The Supreme Court Today (Dec 17) agreed to examine whether a person can be denied enrolment as an advocate if her graduation was through a correspondence degree course. The issue arose in an appeal challenging an order of the Telangana High Court by which the High Court had rejected the plea of a candidate, one STS Gladies (appellant), seeking direction to the Bar Council of Telangana to enrol her.
The Supreme Court Today (Nov 25) refused to examine a PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission and state election bodies to address the purported duplication and multiple entries in voter lists. A bench comprising CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the apex court cannot issue omnibus directions to all authorities. The bench, however, allowed the petitioner Rashtrawadi Adarsh Mahasangh, a registered political outfit, to approach the high courts with specific grievances and permitted filing representations with appropriate authorities.