Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:
The Indian Bar Committee appointed in 1923, was chaired by:
Options:
Sir Edward Chamier
Munshi Ishwar Saran
Thomas Babington Macaulay
None of these
Correct Answer:
Sir Edward Chamier
Explanation:
Barristers of England had come to occupy a predominant position in the legal profession. The Government of India in 1923 appointed the Indian Bar Committee, popularly known as the Chamier Committee to address the existing disparities in the Legal profession. It was chaired by Sir Edward Chamier, a retired Chief Justice of the Patna High Court).