Aadhaar-like registry to weed out fake lawyers: Bar body's suggestion to Supreme Court
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The Bar Association of India (BAI) has moved the Supreme Court seeking the creation of an Aadhaar-like national digital registry for lawyers, aimed at enabling real-time verification of advocates’ credentials and curbing the rise of fake legal practitioners [Bar Association of India & Anr. v Union of India & Ors.].The BAI's plea has proposed the establishment of a National Digital Registry for the Legal Profession of India (NDRLP), a centralised, technology-driven database assigning each