BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA 16th QUALIFYING EXAM FOR INDIAN NATIONALS HOLDING FOREIGN LAW DEGREE, CHANGE IN PATTERN OF EXAM IN VIEW OF PANDEMIC COVID 19
Instead of 6 exams of 3 hours each, on 6 separate days, there shall be 2 exams of 3 hours each in two different sessions in one day, whereby each of the 6 subjects papers in which exams are usually held, would be given equal hours and approximately equal marks. In times of Pandemic, it was felt that this would also safeguard the candidates from having to travel daily for 6 exams and/or to even stay back in a hotel or guest house for the 6 exams.
In the first session between 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM,(time is subject to change) one paper of three hours covering 3 of the present subject papers Paper-1-Constitution of India; Paper-2-Contract Law & Negotiable Instruments Act; Paper-3-Company Law would be held and in next session of 3 hours, the next 3 remaining subject papers Paper-4-Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act; Paper-5-Criminal Procedure Code; and Paper-6-The Indian Legal Profession and Code of Ethics, would be held
Furthermore, Candidates shall be attempted to be given the option of either giving the papers in Bar Council of India office/auditorium or in respective State National Law Universities, subject to feasibility of National Law Universities. If, by some reason or the other it is not possible to have the exam in any National Law University, then the respective State Bar Council/s shall be requested to allow the candidate to give the exam, there subject to their feasibility.
Once the choices and options and the number of candidates and where they have opted to give the exam are/is confirmed, the exact date in October first week shall be fixed week in consultation with the places/centers, which has been opted for.
OPTIONS/CHOICE OF CENTERS-Please write 1st Choice, 2nd Choice and 3rd Choice
- Bar Council of India, New Delhi
- NLU of State where Candidate is residing, subject to feasibility of the University
- if the NLU is unable to conduct the same due to some reason, then in the State Bar Council(STBC) of the State where candidate resides, subject to feasibility of STBC
Candidates may send in their options, at acadcommitteebci@gmail.com.
Candidates would be allowed to carry bare acts and even books, (not guides/questions answers guide) for both the exams.
Candidates who had been unable to clear, any paper/s during the last exam, what would be the option given to them:
Under the present circumstances since 3 papers are being condensed into one paper, the said candidate/s will have to appear in the complete paper which would include the paper, which he/she had been unable to clear on the last occasion. If the candidate’s position is such that he/she has been unable to clear 2 papers or more and they are covered separately in both the papers being held this time, then the candidate will have to appear and sit for both the papers of this next exam, and the candidates shall not be entitled to claim that they would attempt only a certain part of this years paper which relates to the specific paper which they had been unable to give. It is not deemed fit that a candidate be allowed to leave after attempting one part of a paper. The candidate also has the option of waiting till the time normalcy returns, and the old pattern is adopted. However under the present circumstances, similarly placed candidates, who have not been debarred from taking such exam, will have to sit and complete the entire paper/s which he/she chooses to appear in.
Mails will be sent to shortlisted candidates who have been allowed to appear in the exam, soon with fee details.
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