Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Advocates Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-05-19

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the legal practitioners and to provide for the constitution of Bar Councils and an All-India Bar.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 21: Disputes regarding seniority.
    (1) Where the date of seniority of two or more persons is the same, the one senior in age shall be reckoned as senior to the other.
     1[(2) Subject as aforesaid, if any dispute arises with respect to the seniority of any person, it shall be referred to the State Bar Council concerned for decision.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 31-1- 1974).
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