India, Sept. 4 -- The Bar Council of India (BCI), the apex statutory body governing the legal profession and legal education in the country, has come under the Supreme Court's scrutiny on two consecutive days over the continuation of its leadership and the limits of its statutory powers.

On Wednesday, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, while questioning the continuation of BCI's present leadership, directed that the attorney general (AG) and solicitor general (SG) be actively associated with every policy decision until a freshly elected BCI takes charge.

The court also made it clear that BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra's continuance cannot be treated as an arrangement extending until 2030, observing prima facie t...