Empanelment Of Legal Counsels Vacancy At National Council For Teacher Education [Apply Now]

National Council for Teacher Education invites online application for Empanelment of Legal Counsels as Standing/Panel Counsels to represent it in the Hon'ble Supreme Court, High Courts and their Benches all over the country.

Name of the Post: Standing / Panel Counsels

No. of Post: 107 (One Hundred Seven)

Essential Qualification and Experience

Standing Counsel

• Be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the Supreme Court of India or with the High Court, as the case may be.

• For engagement in Supreme Court the Advocate must be an Advocate on Record.

• Have minimum experience of ten years of handling Civil/Criminal/service matter cases. Preference will be given to the counsels who have dealt earlier with matters pertaining to academic/education institutions and statutory bodies.

• Should have at least 50 appearances before the Supreme Court or the respective court for which the advocate is seeking empanelment, in the calendar year preceding the application for empanelment with NCTE e.g. a person must have had 50 appearances in 2024 if he is applying for empanelment in 2025.

Panel Counsel

• Be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the High Court or Supreme Court, as the case may be.

• An appointment as an Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court or the High Court, shall be given due weightage.

• Have minimum experience of five years of handling Civil/Criminal/service matter cases. Preference will be given to the counsels who have dealt earlier with matters pertaining to academic/education institutions and statutory bodies.

• Should have at least 50 appearances before the Supreme Court or the respective court for which the advocate is seeking empanelment, in the calendar year preceding the application for empanelment. e.g. a person must have had 50 appearances in 2024 if he is applying for empanelment in 2025.

How to apply?

• To apply online, click here

• The last date to submit the online application is within 21 days of the advertisement i.e., 11.07.2025

To Access Official Notification, click here