The Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act, 2001: Social security in the form of financial assistance to junior lawyers and welfare schemes for indigent or disabled advocates has always been a matter of concern for the legal fraternity. Certain States enacted their own legislation on the subject. The Parliament enacted “Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act, 2001″ applicable to the Union Territories and the States which do not have their own enactments enabling them to create “Advocates’ Welfare Fund”.
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