Is Bar Council to be body corporate? Section 5 of Advocates Act, 1961
Every Bar Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and may by the name by which it is known sue and be sued.
CHAPTER II
BAR COUNCILS
Section 3 : State Bar Councils
Section 4 : Bar Council of India
Section 5 : Bar Council to be body corporate
Section 6 : Functions of State Bar Councils
Section 7 : Functions of Bar Council of India
Section 7A : Membership in international bodies
Section 8 : Term of office of Members of State Bar Council
Section 8A : Constitution of Special Committee in the absence of election
Section 9 : Disciplinary Committees
Section 9A : Constitution of legal aid Committees
Section 10 : Constitution of committees other than disciplinary committees
Section 10A : Transaction of business by Bar Councils and committees thereof
Section 10B : Disqualification of members of Bar Council
Section 11 : Staff of Bar Council
Section 12 : Accounts and audit
Section 13 : Vacancies in Bar Councils and Committees thereof not to invalidate action taken
Section 14 : Election to Bar Councils not to be questioned on certain grounds