Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Legal Profession – Advocate-on-Record |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Legal Profession – Advocate-on-Record – Letter-head and Vakaltnama of – Petitioner-Advocate-on-Record (Siddharth Murarka) seeking to state / refer, on his letter head and Vakalatnama, his Law Chambers as a sole proprietorship firm followed by his name and registration number – If permissible – Held: The expression “Law Chambers” has been borrowed from England where it is a reference to a particular lawyer in whose chambers people may have been working and carrying on the legal practice – Effectively this style only records the practice of the chamber which is a sole proprietorship of Mr. Siddharth Murarka – He is the person who is registered as an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court – Writing “Law Chambers of Siddharth Murarka, Sole Proprietor Siddharth Rajkumar Murarka, Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India AOR NO. ...” is permissible style of putting on the letter head and in the Vakalatnamas – If such Vakalatnamas are filed they will be treated as a Vakalatnama of Mr. Siddharth Rajkumar Murarka, who is an Advocate on Record. Legal Profession – Advocate-on-Record – Entry in Advocate- on-Record register – Whether an Advocate-on-Record can have entry in Advocate-on-Record register in the form of his style of carrying on profession as a sole proprietorship firm – Held: If different styles of writing names are to be permitted for Advocates-on-Record, that can be only by an exercise to amend the Supreme Court Rules – Rule making authorities to examine whether they would like to expand the registration of Advocates-on-Record permitting persons to carry on the profession in any sole proprietorship firm’s styles or name – The Rules being sacrosanct, not to be interfered with, in the present proceedings – Supreme Court Rules, 2013 – Order IV, Rules 1(b), 13(1), 22 and 23. Words and Phrases – Expression ‘Law Chambers’ – Discussed. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul |
Neutral Citation | 2021 INSC 34 |
Petitioner | In Re: Advocate On Record Includes A Proprietary Firm Etc. |
SCR | [2021] 2 S.C.R. 308 |
Judgement Date | 2021-01-20 |
Case Number | 1107 |
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