New Delhi, Jul 5 The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notices on a plea by the Bar Council of India seeking transfer to the top court of the cases pending in various high courts challenging alleged “exorbitant” fees being charged by state bar councils for enrolling law graduates as lawyers.
While issuing notices to those who had filed separate pleas in the high courts of Kerala, Madras and Bombay on the issue of enrolment fees, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud orally observed the state bar councils cannot charge high enrolment fees under the garb of undertaking welfare schemes.
The BCI is seeking transfer of petitions pending in the three high courts to the top court.
Source :- https://www.ptinews.com/news/legal/sc-issues-notices-on-bci-plea-seeking-transfer-of-cases-on-enrolment-fees-for-lawyers-from-hcs/7/602022.html
