All India Bar Examination (AIBE)

AIBE 2021 was a 3 hour 30 minutes long exam with 100 multiple-choice questions. As per AIBE  eligibility criteria, the candidate needs to have passed a 3-year LLB or 5-year integrated LLB degree and must be registered with respective Bar Councils to appear in the exam.

Exam Level: National Level Exam, Mode of Exam: Offline, Exam Duration: 3 Hours 30 Minutes

The Bar Council of India (BCI) is entrusted with responsibility of framing the AIBE eligibility criteria that candidates need to satisfy in order to appear in the qualification exam. Any candidate who doesn’t meet the eligibility criteria but still registers for AIBE XVI, such candidate can be disqualified at any stage of the certification process.

AIBE Eligibility Criteria

  • Academic qualification: The candidate needs to have done graduation in law: either 3-year LLB or 5-year integrated LLB.
  • Bar Council Registration: The candidate must get registered with their respective bar councils.
  • Age criteria: The BCI has no imposed any age limit for taking the qualification exam.

Any candidate who meets the above AIBE eligibility criteria can take the exam to earn the COP certificate.

Application Details

Mode of Application: Online and Offline

Mode of Payment: Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Demand Draft | Bank Challan

The BCI released the AIBE application form XVI in online mode, at allindiabarexamination.com. Candidates who meet the prescribed AIBE eligibility criteria need to duly fill the application form of AIBE and submit it by the last date as specified by the council. When filling the AIBE XVI application form one needs to use only genuine and verifiable information or else the candidate will be disqualified.

How to fill AIBE application form XVI (16): 

  • Registration: The candidate will have to first get registered by entering their enrolment number, date, and year of enrolment.
  • Fill in the form: In this step personal, education and enrolment have to be entered. In the education and enrolment section, the candidate has to enter the name of the college from which the LLB degree is earned, year of admission and year of passing out, duration of the course, graduation stream, enrolment number, state with code, and year of enrolment.
  • Uploading of documents: Scanned copies of signature and photograph have to be uploaded in the prescribed specification (size 10-50 kb). Self-Attested enrolment certificate and photo id should also be uploaded. The allowed format is jpg/jpeg.
  • Select test language and exam centre: The AIBE exam will be administered in 11 languages.

Test languages: Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu

  • Payment of test fee:  The candidate will next have to pay the application fee in offline mode using an SBI bank challan (which have to be downloaded from the online application portal) at a nearby SBI bank branch.
  • Uploading of challan info: The candidate will have to upload fee payment details like bank code, journal number, etc. to complete the application process.