The question (13 marks)
Trace the growth of the legal profession in India, and explain how that growth made the enactment of the Advocates Act 1961 necessary. (13 marks)
MU Module IV, history of the legal profession; pack ch. 04.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · History of the Legislature and of the Legal Profession of History of Courts, Legislature and Legal Profession.
Authorities you will need
- Charter of 1726
- Regulating Act 1773
- Legal Practitioners Act 1846
- Indian High Courts Act 1861
- Legal Practitioners Act 1879
- Indian Bar Councils Act 1926
- Advocates Act 1961
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