SC adjourns AIBE hearing yet again Updated

The Supreme Court seems to be testing the patience of the large number of law students affected by the first All India Bar Exam (AIBE). The apex court has once again adjourned the transfer hearing to October 28, 2010, thereby extending the time given to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to serve notices to the respondent petitioners. On October 20, 2010, the SC had yet again extended the time given to the BCI to serve the notices by October 25, 2010..The Supreme Court seems to be testing the patience of the large number of law students affected by the first All India Bar Exam (AIBE). The apex court has once again adjourned the transfer hearing to October 28, 2010, thereby extending the time given to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to serve notices to the respondent petitioners. On October 20, 2010, the SC had yet again extended the time given to the BCI to serve the notices by October 25, 2010. .Speaking to Bar & Bench, Fatehpal Singh, who is one of the petitioners against the AIBE said, “The Registrar once again adjourned the matter. We asked the Registrar that the matter needs to be listed before a judge for hearing and also told him to delete the names of the Petitioners who haven’t been served the notices as yet, but the Registrar refused to do so. We had also argued that on the last hearing the BCI had been given a last chance to serve the notices and this is just another instance of the delaying tactics adopted by the BCI, but to no avail.”.The BCI has informed us by email that the Registrar said nothing about dismissing the petitions and the Registrar made no note in the court records. Also, the Registrar said nothing about the “frequent delaying tactics” of the BCI..[Bar & Bench in its previous version had unintentionally reported about the Registrar dismissing the petition and making a court record of the same.].It seems inconceivable that the BCI should take such a long time to serve notices to the parties in the days of super fast internet connections. The apex court had already on an earlier hearing had instructed the BCI to serve notices through email, telephone, fax and any other means as required..A copy of the Supreme Court order is available here.