Advocates Who are Provisionally allowed to Participate in Election would face Action If their Law Degrees found Fake: SC Modifies earlier Order [Read Order]

While modifying the order passed on 23.08.2017, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court said that appropriate orders will be taken against Advocates who are provisionally allowed to participate in election if their law degrees are found false or fake as per the report of the concerned university.

A bench comprising Justices R K Agarwal and Abhay Manohar Sapre clarified that “We make it clear that we have provisionally permitted those advocates, who have submitted their forms with Law Degrees but their cases are still pending for verification to participate in the election by including their names in the electoral roll. However, if on verification, the Law Degrees of such advocates are found false or fake as per the report of the concerned University then appropriate orders, in relation to their enrolment and also in relation to the elections in which they were allowed to participate, would accordingly be passed by this Court on receipt of the report of the Committee.”

The bench further added that the result of the elections would be subject to the final result of this petition.

A direction was given to the Universities to expedite the process of Verification of Law Degrees and complete the same by 31.03.2018.