Karnataka HC Asks Registries To Accept Vakalatnama Of New Advocates, Without Insisting On NOC From Previous Ones [Read Order]

A party has the freedom to change his advocate any time and for whatever reason, the court observed.The Karnataka High Court in Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation vs. M. Rajashekar, has ruled that courts, tribunals or other authorities shall not ask for ‘no objection’ of the advocate already on record, to accept the vakalatnama filed by a new advocate.Overruling objections raised by...