Special Fee For Enrolment Of Retired Employees By Bar Council Illegal: SC Upholds Kerala HC Judgment

Ashok Kini

24 Jan 2019 12:05 PM IST

"Once the legislature has prescribed enrolment fee, another fee, be it called a special fee or anything else, can legitimately be prescribed by a State Bar Council or any other authority only if there is an express legislative sanction therefor." (Kerala HC Judgment)

The Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petitions filed by the Bar Council of Kerala against the Kerala High Court ruling that collection of special fee from those retired employees who seek enrolment as lawyers is unauthorised and illegal. Earlier this month, the bench comprising of Justice AK Sikri and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer dismissed in limine a batch of SLPs filed by the...

Special Fee For Enrolment Of Retired Employees By Bar Council Illegal: SC Upholds Kerala HC Judgment

Ashok Kini

"Once the legislature has prescribed enrolment fee, another fee, be it called a special fee or anything else, can legitimately be prescribed by a State Bar Council or any other authority only if there is an express legislative sanction therefor." (Kerala HC Judgment)

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