Multiple choice

Who among the following was elected Chairman of the Bar Council of India?

  1. Harish Salve

  2. Fali S. Nariman

  3. Goolam E. Vahanvati

  4. Ram Jethmalani

  5. Gopal Subramanium
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Explanation

Solicitor General of India and noted jurist Gopal Subramanium, 52, on April 11, 2010 became the first Solicitor General to be unanimously elected chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI). He will have a two-year term. Constituted under the Advocates Act, 1961, the BCI is the statutory body regulating the legal profession in the country, apart from being the highest disciplinary body of lawyers in India. It also lays down the standards of professional conduct and etiquette and also standards of legal education.

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