Allahabad HC Rejects Lawyer’s Rs.1 Crore Fee Demand: “No Foundation for His Claim as Govt Had Not Engaged Him”

The Allahabad High Court dismissed a lawyer’s demand for a Rs.1 crore fee from the government for a case he filed on his own. The court noted that the petitioner was never officially engaged by the government. The Centre clarified that it has a dedicated panel of advocates representing its interests in the Supreme Court. The ruling reinforces that self-filed cases do not warrant government compensation.