To regulate the legal practice and legal education in India.
Its members are elected from amongst the lawyers in India and as such represents the Indian bar.
It prescribes standards of professional conduct, etiquettes and exercises disciplinary jurisdiction over the bar.
It also sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to Universities whose degree in law will serve as a qualification for students to enroll themselves as advocates upon graduation.
Formed in 1961.
The Bar Council of India consists of members elected from each state bar council, and the Attorney General of India and the Solicitor General of India who are ex officio members.
The members from the state bar councils are elected for a period of five years.
