New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Bar Council of India's (BCI) power to regulate legal education in the country deserves scrutiny, observing that, at best, it may lay down general guidelines with regard to law schools but it is not an "expert body" to determine standards of education.

The court's sharp remark came amid recent episodes where the BCI chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra issued a resolution denying enrolment to the graduating batch at NALSAR Hyderabad that was withdrawn within an hour and for which Mishra got flak from the Supreme Court.

Hearing a batch of petitions seeking removal of Mishra and transparency in the decision-making process at BCI, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Su...