Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 200 · Decided 29 January 2025
Shankar Lal Sharma v. Rajesh Koolwal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 200 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1717
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 17157/2022
- Decided
- 29 January 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
The role of advocates in taking up the responsibility of rendering assistance to both the court as well as the litigant, particularly those with limited means. Advocates - Responsibility of - Rendering assistance to indigent litigant: Held: the bar, must volunteer to assist the litigants who cannot engage the services of a counsel due to lack of means or awareness whenever an opportunity presents itself - Moreover, they should render the best legal assistance to the litigant without any expectation in return for their
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)