Larger Bench to Decide Whether Law Graduates with Pending Criminal Cases Can Be Enrolled as Advocates: Madras High Court

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently raised serious questions about a long-standing judicial direction that prevents law graduates facing pending criminal cases from being enrolled as advocates. The Court observed that this restriction does not find support under Section 24A of the Advocates Act, 1961. The case was brought by S. Bhaskarapandian, a retired Village Administrative Officer, who completed his law degree in 1984 but did not…