The State of Jammu & Kashmir may very well get its State Bar Council soon, after the Bar Council of India told the Supreme Court that the BCI had approved the Jammu & Kashmir State Bar Council Draft Rules, reports said on Friday.
The BCI’s lawyer, AK Prasad, also told the Bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur, and AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ. that these draft rules would now be forwarded to the Central government for publication in the gazette. The court recorded the same in its order and listed the matter after six weeks.
As per reports this development came about in a petition filed by Senior Advocate Bhim Singh praying that a State Bar Council should be established in J&K. Currently, the High Court of J&K has been functioning as the Bar Council of J&K, in accordance with a transitory arrangement provided under Section 58 of the Advocates Act, 1961.