Organization: Bar Council of India (BCI)
Post Exam Name: All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVIII – 2023
Total Posts: Not Applicable (Exam-Based Certification)
Official Website: allindiabarexamination.com
Purpose
To assess the eligibility of law graduates for the Certificate of Practice (COP) required to practice law in courts across India.
Revised Important Dates
- Online Registration Start Date: 16 August 2023
- Online Payment Start Date: 16 August 2023
- Registration Close Date: 16 November 2023
- Last Date for Online Payment: 17 November 2023
- Correction Window Last Date: 19 November 2023
- Admit Card Availability: 1 December to 5 December 2023
- Exam Date: 10 December 2023
- Provisional Answer Key Released: 12 December 2023
- Objection Window Closed: 20 December 2023
- Final Answer Key Released: 21 March 2024
- Result Declared: 21 March 2024
- Revised Result Declaration (with document correction): 26 March 2024
- Last Date to Send Enrollment Certificate (for withheld results): 10 April 2024
- Final Result Release for Withheld Candidates: 15 April 2024
Eligibility Criteria
- Must have completed either 3-year or 5-year LLB from a recognized law college
- Must be enrolled with any State Bar Council in India
- No upper age limit
- Final-year law students were allowed to appear (as per Supreme Court direction)
Exam Details
- Mode: Offline (OMR-Based)
- Type: Open Book (Bare Acts only; notes not allowed)
- Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Total Questions: 100 Multiple Choice Questions
- Effective Evaluation: 93 Questions (7 withdrawn)
- Languages: Available in multiple regional languages
- No Negative Marking
Qualifying Criteria
- General / OBC: Minimum 45% of 93 = 42 marks
- SC / ST / Disabled: Minimum 40% of 93 = 37 marks
Syllabus Includes
- Constitutional Law
- Indian Penal Code (IPC)
- Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
- Code of Civil Procedure (CPC)
- Indian Evidence Act
- Family Law
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Redressal (ADR)
- Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
- Company Law
- Environmental Law
- Cyber Law
- Labour & Industrial Law
- Law of Torts
- Taxation
- Contract Law
- Property Laws
- Specific Relief Act
- Negotiable Instrument Act
- Land Acquisition Act
- Professional Ethics
- Intellectual Property Laws
Certificate of Practice (COP)
- Issued by the Bar Council of India
- Mandatory for practicing law in any court in India
- Candidates who uploaded incorrect documents were required to email the correct Enrollment Certificate to [email protected] by 10 April 2024 for result release by 15 April 2024
- COP was issued for most State Bar Councils (except Karnataka)
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