Mumbai:Bombay High Court (BHC)providing advocate code to law firms which are not registered at Bar councils. They did not ask bar council code while registering firm and provide them BHC code very easily. Due to this any advocate can appear in hearing and this violates vakalatnama (VP) norms of Advocate act.
Only one advocate can represent a client and after his resignation another advocate can file VP on behalf of client. Once firms or LLP Companies file VP then any advocate come and represent him in court. As companies registration is not started in bar council so RTI activist asked BHC that under which rule or order they are registering firm and providing code to file case.
They have no such order and replying that BHC has power to make rules under section 34 of advocate act. But they did not have copy of such rules created by BHC. BHC can not violate advocate act so they did not created such rule to benefit firms and LLP. But from back door they are providing code to law firms. These law firms are strong lobby of senior advocates which are having turn over on 200-500 cr approx.
If any senior advocate take code in personal name then other can not represent and if they take code in firm name then any advocate can represent any client of firm. BHC officials are supporting them illegally and nobody is taking objection because Software team is providing code illegally. Due to firm top advocates have employed hundreds of advocates in their firm but advocate act prohibit practicing advocate as employee of any firm .
Final Status of JUSTC/R/2016/51230
Applicant Name
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Enter Name
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Date of receipt
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18/10/2016
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Request Filed With
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Department of Justice
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Text of Application
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At Bombay high court E Filing
Registration advocates/ Firm/ In Person candidates are registered.
RTI question 1. Under Which rule firms & LLP are registered at BHC with Copy Of rule 2. Details of Name of all firms& LLP with code, Bar council Registration number Or NOC number of Bar council Of MH & Goa |
Request document (if any)
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Status
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RTI
REQUEST RECEIVED as on 18/10/2016
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Date of Action
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18/10/2016
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