Anadi Tewari
The Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association (SCAORA) vide letter (dtd: May 02, 2021) has requested the Supreme Court of India to postpone this year’s the Advocates-On-Record Examination, from June 2021 to December 2021.
The foregoing request for postponement of the examination is due to “the prevailing circumstances of the surge in the global pandemic COVID-19.”
The Association has taken recourse to Rule 1 of the Regulations regarding Advocate-On-Record Examination which provides for exams to be held in the month of December.
Rule 1 of the Regulations provides:
“(1) The examination shall be held under the general supervision of a Committee of three Judges of the Court to be appointed by the Chief Justice of India and to be designated as the Examination Committee; unless otherwise specifically ordered by the said Committee the examinations will be held twice a year preferably in May and December.”
The letter has been written under the signature of the Honorary Secretary of SCAORA, Dr Joseph Aristotle S. and has been addressed to the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and Secretary.
Earlier, by virtue of the notification (dtd: March 26, 2021), it was informed that the Examination for the Advocates-on-Record will be held in the Supreme Court Premises, New Delhi on 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th June 2021. With regard to the eligibility for appearing in the examination, the notification stated that “All Advocates who will be completing one year’s continuous training on or before 30th April 2021 are eligible to appear for the aforesaid examination.”
The Supreme Court, on April 24, had extended the time for submission of the application forms to May 01, 2021, till 01:00 PM.
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