BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA vs UOI

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$~7 to 9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 16th February, 2026 Uploaded on:17th February, 2026 ~7 + W.P.(C) 2360/2005 & CM APPL. 1735/2005, CM APPL. 3467/2006, CM APPL. 3520/2006 BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA .....Petitioner versus UOI .....Respondent ~8 + W.P.(C) 4003/2017 & CM APPL. 17605/2017, CM APPL. 38476/2023 ASSOCIATION OF TAX LAWYERS .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents ~9 + W.P.(C) 541/2020 PURAV MIDDHA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Appearance for the Petitioner:- Mr. Ashish Middha, Adv., Mr. Pushkar Sood Adv. for Pro Bono Counsel (Civil), DHCLSC, Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ajay Sinha, Mr. Abhishek Sinha, Ms. Megha Saxena and Ms. Shreya Bhatnagar, Advs, Ms. Pooja Adv, Ms. Simran kumari Advs., Appearance for the Respondent:- Mr. Ajay Kumar Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Vivek Goyal, Adv., Mr. G.S Chaturvedi Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 2360/2005 & Connected matters Page 1 of 4 NEGI Signing Date:17.02.2026 17:11:52 and Mr. Virat Vibhav Singh, Advs., Ms. Arunima Dwivedi CGSC Ms. Himanshi Singh, Adv., Ms. Monalisha Pradhan Adv., Ms. Pooja Mehra Saigal, Sr. Adv. and Mr. Nivesh Dixit, Adv., Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC with Mr Krishna Chaitanya, Mr. Rajkumar Maurya and Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev, Advs., Mr. Dhruv Rohatgi, Panel Counsel(Civil), GNCTD, Ms. Chandrika Sachdev, Mr. Dhruv Kumar, Advs., Mr. Harpreet Singh (Senior Standing Counsel), Mr. Iqbal Singh Bedi, Ms. Suhani Mathur, Mr. Jatin Kumar Gaur, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been through hybrid mode. 2. These petitions raise a very important issue as to whether persons who are not enrolled as Advocates can appear before Tribunals and plead