BCI to move SC seeking 3-year practice at bar as condition to be judicial officer NEW DELHI : The Bar Council of India has said it will file an application before the Supreme Court seeking to make minimum 3-year practice at the bar necessary to become a judicial officer. The BCI, the country’s apex lawyers’ body, said judicial officers not having practical experience as advocates are mostly found to be incapable and inept in handling matters. Presently, fresh law graduates are being allowed to sit for Judicial Service Examination throughout the territory of India without having any practical experience at the Bar.