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Under Section 26A, a State Bar Council may remove from the roll the name of an advocate who is
A{'text': 'Absent from the State for more than one year', 'label': 'A'}
B{'text': 'Dead, or who has requested removal', 'label': 'B'}
C{'text': 'Retired from active practice', 'label': 'C'}
D{'text': 'Elected to any legislative body', 'label': 'D'}
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. {'text': 'Dead, or who has requested removal', 'label': 'B'}
1. Section 26A supplies a specific power to remove names from the State roll.
2. Removal is permitted where the advocate is dead.
3. Removal is also permitted on a request received from the advocate.
4. Absence, retirement or election to office are not by themselves grounds under Section 26A.
_Source: The Advocates Act, 1961 (indiacode.nic.in), S. 26A_
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