Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:

During the British India, Indian legal practitioners were classified into different categories. Which of the following was NOT a category for Indian practitioners?

Options:

Mukhtars

Vakils

Pleaders

None of the above

Correct Answer:

None of the above

Explanation:

The Legal Practitioners Act of 1879 repealed the Pleaders, Mukhtars and Revenue Agents Act, 1865.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. .