All Indian Bar Examination is the National Level Examination conducted twice in every year by the Bar Council of India. The objective of conducting this exam is to examine the advocates basic knowledge of law, analytical thinking, understanding the concept of law from those who are willing to practice in this profession. AIBE exam is an open book exam. The candidate who pass the exam will receive ‘Certificate of Practice’ by the Bar Council of India. AIBE exam will be conducted across 40 cities in India. Candidate can choose the medium of language from 11 different languages.
Who are eligible?
Eligible persons having a recognized law degree (3 years or 5 years) and they should be admitted as advocates on State Bar Council. In simple language the eligible person should have ‘Sanad’ which is the ID card given by State Bar Council. The Advocates Act 1961 empowers State Bar Council to frame their own rules for on enrolments of advocates.
AIBE Exam
AIBE exam forms are available on the official website of AIBE i.e www.allindiabarexamination.com. The candidate should carry their own study material in the exam hall. The exam will be in offline mode. The questions will be in MCQ format. The candidate had cleared his LL.B exam then to some candidate gets difficulty in clearing this exam. But, if the candidate have had studied all the subjects well during his/her law school days then this exam can be cleared easily.
Who are eligible?
Eligible persons having a recognized law degree (3 years or 5 years) and they should be admitted as advocates on State Bar Council. In simple language the eligible person should have ‘Sanad’ which is the ID card given by State Bar Council. The Advocates Act 1961 empowers State Bar Council to frame their own rules for on enrolments of advocates.
AIBE Exam
AIBE exam forms are available on the official website of AIBE i.e www.allindiabarexamination.com. The candidate should carry their own study material in the exam hall. The exam will be in offline mode. The questions will be in MCQ format. The candidate had cleared his LL.B exam then to some candidate gets difficulty in clearing this exam. But, if the candidate have had studied all the subjects well during his/her law school days then this exam can be cleared easily.
Syllabus
These subjects below cover the high weightage if the candidate studied these subjects thoroughly then the chances of passing of that candidate is higher :
1. Constitutional Law 10 marks
2. I.P.C (Indian Penal Code) 8 marks
3. Cr.P.C (Criminal Procedure Code) 10 marks
4. C.P.C (Code of Civil Procedure) 10 marks
5. Evidence Act 8 marks
6. Law of Contract, Specific Relief,
Property Laws, Negotiable Instrument Act 8 marks
7. Family Law 8 marks
Whereas, these subjects are low in weightage which are mentioned below :
8. Alternative Dispute Redressal
including Arbitration Act 4 marks
9. Public Interest Litigation 4 marks
10. Administrative Law 3 marks
11. Professional Ethics &
Cases of Professional Misconduct
under BCI rules 4 marks
12. Company Law 2 marks
13. Environmental Law 2 marks
14. Cyber Law 2 marks
15. Labour & Industrial Laws 4 marks
16. Law of Tort, including
Motor Vehicle Act and
Consumer Protection Law 5 marks
17. Law related to Taxation 4 marks
18. Land Acquisition Act 2 marks
19. Intellectual Property Laws 2 marks
How to prepare for the AIBE Exam
- Bare Acts
The candidate should go through the Bare acts of all the Subjects. Reading the Index is very important the candidate can stick sticky notes on the important sections and definitions. The candidate should avoid mugging up the sections and should focus on reading it as much you could as it an open book exam
- Question Papers
The candidate should solve the last years question papers which is available in book stores or online stores too. Reading the question paper the candidate will get an idea about what type of question was asked in earlier exams. It is a time based examination where the candidate will get 3hr 30 min to answer 100 questions. The candidate should practice to solve the questions in the same time span.
- Legal Maxims/One Liners
The candidate can get a printout of all the important Legal maxims and one liners and can carry with themselves on the examination day. The candidate can get some of the legal maxims in Legal Language subject book.
- Commentary Books
The candidate can carry commentary book of the respective subjects for Judgements. There is a case index in every commentary book so it will be very helpful to find a case and answer the questions related to it.
- All India Bar Examination Books
There are books available in the book stores or online website where there are subject wise MCQs given and also last year question papers with answers.
- Strategy of Cracking the Exam
The candidate should read the question paper thoroughly the candidate can divide the question paper in three category they are as follows :
- Solvable
- Confusion
- Unsolvable
When a candidate read the question paper he/she can understand in which category he/she can place the given question if the category choose by the candidate is solvable then he/she should mark the answer of the question in the OMR sheet. If the candidate is confused regarding the answer what the answer is, he/she can mark the answer with certain symbol which indicate it is in confusion category. Later on, when he/she finished up answering all the solvable question then he/she can search the correct answer of the confusable question from the books he/she has got. Last but not the least the candidate should try to find the answer of the questions which he/she kept in unsolvable category. The candidate should use the time very effectively. The candidate should keep in mind there is no negative marking so the candidate must answer all the questions.