Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:
A religious test for enrolment as a pleader was abolished by:
Options:
The Legal Practitioners Act, 1846
The Advocates Act, 1961
The Legal Practitioners Act of 1879
All of the above
Correct Answer:
The Legal Practitioners Act, 1846
Explanation:
The Legal Practitioners Act of 1846, was the first pan-India law concerning the regulation of the Indian legal profession. A religious test for enrolment as a pleader was abolished, and persons of any nationality and religion could be enrolled as a pleader