The question to be decided came to the notice of the Court while considering a case where advocate Aysha Abraham held the vakalat of a litigant.
Abraham instructed advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy, who is the current President of the Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association, to appear on behalf her before the Kerala High Court.
Shenoy is not a designated senior counsel.
Hence, the Court asked whether he can be permitted to appear without a vakalat.
Pointing to Rule 2, Shenoy argued that “pleadings” would include placing submissions on behalf of parties, as instructed by the counsel who holds vakalat. Shenoy submited that a memorandum of grievance regarding the lack of clarity in the Rules were placed before the Chief Justice but was turned down by the Grievance Committee of the High Court.
Source: Barandbench
