examination before enrollment

Lastly, in Dr. Haniraj L. Chulani v. Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa4 , the appellant was a medical practitioner since 1970 who insisted that even though he was a medical practitioner, he was entitled to simultaneously carry on the profession as an advocate. The Supreme Court opined that Section 49(1)(ag) when read with Section 24 of the said Act confers wide powers on the Bar Council of India to indicate the class or category of persons who may be enrolled as advocates, which would include the power to refuse enrolment in certain cases. The Bar Council of India was held to be empowered to take all such steps as it considered necessary to filter students at the entry stage to the law course at the entry point of the profession, e.g. by providing an examination or a training course before enrolment as an advocate