alleryStart learning →Under Section 29 of the Advocates Act, 1961, the only recognised class of persons entitled to practise law is
AVakils
BPleaders
CAdvocates
DLegal practitioners
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Advocates
1. Section 29 unifies the profession into a single class from the appointed day.
2. That class is "advocates".
3. Older categories (vakils, pleaders, mukhtars) were absorbed subject to transitional provisions.
4. This unification is central to the regulatory scheme of the Advocates Act.
_Source: The Advocates Act, 1961 (indiacode.nic.in), S. 29_
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