Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:
The Chamier Committee to address the existing disparities in the Legal profession during pre-independent India, was appointed in which year?
Options:
1926
1925
1920
1923
Correct Answer:
1923
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).