NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court’s determination to seek Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s reaction to BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi’s contempt petition accusing him of twisting the SC verdict to focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an abnormal fallout — the sacking of Rajasthan’s status counsel within the apex court docket.
In the SC, just a small staff of lawyers designated as advocate-on-record, when they transparent a tough exam performed by way of the apex court docket, can document a petition on behalf of a litigant. An AOR is required to be provide at the side of the arguing counsel when the court docket takes up a petition for listening to.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi had mentioned Lekhi’s petition before a bench headed by way of CJI Ranjan Gogoi on April 12 and sought pressing listening to. The court docket’s order uploaded past due within the night time showed that Ruchi Kohli used to be the advocate-on-record for Lekhi.
Kohli used to be appointed as Rajasthan’s status counsel within the SC by way of the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP govt, which lost power in December and a new Congress regime headed by way of Ashok Gehlot took over. However, Kohli persevered as status counsel beneath the new dispensation.
Late on April 12, officials within the Congress govt realised the cardinal mistake dedicated by way of their very own counsel of becoming the AOR for a BJP MP in opposition to the Congress leader. The panel of status counsel for the Centre and states are appointed by way of each new regime as in keeping with their selection. The state govt wasted no time in terminating Kohli’s task as status counsel. Kohli refused to touch upon her sacking.
The grand-daughter of mythical prison legislation practitioner and senior advocate R L Kohli who started his follow in Lahore top court docket, Ruchi Kohli is a 3rd era lawyer.
In the SC, just a small staff of lawyers designated as advocate-on-record, when they transparent a tough exam performed by way of the apex court docket, can document a petition on behalf of a litigant. An AOR is required to be provide at the side of the arguing counsel when the court docket takes up a petition for listening to.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi had mentioned Lekhi’s petition before a bench headed by way of CJI Ranjan Gogoi on April 12 and sought pressing listening to. The court docket’s order uploaded past due within the night time showed that Ruchi Kohli used to be the advocate-on-record for Lekhi.
Kohli used to be appointed as Rajasthan’s status counsel within the SC by way of the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP govt, which lost power in December and a new Congress regime headed by way of Ashok Gehlot took over. However, Kohli persevered as status counsel beneath the new dispensation.
Late on April 12, officials within the Congress govt realised the cardinal mistake dedicated by way of their very own counsel of becoming the AOR for a BJP MP in opposition to the Congress leader. The panel of status counsel for the Centre and states are appointed by way of each new regime as in keeping with their selection. The state govt wasted no time in terminating Kohli’s task as status counsel. Kohli refused to touch upon her sacking.
The grand-daughter of mythical prison legislation practitioner and senior advocate R L Kohli who started his follow in Lahore top court docket, Ruchi Kohli is a 3rd era lawyer.
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