Telangana HC clears decks for advocate enrolment, sets aside interim stay
The Telangana High Court has directed the Bar Council of Telangana to resume the advocate enrolment process, overturning an interim stay that had stalled proceedings. The Division Bench, led by Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, ruled in favour of a law graduate’s appeal.
By Our Legal Correspondent
Hyderabad: Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin of the Telangana High Court directed the Bar Council of Telangana to immediately resume the advocate enrolment process, setting aside an earlier interim stay.
The Bench passed these orders in a Writ Appeal filed by a law graduate, Kaluva Bhuvana Srija Reddy, challenging an order that kept the enrolment proceedings in abeyance.
The dispute originated from a writ petition filed by a law graduate challenging the constitution of an Interim Enrollment Committee formed via a letter issued by the Advocate General. While the writ petitioner questioned the legality of the committee under Section 58 of the Advocates Act, 1961, a single judge on August 11, 2026, directed the committee to keep all scheduled enrolments including an event where nearly 200 candidates were scheduled to take oath—in abeyance until final orders.
Aggrieved by the blanket freeze, the appellant approached the Division Bench, contending that law graduates who fulfilled every requirement under Section 24 of the Advocates Act were being indefinitely stalled.
Counsel for the appellant Baglekar Akash Kumar argued that candidate oaths had been scheduled prior to the stay, and halting the process directly infringed upon their fundamental rights to practice a profession and earn a livelihood under Articles 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution. It was further submitted that the existing Bar Council body remains functional until a newly elected body takes charge.
The appellant’s counsel emphasized that the interim committee includes the Advocate General, the Chairman of the State Bar Council, and a Bar Council of India member, thereby satisfying the statutory criteria under Sections 3 and 10 of the Advocates Act.
Taking note of the hardship caused to hundreds of waiting law graduates, the Division Bench cleared the path for the resumption of enrolment process.
