Empanelment Of Legal Counsel At National Council For Teacher Education
|The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is inviting applications for empanelment of Legal Counsel as Standing/Panel Counsel to represent it in Supreme Court, High Courts and their Benches all over the country.
Educational Qualification: LL.B.
Eligibility Criteria for Standing Counsel: A person should be –
(i) Be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the Supreme Court of India or with the High Court, as the case may be.
(ii) For engagement in Supreme Court the Advocate must be an Advocate on Record.
(iii) Have minimum experience of ten years of handling Civil/Criminal/service matter cases. Preference will be given to the counsels who have dealt earlier with matters pertaining to academic/education institutions and statutory bodies.
(iv) Should have at least 50 appearances before the Supreme Court or the respective court for which the advocate is seeking empanelment, in the calendar year preceding the application for empanelment with NCTE e.g. a person must have had 50 appearances in 2024 if he is applying for empanelment in 2025
Eligibility Criteria for Panel Counsel: A person should be –
(i) Be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the High Court or Supreme Court, as the case may be.
(ii) An appointment as an Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court or the High Court, shall be given due weightage.
(iii) Have minimum experience of five years of handling Civil/Criminal/service matter cases. Preference will be given to the counsels who have dealt earlier with matters pertaining to academic/education institutions and statutory bodies.
(iv) Should have at least 50 appearances before the Supreme Court or the respective court for which the advocate is seeking empanelment, in the calendar year preceding the application for empanelment. e.g. a person must have had 50 appearances in 2024 if he is applying for empanelment in 2025.
Terms for Appointment: The terms for appointment of the Counsel would be for a period of one year and extendable on year-to-year basis from the date of appointment. The appointment of the Counsels may be terminated at any time by the appointing authority, without assigning any reason.
Last Date to Apply: August 1, 2025