'Practice Seriously Deprecated': Allahabad HC Takes Exception To Advocate Addressing Court Sans Filing Vakalatnama Or Authority Letter

Sparsh Upadhyay

29 Aug 2025 2:05 PM IST

  • Practice Seriously Deprecated: Allahabad HC Takes Exception To Advocate Addressing Court Sans Filing Vakalatnama Or Authority Letter

    The Allahabad High Court recently took strong objection to an advocate addressing the Court without any Vakalatnama or authority letter from the client, observing that such a practice is 'detrimental' to the litigants on behalf of whom such an advocate is appearing. A Division Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi deprecated this practice while...

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    Sparsh Upadhyay is an Associate Editor with LiveLaw

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