The Madras high court today admitted 23-year-old lawyer Akshay Mani’s writ challenging the new Bar Council of India (BCI) restriction on the right to practice before the apex and higher courts. Mani’s counsel Naveen Kumar Murthi told Legally India that Mani’s challenge to the new BCI rule barring ad...

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras high court by a 23-year-old lawyer against the Constitutional Validity of Rule 7 of the Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules 2014 that were introduced earlier this month and, if approved, would effectively ban advocates without several year...