Advocates Act, 1961 · Chapter III: Admission and Enrolment of Advocates
Section 28: Power to make rules
(1) A State Bar Council may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for—
[(a) the time within which and form in which an advocate shall express his intention for the entry of his name in the roll of a State Bar Council under section 20;]
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(c) the form in which an application shall be made to the Bar Council for admission as an advocate on its roll and the manner in which such application shall be disposed of by the enrolment committee of the Bar Council;
(d) the conditions subject to which a person may be admitted as an advocate on any such roll;
(e) the instalments in which the enrolment fee may be paid.
(3) No rules made under this Chapter shall have effect unless they have been approved by the Bar Council of India.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 16 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 28
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Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India and Ors.
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…
- Deepak Aggarwal v. Keshav Kaushik and Others
- Pratap Chandra Mehta v. State Bar Council of M.P. & Ors.
- V. Sudeer Etc v. Bar Council of India and Another
- Dr. Haniraj L. Chulani v. Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa