The bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala has today constituted an 8-member committee under the chairmanship of former Supreme court judge Deepak Gupta to monitor the process of verification of lawyers' certificate of law practice other education/ degree certificates.

The Supreme Court passed the order of constituting the committee on a petition filed by a lawyer Ajay Shankar Srivastava challenging an office order of BCI to all State Bar Councils, the effect of which was to interdict the process of verification of advocates.

Other than Justice Deepak Gupta, the committee will comprise retired Allahabad High Court judge, Justice Arun Tandon, former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajendra Menon, Senior Advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Maninder Singh and three members to be nominated by the BCI.

The court passed the order that "All universities and exam boards shall verify the genuineness of degrees without charging fees, and requisition by State Bar Council shall be processed without undue delay. We request the committee to start work in a mutually convenient date and time and status report be filed in August 31, 2023".