The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that it has withdrawn its notification making Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card with a Delhi-NCR address mandatory for enrolment..A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula ordered the BCD to notify the decision within four weeks..The Court was hearing a petition filed by Advocate Rajani Kumari, a resident of Bihar and a law graduate from the Delhi University, challenging the BCD's notification as being arbitrary and discriminatory..The April 13 notification stated that lawyers proposing to get enrolled with the BCD will have to produce their Aadhaar and Voter ID cards showing Delhi or the NCR as their place of residence.It added that fresh law graduates looking to enroll in the national capital will also need to compulsorily attach their Aadhaar and Voter ID card copies bearing an address in Delhi/NCR. It was emphasized that any future enrollments will be contingent upon the submission of these documents..The plea before High Court filed through Advocates Lalit Kumar, Shashank Upadhyay and Mukesh said that the BCD's decision would bar law graduates who come to Delhi from different parts of the country in the hope of better prospects from practicing law.
The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that it has withdrawn its notification making Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card with a Delhi-NCR address mandatory for enrolment..A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula ordered the BCD to notify the decision within four weeks..The Court was hearing a petition filed by Advocate Rajani Kumari, a resident of Bihar and a law graduate from the Delhi University, challenging the BCD's notification as being arbitrary and discriminatory..The April 13 notification stated that lawyers proposing to get enrolled with the BCD will have to produce their Aadhaar and Voter ID cards showing Delhi or the NCR as their place of residence.It added that fresh law graduates looking to enroll in the national capital will also need to compulsorily attach their Aadhaar and Voter ID card copies bearing an address in Delhi/NCR. It was emphasized that any future enrollments will be contingent upon the submission of these documents..The plea before High Court filed through Advocates Lalit Kumar, Shashank Upadhyay and Mukesh said that the BCD's decision would bar law graduates who come to Delhi from different parts of the country in the hope of better prospects from practicing law.