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Bar Councils can only charge enrolment fee prescribed u/s 24(1)(f) of Advocates Act 1961 at time of admission on State rolls. Other miscellaneous fees like application form, processing, postal, police verification, ID card, administrative, photograph fees etc. charged at enrolment are construed as part of enrolment fee and cannot cumulatively exceed prescribed fee. Bar Councils directed to ensure compliance, not defeat provision through different nomenclatures. No refund of excess fees collected before this judgment, which has prospective effect. Writ petition and transfer cases disposed of.
Bar Councils can only charge enrolment fee prescribed u/s 24(1)(f) of Advocates Act 1961 at time of admission on State rolls. Other miscellaneous fees like application form, processing, postal, police verification, ID card, administrative, photograph fees etc. charged at enrolment are construed as part of enrolment fee and cannot cumulatively exceed prescribed fee. Bar Councils directed to ensure compliance, not defeat provision through different nomenclatures. No refund of excess fees collected before this judgment, which has prospective effect. Writ petition and transfer cases disposed of.
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