Madras High Court recently held that disputes relating to repayment of pending professional fees are not public in nature and assume the character of private civil disputes. The court thus held that an advocate cannot file writ petitions for recovering such pending professional fee from client.

https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-dispute-pending-professional-fee-civil-no-writ-remedy-542250