Case Note & Summary
The judgment pertains to a writ petition before the High Court of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad. The petitioner is Ashok Laxminarayan Bihani, and the respondents are Rahuri Peoples Cooperative Bank Ltd. and another. During the proceedings, Mr. T.K. Prabhakaran, advocate, submitted that Mr. S.V. Adwant, advocate, on instructions, desired to get discharged for respondent No.1 because another counsel had been engaged. The court noted that Mr. R.R. Karpe had already filed a vakalatnama. Consequently, the court discharged Mr. Adwant as advocate for respondent No.1. The judgment is brief and primarily concerns the substitution of counsel.
Headnote
A) Advocate and Client - Discharge of Advocate - Substitution of Counsel - The court allowed the discharge of Mr. S.V. Adwant as advocate for respondent No.1 upon request, as another counsel Mr. R.R. Karpe had already filed vakalatnama. (Para 1)
Issue of Consideration
Whether an advocate can be discharged upon request when another counsel has already filed vakalatnama
Final Decision
Mr. S.V. Adwant stands discharged as advocate for respondent No.1, as Mr. R.R. Karpe has already filed vakalatnama.
Law Points
- Advocate discharge
- substitution of counsel
- vakalatnama
