Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:

All India Bar Council was established under which Act?

Options:

The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879

The Legal Practitioners Act, 1846

The Advocates Act, 1961

The Bengal Regulation VII of 1793

Correct Answer:

The Advocates Act, 1961

Explanation:

After the enactment of the Advocates Act ,1961 all the old categories of practitioners (vakils, barristers, pleaders of several grades, and mukhtars) were abolished and consolidated into a single category called "advocates" who enjoy the right to practice in courts throughout India. The Advocates Act also established an All India Bar Council for the first time, with the Attorney-General and Solicitor General of India as ex- officio members of the Bar Council.