| Agency Name: | Bar Council of Gujarat |
| Type: | Statutory body |
| Headquarters: | Satyamev Complex, Ahmedabad |
| Chief1 Name: | ZALA ANIRUDHSINH |
| Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
| Chief2 Name: | PATEL RAMESHCHANDRA |
| Chief2 Position: | Vice-Chairman |
| Chief3 Name: | TRIVEDI KAMAL |
| Chief3 Position: | Advocate General |
Bar Council of Gujarat is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of Gujarat. It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act, 1961 and Bar Council of India. In March 1953, S. R. Das as head of the 'All India Bar Committee', proposed the creation of the apex body as an All-India Bar Council and Bar council at state levels and submitted a report to the Central Government of India. Members of the Bar Council are elected from among members enrolled and practicing as lawyers practicing law in the state of Gujarat and they represent the state in Bar Council of India meetings. Bar Council of a place designs standards of professional conduct to be followed by members, and designs etiquettes and has the power to enforce disciplinary guidelines over the members of bar council.
The Gujarat Bar Council was formed as per the requirement of Section 3 of Advocates Act, 1961 which mandates for each state of India to have its Bar Council. As per the guidelines, the legal profession in India and the standards of legal education would be regulated by the All India Bar Council. The Law Commission of India was suggested to prepare a report on judicial administration reforms in India.
Section 7 of the Advocates Act, 1961 lays down the regulatory and representative requirements which are mandatory for State Bar Councils. Bar Councils of each place has following functions:[1]
| access-date=23 September 2021 | publisher=The Times of India | date=30 July 2019 | language=en |