Bar exam postponed to July 24 and Practice Certificates to be available by May 30
According to the latest press release by the Bar Council of India (BCI), the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) has now been postponed to July 24, 2011. The second AIBE was supposed to be held on June 26, 2011 which has now been postponed on the request of the students that the exam date is clashing with other entrance exams. The second AIBE is for new candidates, for Chennai aspirants and for students who could not clear the first AIBE. The first AIBE was conducted on March 6, 2011 at 45 examination centers all over India except Chennai where the Bar exam could not take place due to violent protests by some students and was later again postponed because of local State Elections on April 13, 2011. BCI in the latest press release stated, “The BCI has received various requests from candidates/SBCs to postpone the next AIBE to allow for more candidates to take the AIBE and allow certain candidates to appear for various judicial examinations to be conducted across the country". The registratio...