{"id":194568,"date":"2006-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/archana-girish-sabnis-vs-the-bar-council-of-india-and-ors-on-10-april-2006"},"modified":"2015-06-12T00:32:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T19:02:19","slug":"archana-girish-sabnis-vs-the-bar-council-of-india-and-ors-on-10-april-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/archana-girish-sabnis-vs-the-bar-council-of-india-and-ors-on-10-april-2006","title":{"rendered":"Archana Girish Sabnis vs The Bar Council Of India And Ors. on 10 April, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bombay High Court<\/div>\n
Archana Girish Sabnis vs The Bar Council Of India And Ors. on 10 April, 2006<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: AIR 2006 Bom 250, 2006 (3) BomCR 512, 2006 (4) MhLj 390<\/div>\n
Author: V Palshikar<\/div>\n
Bench: V Palshikar, V Kingaonkar<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
V.G. Palshikar, J. <\/p>\n
Page 1687<\/p>\n
1. By this petition, the petitioner has prayed for  quashing of the communication issued by respondent  no. 2, informing the petitioner that her application for  enrolment as an advocate is liable to be rejected. By  this communication, the petitioner was informed that  the qualification of Licentiates of the Court of  Examiners in Homoeopathy (L.C.E.H.) is not recognised  as equivalent to graduation and therefore she cannot  seek enrolment as an advocate. These communications  are challenged basically on the ground that the  University of Bombay has recognised the course as  equivalent to a degree of Bachelor of Aurvedic and  Homoeopathic Medicines and consequently the petitioner  secured admission to the course of LL.B. of the Bombay  University. The Bar Council therefore could not reject  her request for enrolment on the ground that the degree  of LCEH is not recognised by the Bar Council of India.\n<\/p>\n
2. The main contention of the petitioner is that the  Bar Council of Maharashtra or Bar Council of India have  no jurisdiction or authorities to decide the question  of equivalence of educational qualifications and  therefore their orders are not valid. It is also  contended that the Bombay University having considered  this as a degree equivalent to BAMS, admitted the  petitioner for the three years of LL.B. course and now  the petitioner cannot be denied the enrolment on the  ground of non-recognistion of the degree of LCEH. It  was also contended that the petitioner was not given an  opportunity to put forward her case and therefore the  principles of natural justice were violated and  consequently the whole action is of violation of  Article 14 of the Constitution. Then the submission  was that this amounts to carving the right of  petitioner to practice a profession and the restriction  is unreasonable.\n<\/p>\n
3. These contentions were opposed both by the Bar  Council of Bombay and Bar Council of India and it was  pointed out on their behalf that there is ample  statutory authorities in the Advocate’s Act and Rules  framed thereunder to prescribe necessary educational  qualifications for enrolment as an advocate. We have  to consider this submission in the light of the  provisions of law as canvased before us.\n<\/p>\n
4. The Advocate’s Act of 1961 prescribes the functions  of the Bar Council of India and it has laid down in  Section 7, the various functions which the Bar Council  of India has to perform. Clause (h) provides that it  shall be the function of Bar Council of India to  promote legal education and to lay down standards of  such education in consultation with the Universities in  India imparting such education and the State Bar  Councils. Then clause (i) makes the Bar Council of  India to recognise Universities whose degree in law  shall be a qualification for enrolment as an advocate.\n<\/p>\n
5. Section 24 of the Act provides right to practice,  which lays down that a person shall be qualified to be  admitted as an advocate on a State roll, if he fulfils  the conditions mentioned in that section. One of the  qualification necessary is a degree in law obtained  after undergoing a three years course of study in law  from a recognised university. Then it is provided that he should Page 1688 also fulfil such other conditions as may be  specified in the rules made by the Bar Council. Then  section 49 prescribes general power of the Bar Council  of India to make rules and the Bar Council of India may  makes rules for discharging its functions mentioned in  section 7 and clause (h)(i) of sub section (1) of  section 49, specifically empowers the Bar Council of  India to make rules prescribing minimum qualification  required for admission in the course of degree in law  in any recognised university. This clause was added by  the amending Act of 1973 with effect from 31-1-1974.  It can also make rules prescribing the standard of  legal education to be observed by the University in  Bombay. The Bar Council of India has, for the said  purpose, framed rules in exercise of the powers under  section 7(h) & (i), 24(1)(c)(iii) and (iiia),  49(1)(af),(ag) and (d), which deals with standards of  legal education and recognition of advocates law for  admission as advocate.\n<\/p>\n
6. Section (1) speaks of five years course of law with  which we are not concerned. Section (b) deals with  three years degree course. It specifically provides  with a degree in law obtained from any university in  Bombay after 12th March 1967, shall not be recognised  for the purpose of 24(1)(c)(iii) unless the conditions  are fulfilled. Condition (a) is that at the time of  joining the course of instruction in law for a degree  in law, the person concerned is a graduate ofa  university or possesses such academic qualifications  which are considered equivalent to a graduate degree of  a university by the Bar Council of India. It is then  provided that the Council shall publish by notification  in the gazette of India the names of universities whose  degrees in law are recognised for the purpose of  enrolment.\n<\/p>\n
7. It will thus be seen that the submission that the  Bar Council has no authority in law to frame the rules  regarding the standards of education, is unsustainable.  Ample examples has existed and has been administered as  about the Bar Council of India does have the power to  prescribe which degree and which academic  qualifications are to be considered equivalent to a  graduate degree. This is an independent power and  merely because the Bombay University has recognised  LCEH as equivalent for BHMS, it cannot be contended or  held that the Bar Council of India must recognise the  same as academic qualification equivalent to a graduate  degree. The first submission therefore deserves to be  rejected.\n<\/p>\n
8. It was then contended that the very rules provide  that the Bar Council shall publish notification in the  gazette of India, the names of Universities whose  degree in law are recognised. According to the learned  counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that this  clause is liable to be construed liberally to mean that  the Council is bound to publish by notification, the  fact that the degree which it considers as equivalent  to a graduate degree, and since that is not done, the  persons like the petitioner had no notice of such  requirement and therefore the rejection of her  application for enrolment has been wrongly rejected.  We are unable to accept this submission for the reason  that it is the duty of the student who choses to a  particular area of education, in this case a degree in  law, must know that the degree in law which he or she  is acquiring or is being acquired after obtaining the  graduate degree or its equivalent, has recognised by  the Bar Council. The Bar Council of India has not and  cannot object the acquisition of academic  qualifications. The universities also may not have  such objections and therefore it may treat the degrees  like LCEH as equivalent to other degrees conferred by  the Page 1689 university and permitted to study the law by such  persons. The university has not restricted any person  from admission to law course on this ground. There can  be various reasons for seeking admission through a  degree course in law. One of which can be practice of  the profession of law after obtaining the degree and a  person who has such desire should have the minimum  knowledge that he has acquired necessary qualifications  for enrolment. In fact the question of the powers of  the Bar Council of India to frame such rules,  recognising the power of Bar Council to lay down for  recognition of law degree or degree equivalent to a  graduation, has been considered and upheld by the  Supreme Court of India in the judgment in Bar Council  of India and Anr. v. Aparna Basu Mallick and  Ors.<\/a> .\n<\/p>\n
9. The next submission made by the learned advocate  for the petitioner was violation of Article 19, the  restrictions of acquiring the degree of law, after  acquiring the degree equivalent to qualifications as  recognised by the Bar Council of India, cannot be said  to be unreasonable. The right to practice under the  provisions of law by necessary qualification by proper  rules cannot, as alleged, violate the fundamental right  guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution. This  submission also is therefore liable to be rejected.\n<\/p>\n
10. In so far as the submission under Article 14 is  concerned, it will be seen that it is the duty of the  person who wants to exercise his right to practice, to  find out what are the requirements to obtain that  right. If he does not know it, it cannot be said that  the duty is casts on the Council to make it known to  him and ask him to show cause why he should not be  denied the right to practice. This ground also is  baseless.\n<\/p>\n
11. In the result, there is no substance in any of the  contentions raised. Petition therefore fails and it is  dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bombay High Court Archana Girish Sabnis vs The Bar Council Of India And Ors. on 10 April, 2006 Equivalent citations: AIR 2006 Bom 250, 2006 (3) BomCR 512, 2006 (4) MhLj 390 Author: V Palshikar Bench: V Palshikar, V Kingaonkar JUDGMENT V.G. Palshikar, J. Page 1687 1. 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