Advocate on Record System In Patna HC: A Closer Look
Live LawMy earlier article titled 'Advocate-on-Record' System In Supreme Court & High Courts' attempted to provide a bird's eye view of the Advocate on Record System prevalent in the Supreme Court of India and the Patna High Court as well as 'Roll of Advocates' system followed by the Allahabad High Court. The Constitution Bench noted that, in Abhay Prakash, it has been held that Section 34 of the Advocates Act empowers High Courts to frame rules laying down conditions subject to which an Advocate shall be permitted to practice in the High Court and Courts subordinate thereto and that the power under Section 34 of the Advocates Act is similar to the power under Article 145 of the Constitution of India. The Rules were further amended in 2015 giving power to the Chief Justice to exempt the retired Judicial Officers, who apply for registration as Advocate on Record of Patna High Court from the A.O.R. As per Rule 10, those Advocates who, on the date of the notification of these Rules, were already enrolled as advocates in the Bihar State Bar Council and members of any of the three associations Patna High Court practising in any court/tribunal and a member of any Bar Association within a radius of ten kilometers from the seat of Patna High Court and fulfill the conditions of Rules 5 and 6 above shall be entitled to be registered as Advocates on Record, being at par with the aforesaid three associations, without having appeared in the Advocates on Record examination. The Division Bench stayed the order passed by Justice Amanullah and issued notice to the State as well as High Court to show cause as to why the provisions of Rule 4 of the Registration of Advocates on the Record of the Patna High Court Rules be not declared as ultra vires to the extent it prevents an Advocate registered under the Advocates Act from filing a Vakalatnama and appearing on behalf of the client?
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