$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 23^rd February, 2023 + W.P.(C) 16534/2022 & CM APPLs. 51932/2022, 51979/2022 HARDIK KAPOOR ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Ujwal Ghai, Mr. Shivek Rai Kapoor, Mr. Sanchit Saini, Mr. Arpit Sharma & Mr. Bhanu Malhotra, Advocates. (M:8860151818)

versus BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents Through: Mr Sunil K. Kalra, Advocate for R-3.

(M:9810396959)

Mr. Ajay Kumar Aggarwal, Advocate for BCD.

Mr. Preet Pal Singh, Mr. Saurabh Sharma & Mr. Shivam Sachdeva, Advocates (M-9958555055)

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH Prathiba M. Singh, J.(Oral)

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. In the last two decades or so, the legal profession has undergone a drastic change. Court complexes are now no longer visited by lawyers and litigants alone but also a large segment of students who work as interns and researchers who assist lawyers and judges. The present petition has been filed by one law student who is stated to be working as an intern - Hardik Kapoor who is a second year law student pursuing LLB challenging the impugned notice/circular dated 24th November, 2022 issued by Hon’ble Secretary Shahdara Bar Association, Karka