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Home Bare Acts Phrase: attorney generalAdvocate Act, 1961 Chapter V
Title: Conduct of Advocates
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council either in person or through any advocate appearing on his behalf. 3[ Explanation.-In this section, 4[ section 37 and section 38 ] the expression "Advocate-General" and "Advocate-General of the State" shall, in relation to the Union territory of Delhi, mean the Additional Solicitor General of India ]. ________________________ 1. Sub-section (1-A) inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 24. 2. Certain words omitted by Act 601 of 1973, section 24. 3. Inserted by Act 21 of 1964, section 17. 4. Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 24. Section 36 - Disciplinary powers of Bar Council of India (1) Where on receipt of a complaint or otherwise the Bar Council of India has reason to believe that any advocate 1[ *** ] whose name is not entered on any State roll has been guilty of professional or other misconduct, it shall refer the case for disposal to its disciplinary committee. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India may, 2[ either of its own motion or on a report by any State Bar Council or an application made to it by any person interested ],.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Chapter III
Title: Admission and Enrolment of Advocates
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....prescribed time". 2. Substitutedby Act 21 of 1964, section 9, for the words "and, suchseniority shall be determined". 3. Clause(c) omitted by Act 60 of 1973, section 14. 4. Insertedby Act 47 of 1980, section 2. Section 18 - Transfer of name from one State roll to another (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 17, any person whose name is entered as an advocate on the roll of any State Bar Council may make an application in the prescribed form to the Bar Council of India for the transfer of his name from the roll of that State Bar Council to the roll of any other State Bar Council and, on receipt of any such application, the Bar Council of India shall direct that the name of such person shall, without the payment of any fee, be removed from the roll of the first mentioned State Bar Council and entered in the roll of the other State Bar Council and the State Bar Councils concerned shall comply with such direction. 1[Provided that where any such application for transfer is made by a person against whom any disciplinary proceeding is pending or where for any other reason it appears to the Bar Council of India that the application for transfer has not been.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Chapter II
Title: Bar Council
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....of Name Adaptation of Laws on UnionSubjects Order, 1974. 5. Substitutedby Act 69 of 1986, section 19, for clause (6) as earlier amended byAct 81 of 1971, section 34 and Act 34 of 1986, section 16. 5a. Substitutedby Act 34 of 1973, section 12. 6. Insertedby Act 26 of 1968, section 3 and Schedule. 7. Substituedby the Madras State (Alteration of Name) (Adaptation of Laws on UnionSubjects) order, 1970, for the words "State of Madras". 8. Substitutedby act 18 of 1987, section 21, for clause (ccc) as initially insertedby Regulation 8 of 1963, section 12 and relettered by Act 26 of 1968,section 3 and Schedule and subsequently amended by Act 60 of 1973,section 4. 9. Substituedby Act 53 of 1970, section 24, for clause (d). 10. Substitutedby Act 81 of 1971, section 34, for "Union Territories ofTripura and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". 11. Insertedby Act 60 of 1973, section 4. 12. Substitutedby Act 60 of 1973, section 4. 13. Insertedby Act 21 of 1964, section. 2. 14. Substitutedby Act 38 of 1977, section 2, for clause (3) as Inserted by Act 107of 1976, section 3. 15. Insertedby Act 21 of 1964, section 2. 16. Sub-clause(6) inserted by Act 60 of 1973,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Section 36
Title: Disciplinary Powers of Bar Council of India
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....this section, shall observe, so far as may be, the procedure laid down in section 35, the references to the Advocate- General in that section being construed as references to the Attorney- General of India. (4) In disposing of any proceedings under this section the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India may make any order which the disciplinary committee of a State Bar Council can make under sub- section (3) of section 35, and where any proceedings have been withdrawn for inquiry 3[before the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India ] the State Bar Council concerned shall give effect to any such order. ________________________ 1. The words "On the common roll" omitted by Act 60 of 1973, section 25. 2. Substituted by Act 60 of 1973, section 25, for the words "of its own motion". 3. Substituted by Act 60 of 1973, section 25, for the words "before the Bar Council of India".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Section 23
Title: Right of Pre-audience
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....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. ______________________ 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)".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Section 38
Title: Appeal to the Supreme Court
State: Central
Year: 1961
Any person aggrieved byan order made by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council ofIndia under section 36 or section 37 1 [orthe Attorney-General of India or the Advocate-General of the Stateconcerned as the case may be] withinsixty days of the date on which the order is communicated to him,prefer an appeal to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court may passsuch order 2 [including anorder varying the punishment awarded by the disciplinary committee ofthe Bar Council of India] thereon as it deems fit. 3 [Providedthat no order of the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council ofIndia shall be varied by the Supreme Court so as to prejudiciallyaffect the person aggrieved without giving him a reasonableopportunity of being heard.] ________________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 27. 2.Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 27. 3.Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 28
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Section 4
Title: Bar Council of India
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....shall be eligible for being elected as a member of the Bar Council of India unless he possesses the qualifications specified in the provisio to sub-section (2) of Section 3 ]; 3[(2) There shall be a Chairman and a Vice- Chairman of the Bar Council of India elected by the Council in such manner as may be prescribed. (2A) A person holding office as Chairman or as Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of India immediately before the commencement of the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1977, shall on such commencement, cease to hold office as Chairman or Vice-chairman, as the case may be : Provided that such person shall continue to carry on the duties of his office until the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, of the Council, elected after the commencement of the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1977, assumes charge of the office. ] 4[(3) The term of office of a member of the Bar Council of India elected by the State Bar Council shall,-- (i) in the case of a member of a State Bar Council who holds office ex-officio, be two years from the date of his election 5[or till he ceases to be a member of the State Bar Council, whichever is earlier]; and (ii) in any other case, be.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Section 49
Title: General Power of the Bar Council of India to Make Rules
State: Central
Year: 1961
.....and the disqualifications for such membership; (ac) the time within which and the manner in which effect may be given to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3; (ad) the manner in which the name of any advocate may be prevented from being entered in more than one State roll; (ae) the manner in which the seniority among advocates may be determined; 3[(af) the minimum qualifications required for admission to a course of degree in law in any recognised University;] (ag) the class or category of persons entitled to be enrolled as advocates; (ah) the conditions subject to which an advocate shall have the right to practise and the circumstances under which a person shall be deemed to practise as an advocate in a court;] (b) the form in which an application shall be made for the transfer of the name of an advocate from one State roll to another; (c) the standards of professional conduct and etiquette to be observed by advocates; (d) the standards of legal education to be observed by Universities in India and the inspection of Universities for that purpose; (e) the foreign qualifications in law obtained by persons other than citizens of India which shall.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdministrators-general Act, 1963 Chapter II
Title: The Office of the Administrator-general
State: Central
Year: 1963
.....shall, subject to the control of the State Government and the general or special orders of general-General, be competent to discharge any of the duties and to exercise any of the powers of the Administrator-General, and when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the same privileges and be subject to the same liabilities as the Administrator-General. (2) No person shall be appointed as a Deputy under this section unless he has been for at least three years-- (a) an advocate; or (b) an attorney of a High Court; or (c) a member of the judicial service of a State. Section 5 - Incorporation The Administrator-General shall be a corporation sole by the name of Administrator-General of the State for which he is appointed, and, as such Administrator-General, shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAdvocate Act, 1961 Complete Act
Title: Advocate Act, 1961
State: Central
Year: 1961
..... Section11 - Staff of Bar Council Section12 - Accounts and audit Section13 - Vacancies in Bar Councils and committees thereof not to invalidate action taken Section14 - Election to Bar Councils not to be questioned on certain grounds Section15 - Power to make rules Chapter III Section16 - Senior and other advocates Section17 - State Bar Councils to maintain roll of advocates Section18 - Transfer of name from one State roll to another Section19 - State Bar Councils to send copies of rolls of advocates to the Bar Council of India Section20 - Special provision for enrolment of certain supreme court advocate Section21 - Disputes regarding seniority Section22 - Certificate of enrolment Section23 - Right of pre-audience Section24 - Persons who may be admitted as advocates on a state roll Section24A - Disqualification for enrolment Section25 - Authority to whom applications for enrolment may be made Section26 - Disposal of application for admission as an Advocate Section26A - Power to remove names from roll Section27 - Application once refused not to be entertained by another Bar Council except in certain circumstances Section28 - Power to make rules Chapter IV.....
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