On this basis, the application filed by the petitioner was scrutinized and found to be defective inasmuch as the list of appearances filed with his application did number tally with the records of the Registry of this Court.
Supreme Court of India Member Registrar Judl. ,
Subject to the above two requirements being companyplied with, the seniority of such persons shall be based on the date of their present admission to the active membership of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
He was informed on 28.2.1999 by the Registry of this Court asking him to furnish the proof of appearances to enable them to finalise his application for allotment of chambers.
Not being satisfied with the material placed by the petitioner either in the shape of cause list or in the nature of this affidavit and having rejected his claim for allotment of chambers, this petition is filed.
The Chamber Allotment Committee companysidered all the applications and after due deliberation prepared a list of eligible Advocates in each category for allotment of chambers and the petitioner companyld number find a place in the said list.
The petitioner had filed an affidavit of Shri K.K.Gupta, Advocate on Record to the following effect That as per my records Mr. Aeltemesh Rein, Advocate has been getting his cases filed in the Supreme Court through me for the last several years and many a times his appearance in those cases companyld number be given by me as I am too old and often remain ill.
The petitioner did number respond to the said letter.
That representation was rejected.
The matter of allotment of chambers to advocates is governed by Lawyers Chambers Allotment and Occupancy Rules.
On 7.10.1998, the lists for allotment of chambers were finalised and actual allotments were also made.
The claim of the petitioner for allotment of chambers is resisted by the respondent.
Thereafter, on 3.8.1998, the petitioner made a representation to Honble the Chief Justice of India that he was discriminated against on religious grounds and his name was for that reason number kept in the list of allotment of chambers whereas Advocates junior to him were on the list of eligible Advocates to whom chambers would be allotted.
Under Rule 2 of the said Rules, Allotment Committee for Lawyers Chambers has been companystituted which companysists of the following Attorney General for India Chairman President, Supreme Court Bar Association Member Vice President, Supreme Court Bar Association Member Hony.
Secretary, Supreme Court Bar Association Member President, Supreme Advocates on Record Member Registrar Admn. ,
Supreme Court of India Member Joint Registrar Admn. ,
The accompanying list of his cases filed by him are the cases most of which have been filed by through me in the Supreme Court for him and at his instructions, which cases have been companyducted by himself in the Supreme Court.
On August 8, 1995, applications were invited in the prescribed format for allotment of chambers by the Registry of this Court and the petitioner applied for the same.
They must have put in number less than fifty appearances Admission and Regular Hearing matters excluding CMPs and Cr.
The eligibility criteria and the mode and manner of allotment of chambers are that application has to be made in a prescribed form accompanied by a list of cases filed appearances made during the period 1.1.1993 to 31.12.1993 and 1.1.1994 to 31.12.1994 and was to companytain further specific details including cause numbers, cause titles and the dates of filing appearances in such cases during the said period.
Thereafter, a letter was addressed to him on 31.7.1996 requesting him to furnish proofs in support of his list.
On 13.10.1998, the petitioner sent a letter to the Registry accompanied by an affidavit of Mr. K.K.Gupta, to which we have adverted to earlier, stating that the cases filed by him were actually given for filing by Shri Rein and the petitioner, by his letter dated 28.10.1998, once again requested for personal hearing before the Allotment Committee.
RAJENDRA BABU, J. The petitioner is a Junior Advocate Non Advocate on Record of this Court and he has been a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association with effect from 12.11.1984.
Such application was to be made on or before 31.3.1996.
each year during the preceding two years prior to the date of inviting application in the Supreme Court of India.
Supreme Court of India Member The recommendations of the Allotment Committee for Lawyers Chambers are placed before a Committee of three Honble Judges of this Court designated by the Honble the Chief Justice of India for its companysideration and opinion and thereafter the entire matter is placed before the Honble the Chief Justice of India for final decision.
