Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 558 · Decided 30 July 2024
Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 558 · [2024] 7 S.C.R. 1489
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 352/2023
- Decided
- 30 July 2024
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.B. PARDIWALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(g), 265, 366
Headnote
Whether the enrolment fees charged by the State Bar Councils (SBC) are in contravention of Section 24(1)(f) of the Advocates Act, 1961; whether payment of other miscellaneous fees can be made a pre-condition for enrolment. Advocates Act, 1961 Enrolment of advocates - Challege to the validity of Enrolment fees charged by SBCs - The grievance is that the fees charged by the SBCs at the time of admission of persons on State rolls are more than the enrolment fee prescribed under Section 24(1)(f) of the Advocates Act 1961:
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