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The Court remarked that, “State Bar Council being regulatory body has the heavy burden to see that junior advocates are paid stipend for maintaining their expenses and transportation.”
The question before the Court was whether candidates who had obtained their preceding degrees through open or correspondence mode but subsequently completed a 3-year regular LLB from recognised universities, could be provisionally enrolled as advocates pending final adjudication on Rule 5, Rules of Legal Education, 2008.
For practicing in High Court such advocates having a provisional enrolment certificate issued by Bar Council of U.P. must also have provisional advocate roll of High Court, Allahabad or Lucknow
Jharkhand High Court, in a petition concerning welfare measures for practising advocates, observed that State resolutions and budgetary allocations for health insurance were already in place, and held that the reliefs prayed for stood substantially worked out.
Integrity of enrolment is the foundation of the legal profession, and any dilution thereof will be tolerated.
BCI has notified an amendment to Rule 4 concerning disqualification for election, stating that candidates will be barred if two or more serious criminal cases are pending, and introducing a right to appeal to the Central Election Tribunal.
There is a duty cast upon the Bar Council to get the certificates of the applicant verified by the Boards and Universities concerned, without charging any fees. Therefore, the notice to the extent stipulates the collection of fees of Rs.2,500/- for verification, cannot be implemented.
Supreme Court declared that the judgment would have a prospective effect, thus the Bar Councils are not required to refund the enrolment fees collected more than the statutory amount so far.
“In the event of any unruly behavior of the members of the Bar Association or any unlawful or illegal activities, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is bound to initiate appropriate disciplinary action against the Advocates, involving in such activities.”
“Why should our future Lawyers be made to undergo the same difficulties we encountered? Why can’t we come together to provide them with a safe and robust ecosystem? This should be the vision we must create for ourselves in today’s time and age”
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that there was no justification for granting separate recognition to the petitioner association when the welfare schemes for advocates were already being administered through recognized bar associations.
The Central Delhi Court Bar Association is recognized as the official Bar Association for the Rouse Avenue District Court Complex overriding the authority of the Bar Council of Delhi to establish such associations under the Bar Association Rules of 2019.
The counsels who adopt such practices, jeopardize the harmony with the Bench along with their professional careers, by ignoring the fact that they are not only required to conduct the case in a fair manner, but while doing so they are also officers of the Court.
Supreme Court will be examining the validity of exorbitant enrolment fees charged by State Bar Councils
“Quality of lawyers is an important aspect and part of administration of justice and access to justice. Half-baked lawyers serve no purpose. It is this quality control, which has been the endeavour of all the efforts made over a period of time.”
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Atul Sreedharan, J. allowed a petition which was filed for quashing of Crime which was registered for an
Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and SenthilKumar Ramamoorthy, J., addressed the concern with regard to the quality
The General Council of the Bar Council of India at its meeting held on 7-11-2020 has again considered the requests received from
Due to increased groupism in the Bar Councils, on many occasions Bar Council of India has been receiving complaints and a very