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2023 Supreme(SC) 115

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, SANJIV KHANNA, ABHAY S. OKA, VIKRAM NATH, J. K. MAHESHWARI
Bar Council of India – Appellant
Versus
Bonnie Foi Law College – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For parties : Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AC Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv./AC Mr. Venkataraman, Adv. Mr. Amartya Ashish Sharan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sangwan, Adv,. Mr. M.G. Aravind D., Adv. Mr. Chankya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sivagnanam Karthikeyan, Adv. Ms. Akhila Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sridhar, Adv. Mr. Navjot Singh, Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Mr. Anand Sanjay M. Nuli, Adv. Mr. Dharm Singh, Adv. Mr. Suraj Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Agam Sharma, Adv. Ms. Akhila Wali, Adv. Ms. Nandiny Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shiva Swaroop, Adv. Mr. Nanda Kumar K.B., Adv. M/S. Nuli & Nuli, AOR M/S. Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv. Mrs. Shriya Gilhotra, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Ms. Aakriti Vikas, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prabhakaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Apurba Sharmam, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AOR Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Shashi Shekhar Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Ramasankar, Adv. Ms. Radhika Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sai Girdhar, Adv. Ms. Shreya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ashish Madaan, Adv. Ms. Ananya Sahu, Adv. Mr. Amritesh Raj, Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AOR Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, Adv. Mr. Shashi Shekhar Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Vishajeet Kumar Mishra, Adv. Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sai Girdhar, Adv. Mr. Durga Dutt, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ratan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amritesh Raj, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Gautam, Adv. Ms. Radhika Gautam, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Ms. A. Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Shreya Jain, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Srivatsa, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. H. Chandra Sekhar, AOR Mr. M.K. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravish Kumar Goyal, Adv. Ms. Vidhiya Pandey, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prabhakaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Apurba Sharma, Sr. Adv. Ms. Radhika Gautam, Adv. Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Ramsankar, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sai Girdhar, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Satyajit A Desai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Raj Singh Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Chandan Ramamurthi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, J.

Leave granted.

The Advocates Act:

1. The Advocates Act, 1961, (hereinafter referred to as the “said Act”) was the consequence of a deeply felt need for change in the Judicial Administration in accordance with the needs of the time in the post-independence era. The Law Commission was assigned the job of preparing a report on the reform of Judicial Administration. In the meanwhile, the All India Bar Committee also made recommendations in 1953. This resulted in the said Act.

2. Chapter II of the said Act deals with the State Bar Councils, Bar Council of India and their functions.

3. Chapter IV of the said Act confers the right to practice on Advocates, who are the only recognised class of persons to do so and have their names entered in the rolls of the State Bar Councils.

4. Section 7 of the said Act provides for functions of the Bar Council of India, which inter alia includes the disciplinary power, protection powers to safeguard the interest of the advocates as also the general supervision and control over State Bar Councils. Further, Section 49 of the said Act refers to the general powers of the Bar Council of India to make rules.

Procedural History:

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