PRAYAGRAJ, June 26 -- A verification exercise of educational credentials submitted by lawyers registered with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has revealed 11 forged High School and Intermediate certificates, officials from the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) said.

Initiated last August following Supreme Court directions, the verification process is being conducted by the UP Board headquarters and its five regional offices to authenticate academic certificates submitted by advocates enrolled with bar councils across the state.

According to UP Board records, 70,766 of the 202,421 certificates received for scrutiny have been verified. Of these, 11 pertaining to Class 10 and Class 12 qualifications were found to be fake...