15,000 lawyers yet to submit verification form in Gujarat, bar council issues warning

The Gujarat Bar Council has strictly urged lawyers who have not submitted their law degree verification forms to submit them within 15 days to avoid stripping of their benefits.

In Gujarat, over 15,000 advocates in the state are yet to submit the verification form, as per reports.

As per the directions of the Supreme Court, the high-powered committee set up to oversee the verification process has sought a detailed report from all bar councils in the country, including the Gujarat Bar Council, regarding the verification of lawyers. 

In a bid to nab bogus lawyers in the country, a Verification Committee was formed, and since the All India Bar Examination became mandatory after 2010, more than 18,000 advocates have filled out the declaration form for verification.

On the other hand, as part of the verification process, the Bar Council has sent the LLB mark sheets of more than 28,000 advocates and the graduation mark sheets of 20,000 advocates, as well as the Class 10 and 12 mark sheets of 22,000 advocates, to various universities and institutes for verification.

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