BAR COUNCIL OF RAJASTHAN

About the Bar Council of Rajasthan, Jodhpur

About the BCR

The Bar Council of Rajasthan, Jodhpur is an Autonomous body established and Constituted in the Year 1961 under the provisions of Advocates Act 1961 Which provide for establishment of State Bar Councils in Section 3 thereof with a maximum of 25 elected members. The Advocate General of the State of Rajasthan is Ex-officio member of the Rajasthan Bar Council.

The election to the Rajasthan Bar Council takes place by a complex process wherein the electorate comprises of every single lawyer enrolled in Rajasthan. The counting involves elimination by preferential voting basis and the 25 members securing highest votes get elected to the office for a period of 5 years. Amongst these elected members by internal elections, office of the Chairman and Vice Chairman as also nomination to the Bar Council of India takes place. The office of Rajasthan Bar Council is situated at High Court Premises, Jodhpur.