2021 (2) TMI 1391

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..... (b) of the Companies Act, 2013, clearly shows that Advocates can file documents for incorporation of a Company. This would be true even in the case of LLPs. The MCA s portal is however stated to have no provision made for Advocates who are members of Bar Councils and Bar Councils are not provided as an option in the list of Councils. If this is the position, the same would be discriminatory qua Ad .....

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..... endment took place in the Companies Act, 2013 in 2014 by which even Advocates were permitted to file documents for incorporation of companies. For the said purpose, an Advocate would have to first register himself/herself as a practicing professional. However, the said amendment was not implemented in the tool kit which is used by the MCA. Therefore, even today, Advocates are unable to register co .....

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