AIBE XX (20) 2025 – The Bar Council of India (BCI) is expected to conduct the AIBE XX 2025 exam around the 1st week of December 2025. The exam will be held offline as a pen-and-paper test. AIBE is no longer an open-book exam. However, candidates are allowed to carry Bare Acts without comments (or notes) inside the AIBE 2025 exam center.
The AIBE 2025 application form will open tentatively in August or early September 2025.
As per the updated AIBE (XX) 2025 eligibility criteria, the candidate is not required to enroll with a State Bar Council to appear in the exam.
Candidates who qualify in the AIBE exam will be issued the Certificate of Practice (COP) which is mandatory to practice in a court of law.
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AIBE XX Exam Dates
The tentative event schedule for AIBE 20 Exam is given in the table below.
| Event | Tentative Dates |
| START of AIBE application form 2025 | 1st week of September 2025 |
| Last date to submit applications | 3rd week of November 2025 |
| AIBE admit card 2025 release date | 3rd week of December 2025 |
| AIBE 2025 Exam date | 4th week of December 2025 |
| AIBE 2025 Exam Timings | Reporting time – 8.30 am No entry inside exam hall after – 10.15 am Commencement of the exam: 10 am Completion of exam: 1 pm |
| AIBE 2025 Answer Key Release Date | Last week of December 2025 |
| AIBE 20 Answer Key Objection Window | To be notified |
| Release of FINAL answer key | To be notified |
| Declaration of AIBE XX 2025 Results | To be notified |
AIBE (20) Exam 2025 – Highlights
The key highlights of the AIBE 2025 exam are given in the table below.
| Particulars | Details |
| Exam name | All India Bar Examination (AIBE) |
| Conducting body | Bar Council of India (BCI) |
| Number of candidates appearing in the exam | 2,29,843 (AIBE XIX) 1,44,014 (AIBE VIII) |
| Qualifying percentage | Out of the 2,29,843 candidates that appeared in AIBE XIX, 1,77, 592 qualified the exam. Meanwhile, 52,251 failed to qualify AIBE XIX. So, the qualifying percentage in AIBE XIX was around 77.2% |
| Exam Level | National |
| Exam frequency | Annual |
| Exam Date | December 2025 (tentative) |
| Exam fees | INR 3,560 (General/ OBC category) and INR 2,560 (reserved category) |
| Eligibility | 3-year or 5-year LLB from a recognized law institute/ university |
| Exam purpose | The AIBE is a certification exam to earn the Certificate of Practice (COP) The COP is mandatory to practice law in India. |
| Mode of exam | Pen-and-paper exam |
| Exam timings | 10 am to 1 pm (3 hours) |
| Question type | 100 objective-type questions are asked in the exam |
| Test cities | 55 |
| AIBE exam website | To visit AIBE XIX Official Website – Click Here Bar Council of India – AIBE Portal |
| Top Law Entrance Exam | CLAT 2025 – Get Latest Updates |
What is the AIBE exam?
The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) is a national-level exam conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI).
The AIBE is not an entrance exam.
Instead, it is a certification exam.
Candidates who qualify in the AIBE exam are issued the Certificate of Practice (COP) certificate. This certificate allows the candidate to practice law in India.
3-year and 5-year LLB graduates are eligible to appear in the exam, which is conducted once every year in offline mode.
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What is new in the AIBE exam?
No new changes have been made to the AIBE exam pattern or syllabus.
The BCI has issued the CoP to candidates who have qualified in AIBE XVII. The certificate can be downloaded online using the AIBESCOPE mobile application.
AIBE Application Form 2025
The BCI is expected to release the application form for AIBE 2025 exam in September 2025. The application form will be available online at allindiabarexamination.com.
Candidates who meet the AIBE 2025 eligibility criteria must apply before the last date.
BCI will release the detailed schedule for the AIBE exam 2025 at the time of the release of the application form.
To register for the exam, the candidate will have to fill in their personal, academic, and contact details. Also, upload mandatory documents and pay the application fee.
The AIBE XX 2025 application fee is INR 3500 (SC, ST, and PwD candidates only need to pay INR 2500).
AIBE Admit Card XX 2025
BCI will release the AIBE 2025 admit card around the 3rd week of December 2025. Candidates who have registered for the exam can download the admit card by following the link that will be given on this page.
The BCI released the following instructions for downloading the AIBE XIX (19) Admit Card 2024.
“Follow these Instructions to download the Admit Card:
Visit the AIBE-XIX website: https://aibexix.register.smartexams.in/home and log in using your registration credentials.
Click on the “ADMIT CARD”.
Click on the “View Admit Card” button to view the detailed admit card.
Click on the “Download PDF” button at the top corner to download the admit card.
Examination Timing is “10:00 AM to 1:00 PM”
Candidates should report at their respective Examination Centre by “08:30 AM”
Candidates will not be allowed to enter the Examination Centre after “10:15 AM”
If any assistance required, contact the help desk.”
Here is the official notification:
AIBE XX Admit Card Download Window
This is what the AIBE 2025 admit card download window will look like:
Sample AIBE 2025 admit card
Candidate can refer to the sample AIBE admit card given below.
AIBE 20 Exam Centres 2025
AIBE 20(XX) 2025 exam will be conducted in 55 cities across India. The list of AIBE (XX) 2025 exam centers is given on the exam portal.
When filling out the AIBE 2025 application form, the candidate could only select the exam city.
The name and address of the exam city allocated to the candidate will be mentioned on the admit card.
The allotment of AIBE 2025 will be based on the city selected by them and their address.
List of exam cities for AIBE XX (20) 2025-26
| STATE | AIBE 2025 Exam City |
| AIBE exam centres in Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati |
| Vijayawada | |
| Visakhapatnam | |
| AIBE exam centres in Assam | Guwahati |
| AIBE exam centres in Bihar | Patna |
| AIBE exam centres in Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur |
| Raipur | |
| AIBE exam centres in Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| Rajkot | |
| Surat | |
| AIBE exam centres in Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| AIBE exam centres in Jammu | Jammu |
| AIBE exam centres in Kashmir | Srinagar |
| AIBE exam centres in Jharkhand | Bokaro |
| Ranchi | |
| AIBE exam centres in Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| Dharwad | |
| AIBE exam centres in Kerala | Ernakulam |
| Thiruvananthapura m | |
| AIBE exam centres in Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| Gwalior | |
| Indore | |
| Jabalpur | |
| AIBE exam centres in Maharashtra & Goa | Aurangabad |
| Mumbai | |
| Nagpur | |
| Nanded | |
| Panaji | |
| Pune | |
| AIBE exam centres in Manipur | Imphal |
| AIBE exam centres in Meghalaya | Shillong |
| AIBE exam centres in New Delhi | New Delhi (NCR) |
| AIBE exam centres in Odisha | Bhubaneshwar |
| AIBE exam centres in Punjab & Haryana | Amritsar |
| Chandigarh | |
| Gurugram | |
| Hisar | |
| AIBE exam centres in Rajasthan | Jodhpur |
| Jaipur | |
| AIBE exam centres in Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| Coimbatore | |
| Trichy | |
| AIBE exam centres in Telangana | Hyderabad |
| AIBE exam centres in Tripura | Agartala |
| AIBE exam centres in Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
| Ghaziabad | |
| Gorakhpur | |
| Lucknow | |
| Meerut | |
| Noida | |
| Varanasi | |
| AIBE exam centres in Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| Rudrapur | |
| AIBE exam centres in Mizoram | Aizawl |
| AIBE exam centres in West Bengal | Kolkata |
AIBE 20 Answer Key 2025
The BCI will release AIBE 20 (XX) Answer Key 2025 in two phases
- Phase 1 – Provisional answer key of AIBE 2025
- Phase 2 – FINAL answer key of AIBE 2025
The AIBE 20 Provisional Answer Key 2025 key was released around the last week of December 2025. The answer key can be downloaded online at allindiabarexamination.com.
Candidates will also be given the option to challenge the provisional answer key (the window will be available for around 10-12 days). In the previous edition, the objection window was open from from December 30 – January 10, 2025.
Using the AIBE 20 Objection Window 2025, candidates can submit their objections by logging into the candidate portal.
BCI release the AIBE 20 final answer key 2025 around the 1st week of March 2026. The final key will be released after reviewing the objections submitted by candidates.
How to raise objections against AIBE Answer Key 2025
If you have any objections against the AIBE XX 2025 Answer Key, follow these steps to submit an objection:
- Go to the BCI portal
- If the objection window is open, the “Objection Filing” link will be activated.
- Click on the link
- You will be redirected to the “AIBE Objection” form
- Log-in to the portal using your candidate credentials
- Next:
– Selecting your Paper Code (A, B, C, or D)
– Choose the Question Number
– Review the official answer that is automatically populated
– Enter your answer.
– Add remarks if you have any
– Attach documents supporting your objection claim
- Once you are done, submit the AIBE 2025 XX objection form.
AIBE 20 Cut off Marks 2025
The Bar Council of India will release the category-wise AIBE (XX) 2020 cut-off at the time of declaration of results.
While the qualifying percentage of marks for the AIBE exam is released beforehand, the exact cut-off marks required to qualify in the exam depends on factors like – whether any question has been dropped, extra marks awarded, etc.
For instance, in the previous edition of the exam (AIBE 19), 7 questions were dropped, reducing the total marks to 93 (from 100). Subsequently, the cut-off marks for all the categories also got reduced.
In the open category, the cut-off marks was 42 (45% of 93).
The previous years’ cut-off marks for the AIBE exam are given below.
| AIBE exam | Cut-off Marks | |
| General/OBC | SC/ ST | |
| AIBE 19 | 42 | 37 |
| AIBE 18 | 42 | 37 |
| AIBE 17 | 39 marks out of 98 | 34 marks out of 98 |
| AIBE 16 | 38 | 33 |
| AIBE 15 | 38 | 33 |
| AIBE 14 | 37 marks | 32 marks |
| AIBE 13 | 39 marks | 34 marks |
| AIBE 12 | 38 marks | 33 marks |
AIBE Exam Result 2025
BCI will likely declare the results of AIBE (XIX) 2025 in March 2026. The result link will be provided above. To check your results, log-in to the result portal using your roll number and password.
AIBE 2025 result will include details like the qualifying STATUS of the candidate. However, it will not include sectional or overall scores. In fact, scores of the exam will not be released even if requested.
The result will merely include the qualifying status: Pass or Fail
Such candidates who qualify in AIBE (XIX) 2025 exam will be issued the Certificate of Practice (CoP).
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AIBE 2025 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is AIBE an open-book exam?
No, AIBE is no longer an open-book exam. However, until 2021, it was conducted as a open-book exam. Currently, AIBE is conducted as a closed-booked exam, meaning candidates are not allowed to carry books and study materials inside the exam hall.
Also, in the present format, the candidate can carry Bare Acts without notes and comments.
The changes in the exam pattern was done to ensure the candidate has a better understanding of legal concepts rather than focusing on rote learning and depending on books.
What is the duration of the AIBE exam?
The AIBE exam will be conducted from 10 am – 1.30 pm (3 hours 30 minutes). The question paper will include 100 multiple-choice questions of 1 mark each.