https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=335775 A litigant may change counsel at any stage of proceedings and file a new vakalatnama without obtaining a no objection from the advocate already on record. Prior intimation to the earlier advocate may be fair, but it is not a condition precedent to substitution of counsel. If the earlier advocate has a grievance over fees or related issues, the proper course is to return the brief and pursue legal remedies; retaining papers or obstructing replacement is impermissible and may amount to misconduct under the Advocates Act, 1961. The new vakalatnama cannot be refused on the basis of an objection from the outgoing advocate. en-us Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:08:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=335775 A litigant may change counsel at any stage of proceedings and file a new vakalatnama without obtaining a no objection from the advocate already on record. Prior intimation to the earlier advocate may be fair, but it is not a condition precedent to substitution of counsel. If the earlier advocate has a grievance over fees or related issues, the proper course is to return the brief and pursue legal remedies; retaining papers or obstructing replacement is impermissible and may amount to misconduct under the Advocates Act, 1961. The new vakalatnama cannot be refused on the basis of an objection from the outgoing advocate. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=335775