Syllabus for All India Bar Exam-XVIII
| S. No | Topic/Subject | Number of Questions |
| 1 | Constitutional law | 10 |
| 2 | I. P. C. (Indian Penal Code) | 8 |
| 3 | Cr. P. C. (Criminal Procedure Code) | 10 |
| 4 | C. P. C. (Code of Civil Procedure) | 10 |
| 5 | Evidence Act | 8 |
| 6 | Alternative Dispute Redressal including Arbitration Act | 4 |
| 7 | Family Law | 8 |
| 8 | Public Interest Litigation | 4 |
| 9 | Administration Law | 3 |
| 10 | Professional Ethics & Cases of Professional Misconduct under Bar Council of India Rules | 4 |
| 11 | Company Law | 2 |
| 12 | Environmental Law | 2 |
| 13 | Cyber Law | 2 |
| 14 | Labour & Industrial Law | 4 |
| 15 | Law of Tort, including Motor Vehicle Act and Consumer Protection Law | 5 |
| 16 | Law related to Taxation | 4 |
| 17 | Law of Contract, Specific Relief, Property Laws, Negotiable Instrument Act | 8 |
| 18 | Land Acquisition Act | 2 |
| 19 | Intellectual Property Laws | 2 |
| Total | 100 |
The All India Bar Examination was considered and approved by the Bar Council of India at its meeting held on 30th April 2010, wherein it was decided by the Council that the examination shall be mandatory for all law students graduating from the academic year 2009-2010 onwards and that candidates may apply to appear in the examination only after enrolling as advocates under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961.
The Sole intention of the AIBE examination was to improve the standard of the legal profession; therefore, AIBE examination is not relevant for those who are not interested to enter into the legal profession. Therefore, those candidates, who are not interested in practicing the law, cannot be exempted from obtaining enrolment before the State Bar Council for appearing in the AIBE. The candidate will be awarded a certificate of practice after clearing the examination and is eligible to practice in any court in India. The exam is conducted in 40 cities of India in national and regional languages.
All India Bar Examination is a certification exam conducted twice a year by the Bar Council of India for law graduates willing to start practicing of the profession as lawyers. The exam is conducted in 50 cities having 140 centres as an open book exam. The exam is conducted to assess the basic level knowledge of a member and lay down minimum benchmark for entering into the practice of law in addition to assessing the candidate’s analytical skills. After clearing the All India Bar Examination, the candidate is awarded a certificate of practice by the Bar Council of India.
Qualified members in the exam can attend court hearings in any tribunal courts and administrative bodies. The exam is in a multi-choice model and conducted offline in three and a half hours duration. the All India Bar Examination is a post-enrolment examination where persons are initially said to be provisionally enrolled on an undertaking that they will pass the exam within 2 years of said enrolment. The concept of provisional enrolment and the undertaking was brought in through the BCI Resolution dated 12.04.2013.
However, as a result of BCI Resolution dated 31.01.2017, it has been clarified that while the right to practice would only be for two years under a provisional enrolment, the said person can continue to take the Bar Examination as many times as possible. The result, therefore, is that any person who is provisionally enrolled is allowed to practice for two years, but is allowed to take the exam not just for two years but for any number of times till he passes the exam while the date of reckoning seniority is from the date of the provisional enrolment.
