AIBE Update Not all so smooth for second AIBE Issues in Chennai
The second All India Bar Examination 2011 was finally held on July 24, 2011 after being postponed once. The Bar Council of India (BCI) had decided last year that it shall be compulsory for every law graduate to clear the AIBE, in order for them to be qualified to practice in courts. The first AIBE was held 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.
The second All India Bar Examination 2011 was finally held on July 24, 2011 after being postponed once. The Bar Council of India (BCI) had decided last year that it shall be compulsory for every law graduate to clear the AIBE, in order for them to be qualified to practice in courts. The first AIBE was held 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.
Even though BCI received more than 13,000 applications for the Second AIBE 2011 held on July 24, 2011, it has been a checkered experience for candidates all over India specially because of the postponement of the examination.
A press release from the BCI said, “Barring an incident in Chennai (at four venues), the AIBE was conducted successfully in 31 venues in 26 cities across India. The attendance for the second AIBE across the country was approximately 97 percent".
Newly elected Bar Council of India Chairman, Ashok Parija in the press release said, “The AIBE was a reform oriented measure and it has been successful. Lawyers who have passed the earlier AIBE are getting adequate recognition to assist their career and I would like to congratulate every lawyer who has written the AIBE and wish them all the very best for the way forward. We are committed to conducting the AIBE efficiently in the future".
Bar & Bench spoke to one of the law graduates who appeared for the exam. According to Arjun Sheoran, alumni, NLSIU, Bangalore, the question paper was very easy and he finished with the exam in just 1.5 hours. He also said that the study materials provided by the Bar for preparation for the exam were excellent. When questioned about the structure of the examination paper, he pointed out that all the law subjects were equally covered and no specific emphasis was laid on any one particular topic. Also, the questions were more of analytical and knowledge-based, and did not rely much on rote memory.
Even with such an easy question paper, it was not at all a smooth sailing for Tamil Nadu, as over 2000 law graduates missed the exam as protesters blocked traffic and boycotted the exam. A group of students held protests at Loyola College in Nungambakkam and Ethiraj College in Egmore, which were the designated exam centres. They shouted slogans and tore up hall tickets in the presence of police personnel, according to TOI.
With no response coming from the All India Bar Council to the petition sent by the Tamil Nadu Bar Council asking it to re-consider the decision making the exam mandatory, agitation by the students was further fuelled. The Students accused the Bar of conducting the exam for private gain and averred that such an exam was unnecessary.
This being the third time that the Bar Exam has been postponed in Tamil Nadu, it remains to be seen whether some practicable solution will be arrived at by the All India Bar Council in concurrence with the Tamil Nadu Bar Council.
Speaking to Bar & Bench P. George Giri, Member of Madras High Court Advocates Association and Advocate-on-Record in Supreme Court said, “I passed out in 1996 when BCI implemented Training Rules and harassed the new comers. If the Bar Council is properly using its powers to maintain the standards of legal education, it would have inspected each and every law college in India and would have improved the quality of legal education. What BCI is doing now is an utter foolishness, analyzing the Bar Exam in the light of Training Rules of 1995. The recent arrests of BCI members for corruption further testify this fact. Hence, the Bar Exam is unnecessary and the protest of the brother lawyers in Chennai is apt at this time. Corruption of the BCI authorities cannot be veiled by penalizing the law students, who have already cleared Law Entrance Exams of the various National Law Schools or traditional law colleges in India. Let the BCI put its efforts to improve the standard of legal education".
According to the press release, the results of the AIBE held on July 24, 2011 are expected to be released before August 15, 2011, through the BCI website.
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NAGARAJ KUMBLE
July 25, 2011 - 5:42pmTHE QUESTIONS WERE SIMPLE & EASY IN THE 24TH JULY 2O11 AIBE. BUT FEW QUESTIONS IN THE SECOND PART ARE TOO BIG, ALMOST COVERING 3/4TH OF A PAGE. TO READ & UNDERSTAND THESE QUESTIONS TOOK MORE TIME. ATLEAST 2-3 MIN.( ALL THE QUESTIONS HAVE COMMON MARKS OF 1 EACH) ONE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFULL IN ALLOCATING TIME FOR EACH QUESTIONS. IF U TAKE MORE THAN 2 MIN TIME PER QUESTION, U R GON. U R SUPPOSE TO COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS IN 210 MIN. ANY HOW THE WAY BCI IS CONDUCTING THE EXAM IS NOT SO PROFESSIONAL. SINCE THE EXAM IS OPTIONAL TYPE, SHOULD BE HELD ONLINE & FREQUENT. SO THAT FAILED STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE SO DISAPOINTED & WAIT FOR THE NEXT ANOUNCEMENT OF THE EXAM DATE. AS FOR AS THE STUDY MATERIAL IS CONCERNED, THE REGIONAL LANGUAGE (KANNADA) BOOKS ARE REALLY VERY POOR. LANGUAGE USED HERE IS A ABSURD, KILL & INSULT TO THE KANNADIGA'S. THE BOOK HAS LOTS & LOTS OF GRAMATICAL MISTAKES RESULTS IN WRONG INTERPRETATION. BCI SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED POPULAR WRITERS WHO HAVE WRITTEN FANTASTIC LAW BOOKS IN KANNADA. HOPE BCI WILL IMPROVE IN FUTUE.REGARDS,NAGARAJ KUMBLEBANGALORE
lex supreme
July 26, 2011 - 11:14pmsir we are already enrolled as an advocate we have sanad from state bar council this exam is after becoming advocate
zeel
July 26, 2011 - 11:14pmhey anyone has got key answers??? plz..
n.sinha
July 27, 2011 - 6:56pmi think this exam is useless exerting unnecessary pressure on the students.Why an exam after giving so many papers .every student should protest on this issue
mahadev sharana...
July 28, 2011 - 9:13amhey anyone haved key answer 24 july exam plz send me.
nataraju.b
July 29, 2011 - 2:13pmplease send key answers
RAGU
July 29, 2011 - 5:24pmMy view,BE, MBBS, and Other professional students practicing without any filter of exams after finished their exams they are in field. 1) Weather Law Universities are conducting semester exams it is valid or not? If says not valid Why should give to them to conduct exams?2)Who gave the authority to Law Universities for conducting exams?3)Why the BAR Council conducting Re-Exam? (same papers) it is not necessary..4)If we write the exam the status of legal studies increased ah? making joke..... then The BAR should bring same syllabus, Library, internet facilities, and interior structures to all over INDIA. then only increase status of legal studies
rangooni altaf
July 31, 2011 - 10:55pmBCI done good job, but they are need some imprroving inpaper style a paper is so long and its took so much time forreading students are not justify them selves im exam roomthey need extra time or minimize paper size... and other secondpart of papper its compulsury attend for student but manystudents said its difficult to attend both part in minimum hoursi requested to BCI please improving in papper style....
srikanth
August 2, 2011 - 8:34pmI fully understand you pain and your point, but i am not convinced that the means that is being adopted is correct.Being an advocate, itself behoves certain stature and class and not doing voilent protests and creating law and order problems. We have a legal system. If you have problems with BCI, approach the courts of law. Voilent protest is against the law and it is against the fundamental rights of students who want to take up the exam. I am sure that these voilent protestors are not advocates and are antisocial elements who do crimes under the guise of advocates. If someone doesnt believe the system of law, then how can thay practice the law?Who will take responsiblity if someone is injured in the protest?
mufeeda
August 2, 2011 - 10:44pmdoes anyone know when the result will publish?
Rahul jagdale
August 3, 2011 - 2:00pmwhen the 24 july aibe exam answer key available on bci website
Anurag Kalavatiya
July 25, 2011 - 5:42pmWhat Mr. George Giri is saying is not correct in my view. Only those students are protesting against this examination who have not studied at all through their law school life....otherwise this is a good initiave by the BCI to improve the standard of the BAR in the country....in such a huge country...it may not be possible for a single authority/body to improve the standard of education overnight single handedly...but atleast they are putting a check post in the form of an examination at the end of law studies to check what all a law student has learned throughout his law school life...and what I have heard from my friends is that the examination is very easy....
nagaraj kumble
August 3, 2011 - 7:05pmas per the BCI information, July 24th 2011 BCI Exam result will be anounced before 15th of Agust 2011. Atleast BCI should have released the key answers for the question paper of 24th july 2011 examination by this time.
NAGARAJ KUMBLE
August 5, 2011 - 1:50pmBar council of India exam result anounced. 69% pass all around.
Lalit
August 5, 2011 - 11:39pmI send email to barexam@barcouncilofindia.org yesterday demanding answer sheet. Today Received answer from Bar COuncil at 11:32 stating that we cannot provide you answer sheet !!! At the same time Result declared with answer sheet by bar council on website. So there is no co-ordination fromBCI Bar Exam barexam@barcouncilofindia.orgtoLALIT GANATRA dateFri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:32 AMsubjectRe: Answer Key Require !!Important mainly because it was sent directly to you.hide details 11:32 AM (11 hours ago)Dear candidate, we are sorry to say you that we do not provide answer sheet
P.George Giri
July 25, 2011 - 6:20pmThe breadth of the country or the population is not an issue, because we have only one Prime Minister, only one President and only one Parliament. But still the Union of India remain as a single unit. If one Parliament can make law for the entire country, and if one President can rule the entire Union of India, and if there is only one Prime Minister for the entire Union, the argument raised by Mr.Anurag Kalavatiya that a single authority cannot improve the quality of legal education is not sustainable. He forgot that BCI is a statutory authority and it is its DUTY to improve the quality of legal education. It is not a charity from BCI. Hence, it is very clear that BCI failed in its duty. The present Bar Exam is purely discriminatory. This is like increasing the Association membership fee to hundred fold, so that those who are not member of that association may be prevented from being a new member. Any of the BCI member is dare to write this exam with the students?
Arya J Nair
July 25, 2011 - 11:06pmThe report has clear mentioning of the fact that the All India Bar Council has failed to respond to the petition sent by the Tamil Nadu Bar Council asking it to re-consider the decision making the exam mandatory, which makes it evident that it is not just the so called "students who have not studied at all through their law school life" are protesting against the issue!! The AIBE is widely criticised even by the many think tanks of our country which surely calls for a reconsideration of this concept of AIBE. After having an in depth study of the law subjects for 5 yrs in a law school and again conducting an aptitude test which is more or less similar to any other basic entrance test will be of no good in measuring the real skills of a law graduate. On the other hand, it is more or less similar to doubting the standards of legal education imparted through the prestigious law schools of the country. The BCI is digging its own pit, i shud say!!
lex suprema
July 25, 2011 - 11:06pmrespected sir p. seorge girisection 30 of advocate act has been notified according to which every advocate after getting enrolled has a right to practice in any court including supreme court whether it indirectly remove the provision which made bar exam mandatory
lex suprema
July 25, 2011 - 11:06pmsection 30 of advocate act has been notified according to which an advocate after his enrollment can practice in all courts including supreme court whether this provision revoke earlier bar council rule which made bar exam mandatory
k n sai
July 25, 2011 - 11:06pmi totally agree with what mr.George Giri is saying. he is absolutely right. the standards of the profession will improve only by improving the standards legal education and not by this bar exam.
P GEORGE
July 26, 2011 - 9:27pmSection 30 of the Advocates Act will not automatically remove AIBE, because Section 30 applies only after enrollment (only after oath taking, then only, one becomes an Advocate). It gives power to represent, as a matter of right.
Adv.RAHUL BALIK...
July 27, 2011 - 6:43amDear friendsFirst of all I thanks to B.C.I for conducting A.I.B.E ..because it nothing but the the testing of GENERAL KNOWLEDGE I repeat GENERAL KNOWLEDGE of the Advocates..I don't want to get in to debate ,,, but the are many Advocates who are not aware about the DIGNITY,, STATUS,,RESPONSIBILITY,,GLAMOR,,,of thePROFESSION...The A.I.B.E will help over all to polish the knowledge of the Advocatesreducing the crowd...and only people with real ability will get the chance to PRACTICE...Reading is the basic need of the Profession...which is generally avoided..any way there is much more to express..thanks ..
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