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NITIN W. SAMBRE, VRUSHALI V. JOSHI
Manjeet Kaur D/o Late Govind Singh Tak – Appellant
Versus
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.
1. Heard finally by consent.
2. The petitioner, a lawyer registered with the Bar Council of Chattisgarh received accordingly a Sanad on 05/05/2013, copy of which is produced at page 208 of the petition. Since the Sanad was issued after 2009-2010, the same is required to be verified pursuant to provisions of Rule 8.1, Chapter IV of the Bar Council of India, Notification dated 12/01/2015 which reads thus:
In this backdrop, the petitioner has prayed this Court for following relief:
(a) Direct the Respondent No. 01 to provide the “Sanad” and “Enrollment No. MAD/167/2013” to the petitioner who are eligible “Other Senior Advocates” under section 16 of the Advocate Act, 1961 on the basis of her practices/ability and the Bar of Special Knowledge or ex
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