The Chief Justice.-This is an application made under Article 226 of the Constitution. The petitioner is a Law Graduate of the Madras University. According to the Statements made in his affidavit in support of the application, he has completed the prescribed term of apprenticeship and passed the Bar Council examinations in Practice and Procedure and has complied with all the requirements prescribed under the rules framed by the Madras Bar Council under the Indian Bar Councils Act. He is an applicant to be admitted to the rolls of this High Court as an advocate thereof. His complaint and the relief which he seeks from this Court are thus set out in the following paragraphs in his affidavit:

"3. I am a citizen of India. Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India secures to me the right to practise any profession. I am desirous of practising the profession of law, and with that view, I have applied to be enrolled as an Advocate of this Honourable Court.

4. Under section 8 of the Indian Bar Councils Act, I will not be deemed to be entitled to practise the profession of law before the High Court unless I have been enrolled as an Advocate thereof. The Madras Stamp Amendment Act of 1922 b

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