disposal of applications for admission as an advocate.→26APower to remove names from roll.→27Application once refused not to be entertained by another Bar Council except in certain circumstances.→28Power to make rules.→29Advocates to be the only recognised class of persons entitled to practise law.→30Right of advocates to practise.→31[Repealed.].→32Power of court to permit appearances in particular cases.→33Advocates alone entitled to practise.→34Power of High Courts to make rules.→35Punishment of advocates for misconduct.→36Disciplinary powers of Bar Council of India.→36AChanges in constitution of disciplinary committees.→36BDisposal of disciplinary proceedings.→37Appeal to the Bar Council of India.→38Appeal to the Supreme Court.→39Application of sections 5 and 12 of Limitation Act, 1963.→40Stay of order.→41Alteration in roll of advocates.→42Powers of disciplinary committee.→42APowers of Bar Council of India and other committees.→43Cost of proceedings before a disciplinary committees.→44Review of orders by disciplinary committee.→45Penalty for persons illegally practising in courts and before other authorities.→45APower to frame and publish lists of touts.→46[Repealed.].→46AFinancial assistance to State Bar Council.→47Reciprocity.→48Indemnity against legal proceedings.→48APower of revision.→48AAReview.→48BPower to give directions.→49General power of the Bar Council of India to make rules.→49APower of Central Government to make rules.→50Repeal of certain enactments.→51Rule of construction.→52Saving.→53Elections to first State Bar Council.→54Term of office of members of first State Bar Councils.→55Rights of certain existing legal practitioners not affected.→56Dissolution of existing Bar Councils.→57Power to make rules pending the constitution of a Bar Council.→58Special provisions during the transitional period.→58ASpecial provisions with respect to certain advocates.→58AASpecial provisions in relation to the Union territory of Pondicherry.→58ABSpecial provisions with respect to certain persons enrolled by Mysore State Bar Council.→58ACSpecial provisions with respect to certain persons enrolled by Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council.→58ADSpecial provisions with respect to certain persons migrating to India.→58AESpecial provisions in relation to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.→58AFSpecial provisions in relation to Jammu and Kashmir.→58AGSpecial provisions in relation to articled clerks.→58BSpecial provision relating to certain disciplinary proceedings.→59Removal of difficulties.→60Power of Central Government to make rules.→
Schedules
India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.