Srinagar, Oct 14 The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has made it mandatory for advocates enrolled in the two Union Territories since the 2009-2010 academic year to clear the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) to practise law.
The Registrar (Administration) of the High Court, Mohammad Yasin Beigh, issued a notification to this effect on Saturday.
The Full Court, which met on October 8, approved the recommendations of the Rules Committee made on August 19, 2026, the notification reads.
"All those Law Graduates (Professional) who have been enrolled as Advocates with the Bar Council of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and who have graduated from the Academic Year 2009-2010 onwards, shall have to qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) in terms of Rule 9,10 and 11 of Chapter-III, Part VI of the Bar Council of India Rules, if they have not qualified the said examination," it said.
Fresh law graduates and advocates enrolled provisionally with the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be granted an absolute certificate of enrolment only after clearing the AIBE and producing a Certificate of Practice (COP) issued by the Bar Council of India within two years, the notification said.
