'Slash advocate registration fee, help us start our careers'

Updated On: 02 November, 2020 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Pallavi Smart

Law graduates request bar council to reduce the charge by half to Rs 7,500, keeping in mind the financial crisis people are in due to the pandemic

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The registration fee was increased to Rs 15,000 in January this year. Representation pic

New law graduates have demanded the Bar Council of India (BCI) to reduce the advocate registration charge by half. The students' organisation, in a letter to the BCI, said that the fee be reduced to Rs 7,500 from Rs 15,000 considering the pandemic and its adverse impact. The graduates said the reduction would help many start their career and make earning amid the crisis.

The Maharashtra Students Union (MASU) said the fee paid to the BCI is a non-optional expenditure to begin practising law, and that it was R7,500 until last year. It was increased to Rs 15,000 in January 2020, and is proving to be too expensive now, the graduates said.