Karnataka State Bar Council Archives

Bar councils cannot collect Optional Fees

‘There is nothing like optional’; BCI & State Bar Councils cannot collect any ‘optional’ fees: Supreme Court

A contempt petition was filed before the Court alleging that State Bar Councils are not complying with directions given in Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, (2025) 1 SCC 641 with specific allegations for Karnataka State Bar Council.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bar Council of India cannot ostensibly pass any gag order which takes away an Advocate’s fundamental right: Karnataka HC

The Court further stated that power of the Courts either competent Civil Court or Constitutional Court cannot be permitted to be usurped by the Chairman of the Bar Council of India, as was done in the instant case.