All India Bar Examination examines an advocate’s skills and capability to practice the profession of law in India. The entrance exam of AIBE is designed to assess the analytical skills and understanding law, as a benchmark for admission to practice law as a designated profile.
Once the candidate graduates the entrance exam, he/she will be certified as Certificate of Practice by the Bar Council of India. The applicants can select 11 languages as an attempt for the examination. The entrance exam is an open book exam with multiple choice questions framed.
Candidates can check their AIBE 2020 exam dates as scheduled below:
| Events | Dates (Tentative) |
| Online registration Start Date | Last week of September 2020 |
| Bank payment through Challan starts from | Last week of September 2020 |
| Last date of online registration | 2nd week of December 2020 |
| Payment Last Date | 2nd week of December 2020 |
| Form completion Last Date | 2nd week of December 2020 |
| Admit card release | 3rd week of December 2020 |
| Exam date | First week of January 2021 |
| Final Answer key release | January 2020 |
| Declaration of Result | 2nd week of January 2021 |
AIBE 2020 Exam Application Form
The instruction booklet or instruction guidelines are made available for all applicants:
All applicants can start filling the application form from last week of September 2020. The Application From is available online. Candidates should fill their academic, and personal details correctly.
They have to upload the scanned signature and photos at the time of registration. Self- attested documents need to be uploaded accurately onto the website. All candidates of the reserved section should upload their self-attested category certificate as directed in the application form.
Candidates should take care not to send the hard copy of the Application Form to the Bar Council of India. They are requested to take printouts and keep it till the admission process gets over.
All Application Form Fees can be paid using payments via SBI Bank. It should be noted that the application fee is non-refundable under any circumstance.
The breakdown of the Application Fee for AIBE 2020 is as under:
| Category | Application fee |
| General/OBC candidates | Rs. 3560/- |
| SC/ST candidates | Rs. 2560/- |
AIBE 2020 Exam Eligibility Criteria
The candidate must always check their eligibility for the AIBE 2020 entrance exam. The applying candidates must be an Indian citizen. There is no age criteria. All applicants must pass a 3 or 5 year Bachelor’s Degree in LLB from any recognized University. Candidates must enrol themselves at the Bar Council of India.
AIBE 2020 Entrance Exam Pattern
The entrance exam will be conducted offline that is through an open book test mode. A total of 3hours and 30 minutes will be allotted to the candidate for completing the exam. The question paper will comprise a total of 100 marks.
There will be 100 questions set in the question paper. The questions are in multiple choice question format. Every correct answer will be of 1 mark and there is no negative marking.
A breakdown of subject wise distribution of the exam are:
| Subjects | Marks |
| Constitutional law | 10 |
| Family law | 8 |
| Administrative law | 3 |
| Environmental law | 2 |
| Cyber law | 2 |
| Law related to taxation | 4 |
| Indian panel code | 8 |
| Alternative dispute Redressal including arbitration act | 4 |
| Public interest litigation | 4 |
| Land acquisitions act | 2 |
| Labour and industrial laws | 4 |
| Intellectual properties law | 2 |
| Law of contracts, specific relief, properties laws, negotiable instrument act | 8 |
| Law of tort inclusive of motor vehicle act and consumer protection law | 5 |
| Professional ethics and cases of professional misconduct under BCI rules | 4 |
| Code of civil procedure | 10 |
| Criminal procedure code | 10 |
| Evidence act | 8 |
| Intellectual properties law | 2 |
| Total | 100 |
AIBE 2020 Exam Syllabus
The AIBE 2020 exam will be based on the syllabus of Bar Council of India for LLB courses. Some of the topics for preparation are, evidence act, company laws, Labour and Industrial law, Professional ethics, and cases of professional misconduct under BCI rules, laws related to taxation, intellectual property laws, laws of contracts, land acquisition acts, cyber laws, environmental laws, public interest litigation laws, criminal procedure code and code of civil procedure among many others.
AIBE 2020 Exam Admit Card
AIBE 2020 is a certificate exam setting benchmarks for practice of law established in India. The AIBE 2020 Exam Admit Card dates are as under:
| Event | Dates (Tentative) |
| Download of AIBE XV (15) admit card | Second week of April 2020 |
| AIBE XV (15) 2020 schedule | Third week of April 2020 |
| Declaration of result | Fourth week of June 2020 |
Steps to Download the AIBE Entrance Exam Admit Card
All applicants can download their admit card by following:
Visit the official website of AIBE 2020 and search for the notification regarding AIBE 2020 Admit Card. Press the Admit Card Link.
Enter your registration number and password. The Admit card opens in a new page. Verify your details and take adequate printouts after downloading the Admit Card.
Important Details on the Admit card of AIBE 2020
- Name of the candidate.
- Roll number and application number.
- AIBE XV (15) exam centre address.
- Important Date and timings of AIBE XV (15) 2020.
- Reporting time at the exam centre
- Exam instructions
AIBE 2020 Entrance Exam Answer Key
The concerned authority will release the provisional AIBE 2020 Answer Key to the applicants via online. This facility helps the candidates to check their answer key and calculate their marks obtained in the entrance exam.
If you or any applicant have objections to the answer key, they should register their complaints within ten days of the release of answer key. After the kind consideration of objections, the related authority will display the final answer key in January 2021.
AIBE 2020 Entrance Exam Results
The results will be published a week after the results have been declared online. The results are available online on the website. The Result page shows their qualifying and non-qualifying status of exams for all candidates. All results will be displayed in the first week of January 2021.
The Scorecard or Result Card will indicate the details such as candidates name, father’s name, mother’s name, roll number, registration number, enrolment number and so on. The qualified candidates will be issued certificate pf practice after clearing in the results page.
AIBE 2020 Entrance Exam Cut Off Marks
The cut off marks are those minimum marks required for a candidate to qualify for the entrance exam. There are several factors affecting the AIBE 2020 Cut Off Marks:
Minimum Passing Criteria for AIBE 2020
Number of candidates reporting discrepancies in Answer Keys
Total discrepancies verified and rectified by BCI (Bar Council of India)
Questions removed from result evaluation.
| Factors affecting AIBE cut off | Details |
| Minimum passing criteria | BCI has mentioned minimum passing marks for each category as under:General/ OBC category – 40% marks out of total marksSC/ ST category – 35% marks out of total marks |
| Number of candidates reporting the discrepancies in the answer keys | The more candidates report errors/ discrepancies on the answer keys, the better it will be to cross-check the question paper and hence, corrective measure to be taken by BCI |
| Total discrepancies rectified by BCI | BCI will verify the objections raised by candidates and if the objections are found valid it will take action accordingly |
| Total questions removed from final result evaluation | Before announcing the results, BCI will publish a clarification on the answer keys mentioning the total number of questions found with errors and hence, removed from final result evaluation |
AIBE 2020 Entrance Exam Preparations
The entrance exam set up by the Bar Council of India is mandatory for all law graduates and advocates enrolled with state bar councils after 2010 onwards. This exam is an open book exam which means they can carry their books, notes and study materials for the exam. There is no limit on the attempts for this exam.
AIBE 2020 Preparation Strategy
It’s important for candidates to know and understand the exam pattern of AIBE. They should be well versed with diverse topics such as subjects, question weightage, type of questions, and other features.
It is only through practice that once can clear this entrance exam. All law graduates should be proficient in the syllabus and make necessary notes each day. Keeping track of law cases and judgements is beneficial for all law graduates and novice advocates. Candidates should be prepared to undertake further study after this phase of law.
