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Senior counsel

counsel' more or less occupies a position akin to a Queen's counsel in England next after the Attorney General and the Solicitor General, T.V. Chaudhary v. Chief Secretary, Govt. of A.P. (1987) 3 SCC 258: (1987) 3 … Senior counsel, a 'senior counsel' more or less occupies a position akin to a Queen's counsel in England next after

Precedence or precedency

sons. || Baronets. || Knights Bannerets. ' Knights of the Bath. ' Attorney-General. ' Solicitor-General. ' The King's Advocate-General. ' Serjeants-at-law. ' Knights Bachelors. ' County Court Judges. || Baronets' eldest sons. || Knights' eldest sons. ||

Person aggrieved

349: (1966) 2 SCR 517: (1967) SCD 61: (1966) BLJR 920: 1967 Cr LJ 409. Person aggrieved, the Advocate-General under the Act finishes his duty when the hearing is over and he cannot be considered to be

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Coke, Sir Edward

but incorrectly, styled Lord Coke, born in 1551, called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1578, counsel in Shelley's case (see that title), Speaker of the House of Commons, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General under Queen Elizabeth,

Pre-audience

Pre-audience, the right of one to be heard before another; as of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General before King's Counsel, of King's Counsel before other barristers, and of barristers generally in the order of their call.

Jurisdiction

as meaning 'generally the authority of the judicial officer to act in the matters', Rachapudi Subba Rao v. Advocate General, AIR 1981 SC 755: (1981) 2 SCR 320: (1981) 2 SCC 577. Jurisdiction should not be confused with

Wali

It is not confined to the saint of the highest degree but includes saints of a lower degree, Advocate-General of Bombay v. Yusuf Ali Ebrahim, AIR 1921 Bom 338.

Due course of justice

proceeding or administration of justice' used in sub-clause (ii) or (iii) of, s. 20, Rachapudi Subba Rao v. Advocate General, Andhra Pradesh, (1981) 2 SCC 577 followed Mumoy and Co. v. Ashok Kr. Newatia, AIR 2000 SC 833

Criminal contempt

to be established for a criminal contempt of the kind falling under sub-clause (i), Rachapudi Subba Rao v. Advocate General, Andhra Pradesh, (1981) 2 SCC 577: AIR 1982 SC 755: (1981) 2 SCR 320. It means the publication

Queen consort

and solicitor-general are entitled to a place within the bar of his Majesty's courts, together with the King's Counsel. She may likewise be sued and sue alone, without joining her husband; she is indeed considered as a

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