AIBE twice a year, final-year students allowed: The Supreme Court just fixed a timing mess

India’s bar exam pathway is getting a long-overdue timing fix. The Bar Council of India has told the Supreme Court it has framed new rules allowing final-semester LLB students to sit for the All India Bar Examination, while making the test a twice-a-year exercise. The condition remains clear: students can appear, but must clear their final exams to move forward. For aspirants, this is not just a procedural update—it reduces the risk of losing an entire year to exam cycles and paperwork, and smoothens the jump from law school to practice.