AIBE 2025 - All India Bar Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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All India Bar Examination (AIBE)

The All India Bar Examination ("AIBE") is a national-level examination that decides advocates who are going to practice law. It serves as a filtering strategy to find the potential in an individual who wishes to be an advocate and engage in the legal profession. After clearing the examination, the BCI issues a certificate declaring that the advocate is eligible to practice in India. As a result, each prospective advocate must pass the test in order to enter the legal profession.

  • The All India Bar Examination is administered by the Bar Council of India.
  • The examination is held twice a year, with the timing and location determined by the Bar Council of India.
  • The examination assesses advocates' understanding of substantive and procedural legal subjects as determined by the Bar Council of India.
  • The Bar Council of India will publish the examination curriculum three months before the date of the test.
  • The percentage of marks necessary to pass the test is determined by the Bar Council of India.
    Candidates who do not pass the examination may retake it an unlimited number of times.
  • The Bar Council of India decides on the syllabus, prescribed readings, paper setters, moderators, evaluators, model answers, examination hall norms, and other relevant issues.
  • The Bar Council of India determines the mode and structure of the application for examination.
  • An advocate earns a Certificate of Practice after passing the Bar exams.

 

AIBE 2025 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • March/April

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • June/July

Admit Card availability

  • November 

Date of Entrance Exam

  • December

Date of Declaration of Result

  • December 

AIBE 2024 was held on

  • 10th December 2023

 

AIBE 2025 Eligibility

Aspiring Candidates may apply to appear for the All India Bar Examination only after enrolling as an advocate under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961, and will have to submit suitable proof of such enrolment along with the application form for the All India Bar Examination.

 

Attempts at the All India Bar Examination

There is no limit to the number of times you can take the Bar Exam. If an advocate does not pass the test the first time, he or she can retake it and get the certificate of practice after the examination is passed.

 

Syllabus for All India Bar Examination

The AIBE Syllabus includes the following topics:

Topics

No. of Questions

Administration Law

3

Alternative Dispute Redressal including Arbitration Act

4

Cyber Law

2

Company Law

2

Constitutional Law

10

Cr PC - Criminal Procedure Code

10

Evidence Act

8

Environment Law

2

Family Law

8

IPC - Indian Penal Code

8

Intellectual Property Laws

2

Land Acquisition Act

2

Labor & Industrial Law

4

Law related to Taxation

4

Law of Torts, including the Motor Vehicle Act and Consumer Protection Law

5

Law of Contract, Specific Relief, Property Laws, Negotiable Instrument Law

8

Public Interest Litigation

4

Professional Ethics & Cases of Professional Misconduct under Bar Council of India Rules

4

Total

100

 

AIBE 2025 Exam Format

Understanding the AIBE exam format will help you avoid dumb mistakes both during exam preparation and when taking the test. Take some time to review the AIBE (17) exam pattern, which is provided below:

AIBE Exam Features

Details

Exam Mode

Offline Mode

Exam Type

AIBE is no longer an open-book exam.

Not allowed: you are not allowed to carry books, notes, and written material inside the exam hall

Allowed: Bare acts without notes are allowed.

Exam Duration

3 hours 30 minutes

Test Medium

22 vernacular languages apart from English i.e.,

Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri,

Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani,

Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Maithili,

Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi,

Sanskrit, Sindhi, Santhali,

Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu

Total Questions

100 Questions

Type of Questions

MCQs

Marking Scheme

One mark per question (negative marking to be introduced this year onwards)

No. of Test Cities

40

Official Website

http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/

 

AIBE 2025 Application Fee

List of AIBE Application fees respective to the candidate's category:

Category

Application Fee (in INR)

General / OBC

INR 3,560 (including INR 60 bank charges)

Gen-PWD / OBC-PWD

INR 3,560 (including INR 60 bank charges)

SC / ST

INR 2,560 (including INR 60 bank charges)

SC-PWD / ST-PWD categories

INR 2,560 (including INR 60 bank charges)

EWS / Women

INR 3,560 (including INR 60 bank charges)

 

All India Bar Exam 2025 Contact Details

Bar Council of India
225, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III
New Delhi - 110020
Tel: 011-49225000, 011-32402082
Telefax No: 011-41036283
Email: [email protected] 
Web: www.barcouncilofindia.org/