NEW
DELHI:
BCI’s
co t ove sial
decisio
to
ba
2026
law
g aduates
f om
Hyde abad’s
NALSAR
U ive sity
of
Law
f om
bei g
egiste ed
as
advocate,
which
it
withd ew
withi
hou s,
b ought
i to
focus
the
egulato ‘s
wo ki g
which
has
bee
headed
by
se io
advocate
a d
BJP
MP
Ma a
Kuma
Mish a
fo
14
yea s.A
statuto y
body
established
u de
Advocates
Act,
1961,
BCI
is
ma dated
to
egulate
legal
p ofessio
a d
legal
educatio .
It
lays
dow
sta da ds
of
p ofessio al
co duct
fo
advocates,
exe cises
discipli a y
ju isdictio ,
a d
ecog ises
u ive sities
whose
law
deg ees
qualify
a
pe so
fo
e olme t.
Sectio
7(1)(g)
of
the
Act
also
gives
it
ge e al
supe visio
a d
co t ol
ove
state
ba
cou cils.But
o
p ovisio
of
the
Act
gives
it
the
powe
to
e ol
a
pe so
as
a
advocate
which
is
to
be
do e
by
a
state
ba
cou cil
to
admit
pe so s
as
advocates
o
its
oll.
Clea ly,
the
egulato
ve tu ed
i to
the
a ea
beyo d
its
domai
by
taki g
pu itive
measu es
agai st
stude ts,
a d
upset
SC
which
obse ved
that
BCI
had
o
busi ess
to
i te ve e
i
the
matte .The
co t ove sy
has
put
the
spotlight
o
BCI’s
fu ctio i g
o
whethe
it
has
ove
the
yea s
bee
able
to
discha ge
its
statuto y
duty
to
mai tai
the
sta da d
of
legal
p ofessio
a d
legal
educatio .
Goi g
by
a
stateme t
of
Mish a
himself,
BCI
has
failed
i
its
duty
by
a
massive
ma gi .
A
outspoke
ma
who
co tested
polls
as
omi ees
of
BSP
a d
Co g ess
befo e
d ifti g
i to
BJP
,
has
said
o
mo e
tha
o e
occasio
that
35-40%
of
advocates
have
fake
deg ees,
a d
a e
p actici g
i
the
cou ts
o
the
basis
of
fab icated
deg ee
ce tificates.
The
stateme t,
while
believed
to
be
t ue
by
ma y,
is
a
i dictme t
of
egulato
a d
clea
evide ce
that
gua d
ails
agai st
se ious
malp actice
have
ot
bee
wo ki g.
Joi
co ve satio
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→
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you
thoughts
i
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comme ts
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espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
A othe
failu e
of
BCI
is
i
the
field
of
legal
educatio
as
it
failed
to
mai tai
sta da d
i
view
of
p olife atio
of
law
colleges;
some
of
them
a e
vi tually
selli g
law
deg ees
with
stude ts
exempted
f om
atte di g
classes.
It
has
egula ly
faced
SC’s
i e
fo
ot
i fusi g
p ofessio alism
i to
the
p ofessio
a d
ot
taki g
actio
agai st
e i g
lawye s
who
keep
eso ti g
to
st ikes.