Judgment

S.B. Majmudar, J.-Leave granted in the Special Leave Petitions.

2. These Writ Petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution of India as well as the two special leave petitions being S.L.P. (C) Nos. 13755 of 1996 and 12989 of 1998 moved by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and the Bar Council of India respectively raise a common question for our consideration, namely, whether the Bar Council of India Training Rules, 1995 (for short ‘the Rules’) as amended by the Resolution of the Bar Council of India in its meeting dated 19th July, 1998 relating to training to entrants of legal profession are within the competence of the Bar Council of India or are ultra vires its rule making powers under the Advocates Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’) and in the alter­native whether these Rules are unreasonable and arbitrary and hence violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

3. The writ petitioners, who have successfully completed their legal education by getting requisite Law degrees from the Universities concerned have contended before us in these writ petitions that their right to practise Law as made available under the relavant provisions of the Act is being arbitrarily