Chennai :
Tamil Nadu lawyer S Prabakaran was on Sunday elected chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI). He suc ceeds Manan Kumar Mishra of Bihar in the highest office for practising advocates.
BCI is the apex statutory body with power to regulate le gal education and control practice of law. Elected as member of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in 2011 with second highest number of votes among its members, Prabakaran was then chosen by the state council as its representative to BCI, Delhi.
In 2012, BCI nominated him as chairman of its disciplinary committee and a year later as co-chairman of BCI.
Prabakaran is a three-time president of Madras High Court Advocates Association and also president of Tamil Nadu Advocates Association.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Chennai / TNN / January 11th, 2016