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Bar MLAs, MPs From Practising Law, Writes BJP Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay To CJI, BCI Chairman

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has written to Chief Justice of India & Bar Council of India Chairman requesting them to debar MLAs & MPs from바카라 웹사이트practising바카라 웹사이트law.

Upadhyay tweeted saying that he has sent a letter to the CJI and Chairman of the BCI.

The BJP spokesperson cited a judgement by a 3-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court which refused to grant permission to a doctor to practice as an advocate.

"The 3 Judges Bench of the Supreme Court refused to grant permission to a Doctor to practice as an Advocate.바카라 웹사이트Pl바카라 웹사이트see the SC Judgement dated 8.4.1996 of Civil Appeal 6876 of 1996 (Haniraj바카라 웹사이트Chulani versus Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa),"바카라 웹사이트Upadhyay바카라 웹사이트tweeted.

In one of the tweets, he has also requested MLAs & MPs to read the "HC Judgement dated 16.6.2017 in addition to the SC Judgement dated 8.4.1996".

Some prominent names of MPs who practice law include Kapil Sibal, and Abhishek바카라 웹사이트Manu Singhvi.

Last year, while hearing a case involving a young lawyer seeking바카라 웹사이트license바카라 웹사이트to practice law while being바카라 웹사이트technically employed with the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), Gujarat High Court said that she was not eligible to practice law, reported바카라 웹사이트.

The court held that a law graduate working as a Legal Consultant with a Corporation with a contract in the nature of a full-time job is ineligible for enrollment as a lawyer to practice law.

Advocates Act and Rule 49 of the BCI doesn't allow enrolment of such a person as an advocate for practice before courts, the report adds.

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