1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1656 OF 1994 Bhimrao S/o Gangaramji Chaupagar } Age : 50 Yrs., Occ. Nil. } R/o : Aurangabad. } ..... PETITIONER V E R S U S 1. The State of Maharashtra } 2. The Secretary } Bar Council of Maharashtra } & Goa, High Court } Extension II Floor, Fort, } Bombay. } 3. The Chairman of } Disciplinary Committee } Bar Council of Maharashtra } & Goa, High Court } Extension II Floor, Fort, } Bombay. } .... RESPONDENTS Mr. R.B.Salve, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. K.B.Chaudhari, Additional Govt. Pleader for State. Mr. P.G.Godhamgaonkar, Advocate for resp. nos. 2 & 3. CORAM : B.R.GAVAI & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/06/2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT : [ PER – B.R.GAVAI, J. ] 1. The petitioner by way of present petition challenges the amendment to the Advocates’ Act, 1961 ( For short, ‘ the Act ’ ) and specifically amendment to Section 24-A of the Act. 2. By the said amendment, it is provided that in case a person who applies for enrollment as Advocate on the roll of Bar Council, if is a dismissed employee on the ground of moral turpitude, he shall not be entitled to the ‘ Sanad ’ for period of two years from the date of dismissal. The petitioner has been dismissed on 21/4/1993. Therefore, the period of restraint has ceased to exist from 21/4/1995. 3. In that view of the matter, nothing survives in the petition. The petition is, therefore, disposed of as having rendered infructuous. Rule is discharged. [ S.V.GANGAPURWALA ] [ B.R.GAVAI ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/WP 1656.94 ( J )