No Statutory Bar on Recognising More Than One Association, TN Bar Council Must Consider Plea of Nilgiris Women Lawyers Body: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court, in a significant ruling, has set aside the decision of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry which had rejected the recognition application of the Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris. The Court held that the Bar Council's view that only one bar association could be recognised in a court centre was both misconceived and contrary to Rule 3(4) of the Tamil Nadu Advocates Welfare Fund…