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2024 Supreme(SC) 612

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA
Gaurav Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s):Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Petitioner-in-person Mr. Raghenth Basant, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kaushitaki Sharma, Adv. Ms. Hima Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Rohit Kumar, AOR Mr. Shailendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Mishra, Adv. By Courts Motion Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv. Ms. Divya, Adv. Ms. Rv Shaarumathi, Adv. Mr. G Jai Singh, Adv. Mr. Muthu Ganesa Pandian, Adv. M/s. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Sushil Sonkar, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Sanjay Shirsat, Adv. Mrs. Resmi Shirsat, Adv. Mr. Shivakant Vats, Adv. Mr. Rohit Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Mangesh Naik, Adv. Mr. Dnyaneshwar N Telange, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale, AOR Dr. Ravindra Chingale, Adv. Ms. Rashi Sheth, Adv. Ms. Sumbul Ausaf, Adv. Ms. Deeplaxmi Matwankar, Adv. Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Kalyani Lal, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, AOR Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Gour Narula, Adv. Mr. Shivank Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Satvik Mishra, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shubham Saurav, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. M/s. Axess Legal Corp Mr. Nitin Lonkar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Prabakaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Apurba Kumar Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv. Mr. M. Naveen, Adv. Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. G Anandan, Adv. Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Mr. B Sasi Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv. M/s. Ram Sankar & Co. Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv. Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. C. Nageswara Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Byrapaneni Suyodhan, Adv. Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv. Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR Mr. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, AOR Ms. Dharita Purvish Malkan, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kush Goel, Adv. Mr. Dhruva Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kuamr Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sachin Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishal, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Narang, Adv. Mr. Rao Vishwaja, Adv. Mr. Harshed Sundar, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmathikari, Adv. Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Sushil Sonkar, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, AOR Mr. Umakant Misra, Adv. Mrs. Prabhati Nayak, Adv. Mr. Debabrata Dash, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gautam, AOR Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Keshari Kumar Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Karan Kapur, Adv. Dr. Ravinder Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Kamayani Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Ajit Pathak, Adv. Mr. Yusuf, AOR Mr. Sanpreet Singh Ajmani, AOR Mr. Sandeep Malik, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishal Gera, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, AOR Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv. Mr. Madhav Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Anandita Rana, Adv. Mr. Durgesh Ramchandra Gupta, AOR Mr. Vikas Verma, Adv. Mrs. Sapna Verma, Adv. Mr. Mayank Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Shafik Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. Anju, Adv. Mr. Bibhav Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Satya Prakash Gautam, Adv. Mr. Shahid Akhtar, Adv. Solicitor General of India

JUDGMENT :

Dr Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI

Table of Contents

A. Background

B. Issues

C. Submissions

D. Legal background

i. All India Bar Committee

ii. Advocates Act: A Complete Code

iii. Delegated legislation

iv. Power to levy fees

v. Regulatory fees

E. Fees charged by the SBCs

F. SBCs cannot charge enrolment fees beyond the mandate of Section 24(1)(f)

i. Legislative Scheme

ii. Bar Councils cannot levy fees beyond the express stipulation of law

G. All fees charged at the time of enrolment are ‘enrolment fees’

i. Charges other than the enrolment fee cannot be a valid pre-condition

ii. Article 14: substantive equality and manifest arbitrariness

iii. Article 19(1)(g): unreasonableness

H. Financial implications for the SBCs and the BCI

I. Conclusions

1. The proceedings under Article 32 of the Constitution address a challenge to the validity of the enrolment fees charged by State Bar Councils. 1[“SBCs”] The grievance is that the fees charged by the SBCs at the time of admission of persons on State rolls are more than the enrolment fee prescribed under Section 24(1)(f)

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