Executive Summary:
This document details amendments to the Bar Council of India Rules regarding General Council meetings. It addresses concerns about meeting expenses and the necessity of requisition meetings. The key change involves a minimum time gap between General House and Executive Committee meetings, and revised procedures for requisitioning meetings, including quorum requirements. The amendments were resolved on October 18, 2015, and published on January 22, 2016.
Key Points / Main Content:
Meeting Frequency:
* A minimum of 60 days must pass between two General House meetings.
* A minimum of 60 days must pass between two Executive Committee meetings.
* No time limit exists for Sub-Committee or other committee meetings, but the Chairman can convene meetings if necessary, with reasons recorded.
Requisition Meetings:
* To requisition a General Body meeting, at least 15 elected members and one ex-officio member must submit a written request to the Chairman, stating reasons and urgency.
* The Chairman must convene the meeting within 30 days of receiving the request.
* If the Chairman fails, the Vice-Chairman must convene the meeting within 15 days of the Chairman's refusal or failure (45 days total from initial request receipt).
* If both Chairman and Vice-Chairman fail, the senior-most member may convene the meeting.
Quorum Requirements:
* The quorum for a requisition meeting is at least 17 members, including one ex-officio member; failure results in an invalid meeting.
* For normal or emergent General Body meetings convened by the Chairman, the quorum is 10 (amended from 7).
* The quorum for Executive Committee meetings is now 7.
Impact Analysis:
Bar Council Members:
* Impact: Members are subject to new rules regarding meeting frequency and procedures for requisitioning meetings, including revised quorum requirements.
* Action Required: Members must adhere to the new timelines and procedures when requesting or attending meetings.
Chairman and Vice-Chairman:
* Impact: The Chairman and Vice-Chairman have specific responsibilities and timelines for convening requisition meetings.
* Action Required: They must act within the specified timeframes when a meeting is requisitioned and ensure meetings adhere to the revised quorum.
Executive Committee:
* Impact: The Executive Committee is subject to a minimum time gap between meetings and a revised quorum requirement.
* Action Required: The Executive Committee must schedule meetings according to the new time gap rule and ensure the quorum is met.
Key Entities Referenced
Bar Council of India: The primary regulatory body for legal profession in India, responsible for setting standards for legal education and practice.
General Council of the Bar Council of India: The main decision-making body within the Bar Council of India.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
General House: Refers to the general body meetings of the Bar Council of India.
Bar Council of India Rules: The set of regulations governing the functioning and administration of the Bar Council of India.
Rules Committee: A committee within the Bar Council of India responsible for reviewing and proposing amendments to the existing rules.
Executive Committee: A committee within the Bar Council of India responsible for implementing the decisions of the General Council and managing the day-to-day affairs of the council.
Ashok Kumar Pandey: Joint Secretary who issued the notification on behalf of the Bar Council of India.
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363 GI/2016 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III —SEC. 4
BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd January, 2016
Extract of the minutes of meeting of the General Council of the Bar Council of India which was held on
Sunday, 18th October, 2015.
Resolution No. 264 /2015
Item No. 379/2015.—Hon’ble Members Mr. Vijay Bhatt, Mr. Apurba Kumar Sharma, Mr. Dinesh Pathak,
Mr. Bhoj Chander Thakur and Mr. Debi Prasad Dhal raised a question that the frequent meetings of the
General House incur huge expenses and moreover the requisition meetings by the Members as per the Bar
Council of India Rules should be rarest of the rare measure. The Rules Committee has also expressed its view
that the rule with regard to a requisition meeting needs thorough change and there should be some criteria and
reasons for any emergent meeting to be convened by the Hon’ble Chairman.
Accordingly, the Hon’ble Members have unanimously expressed their willingness to amend the Chapter-I,
Part-II, Rule A of the Bar Council of India Rules. The Council accordingly resolved as follows:-
The minimum time gap between the two meetings of General House shall be of 60 days. The same shall be
the gap between two meetings of Executive Committees. There shall be no such time limit for the meeting of
Sub-Committees or other Committees. However, the Chairman of the Council, if he thinks it necessary or
emergent, may convene the meeting of General Body or of any other Committee for the reasons to be
recorded.
Amendment of the Rule for requisition meetings:- If any member or members want to requisition a
meeting of General Body of the House, at least 15 Members (elected) and one ex-officio members will have to
give the requisition for such meeting in writing to the Chairman assigning the reasons and urgency for such
meeting, and the Chairman shall convene the meeting on such requisition within a period of 30 days of the
receipt of such requisition by him. If the Chairman fails to convene the meeting on such requisition, the Vice-
Chairman shall convene it within a period of 15 days from the date of such refusal or failure (i.e. total period
of 45 days from the date of receipt of requisition by Chairman), And if, even the Vice-Chairman fails or
refuses to convene the meeting, then the Senior most member may convene the meeting. The quorum for any
requisition meeting shall be atleast 17 in which at least one ex-officio member shall required to be be present,
failing which it will not be a valid meeting. While for normal or emergent meetings of the General Body
convened by the Chairman, the stands amended accordingly. The quorum will be 10 instead of 7. The quorum
for the meetings of Executive Committee shall now be seven (7). The rule aforesaid stands amended
accordingly.
ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY, Jt. Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./340]
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