BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA vs UOI - 2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 2979

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 2979

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PRATHIBA M. SINGH, MADHU JAIN, JJ
BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA – Appellant
Versus
UOI – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Ashish Middha, Adv., Mr. Pushkar Sood Adv. for Pro Bono Counsel (Civil), DHCLSC, Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ajay Sinha, Mr. Abhishek Sinha, Ms. Megha Saxena and Ms. Shreya Bhatnagar, Advs, Ms. Pooja Adv, Ms. Simran kumari Advs.
For the Respondents: Mr. Ajay Kumar Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Vivek Goyal, Adv., Mr. G.S Chaturvedi and Mr. Virat Vibhav Singh, Advs., Ms. Arunima Dwivedi CGSC Ms. Himanshi Singh, Adv., Ms. Monalisha Pradhan Adv., Ms. Pooja Mehra Saigal, Sr. Adv. and Mr. Nivesh Dixit, Adv., Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC with Mr Krishna Chaitanya, Mr. Rajkumar Maurya and Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev, Advs., Mr. Dhruv Rohatgi, Panel Counsel(Civil), GNCTD, Ms. Chandrika Sachdev, Mr. Dhruv Kumar, Advs., Mr. Harpreet Singh (Senior Standing Counsel), Mr. Iqbal Singh Bedi, Ms. Suhani Mathur, Mr. Jatin Kumar Gaur, Advs.

Table of Content
1. issue of legal representation by non-advocates. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. provisions of various laws regarding representation. (Para 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)
3. implementation of petitioner's change. (Para 7)
4. adjournment and future hearing date. (Para 16 , 19)

1. This hearing has been through hybrid mode.

2. These petitions raise a very important issue as to whether persons who are not enrolled as Advocates can appear before Tribunals and plead cases on behalf of their clients.

3. Such class of persons include Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants and other persons with similar qualifications who may or may not be persons possessing LL.B. degree.

4. On the one hand, the stand of the Petitioners– Bar Council of India and the Association of Tax Lawyers is that under the Advocates Act, 1961 , it is only Advocates who can practice before any Court or Tribunal, or any other authority and enrolment with the State Bar Council is mandatory for the same.

5. On the other hand, on behalf of the other professionals, including Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries and Cost Accountants, etc. it is argued that in terms of section 432 of the Companies Act, 2013 ,

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 2979

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIPRATHIBA M. SINGH, MADHU JAIN, JJBAR COUNCIL OF INDIA – AppellantVersusUOI – Respondent

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PRATHIBA M. SINGH, MADHU JAIN, JJ
BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA – Appellant
Versus
UOI – Respondent