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Advocates (Amendment) Bill 2025: What's changing, why Centre had to withdraw draft?

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Widespread protests against the proposed amendments to the Advocates Bill, 1961, prompted the Central government to withdraw the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Here's a look at the key provisions of the draft bill and the reasons behind lawyers' objections.

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Advocates (Amendment) Bill 2025: What's changing, why Centre had to withdraw draft?

Widespread protests against the proposed amendments to the Advocates Bill, 1961, prompted the Central government to withdraw the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Here's a look at the key provisions of the draft bill and the reasons behind lawyers' objections.

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Centre withdraws amendments to Advocates Act after protests by lawyers, Bar Council

The proposed legislation would have prohibited boycotts or abstentions from court proceedings.

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Tamil Nadu CM criticizes ‘Advocates Amendment Bill; as attack on legal profession's autonomy

Chennai, February 23: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin strongly criticized the Centre's Advocates Amendment Bill 2025, calling it a "direct assault on the autonomy of the legal profession."He further pointed out the BJP's disregard for Tamil by proposing to rename the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry as the Bar Council of Madras."Tamil Nadu represents more than just a name; it embodies our identity!" Stalin emphasized.

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Union govt withdraws amendments to Advocates Act after protests by lawyers, Bar Council

The Union government on Saturday withdrew the draft 2025 Advocates Amendment Bill after protests by lawyers and objections from the Bar Council of India. The draft legislation will be “processed afresh for consultation with stakeholders” based on the feedback it had received, said the Union law ministry. The Bill, sought to amend the 1961 Advocates Act, was published on February 13 for public consultation until February 28. The Bill provided for…

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