Today, lawyers approaches Delhi High Court and filed a  petition challenging a recent notification issued by the Bar Council of Delhi making the filing of Aadhar Card and Voter ID bearing address of Delhi or NCR region mandatory for future enrolments.

The matter was listed today before Justice Prathiba M Singh who asked Advocate Lalit Kumar to implead the Bar Council of India in the plea.

The plea has been moved by Advocate Rajani Kumar, a law graduate from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and a resident of Bihar.

It is her case that the mandatory requirement of giving the said documents discriminates against those law graduates who do not have an address in Delhi or NCR and also creates an arbitrary classification between law graduates based on their residential address.

The plea submits that the notification published on April 13 is arbitrary, discriminatory and against the provisions of the Advocates Act.

“The requirement of Aadhaar Card and Voter ID Card with the address of Delhi or NCR imposes an unreasonable restriction on the exercise of these rights. It hinders the ability of law graduates from other states to join the legal profession in Delhi or NCR, and it limits their ability to form associations with other legal professionals in these areas,” the plea adds.