Supreme Court Caps Bar Council Enrolment Fees to Ensure Fair Access
The Supreme Court has ruled that state bar councils cannot charge law graduates more than Rs 650 and Rs 125 for enrollment, based on general and SC-ST categories, respectively. The Bench, led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, stated that only Parliament can amend this fee under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that state bar councils cannot charge more than Rs 650 and Rs 125 for enrolling law graduates from general and SC-ST categories, respectively, as lawyers.
The top court held that the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the state bar councils, which are authorised under the Advocates Act to enrol law graduates as lawyers, cannot override the legal provisions which have been enacted by Parliament.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had reserved its judgement on a batch of pleas challenging ''exorbitant'' fees being levied by state bar councils for the enrolling lawyers.
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