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Jun 11 1993 (HC)

V.K. Narayanan Unni Vs. the Bar Council of Kerala and anr.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1994Ker24

..... when the kerala advocates' welfare fund act, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') came into force, on his application he was admitted to the fund and he continued as a member of the same till 31-3-1990 when he was removed from the rolls of the bar council on his request for retirement on account of poor health. ..... the 2nd respondent, the kerala advocates welfare fund trustee committee, ernakulam by order dated 8-7-1990, produced as ext. ..... along with his application for removal of his name from the rolls he had also applied on 12-1-1990 for payment of the amounts due to him from the advocates' welfare fund constituted under the act. ..... the act was passed for the constitution of a welfare fund for payment of retirement benefits to advocates in the state of kerala. ..... the question involved in this original petition is regarding the amount due to the petitioner who was an advocate from the welfare fund. 2. ..... provision is made in the act as to how an advocate can become a member of the fund and the benefits accruing to him on cessation of practice and in certain other contingencies. .....

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Jan 22 2001 (HC)

Tasheem Sultana and Others Vs. Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund C ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2001(2)ALD266; 2001(2)ALT419

..... the state of kerala had already enacted the kerala advocates welfare fund act, 1980 (act 21 of 1980) and the state of karnataka is also having a proposal in this regard. ..... advocates welfare fund act, 1987, the government by notification constitute a fund to be called the andhra pradesh advocate's welfare fund and all the amounts paid under section 12, any contribution made by the bar council, any voluntary donation or contribution made to the fund by the bar council of india, any bar association, any other association or institution, any advocate or any other person, any grant made by the central government or the state government to the fund, any sum borrowed under section 10, any profit or dividend received from the life insurance corporation of india in respect of policies of group ..... this writ petition is filed to issue a writ or direction quashing the proceedings of the respondent in roc no.apwf/419/92 dated 2-12-1992 and for a consequential direction to grant the death benefits of late sri shaik mahaboob, advocate, guntur entitled under the andhra pradesh advocates welfare fund act, 1987 to the petitioners with interest from june, 1989 and costs.2. ..... advocates welfare fund act, 1987 which is as under:' the bar council of the state of andhra pradesh had represented originally in 1975 and later in 1985 for the formulation of some welfare schemes for the advocates of the state of andhra pradesh. .....

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Jan 17 2006 (HC)

Chackolas Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd. Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2006(1)KLT989; [2006]145STC250(Ker)

..... sub-rule (2) of rule 11 stipulates that the amount available in the fund as on 31st march of every year, shall be equally apportioned for the purposes of providing efficient legal service for the people of the state and to provide social security measures for the legal profession the amount intended to provide for social security measures for the legal profession, shall be entrusted to the secretary, bar council of kerala who is the convener of the advocate welfare fund for crediting the same to that fund constituted under the kerala advocates welfare fund act, 1980 for being utilized in accordance with the provision of that ..... and submitted that as per the rule, the fund shall be utilized for making provision for working space for the advocates' clerks, resting place and other facilities for the parties and witnesses attending the court, conducting legal aid camps for people interested in the legal service, expenditure for engaging advocates for special cases, publication relating to legal issues and important decisions of the kerala high court to create legal awareness among people of the state and such other matters .....

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Oct 18 2011 (HC)

C.P. Rekha Vs. Kerala Advocateand#8217;s Welfare Fund Trustee Committe ...

Court : Kerala

..... the only issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is the justifiability of the demand of the first respondent that, for disbursing the dues under the kerala advocates welfare fund act, 1980, the petitioners should produce a succession certificate. ..... the welfare fund in question has been constituted under s.3 of the kerala advocates welfare fund act, 1980 and the rules framed thereunder. 6. ..... it is in these circumstances this writ petition has been filed, seeking the following reliefs: (b) declare that the first respondent, the kerala advocates welfare fund trustee committee, is the sole authority to decide regarding the legal heirs entitled to receive the amount due from the welfare fund and the insistence of production of a succession certificate issued by the civil court is unwarranted. ..... venugopal was a member of the kerala advocates welfare fund administered by the first respondent. ..... venugopal and on satisfying that the petitioners are the sole legal heirs release the advocate welfare fund amount due to the petitioners forthwith. ..... venugopal joined the advocates welfare fund, he had nominated his wife smt. ..... venugopal, petitioners submitted ext.p4 application to the first respondent, claiming disbursement of an amount of rs.3,14,285/-, being the welfare fund due to the deceased. .....

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Sep 01 2016 (SC)

Cardamom Marketing Coprn. and Anr. Vs. State of Kerala and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... we may point out at this stage that the legislature of the kerala state has also enacted a law known as the kerala advocates' welfare fund act, 1980. ..... rules are also framed under the said act which are called as the kerala advocates' welfare fund rules, 1981. ..... the welfare fund act is aimed at providing of a welfare fund for the payment of retirement benefits to advocates in the state of kerala and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ..... it becomes clear from clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 3 that the amount set apart from the legal benefit fund constituted under section 76 of the cf act is to be credited to the advocates' welfare fund, for providing efficient legal services for the people of the state and social security measures for the legal profession. ..... (2) there shall be credited to the fund (a) all amounts paid by the bar council under section 12; (b) any other contribution made by the bar council; (c) any voluntary donation or contribution made to the fund by the bar council of india, any bar association, any other association or institution, any advocate or any other person; (d) any grant made by the state government to the fund; (e) the amount set apart from the legal benefit fund constituted under sub- section (2) of section 76 of the kerala court fees and suits valuation act, 1959 (10 of 1960), for providing social .....

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Aug 23 2018 (HC)

o.p. Faizi vs.union of India & Ors

Court : Delhi

..... similarly, under the kerala advocates welfare fund act, 1980, an advocate on completing 32 years of practice is entitled to an amount of `3 lakhs. ..... and 2 to appropriate sufficient and reasonable amount of grant every year as their contribution to the advocates welfare fund under section 3(d) of the advocates welfare fund act, 2001, in the light of the fact that vide an order passed on 25.02.2011, the state of tamil nadu has decided to sanction annual grant upto rs.2.50 crores for the tamil nadu advocates welfare fund; the case of the petitioner is that the advocates welfare fund act, 2001 was enacted by the central government inter alia providing for constituting a welfare fund for the benefit of advocates. ..... which is required to consider various aspects of the matter and take an administrative decision, we deem it appropriate to allow this petition to the extent of issuing a mandamus to the respondent no.2 and direct them to consider the grievance of the petitioners and take a conscious decision after adverting to various facts as are detailed hereinabove including the benefit extended under the act in the states of rajasthan, kerala, tamil nadu and haryana and consider taking a decision for upward revision and make a review of the quantum by payment made to the advocates under the welfare fund. .....

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Apr 26 2004 (HC)

Tamil Nadu Mahajana Sangam, Represented by Its President C. Venkatasub ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2004(3)CTC189

..... there was a fair and proper conduct of elections and the elections that have been conducted after the appointment of the advocate commissioner and the advocate receiver have advanced the welfare of the society they have put up constructions, increased the funds of the society etc. ..... these issues have been 'heard' and decided and cannot be raised again and further the advocate commissioner's powers were granted by this court, unlimited by the statutory restraints which were present in the case before supreme court; (i) article 227 of the constitution of india cannot be invoked, since the declaring of results and handing over of charge which are apparently the causes of action for the filing of the civil revision petition are not fresh causes of action but are in fact ..... kuttappan, : air2000sc2378 , the supreme court considered the provisions of the karnataka act and the kerala act with regard to the appointment of a special officer by the state government on a report made by the registrar. ..... surjeet singh, : [1980]3scr946 in which the elections held on the basis of void and ultra vires rules or provisos were set aside by the supreme court. .....

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Apr 27 1960 (HC)

Shankaragouda Vs. Sirur Veerabhadrappa

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1963Mys81; ILR1960KAR766

..... some of the acts which contained provisions for the rules framed under those acts being laid before the legislatures of the states of madras, bombay or hyderabad, as the case may be; it is pointed out that the power under paragraph 6 (1) of the mysore adaptation of laws order, can properly be availed of for construing the references in the said acts to those legislatures, as references to the legislature of the reorganised state of mysore.but, it is contended by him that it would be beyond the competence of the state government to make applicable, by adaptation, the hyderabad act to the legislative assembly of the state of mysore ..... it is argued on the other hand, by sri krishna murthy, the learned advocate for the appellant that in spite of the reorganisation of the states, the hyderabad act xviii of 1955 continues to be in force, and hence the appellant is not disqualified for election to the mysore legislative assembly. ..... the respective contentions of the learned advocates may be stated as follows:sri krishna murthy for the appellant contends that by virtue of section 119 of the states reorganisation act 1956, (hereinafter referred to as the s. r. .....

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Aug 09 1961 (HC)

K. Nagappa Shetty Vs. Babu Achari and ors.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1962Kant179; AIR1962Mys179

..... in other words the contention is that his case falls within the provisions of para (3) of section 15 of the easement act and that the last paragraph of the section has no application. ..... (7) both the courts below have held that the plaintiff has failed to prove the user for sixty years, as, in their view, the plaintiff 's case fell under the last paragraph of section 15 of the easements act. ..... 15 easement act we think that when at the date of the suit the property belongs not to government but to a private individual, the period prescribed for establishing easement right is 20 years and not 60 years and we are in agreement with the reasons which gajendragadkar, j. ..... it was, therefore, contended in that case that the servant tenement became the property of a private individual against whom the previous thirty or forty years enjoyment would be sufficient under section 15 of the easement act. ..... the owner of the dominant tenement after twenty years' uninterrupted enjoyment is in a position to avail himself of the act if his claim is brought into question. ..... (14) this divergence of views has been occasioned by the words 'belongs to government ' appearing in the last paragraph of section 15 of the act. ..... section 15 of the indian easement act, 1882, deals with the acquisition easement by prescription. ..... 'unless and untill the claim or matter is thus brought into question, no absolute or indefeasible right can arise under the act. ..... this is clear from para (3) of section 15 of the easement act. .....

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Sep 06 1963 (HC)

A.N. Nagnoor Vs. State of Mysore and anr.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1964Kant229; AIR1964Mys229; (1964)1MysLJ212

..... 1962, the inter-state seniority list of officers in the department of commercial taxes had not been finalised, and all promotions made before the finalisation of the list were made on the basis of the provisional inter-state seniority list prepared by the stale government, and such promotions were subject to the revision consequent on the finalisation of the inter-state seniority list by the central government under section 115(5) of the states reorganisation act. ..... may state that the first respondent is not entitled to rely, to justify its order dated 19-11-1962, on the final inter-state seniority list which will have to be prepared on the decision of the central government long after the 19th november 1962, without considering the claim of the petitioner for promotion as on 19-11-1962.we, therefore, told the learned government pleader that justice in this case demands that the claim of the petitioner for promotion should be considered subject to the finalised inter-state seniority ..... 1 appointed a committee to enquire into the representations made by the petitioner and others, and on the recommendations of that committee, revised the said provisional inter-state seniority list and placed the petitioner along with other grade iii and grade ii sales tax officers of the bombay state and the sales tax officers of the mysore state in the cadre of commercial tax officers, with the result that, in the revised list, he was placed at ..... will pay the costs of the petitioner, advocate's fee .....

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