Section 6
Power to enrol legal practitioners, etc.
The Delhi High Court Act, 1966
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution of a High Court for the Union territory of Delhi, for the extension of the jurisdiction of that High Court to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh and for matters connected therewith.
(1) The High Court of Delhi shall have like powers to
approve, admit, enrol, remove and suspend legal practitioners, and to make rules with respect to them, as
are, under the law in force immediately before the appointed day, exercisable by the High Court of
Punjab.
(2) The right of audience in the High Court of Delhi shall be regulated in accordance with the like principles, as, immediately before the appointed day, are in force with respect to the right of audience in the High Court of Punjab:
Provided that subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Delhi in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, any person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise or an attorney entitled to act in the High Court of Punjab shall be recognised as an advocate or an attorney entitled to practise or act, as the case may be, in the High Court of Delhi.
(2) The right of audience in the High Court of Delhi shall be regulated in accordance with the like principles, as, immediately before the appointed day, are in force with respect to the right of audience in the High Court of Punjab:
Provided that subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Delhi in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, any person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise or an attorney entitled to act in the High Court of Punjab shall be recognised as an advocate or an attorney entitled to practise or act, as the case may be, in the High Court of Delhi.