Section 7 of the Advocates Act, 1961 lays down the regulatory and representative requirements which are mandatory for State Bar Councils.
Shri Shiv Kishor Gaur was elected as Chairman of Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.
[1] Graduates having a law degree from recognised universities permitted to impart legal education are admitted as advocates in The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.
Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh was asked by Allahabad High Court to disclose the steps initiated by it to trace the lawyers against whom complaints were received for practicing on fake and fraudulent degrees.
Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh had made a written representation to Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav, for a permission for interim bail or parole of prisoners or under-trial convicts due to situation created by Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2019 June, Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh Chief Darvesh Singh Yadav was killed.