New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that Bar Councils have increasingly become "men's clubs" and said the monopoly over their functioning must be dismantled, while directing the Chief Justices of jurisdictional High Courts to nominate two co-opted women members to every State Bar Council.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana made the observations while hearing a batch of petitions relating to elections to the Bar Council of India (BCI) and State Bar Councils.

"Bar Councils have become men's clubs. We may observe that people take it like a monopoly. This has to be completely dismantled," the CJI remarked during the hearing.

The Court has also directed...