SC asks state barcouncils to completelawyers’ verificationNEW DELHI, Aug 23:

The Supreme Court todaygranted the last opportunity to allstate bar councils to complete theverification process of lawyers,initiated to weed out those advo-cates having fake degrees.

The apex court directed theBar Council of India (BCI) to file astatus report after receiving repliesfrom all the state bar councils.

A bench of Justices R KAgrawal and A M Sapre granted 15days to the lawyers to submit theirforms for verification of degrees bythe BCI under the BCI (Certificateof Practice) Rules, 2015.

The court also directed thestate bar councils to completethe verification process within amonth after the lawyers submit-ted their forms.

It also said that the universi-ty authorities shall ensure veri-fication of degrees awarded bythem without any charge, with-in a month on its presentation.

The bench said the state barcouncils will then have to pre-pare electoral rolls based on theverification and they will haveto declare the schedule of elec-tions after expiry of 75 days.

It directed the state barcouncils to take necessary stepsand conclude the proceedingsby December 31 and send areply to the BCI.

“The BCI is directed torequest a retired judge of theSupreme Court in order to controland supervise the verificationprocess and preparation ofElectoral Rolls. We direct theBCI to take all steps in this regardimmediately in order to do theneedful,” the bench said.(PTI)

DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017 (PAGE 13)

IN THE COURT OF THE HON'BLEV ADDL. DISTRICT JUDGE (MACT) AT KARIMNAGAR

O.P. No. [719] of 2015Between. Pinreddy Venkatreddy ... Petitioner.And Parvaz Mohammad & Others ... Respondents. To, Respondent No.2 Parveen Singh S/o Suchath SinghAge. Major Occ. Owner of offendinglorry bearing No. JK-02-AQ-6071 R/oW. No.1, Simbal camp, ShriramTransport Co. Ltd., Jammu District ofJammu & Kashmir state. Take notice that the petitioner namedabove have filed the O. P. U/Sec. 166 (1)(a) of M.V. Act, claiming compensationagainst you and others. The noticeswere sent many times on your addressmentioned above, were returned asunserved, now the said case is postedon 22-09-2017 for your appearance andcounter if any. Therefore you are requested to appearbefore the Hon'ble Court either personalor through Advocate at 10:30 A. M. on22-09-2017 to defend your case other-wise the matter will be heard and decid-ed in your absence.

//By order of the Court// Salpala Ramesh Advocate Karimnagar District. Telangana State. Cell. No. 9440570031