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 52: Saving.
    Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the power of the Supreme Court to make rules under article 145 of the Constitution--
         (a) for laying down the conditions subject to which a senior advocate shall be entitled to practise in that Court;
         (b) for determining the persons who shall be entitled to 1[act or plead] in that Court.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 70 of 1993, s. 9, for "act" (w.e.f. 26-12-1993).
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