Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:

Which of the following legal practitioners still exist today?

Options:

Pleaders

Barristers

Vakils

Advocates

Correct Answer:

Advocates

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Advocates

After the enactment of the Advocates Act ,1961 all the old categories of practitioners (vakils, barristers, pleaders of several grades, and mukhtars) were abolished and consolidated into a single category called "advocates" who enjoy the right to practice in courts throughout India.