Delhi HC instructs Bar Council to publish exam result on website

Updated on: Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India(BCI) to publish on its website the merit list or statement of marks obtained by law graduates who have appeared All India Bar Examination 2011 held on March 6.
Appearing before Justice S Muralidhar, the BCI counsel informed that in the interest of general public and to maintain transparency, the council will publish the marks obtained by the candidates soon after the result was out.

The HC disposed a petition filed by Anoop Awasthi, who appeared the examination and alleged that BCI's decision not to declare the statement of marks was illegal, arbitrary and against the established standards.

"That since answersheets are Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, it shall be checked by computer and error, if any, say in computer programming may consume nearly six more months of an Advocate and thus practically ruin the future of
many such young advocates," the petitioner said.

"That in every objective type exam, there always remains a probability of some answers to be erroneous and the same may be highlighted by the candidates to the exam-conducting agency so that the errors may be rectified before the declaration of results," he also said.

Earlier, BCI had declared that it will not publish the merit list or statement of marks obtained by any of the advocate aspirants in All India Bar Examination but simply issue a certificate of "Right to Practice" only to those advocates who successfully clear the examination.

Delhi HC instructs Bar Council to publish exam result on website

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