Supreme Court of India

Devata Prasad Singh Chaudhuri and Others v. The Honble the Chief Justice and Judges of the Patna High Court

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Reported as [1962] 3 S.C.R. 305
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 29 August 1961

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Mukhmr-Right to practise in Civil Court-Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (XV ill of 1879), ss. 9, Ji-General Rules and Circular Orders of the Patna High Court, Oh. 111 Part VII, r. 2. Section 9 of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879, entitles a duly enrolled Mukhtar to "practise" in any Civil Court, and s. 11 thereof empowers the High Court to make rules declaring what shall be deemed to be the "functions, powers and duties" of Mukhtars practising in the subordinate Courts. Rule 2 framed under s. 11 lays down that a Mukhtar shall not be allowed to address any Civil Court except for the purpose of

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