Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh

Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act, 1961 and Bar Council of India. In March 1953, S. R. Das as head of the 'All India Bar Committee', proposed the creation of the apex body as an All-India Bar Council and Bar council at state levels and submitted a report to the Central Government of India. Members of the Bar Council are elected from among members enrolled and practicing as lawyers practicing law in the state of Uttar Pradesh and they represent the state in Bar Council of India meetings. Bar Council of a place designs standards of professional conduct to be followed by members, and designs etiquettes and has the power to enforce disciplinary guidelines over the members of bar council.

Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh
Statutory body overview
Formed1961 (1961)
HeadquartersAllahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Statutory body executives
  • Shri. Shrish Kumar Mehrotra.[1], Chairman
  • Anurag Pandey., Vice-Chairman
Websitehttp://upbarcouncil.com/HomePage.aspx

History

Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh was formed as per the requirement of Section 3 of Advocates Act, 1961 which mandates for each state of India to have its Bar Council. As per the guidelines, the legal profession in India and the standards of legal education would be regulated by the All India Bar Council. The Law Commission of India was suggested to prepare a report on judicial administration reforms in India.

Functions

Section 7 of the Advocates Act, 1961 lays down the regulatory and representative requirements which are mandatory for State Bar Councils. Bar Councils of each place has following functions:[2]

  1. As a statutory body regulating legal profession and education across state.
  2. Facilitating the election with rules for members to get elected and manage the Bar Council.
  3. Forwarding the names of elected members to Bar Council of India for formal approval as members.
  4. Facilitating the formation of managing committee like Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the Bar.
  5. Designing the professional behaviours and code to be followed by advocates who are its members.[3][4]
  6. Lay down guidelines for disciplinary committees and other committees formed by it.
  7. Supporting with financial aid in case of need.[5][6][7][8]
  8. Protecting the advocate members rights, benefits and safeguarding their interests.[9]
  9. Designing, promoting and supporting law reform as per changing circumstances.
  10. Handle and resolve other issues or any matter placed before it by its members in adhoc situations.
  11. Design and organise seminars on wide legal topics in the interest of members by reputed jurists and publishing them in journals and magazines of legal circles and other sources of media.
  12. Facilitating legal aid to those who can't afford it.
  13. Ensuring that guidelines laid in various legal forums are followed by members.
  14. Initiating disciplinary action in case of professional misconduct.[10][11]
  15. Designing welfare schemes like Insurance for its members.
  16. Supporting members with emergency services during natural calamities.
  17. Initiate disciplinary action in case the official premises is used for other than professional purpose.
  18. Fixing Annual Fee for members for enrolling in Council which includes fees for enrollment and funds towards identity card, building, library, indigent and other welfare schemes.
  19. Organising regular meeting with local associations enrolled with council.
  20. Enrolling various bar associations in the state as its associate members.
  21. Resolving disputes between members within timeframe.
  22. Initiating disciplinary action against members for not complying to its policies.[12]
  23. Enrolling newly qualified lawyers into council.
  24. Occasionally verifying the renewal of the enrolled members.
  25. Ensuring polls are conducted to Bars associated with it.

Constitution

The council elects its own chairman and vice-chairman for a period of five years from amongst its members. Assisted by the various committees of the Council, the chairman acts as the chief executive and director of the Council. Voting rights in elections are available only for advocates having a Certificate of Practice. As per the Advocates Act, the bar council of the state should have 25 members in case the members on roll exceeds 10000.

Shri Shrish Kumar Mehrotra was elected as Chairman of Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Enrollment of advocates

Graduates having a law degree from recognised universities permitted to impart legal education are admitted as advocates in The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.[13] Law graduates can enroll online for Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh. State bar councils are empowered by Advocates Act, 1961 to frame rules according to their convenience for enrolling advocates in council. The enrollment committee formed by Councils will scrutinise a prospective member's application. Enrolled advocates of any bar council in-state are considered eligible to write the All India Bar Examination conducted by the Bar Council of India. After clearing the exam, they are certified by the Bar Council of India and issued 'a Certificate of Enrolment', which facilitates them to practice the profession of law in any High Court based in India and lower courts of the country, as an advocate. Advocates are required to qualify in the exam known as "Supreme Court Advocate on Record Examination" which is conducted by the Supreme Court exclusively to practice in the Supreme Court of Country.

Important actions

1. Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh was asked by Allahabad High Court to disclose the steps initiated by it to trace the lawyers against whom complaints were received for practicing on fake and fraudulent degrees.[14]

2. Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh had requested the Governments of State and Centres to settle the monetary payments of advocates appointed by Government.[15]

3. Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh had made a written representation to Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav, for a permission for interim bail or parole of prisoners or under-trial convicts due to situation created by Covid-19 pandemic.[16]

4. In 2019 June, Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh Chief Darvesh Singh Yadav was killed.[17][18][19]

See also

References
  1. "Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh". upbarcouncil.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. "Welcome to Bar Council of India". 103.25.172.19. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. Mathur New, Aneesha. "Supreme Court comes to the rescue of 2 judge hopefuls". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. "Appointment Of HC Judges Is Made After Considering Seniority, Merit: SC". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. "Bar Council of Gujarat pays Rs 2 crore for Covid treatment". The Times of India. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. "12,000 lawyers hit by Covid-19 to get Rs 4,000 as assistance". The Times of India. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. "Bar Council of TN & Pondy to give Rs 4,000 each to 12,000 needy advocates". Business Standard India. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. Mathur, Aneesha (20 May 2021). "Bar Council of Delhi gives over Rs 3.59 crore as financial aid to Covid-affected lawyers". India Today. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. "Shahjahanpur lawyer death case: BCI tells UP Bar Council lawyers to abstain from strike". India Legal. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  10. "UP Bar Council debars advocate from practice". The Times of India. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  11. "Bar Council of India suspends 28 Advocates of UP indulged in malpractices of filing fake claim-cases". ANI News. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  12. "Supreme Court Raps UP Bar Council For Inaction On Lawyer Insurance Fraud". NDTV.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  13. "Any procedure in place for online enrollment of law grads, Delhi HC asks Bar Council of Delhi". Hindustan Times. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. Upadhyay, Sparsh (8 October 2021). "Allahabad HC Seeks UP Bar Council's Reply On Procedure To Deal With Complaints Against Lawyers Practising With Forged degrees". livelaw.in. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  15. "Clear pending dues of govt lawyers: UP Bar Council". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  16. "Bar Council writes to Allahabad HC's acting CJ, seeks bail for undertrials, convicts". The Times of India. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  17. "Uttar Pradesh Bar Council chief shot dead: First woman chief pushed for libraries, lawyer stipend". The Indian Express. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  18. "Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darvesh Yadav cremated in Etah day after being shot dead at an Agra court". Firstpost. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  19. "Supreme Court rejects plea for CBI inquiry into Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president's murder". Scroll.in. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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