Bar Council
Formation1972 (1972)
TypeStatutory body
Regulatory body
HeadquartersBar Council Bhaban, 3, Captain Mansur Ali Sarani, Dhaka 23°43′58.987″N 90°24′13.583″E / 23.73305194°N 90.40377306°E / 23.73305194; 90.40377306
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bangla and English
Chairman
Abu Mohammad Amin Uddin
Websitebarcouncil.gov.bd

Bangladesh Bar Council is a statutory autonomous body in Bangladesh, established under the Legal Practitioners and the Bar Council Order.[1][2] It is the licensing and Regulatory body for lawyers in Bangladesh.[3]

The bar council can establish tribunals to investigate and prosecute complaints against lawyers. In 2019 there were five such tribunals. A tribunal may reprimand or suspend a lawyer or remove them from practice. It dealt with 378 complaints from 2014 to 2018. Nine lawyers have lost their license permanently and 6 were suspended for a limited period of time.[4]

History

The council was established in 1972 through the Legal Practitioners and the Bar Council Order. It has 15 members including the Attorney General of Bangladesh. It publishes a legal journal called Bangladesh Legal Decisions.[5] Members are elected to the council.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Remarkable insight on admission to practice in Bangladesh Bar Council". The Daily Star. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh Bar Associations". hg.org. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bar Council penalises 3 lawyers". The Daily Star. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "How does the Bar Council Tribunal function". The Daily Star. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh Bar Council". Banglapedia. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh Bar Council election held". The Daily Star. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2017.


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