{"id":38780,"date":"2025-02-25T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppnewsline.in\/?p=38780"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:31:48","slug":"after-farm-law-centre-also-withdraws-draft-advocates-amendment-bill-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ppnewsline.in\/?p=38780","title":{"rendered":"After farm Law, Centre  also withdraws draft Advocates Amendment Bill 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After strikes by lawyers across\u00a0\u00a0the country\u00a0\u00a0and objections of the Bar Council of India, the Union Law and Justice Ministry\u00a0\u00a0withdrew the draft<strong>\u00a0Advocates (Amendment) Bill<\/strong>, 2025 published on February 13.\u00a0\u00a0Like\u00a0\u00a0three farmers Laws, The amendment\u00a0\u00a0in Advocates Act, 1961\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/congress-raises-three-primary-concerns-on-draft-advocates-bill-9847585\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/congress-raises-three-primary-concerns-on-draft-advocates-bill-9847585\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740562244104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2JjW2Opv9eit8yVb6SKOM4\">faced severe criticism<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/lawyers-delhi-district-courts-abstain-work-proposed-advocates-amendment-bill-9840386\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/lawyers-delhi-district-courts-abstain-work-proposed-advocates-amendment-bill-9840386\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740562244104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KTA0f9idEHrpLCz2BryhJ\">lawyers<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0across the country<\/strong>. BCI chairperson and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/bjp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/bjp\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740562244104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MyPftpo_xeEe1yhBo0d9q\">BJP<\/a>\u00a0MP Manan Kumar Mishra said that the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/proposed-changes-to-advocates-act-weaken-autonomy-bci-to-law-minister-9845451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/proposed-changes-to-advocates-act-weaken-autonomy-bci-to-law-minister-9845451\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740562244104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_tAmUuwccs978WOTFDHdr\">draft Bill endangered the autonomy of the BCI<\/a><\/strong>. However, facing criticism\u00a0\u00a0from all quarters, the Centre govt has decided to conduct the consultation process now. Based on the feedback received, the draft Bill, as revised, will be processed afresh for consultation with stakeholders. Pertinent to mention that the draft Bill had provisions that would allow the government to nominate up to three members to the Bar Council of India, issue directions to the BCI and frame regulations for foreign lawyers and firms. The draft Bill also expanded the definition of a \u201clegal practitioner\u201d to include lawyers working with foreign law firms and corporate entities. The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/draft-amendment-to-advocates-act-proposes-court-boycotts-ban-centres-nominees-in-bci-9835272\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/draft-amendment-to-advocates-act-proposes-court-boycotts-ban-centres-nominees-in-bci-9835272\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740562244104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1GKAIvD-N7togot0C3wSPY\">draft amendment<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0had\u00a0\u00a0also introduced a new section prohibiting boycotts or abstention from courts\u2019 work. It said: \u201cNo association of advocates or any member of the association or any advocate, either individually or collectively, shall give a call for boycott or abstinence from courts\u2019 work or boycott or abstain from courts\u2019 work or cause obstruction in any form in court\u2019s functioning or in court premises. These proposed amendments in Advocates Amendment Bill is move by the Centre govt to disarm advocates in the court room. It will give more powers to the Sub Inspectors of the Police than Advocates in Court room. This move\u00a0\u00a0of Centre govt is to deprive off journalists, opposition parties from getting justice from courts. Ten years are on, the Advocates\u00a0\u00a0are continuing challenges Centre govt\u2019s move\u00a0\u00a0of misusing police against activists, journalists, opposition parties leaders facing fake cases of sedition, UAPA, PSA, 409, 409A\u00a0\u00a0etc. The centre govt\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0is suffering one after other set back in the judiciary that is why self style law experts of saffron brigade adopted this method without applying their mind and consulting all stakeholders like wise Farm Laws. The Centre govt has not any lesson from the year long protest of Farmers at Delhi borders and again brought draconian and Colonial amendments in the Advocates Amendment Law 2025.Pertinent to mention that the\u00a0\u00a0original Act was introduced in 1961 to regulate the legal profession, safeguard client interests, and elevate the professional standards of advocates. It established the Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils to oversee the conduct and discipline of lawyers across the country. Advocates and lawyers\u00a0\u00a0across the country raised objection on sections of the Advocate (Amendment) Bill 2025 included\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Section 35A<\/strong>\u00a0that called for &#8220;Prohibition on the boycotts or abstention from courts\u2019 work&#8221;.\u00a0<strong>Section 45B<\/strong>\u00a0that said, &#8220;If any person suffers loss either caused deliberately or by misconduct of the advocate, then, such person may make a complaint of misconduct against the advocate under appropriate regulations as may be prescribed by Bar Council of India for deciding the liability of the advocate.\u201d\u00a0<strong>Section 48B<\/strong>\u00a0that proposed \u201cPower to give directions. (1) For the proper and efficient discharge of the functions of a State Bar Council or any committee thereof, the Bar Council of India may, in the exercise of its powers of general supervision and control, give such directions to the State Bar Council or any committee thereof as may appear to it to be necessary, and the State Bar Council or the committee shall comply with such directions.\u201d\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Section 49B<\/strong>\u00a0which grants the Centre the power to issue binding directions to the BCI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After strikes by lawyers across\u00a0\u00a0the country\u00a0\u00a0and objections of the Bar Council of India, the Union Law and Justice Ministry\u00a0\u00a0withdrew the draft\u00a0Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 published on February 13.\u00a0\u00a0Like\u00a0\u00a0three farmers Laws, The amendment\u00a0\u00a0in Advocates Act, 1961\u00a0faced severe criticism\u00a0from the\u00a0lawyers\u00a0across the country. BCI chairperson and\u00a0BJP\u00a0MP Manan Kumar Mishra said that the\u00a0draft Bill endangered the autonomy of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edit-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After farm Law, Centre also withdraws draft Advocates Amendment Bill 2025 - PP Newsline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ppnewsline.in\/?p=38780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After farm Law, Centre also withdraws draft Advocates Amendment Bill 2025 - PP Newsline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After strikes by lawyers across\u00a0\u00a0the country\u00a0\u00a0and objections of the Bar Council of India, the Union Law and Justice Ministry\u00a0\u00a0withdrew the draft\u00a0Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 published on February 13.\u00a0\u00a0Like\u00a0\u00a0three farmers Laws, The amendment\u00a0\u00a0in Advocates Act, 1961\u00a0faced severe criticism\u00a0from the\u00a0lawyers\u00a0across the country. 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