LLM diploma holder fails bar check, HC sends discover to BCI | India Information – Occasions of India


AHMEDABAD: Gujarat excessive courtroom Tuesday issued discover to the Bar Council of India (BCI) after a grasp’s diploma holder in legislation failed the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), which is important for a legislation graduate to clear with a purpose to grow to be a lawyer.The AIBE follows an open guide format designed to judge basic authorized data and set up a minimal competency benchmark for entry into the authorized career, alongside assessing candidates’ analytical talents. HC issued the discover after the candidate alleged lack of transparency in AIBE, because the physique didn’t present any justification for her failure, even after re-checking.The petition was filed by Urvi Acharya, who holds an LLM diploma in prison legislation. She appeared within the AIBE in Dec 2024 and was declared failed. She refused to just accept the consequence and requested a re-checking. Even after re-checking, the division in BCI that conducts the AIBE conveyed that she failed the check.Acharya’s counsel, advocate Pratik Jasani, informed the courtroom that seven of the 100 multiple-choice questions have been formally withdrawn post-exam, which ought to have decreased the overall rating to 93, with the passing marks revised from 45 to 42.Jasani contended that the petitioner was a vibrant pupil and she or he handed her LLM in prison legislation with top notch. She tried all 100 questions, and with seven of them being withdrawn, she must have been awarded grace marks. Nonetheless, the authority didn’t make this clear.