Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 44 · Decided 21 January 2013
Deepak Aggarwal v. Keshav Kaushik and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 44 · [2013] 1 S.C.R. 402
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 561/2013
- Decided
- 21 January 2013
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, ANIL R. DAVE, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 2(4); CPC Section 2(7), 2(15); Constitution Article 233(2), 233
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: Art. 233(2) - Appointment to the post of Additional District Judge through direct recruitment from Bar - Eligibility - Held: One of the essential requirements articulated by the expression "if he has been for not less than seven years an D advocate" in Art. must with requisite period be continuing as an advocate on the date of application. Art. 233(2) - Expression 'advocate or pleader' - Held: Refers to legal practitioner and, thus, it means a person who E has a right to act and/or plead in court on behalf of his client - For the purposes of Art.
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