IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 3RD JANUARY 2008 / 13TH POUSHA 1929 OP.No. 39220 of 2001(R) ----------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ JOSHY ZACHARIA, S/O. ZACHARIA, AGED 28, SECRETARY, PALA COLLEGE OF LAW LL.B., DEGREE HOLDERS ASSOCIATION, M.G. UNIVERSITY. BY ADV. SRI.RAJESH VIJAYAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA, 21 HOUSE AVENUE, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE BAR COUNCIL OF KERALA, BAR COUNCIL OFFICE, HIGH COURT CAMPUS, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 3. M.G. UNIVERISITY, KOTTAYAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR. 4. UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, TVM. REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR. 5. THE KERALA LAW ACADEMY LAW COLLEGE, TVM. REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER 6. THE PRINCIPAL, DO. R1 BY ADV. SHRI N.N. SUGUNAPALAN BY ADV. SRI.NAIR AJAY KRISHNAN R5 & R6 BY SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRIRAJAN VELLOTH SRI.SAIJO HASSAN SRI.M.K.CHANDRA MOHANDAS R2 BY ADV. SRI.S.GOPAKUMARAN NAIR R3 BY ADV. SRI.V.K.MUHAMMAD YOUSUF, SC, M.G.UTY. SRI. T.A. SHAJI, SC, M.G.UNIVERSITY THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 03/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ORDER ON CMP NO.64208/2001 DISMISSED. 3/1/08 SD/- T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. APPENDIX EXT.P1-TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DT.5.12.2000 EXT.P2=TRUE COPY OF ENGLISH DAILY THE INDIAN EXPRESS DT.31.10.01 EXT.P3-TRUE COPY OF LETTER DT.31.10.2001 EXT.P4-TRUE COPY OF RESOLUTION DT.15.12.2000 EXT.P5-TRUE COPY OF LIST OF MEMBERS. // TRUE COPY // P.S. TO JUDGE T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O.P.NO.39220 of 2001-R - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 3rd day of January, 2008. JUDGMENT The petitioner has approached this court for a declaration that he is duly qualified for enrolment as an Advocate. He was a student of the 3 year LL.B. Course from the Pala College of Law. It appears that there was a dispute regarding its affiliation which prompted the petitioner to approach this court in this original petition. 2. In C.M.P. No.64208/2001, there was a direction to the Bar Council of Kerala to enrol the petitioner provisionally, pending approval of the Bar Council of India and also subject to the final outcome of the original petition. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner brought to my notice the judgment of a Division Bench of this court in O.P.No.27816/2000 filed by a similarly placed petitioner. In the above judgment, after noticing the fact that the college was given affiliation subsequent to the filing of the original petition, Bar Council of Kerala was directed to treat the provisional enrolment as final as far as the petitioner is concerned. In Writ Appeal NO.777/1999 and connected cases also, this court had directed that the OP 39220/2001 -2- enrolment should be regularised and party should be allowed to practice. In view of the fact that the issue is covered by the said judgments, a similar direction is called for in this original petition also, particularly in view of the fact that as per the interim order, the petitioner was enrolled provisionally. Therefore, the original petition is allowed. The provisional enrollment of the petitioner will be regularised and the same will be treated as final as far as the petitioner is concerned. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/ OP 39220/2001 -3- T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O.P. No.39220 of 2001-R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT 3rd January, 2008.