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Bare act

Advocates Act 1961

The common roll, the Bar Council of India and the State Bar Councils, admission and enrolment, and professional misconduct — read with the Supreme Court’s decisions on the right to practise.

The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.

Sections in the syllabus

s. 1

s. 2

s. 2(c)

s. 3

s. 3(2)

s. 4

s. 5

s. 6

s. 6(1)

s. 7

s. 9

s. 12

s. 13

s. 13(b)

s. 15(2)

s. 16

s. 16(2)

s. 16(3)

s. 18(1)(b)

s. 18(b)

s. 19

s. 20

s. 23(5)

s. 24

s. 24(1)

s. 24(1)(e)

s. 24A

s. 28

s. 28(2)(d)

s. 28(3)

s. 28A

s. 28B

s. 29

s. 30

s. 33

s. 34

s. 34(1)

s. 35

s. 36

s. 36B

s. 36B(1)

s. 37

s. 37(2)

s. 38

s. 42

s. 44

s. 45

s. 48

s. 48A

s. 48B

s. 49

s. 49(1)

s. 49(1)(c)

s. 49(1)(g)

s. 49A(2)(d)

s. Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9

Covered in Unit 4 · History of the Legislature and of the Legal Profession.

s. Sections 35, 36, 36B, 37, 38, 42 and 44

Covered in Unit 4 · History of the Legislature and of the Legal Profession.

s. s. 24(1), especially clause (f) and the Explanation

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. s. 24A

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. s. 35

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

s. s. 35(1), with ss. 2(1), 7(1)(b) and 49(1)(c)

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

s. s. 35, with s. 35(3)(d)

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

s. ss. 6(1)(dd), 6(1)(ee), 7, 34(1) and 38, with Arts. 121 and 124(4) and (5) of the Constitution

Covered in Unit 4 · Contempt, Bar–Bench relations and accountancy for lawyers.

s. ss. 6, 7, 15, 28(3), 49

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. ss. 7(1)(b), 49(1)(c) with the proviso, 49(2), 35

Covered in Unit 2 · Professional ethics and the duties of an advocate.

s. ss. 9, 35(1A), 42 and 42A, with Part VII, Chapter I of the Bar Council of India Rules

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

s. ss. 16, 23, with Part VI, Chapter I of the Bar Council of India Rules

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. ss. 25, 26, 26A, 27, 28, with ss. 17, 18, 19, 21, 22

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. ss. 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 45

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. ss. 29, 30, 50, 55, and the scheme of Chapters I to VII

Covered in Unit 1 · Enrolment and the Bar.

s. ss. 34(1), 24A, 35 and 38, with Arts. 129, 142 and 215 of the Constitution

Covered in Unit 4 · Contempt, Bar–Bench relations and accountancy for lawyers.

s. ss. 35(3), 35(4), 41, with s. 24A and the proviso to s. 26(1)

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

s. ss. 36, 36A and 36B, with rule 17(2) of Part VII, Chapter I of the Bar Council of India Rules

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

s. ss. 37, 38, 39, 40, 44, 48A and 48AA

Covered in Unit 3 · Professional misconduct and discipline.

Cases on this Act

Examined in