1[20. Special provision for enrolment of certain Supreme Court advocates.-- (1) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Chapter, every advocate who was entitled as of right to practise in the Supreme
Court immediately before the appointed day and whose name is not entered in any State roll may, within the
prescribed time, express his intention in the prescribed form to the Bar Council of India for the entry of his
name in the roll of a State Bar Council and on receipt thereof the Bar Council of India shall direct that the
name of such advocate shall, without payment of any fee, be entered in the roll of that State Bar Council, and
the State Bar Council concerned shall comply with such direction.
(2) Any entry in the State roll made in compliance with the direction of the Bar Council of India under sub-section (1) shall be made in the order of seniority determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 17.
(3) Where an advocate referred to in sub-section (1) omits or fails to express his intention within the prescribed time, his name shall be entered in the roll of the State Bar Council of Delhi.
(2) Any entry in the State roll made in compliance with the direction of the Bar Council of India under sub-section (1) shall be made in the order of seniority determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 17.
(3) Where an advocate referred to in sub-section (1) omits or fails to express his intention within the prescribed time, his name shall be entered in the roll of the State Bar Council of Delhi.
1. Subs. by Act 60 of 1973, s. 15, for section 20 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).