SHEEL NAGU, CHIEF JUSTICE ( Oral )

CM-248-CWPIL-2025

The present misc. application (CM-248-CWPIL-2025) has been filed by the applicant-petitioner for fixing an actual date of hearing in the main petition.

For the reasons set out in the application, same is allowed and the main petition i.e. CWP-PIL-123-2025 is taken up today itself.

CM-249-CWPIL-2025

Annexure P-13 is taken on record.

Misc. application stands allowed accordingly.

CWP-PIL-123-2025 (O&M)

1. The present petition was filed by the petitioner, who is a practicing Lawyer, assailing the action of the Bar Council of India in charging All India Bar Examination fee under the All India Bar Examination Rules, 2010.

2. The attention has been drawn to an order recently passed by the Apex Court on 02.09.2025 in Sanyam Gandhi vs. Union of India & another, Writ Petition (Civil) No.288 of 2025), which reads thus:

1. Application seeking permission to appear and argue-in-person is allowed.

2. Heard Mr. Sanyam Gandhi, the petitioner appearing in-person & Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, the learned Senior counsel appearing for the Bar Council of India.

3. The subject matter of challenge in the present Writ Petition is the fee being charged by the