It underlined that due verification of advocates registered with State bar Councils is of utmost importance to safeguard the integrity of administration of justice and the court system.
“Access cannot be granted to the judicial process to the persons profess to be lawyers but do not have educational qualification or degree certificate on the basis of which they could be given entry to the bar,” the order said.
Thus it is duty of all genuine lawyers to cooperate in this process of having their degrees verified and unless this exercise is carried out periodically, the administration of justice would be under a serious cloud, the Court underlined.
BCI chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra told the Court that the object of the BCI office order to State Bar Councils was not to stop the verification process but to ensure that verification is not on the basis of certificate of practice alone but also took into consideration the validity and genuineness of degree certificates as well.
The BCI chairperson suggested a high power committee to monitor the verification process which the Court accepted.
Advocate Amit Pawan appeared for the petitioner.
Source: Barandbench
