Advocates Act, 1961

Act No. 25 of 1961 In force from 16-08-1961 Ministry of Law and Justice 85 sections

An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the legal practitioners and to provide for the constitution of Bar Councils and an All-India Bar.

78 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa v. Rajiv Nareshchandra Narula & Ors.
  2025 INSC 114724 September 2025Disposed of

  Matter pertains to filing of frivolous complaint against two advocates before the Bar Council which took cognizance of the complaint and referred the complaint to the Disciplinary Committee for inquiry.

• Orissa High Court and Others v. Banshidhar Baug and Others Etc.
  2025 INSC 83914 July 2025Disposed of

  Issue arose as regards the designation of Senior Advocates by the Full Court by exercising its suo motu power.

• Jitender @ Kalla v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) and Anr.
  2025 INSC 66713 May 2025Reference answered

  (a) Whether the 100-point assessment laid down in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India (2017) 9 SCC 766 and modified in Indira Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India (2023) 8 SCC 1 for the designation of Senior Advocates…

• Supreme Court Bar Association & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
  2025 INSC 36419 March 2025Disposed of

  The present Miscellaneous Applications have been filed seeking intervention in the matter and seeking clarification/ modification of the directions contained in Para 42 of the Judgment and Order dated 20.09.2024 in Criminal…

• Jitender @ Kalla v. State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) & Ors.
  2025 INSC 24920 February 2025Disposed of

  I. Whether the Supreme Court decisions in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India (I) and (II), which lay down the guidelines for the designation of senior advocates, require reconsideration. II. Whether an advocate on record is…

• Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India v. Delhi International Airport Ltd. & Ors.
  2024 INSC 79118 October 2024

  Whether Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has a right to contest an appeal against its order determining tariff for aeronautical services before Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), and then…

• Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India and Ors.
  2024 INSC 55830 July 2024Disposed of

  Whether the enrolment fees charged by the State Bar Councils (SBC) are in contravention of Section 24(1)(f) of the Advocates Act, 1961; whether payment of other miscellaneous fees can be made a pre-condition for enrolment.

• Bar of Indian Lawyers Through Its President Jasbir Singh Malik v. D. K. Gandhi Ps National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Anr.
  2024 INSC 41014 May 2024Directions issued

  Matter pertains to whether a complaint alleging “deficiency in service” against advocates practising legal profession, would be maintainable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 as re-enacted in 2019; whether “Service” hired…

• Nandini Sharma and Anr. v. Registrar Supreme Court of India and Ors.
  2022 INSC 120916 November 2022Dismissed
• S. Ramachandra Rao v. S. Nagabhushana Rao & Ors.
  2022 INSC 111419 October 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• K. Anjinappa v. K.C. Krishna Reddy and Anr.
  2021 INSC 92117 December 2021Disposed of
• Yatin Narendra Oza v. High Court of Gujarat
  2021 INSC 69028 October 2021Disposed of
• In Re: Prashant Bhushan and Anr. v. In Re:
  2020 INSC 48931 August 2020Disposed of
• State Bank of India v. M/S. Jah Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
  2019 INSC 6528 May 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2019 INSC 35312 March 2019Dismissed
• R. Muthukrishnan v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Madras
  2019 INSC 9928 January 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Pratap Mehta v. Sunil Gupta & Ors.
  2018 INSC 10412 November 2018Dismissed
• Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India & Anr.
  2018 INSC 86625 September 2018Dismissed
• Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balalji and Ors.
  2018 INSC 23513 March 2018Disposed of
• M/S. Advanta India Ltd. v. B. N. Shivanna
  2018 INSC 18321 February 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• Macquarie Bank Limited v. Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd.
  2017 INSC 124115 December 2017Appeal(s) allowed
• Ms. Indira Jaising v. Through Secretary General and Ors.
  2017 INSC 103112 October 2017Disposed of
• Ajayinder Sangwan and Ors. v. Bar Council of Delhi & Ors.
  2017 INSC 79523 August 2017Hearing Adjourned
• Ajitslnh Arjunslnh Gohll v. Bar Council of Gujarat and Anr.
  2017 INSC 3186 April 2017Appeal(s) allowed
• Jamshed Ansari v. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and Ors.
  2016 INSC 61826 August 2016Dismissed
• Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh
  2016 INSC 4925 July 2016Disposed of
• Ag v. Shiv Kumar Yadav &Anr.
  2015 INSC 65410 September 2015Appeal(s) allowed
• Chander Prakash Tyagi v. Shri Benarsi Das(Dead) by Lrs. and Others
  2015 INSC 97117 March 2015Dismissed
• Archana Girish Sabnis v. Bar Council of India and Others
  2014 INSC 81126 November 2014Dismissed
• Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh v. B. Narayan Swamy & Anr.
  2014 INSC 100415 September 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Surendra Mohan Arora v. Hdfc Bank Ltd. and Others
  2014 INSC 33825 April 2014Dismissed
• Yogendra Singh Tomar v. Bar Council for Uttarakhand and Others
  2013 INSC 84617 December 2013Disposed of
• Smt. K. Vijaya Lakshmi v. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Represented by Its Secretary Home (Courts C1) Department and Anr.
  2013 INSC 10718 February 2013Disposed of
• Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors.
  2012 INSC 17819 April 2012Partly allowed
• Jaipur Vikas Pradhikaran v. Sri Ashok Kumar Choudhary & Ors.
  2011 INSC 68815 September 2011Disposed of
• C. Venkatachalam v. Ajitkumar C. Shah and Others
  2011 INSC 61829 August 2011Dismissed
• Pratap Chandra Mehta v. State Bar Council of M.P. & Ors.
  2011 INSC 5629 August 2011Dismissed
• Goa Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. R.K. Chawla & Another
  2011 INSC 4444 July 2011Disposed of
• Dinesh Chandra Pandey v. High Court of M.P. & Anr.
  2010 INSC 3878 July 2010Dismissed
• Mahesh Chandra Gupta v. Union of India & Ors.
  2009 INSC 8676 July 2009Dismissed