US EditionState Bar Councils, BCI Cannot Charge Any 'Optional' Fee From Enrolling Lawyers: Supreme Court
INDIA, AUG 9 – The Supreme Court ruled that optional fees by State Bar Councils violate constitutional rights and ordered Karnataka State Bar Council to cease such collections, affecting thousands of law graduates.
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State Bar Councils, BCI can't Levy Any 'Optional' Fee on Enrolling Lawyers: SC
It had said the bar bodies are delegates of powers under the Advocates Act, 1961 and SBCs and the BCI cannot charge more than Rs 750 and Rs 125 for enrolling law graduates from the general and SC-ST categories, respectively.
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