SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, SANJIV KHANNA, ABHAY S. OKA, VIKRAM NATH, J. K. MAHESHWARI
Bar Council of India – Appellant
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Bonnie Foi Law College – Respondent
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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N.K. Bajpai v. Union of India & Anr.
O.N. Mohindroo v. Bar council of Delhi and Ors. (1968) 2 SCR 709 – Relied [Para 20]
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