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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Advocate Act, 1961 Section 23

Right of Pre-audience

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Advocate Act, 1961 Section 23 is part of Advocate Act, 1961 - Right of Pre-audience. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Attorney- General of India shall have pre- audience over all other advocates.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub- section (1), the Solicitor- General of India shall have pre- audience over all other advocates.

(3) Subject to the provisions of sub- section (1) and (2), the Additional Solicitor- General of India shall have pre- audience over all other advocates.

1 [(3A) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), (2) and (3), the second Additional Solicitor-General of India shall have pre-audience over all other advocates. ]

(4) Subject to the provisions of sub- sections (1), 2[(2), (3) and (3A) ] the Advocate- General of any State shall have pre- audience over all other advocates, and the right of pre- audience among Advocates- Generalinterse shall be determined by their respective seniority.

(5) Subject as aforesaid-

(i) senior advocates shall have pre- audience over other advocates; and

(ii) the right of pre- audience of senior advocates inter se and other advocates inter se shall be determined by their respective seniority.

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1. Inserted by Act 47 of 1980, section 3.

2. Substituted by Act 47 of 1980, section 3, for the brackets, figures and word "(2) and (3)".

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What does Advocate Act, 1961 Section 23 provide?

Section Section 23 of the Advocate Act, 1961 (Right of Pre-audience) is reproduced on this page as part of the Advocate Act, 1961. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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