alleryStart learning →Under Section 26A, a State Bar Council may remove from the roll the name of an advocate who is
AAbsent from the State for more than one year
BDead, or who has requested removal
CRetired from active practice
DElected to any legislative body
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Dead, or who has requested removal
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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