State Government Not Obliged to Pay Electricity Dues of Bar Associations; Advocates Must Bear Cost of Facilities They Utilize: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the State Government cannot be directed to bear the electricity expenses of Bar Associations, observing that although advocates are officers of the Court, they remain private practitioners and must share the cost of the facilities they use. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla, which dismissed a writ petition filed by the Civil…
