Bar licence applications: court allowed later filing of supporting documents and directed expeditious, fair consideration.

Petitioners seeking bar licence applications were allowed limited additional time to furnish supporting documents and permissions, because no prejudice to the authorities was shown. The Court permitted filing of the applications by the notified date and allowed the supporting documents and permissions to be produced within one month thereafter. It also required the authorities to consider the applications expeditiously and in accordance with law, despite the short time originally fixed in the notification.

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Issues: Whether the petitioners were entitled to additional time to produce the required documents and permissions for bar licence applications, and whether the authorities were required to consider such applications in a fair manner notwithstanding the short time fixed in the notification.

Analysis: The petitioners challenged the short time fixed for online registration and sought permission to submit the applications first and furnish the supporting documents later. The Court found that no prejudice would be caused to the respondents if the petitioners were given time to produce the relevant documents and permissions. It therefore directed that the applications may be filed on or before the notified date and that the supporting documents and permissions may be produced within one month thereafter, with the authorities to decide the applications expeditiously in accordance with law.

Conclusion: The petitioners were granted limited relief by extending time for production of documents and by directing consideration of the applications in accordance with law.

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