G SELVAKUMAR Vs. BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner, an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, with Enrollment Number Ms.1296/2011, and practising inter alia in this High Court has filed this writ petition, by way of public interest, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging Resolution No.117 of 2018, dated 24.1.2018 of the Special Committee constituted by the Bar Council of India under Section 8-A of the Advocates Act, 1961, to discharge the functions of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, whereby the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Conduct of Election Rules, 1975 have been amended.

(2.) The impugned Resolution No.117 of 2018, dated 24.1.2018, is set out herein below for convenience:

(3.) The object of the Advocates Act, 1961 is to amend and consolidate the law relating to legal practitioners and to provide for, inter alia, the constitution of Bar Councils, one for the whole of India and one for each State. One of the main features of the Advocates Act, 1961 is the integration of the bar into a single class of legal practitioners known as Advocates with the division of Advocates into Senior Advocates and Advocates based on experience and merit.