India, Sept. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday put the functioning of the Bar Council of India (BCI) under a tighter oversight mechanism, directing that the Attorney General (AG) for India and Solicitor General (SG) must be "actively associated" with every policy decision taken by the apex lawyers' body until it is reconstituted through fresh elections.

A bench, comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, made it clear that BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra's continuance in office cannot be treated as an arrangement extending up to 2030, observing that, prima facie, his position is only a "pro tem" continuation until a freshly constituted BCI elects its office-bearers.

The court's interven...