ADVOCATE ON RECORD EXAM 2023

रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-19042023-245261 xxxGIDHxxx CG-DL-E-19042023-245261 xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY स.ं 245] नई दिल्ली, बुधवार, अप्रलै 19, 2023/चत्रै 29, 1945 No. 245] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2023/CHAITRA 29, 1945 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th April, 2023 G.S.R. 307(E).—1. Under Rules 5 (i) and (ii) of Order IV, Supreme Court Rules, 2013 and Regulation 2 of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination made thereunder governing the Examination for Advocates-on-Record, it is hereby notified for the information of all concerned that the next Examination for the Advocates-on-Record will be held at New Delhi on 12th, 13th, 14th and 15thJune, 2023. 2. All the advocates who have completed their training for a continuous period of one year commencing from the end of the fourth year of date of their enrolment ending with the 30th April, 2023, or would complete their training before the commencement of the said examination, shall be eligible to appear for the aforesaid examination. 3. Applications should reach the Secretary, Board of Examiners by 6th May, 2023. Physical copy of application form may be obtained from the office of the Secretary on any working day during working hours. For the convenience of the candidates, copy of the application form along with Instructions/Guidelines for submission of Application Form, has been appended with this notification as Annexure-'A'. No application shall be accepted after the last date for receipt of applications i.e. 6th May, 2023. 4. Acceptance of the application is subject to production of requisite certificate of training from an Advocate-on- Record under Regulation 6 of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination. 5. A list of leading cases with regard to Paper-IV 'Leading Cases' is appended to this Notification as Annexure-'B'. 6. Under Regulation 12 of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination, no application/ representation for re-evaluation of answer sheets shall be entertained. Application/representation seeking relief other than in the nature of re-evaluation shall not be entertained beyond a period of 30 days from the date of declaration of the result. 2549 GI/2023 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] 7. In the ensuing examination, those who are given roll numbers and who absent themselves in any individual examination paper(s) will be treated as not sufficiently prepared for the examination and will be dealt with under Regulation 5(b) without giving them any further opportunity, and they shall not be permitted to sit in any subsequent examination except for good reason and with the express permission of the Board of Examiners. 8. Under Regulation 11(iii) of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination, a candidate who fails in all the papers of the examination shall not be permitted to appear in the next examination. The candidates, who do not appear in all the papers and fail in the papers in which they have appeared, shall be treated to have failed in all the papers including the papers they have not appeared. 9. Under Regulation 11(iv) of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination, a candidate shall not be allowed more than five chances to appear at the examination. Appearance even in any one of the papers in an examination shall be deemed to be a chance. [F. No. AOR Exam./June/2023] DEVENDER PAL WALIA, Registrar & Secy., BOARD OF EXAMINERS ANNEXURE-'A' Instructions / Guidelines only for Applicant-Advocates who wants to submit their Application Forms through E-mail The aspirants for the forthcoming Advocates-on-Record Examination - June 2023 are hereby informed that as an alternative to submission of the hard copy of the Application Form for the said Examination, the scanned copy of the Application Form, along with the requisite documents and the prescribed fee, may provisionally be submitted through e-mail, subject to submission of the hard copy of the same to be sent through post/courier. The acceptance of the Application Form through e-mail will be subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:- 1. (i) The applicant-Advocates who have completed/will be completing continuous training of one year commencing from the end of the fourth year of date of their enrolment ending with the 30th April, 2023, or would complete their training before the commencement of the said examination, shall be eligible to appear for the aforesaid examination. (ii) Acceptance of the application is subject to production of requisite certificate of training from an Advocate-on-Record under Regulation 6 of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination. 2. (i) The Application Form should be legibly filled and duly signed by the applicant-Advocate. (ii) All the fields mentioned in the Application Form have to be filled by the applicant-Advocate. If any field is not applicable, the same may be struck out. No material information should be concealed. (iii) Incomplete/Illegible Application Form shall be summarily rejected. 3. One photograph has to be pasted at the designated place, i.e., on the top-right side of the Application Form. 4. Self-attested and legible copy of the Enrolment Certificate has to be annexed to the Application Form. 5. The applicant-Advocate has to ensure that he/she is eligible to apply for AOR Examination- June 2023 in all respects:- (i) He/she has undergone one year of mandatory training and had furnished prior intimation to this Registry. (ii) Under Regulation 11(iii) of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination, a candidate who fails in all the papers of the examination shall not be permitted to appear in the next examination. Those candidates who were declared to have failed in all papers of the last AOR Examination, in which they appeared, are, therefore, not eligible to apply for AOR Examination- June 2023 in view of those provisions.[भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 (iii) Under Regulation 11(iv) of the Regulations regarding Advocates-on-Record Examination, a candidate shall not be allowed more than five chances to appear at the examination. Appearance even in any one of the papers in an examination shall be deemed to be a chance. Those candidates who have already availed five chances are, therefore, not eligible to apply for AOR Examination- June 2023. 6. The scanned copy of duly filled Application Form with photograph affixed thereon, along with the self- attested copy of the Enrolment Certificate be sent to e-mail at advocate-on-record@sci.nic.inlatest by 1.00 p.m. on 06.05.2023. 7. After due verification of the Application Form and documents, if it is found in order, the applicant- Advocate will be informed through e-mail whereafter he/she has to deposit the prescribed Examination Fee of Rs. 750/- online within a period of 02 days from the date of receipt of confirmatory e-mail from the Registry to the effect that the Application Form is in order, in the following Account:- Account No.:02070200016235 IFSC Code:UCBA0000207 Bank Name: UCO Bank, Supreme Court of India. While submitting the application fee, the applicant must mention his full name in the remarks column of the online payment module. It is compulsory to deposit the fee within two days and in case the fee is not deposited within two days of receipt of the confirmatory e-mail from the Registry, the application is liable to be rejected. 8. After submission of the requisite fee, the applicant-Advocate is required to send the hard copy of the following documents through post/courier:- (i) His/her Application Form, with one copy of photograph affixed thereon. (ii) Self-attested copy of his/her Enrolment Certificate. (iii) Receipt of payment of Rs. 750/-. These documents should be sent to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners, AOR Examination, Supreme Court of India, Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001”. 9. The final acceptance of the Application Form will be subject to the receipt of the hard copy of the Application Form. The candidates may please note that the submission of the soft copy of the Application Form has to be done latest by 1.00 p.m. on 06.05.2023 The last date for applying for AOR Examination- June 2023 shall be 06.05.2023 till 1.00 p.m. The Registry will not be responsible for any postal delay. 10. Scanned copy of the Application must be accompanied by the requisite documents failing which it is liable to be rejected. 11. In case, at any stage, an applicant-Advocate is found to be ineligible to apply for AOR Examination - June 2023, his/her Application Form will be rejected. ANNEXURE-'B' REVISED LIST OF LEADING CASES Equivalent citation in S.No. Cause Title SCR Citation other journals His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru 1. [1973] Suppl. SCR 1 (1973) 4 SCC 225 v. State of Kerala 2. Maneka Gandhi v.Union of India [1978] 2 SCR 621 (1978) 1 SCC 248 3. Minerva Mills Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. [1981] 1 SCR 206 (1980) 3 SCC 625 4. Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra [1985] 1 SCR 88 (1984) 4 SCC 1164 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] Equivalent citation in S.No. Cause Title SCR Citation other journals 5. A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Nayak & Anr. [1988] 1 Suppl. SCR 1 (1988) 2 SCC 602 6. Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others [1992] 1 SCR 686 (1992) Supp 2 SCC 651 Indra Sawhney and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India 7. [1992] 2 Suppl. SCR 454 1992 Supp (3) SCC 217 and Ors. Etc. Etc. 8. S.R. Bommai and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. [1994] 2 SCR 644 (1994) 3 SCC 1 9. L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India and Others [1994] 6 Suppl. SCR 261 (1995) 1 SCC 400 Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of 10. [1996] 5 Suppl. SCR 241 (1996) 5 SCC 647 India and Ors. 11. D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal [1996] 10 Suppl. SCR 284 (1997) 1 SCC 416 Mafatlal Industries Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Union of 12. [1996] 10 Suppl. SCR 585 (1997) 5 SCC 536 India Etc. Etc. 13. Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. [1997] 3 Suppl. SCR 404 (1997) 6 SCC 241 Githa Hariharan and Anr. v. Reserve Bank of India 14. [1999] 1 SCR 669 (1999) 2 SCC 228 and Anr. 15. Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra and Anr. [2002] 2 SCR 1006 (2002) 4 SCC 388 Pradeep Kumar Biswas and Ors. v. Indian Institute 16. [2002] 3 SCR 100 (2002) 5 SCC 111 of Chemical Biology and Ors. 17. P. Rama Chandra Rao v. State of Karnataka [2002] 3 SCR 60 (2002) 4 SCC 578 T.M.A. Pai Foundation and Ors. v. State of (2002) 8 SCC 481 : AIR 18. [2002] 3 Suppl.SCR 587 Karnataka and Ors. 2003 SC 355 19. P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra (2004) 8 SCC 139 20. Technip SA v. SMS Holding (Pvt.) Ltd. & Ors. [2005] 1 Suppl. SCR 223 (2005) 5 SCC 465 M/s. S.B.P.and Co. v. M/s. Patel Engineering Ltd. 21. [2005] 4 Suppl. SCR 688 (2005) 8 SCC 618 and Anr. Rameshwar Prasad & Ors. v. Union of India and 22. [2006] 1 SCR 562 (2006) 2 SCC 1 Anr. 23. I.R. Coelho (Dead) By LRs. v. State of Tamil Nadu [2007] 1 SCR 706 (2007) 2 SCC 1 Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of (2008) 5 SCC 511 24. [2008] 6 SCR 262 India & Ors. State of West Bengal & Ors. v. The Committee for 25. Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal & [2010] 2 SCR 979 (2010) 3 SCC 571 Ors. 26. Smt. Selvi & Ors. v. State of Karnataka [2010] 5 SCR 381 (2010) 7 SCC 263 Re: Special Reference No. 1 of 2012 [Under Article 27. [2012] 9 SCR 311 (2012) 10 SCC 1 143(1) of the Constitution of India] Republic of Italy and Ors. v. Union of India and 28. [2013] 4 SCR 595 (2013) 4 SCC 721 Ors. 29. Novartis AG v. Union of India & Others [2013] 13 SCR 148 (2013) 6 SCC 1[भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5 Equivalent citation in S.No. Cause Title SCR Citation other journals 30. Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors. [2013] 12 SCR 30 (2014) 1 SCC 384 31. Lalita Kumari v. Govt.of U.P. and Ors. [2013] 14 SCR 713 (2014) 2 SCC 1 National Legal Services Authority v. Union of 32. [2014] 5 SCR 119 (2014) 5 SCC 438 India and Others Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust ® & Ors. v. 33. [2014] 11 SCR 712 (2014) 8 SCC 1 Union of India& Ors. M/s. Kailash Nath Associates v. Delhi 34. [2015] 1 SCR 627 (2015) 4 SCC 136 Development Authority & Anr. 35. Shreya Singhal v. Union of India [2015] 5 SCR 963 (2015) 5SCC 01 Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association 36. [2015] 13 SCR 1 2016 (5) SCC 1 and Another v. Union of India 37. Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. [2015] 14 SCR 613 2016 (7) SCC 1 Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. EMCO 38. [2016] 1 SCR 857 (2016) 11 SCC 182 Limited & Others 39. Mukesh & Anr. v. State for NCT of Delhi & Ors. [2017] 6 SCR 1 (2017) 6 SCC 1 Excel Crop Care Limited v. Competition 40. [2017] 5 SCR 901 (2017) 8 SCC 47 Commission of India and Another 41. Common Cause v. Union of India and Ors. [2017] 13 SCR 361 (2017) 9 SCC 499 42. Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others [2017] 9 SCR 797 (2017) 9 SCC 1 Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd.), and Anr. v. Union 43. [2017] 10 SCR 569 (2017) 10 SCC 1 of India and Ors. Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of 44. [2018] 6 SCR 1 2018 (5) SCC 1 India & Another Municipal Corporation, Ujjain and Anr. v. BVG 45. [2018] 6 SCR 861 [2018 (5) SCC 462] India Limited and Ors. 46. Shakti Vahini v. Union of India & Others [2018] 3 SCR 770 (2018) 7 SCC 192 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. 47. [2018] 7 SCR 379 (2018) 10 SCC 1 Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union 48. [2018] 8 SCR 1 (2019) 1 SCC 1 of India & Ors. Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & 49. [2018] 10 SCR 663 (2018) 10 SCC-396 Others 50. Joseph Shine v. Union of India [2018] 11 SCR 765 (2019) 3 SCC 39 Competition Commission of India v. Bharti Airtel 51. [2018] 14 SCR 489 (2019) 2 SCC 521 Limited and Others Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India 52. [2019] 3 SCR 535 (2019) 4 SCC 17 & Ors. Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. v. 53. [2019] 7 SCR 522 2019(15) SCC 131 National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] Equivalent citation in S.No. Cause Title SCR Citation other journals 54. Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another [2019] 12 SCR 30 2019 SCC Online SC 1144 Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Limited and 55. [2019] 16 S.C.R. 1 (2020) 6 SCC 1 Ors. Central Public Information Officer Supreme Court 56. [2019] 16 S.C.R. 424 (2020) 5 SCC 481 of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel India 57. Limited Through Authorised Signatory v. Satish [2019] 16 S.C.R. 275 (2020) 8 SCC 531 Kumar Gupta and Others M/s Shanti Conductors Private Limited v. Assam 58. [2019] 16 S.C.R. 252 (2020) 2 SCC 677 State Electricity Board and Others Keisham Meghachandra Singh v. The Hon'ble 59. [2020] 2 S.C.R. 132 2020 (2) SCALE 329 Speaker Manipur Legislative Assembly & Ors. Sushila Aggarwal and Others v. State (NCT of 60. [2020] 2 S.C.R. 1 (2020) 5 SCC 1 Delhi) and Another 61. Dheeraj Mor v. Hon'ble High Court of Delhi [2020] 2 S.C.R. 161 (2020) 7 SCC 401 Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve 62. [2020] 2 S.C.R. 297 (2020) 10 SCC 274 Bank of India Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and 63. [2020] 3 S.C.R. 1 (2020) 8 SCC 129 Others Etc. 64. Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Anr. [2020] 2 S.C.R. 246 2020 (13) SCALE 443 Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.