The Legal Practitioners Act of 1879 repealed the Pleaders, Mukhtars and Revenue Agents Act, 1865. During this time in British India, there were ……… grades of legal practitioners.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The Legal Practitioners Act of 1879 repealed the Pleaders, Mukhtars and Revenue Agents Act, 1865. During this time in British India, there were six grades of practitioners- Advocates, Solicitors (Attorneys) and Vakils of the High Court and Pleaders, Mukhtars and Revenue agents in the lower courts. Vakils became a distinct grade above the Pleader. The Act brought all six grades of legal practitioners into one system. .