Challenging 'exorbitant enrolment fee’ charged by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.

1. The Advocates Act, 1961 is the primary legislation governing legal practitioners in India.It interalia, governs aspects pertaining to constitution of Bar Councils,admission and enrollment of
   advocates,the right to practice and their professional conduct.
2. Section 24(1)(f) of the Advocates Act,1961 provides that for
   being admitted as an advocate,a person has to pay six hundred
   rupees to the State Bar Council and one hundred and fifty rupees
   to the Bar Council of India.Further,in case of a member of the
   Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes,the enrolment fee
   payable by him to the State Bar Council is one hundred rupees
   and twenty-five rupees to the Bar Council of India.
3. However,contrary to the aforesaid legislative mandate,the Bar
   Council of Maharastra and Goa charges an additional fee of Rs.
   14,400(excluding Rs.500 towards enrollment form).In addition
   to the prohibition as prescribed by the provisions of the
   Advocates Act,1961,even the Bar Council of India Rules do not
   permit State Bar Councils to levy such an additional fees towards
   enrolment.Hence,such an additional and
   exorbitant levy of additional enrolment  fees is illegal,arbitrary and "de hors" the provisions of the Advocates Act 1961.
4. https://www.barcouncilmahgoa.org/v2/services/