AIBE 2025 Results Expose Gaps: 30% Failure Rate, Male Dominance and State-wise Imbalances
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AIBE 2025 Results Expose Gaps: 30% Failure Rate, Male Dominance and State-wise Imbalances

Shubham BhakuniUpdated on 07 Jan 2026, 09:51 PM IST

The Bar Council of India has announced the All India Bar Examination results 2025. Candidates can now access their results and check their qualification status. Successful candidates will soon receive the Certificate of Practice (CoP), effectively making them advocates, eligible to practice in Indian courts.

AIBE 2025 Results Expose Gaps: 30% Failure Rate, Male Dominance and State-wise Imbalances
AIBE 2025 Results Expose Gaps

According to the AIBE results statistics, 2.51 Lakh law graduates appeared for the exam held on November 30. Of these, 1.74 Lakh have qualified – a pass percentage of 69.21%. The OMR sheets of three students were not counted. The next AIBE is scheduled to be held on June 07. Those who have completed LLB or are in the final year of graduation can appear in the exam. There is no limit on the number of attempts one can give, so those who could not cross the bar this time can reappear in the next AIBE.

Item

Details

Examination

All India Bar Examination XX (AIBE XX)

Exam Date

30 November 2025

Total Candidates Appeared

2,51,968

Total Candidates Qualified

1,74,386

Pass Percentage

69.21%

OMR Sheets Not Counted

3

Questions Withdrawn

5 (from total of 100)

Evaluation Basis

Result calculated on 95 marks (after withdrawn questions)

Qualifying Marks (Gen/OBC)

43 (45% of 95)

Qualifying Marks (SC/ST/PwD)

38

Next Exam (AIBE XXI)

Scheduled for 7 June 2026

Meanwhile, the data provided by the Bar Council of India shows a heavy male domination in the examination, with nearly twice the number of female candidates. Even from the qualification scenario, 1.74 Lakh candidates qualified; of these, 1.13 Lakh are male candidates. Female candidates accounted for just 61310.

Gender wise Summary: -

Gender Wise

Appeared

Qualified

Not-Qualified

Male

165613

113063

52547

Female

86336

61310

25026

Transgender

19

13

6

Total

251968

174386

77579

Another interesting aspect revealed by the AIBE results is the passing percentage. AIBE is generally considered an exam designed to test basic legal skills. Candidates are allowed to take assistance from the Bare Acts with short notes during the exam. Despite this, 30% candidates (77,579) failed to clear the AIBE exam.

Category Wise Breakup of AIBE 2025: Appeared vs Qualified

The data shows that 1.25 Lakh candidates were from the general category. The OBC were the second highest, with a participation of 82,661 candidates. This was followed by SC and ST candidates.

Category-wise Summary

Category Wise

Appeared

Qualified

Other than PwD

PwD

Total

Unreserved

125092

89545

566

90111

Other Backward Class

82661

53058

455

53513

Scheduled Caste

35850

25120

170

25290

Scheduled Tribe

8365

5453

19

5472

Total

251968

173176

1210

174386

AIBE 2025: Not qualified

Category

Not qualified

Unreserved

34979

Other Backward Class

29148

Scheduled Caste

10559

Scheduled Tribe

2893

Total

77579

State-Wise Enrollment Summary:

Recently, BCI made the undertaking students eligible to appear in the AIBE. This decision has enabled 79,039 students to appear in the examination. Of these, 58,772 have qualified, and 20,377 still failed in the examination. The pass percentage of these students stood at 74,22%, much higher than the national average of 69.21%.

Among the states, UP, Maharashtra & Goa, Delhi and Rajasthan lead in terms of enrollment. 10 state bar councils have recorded a higher pass percentage than the national average. The states leading in terms of pass percentage include the Bar Councils of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Punjab & Haryana, Delhi, Meghalaya, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir.

Jharkhand, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh bar councils have less than 50% pass percentage, placing them among the three lowest performing states.

Enrolled with

Appeared

Qualified

Not-

qualified

Undertaking Candidates

79039

58662

20377

Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh

32611

23911

8699

Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa

20331

14105

6225

Bar Council of Delhi

18371

14431

3940

Bar Council of Rajasthan

13985

8014

5971

Bar Council of Gujarat

13152

6008

7144

Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh

11393

6617

4776

Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana

10721

8510

2211

Bar Council of Karnataka

9600

5441

4159

Bar Council of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

8385

7252

1133

Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh

5410

2927

2483

Bihar State Bar Council

5142

3245

1897

Bar Council of West Bengal

4056

2997

1059

Bar Council of Kerala

3649

2841

808

Bar Council of Telangana

2841

1560

1281

Bar Council of Uttarakhand

2711

1578

1132

Bar Council of Chhattisgarh

2663

1100

1563

Bar Council of Assam

2076

1262

814

Odisha State Bar Council

2060

1528

532

Jharkhand State Bar Council

1835

912

923

Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh

789

594

195

High Court of Jammu & Kashmir

688

582

106

High Court of Meghalaya

183

143

40

Bar Council of Manipur

154

96

58

Bar Council of Tripura

123

70

53

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