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Petitioner: WAJID ALI VS Respondent: FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad and 2 others
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Syed Mansoor Ali Shah Title:WAJID ALI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law
and Justice, Islamabad and 2 others Case No.: W.P. No 6727 of 2014 Date of Judgment:2016-12-11 Reported As: PLJ 2016 Lahore 462 Result: Petition disposed of Judgment ORDER Grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent Punjab Bar Council is granting exemptions to candidates from training and examination provided under Rule 5.2B of the Punjab Legal Practitioners & Bar Council Rules, 1974 ("Rules"), after holding a degree of LL.B. (Honours) from Pakistan or abroad. His contention is that under Rule 5.2B of the Rules, exemption is available to an applicant who has obtained an LL.M. Degree from any University in Pakistan or from a University recognized under Section 26(1)(c)(iii) of the Punjab Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 or a degree or diploma which is declared by the Pakistan Bar Council to be equivalent to that degree or the applicant has been called to the Bar in England and has completed a full year training with a senior counsel in England which training thereafter entitles him to appear independently in Court in England. 2. Rana Intezar Ahmed, Chairman, Legal Education Committee of the Punjab Bar Council fully supports the contentions of the petitioner and submits that the submissions made by the petitioner reflect the legal position. He frankly submits that grant of exemption to applicants with LL.B (Honours) was against the mandate of the law. 3. In this view of the matter, Punjab Bar Council will ensure that exemptions are granted strictly in terms of Rule 5.2B of the Rules and as a consequence no exemptions shall be granted to the applicants holding LL.B. (Honours). 4. Disposed of in the above terms.