Personal documentation work done by advocate

salman khan (Querist) 09 March 2012 This query is : Resolved
i would like to know that whether one advocate can set their own office or business for the personal documentation work nearby another Advocate office in his surrounding area and there is any terms and condition that office must be far or away from 100 meter or kilometer from another office of Advocate as per ADVOCATE ACT, 1960. OR any such kind of law regarding in this matter

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ajay sethi (Expert) 09 March 2012
yes he can . am not aware of any such restrictions .

most advocates have offices near each other

M.Sheik Mohammed Ali (Expert) 09 March 2012
i believe that no section mentioned that distance of one office to another.

Deepak Nair (Expert) 09 March 2012
There is no such provision in the Advocates Act which prevents an advocate to constitute an office near another advocate's office.

Guest (Expert) 09 March 2012
No such restriction.

Nadeem Qureshi (Expert) 09 March 2012
Dear Salman
There is no restriction

Kirti Kar Tripathi (Expert) 09 March 2012
No such restriction

RAJU O.F., (Expert) 10 March 2012
There is no such restrictions under law and practice.

dev kapoor (Expert) 10 March 2012
All are unanimous & correct.Advocates Act,which prescribes every things to be done or to be avoided by any Advocate,nowhere prescribes this kind of restriction.In any case see there is always a cluster of advocates Chambers even in HC or SC premises adjoining with one another.

V R SHROFF (Expert) 10 March 2012
no restriction. only precaution, that the address must be clear.

Rasik Dagli (Expert) 10 March 2012
YES. THERE IS NO SUCH RESTRICTION. EVEN TWO OR ADVOCATES HAVE OFFICES IN THE SAME BUILDING.
RASIK DAGLI
ADVOCATE.

r sugumaran (Expert) 11 March 2012
Dear Friend,

There are no such proximity restrictions for an advocate office either under the Advocates Act, 1961 or any other Act for that matter

A. A. JOSE (Expert) 11 March 2012
While I have no reason to differ from the views expressed herein above by different experts, I would like Mr.Salman to further enlighten as to whether he has come across any basis for a different view.

MV RAJA RAAM (Expert) 11 March 2012
Lawyers profession is not a business. No restrictions to establishing an office side by side or nearby. Advocate cannot do any business as long as he is practicing