The transfer petition was filed in the wake of a Kerala High Court order, passed last June, directing the Bar Council of Kerala (BCK) to collect a reduced enrolment fee of ₹750 only from law graduates who wished to enrol as advocates, until the BCI lays down a uniform fee structure applicable to all State Bar Councils.
A single-judge of the High Court had earlier passed an interim order in February, directing the BCK to provisionally accept enrolment applications by the law graduates before it upon the payment of ₹750.
The benefit of the February order was limited only to the petitioners in the case who had challenged the BCK’s decision to collect ₹15,900 as enrolment fees.
The BCK filed an appeal against the interim order before a division bench.
When the appeal came up before Chief Justice SV Bhatti and Justice Basant Balaji on June 12, the High Court division bench extended the benefit of the single judge’s order to all law graduates wishing to enrol in the State.
Source: Barandbench
