NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC on Tuesday allowed a petition by a South Korean national, Daeyoung Jung, seeking permission to enrol as an advocate in India.
Justice Yashwant Varma directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to allow Jung’s application for enrolment with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD). Jung, who approached the HC after BCD, and subsequently, BCI, rejected his application, submitted that he had acquired a law degree from an Indian institution and therefore, the bar council’s refusal to consider him eligible for enrolment as an advocate was wrong.
The petitioner argued that an Indian citizen who had obtained a law degree in Korea was entitled to practise in that country and therefore, as per section 24(1)(A) of the Advocates Act, a Korean national who had studied law in India should be allowed to practise here.
Justice Yashwant Varma directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to allow Jung’s application for enrolment with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD). Jung, who approached the HC after BCD, and subsequently, BCI, rejected his application, submitted that he had acquired a law degree from an Indian institution and therefore, the bar council’s refusal to consider him eligible for enrolment as an advocate was wrong.
The petitioner argued that an Indian citizen who had obtained a law degree in Korea was entitled to practise in that country and therefore, as per section 24(1)(A) of the Advocates Act, a Korean national who had studied law in India should be allowed to practise here.