Ms. Sunita Munda, a member of a Scheduled Tribe, applies for enrolment and produces a certificate from…

The proviso to Section 24(1)(f) fixes the fee for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates at "one hundred rupees" for the State Bar Council and "twenty-five rupees" for the Bar Council of India. The Act reduces the fee but does not waive it. In Gaurav Kumar v Union of India (2024) the Supreme Court held that Bar Councils cannot charge more than these statutory amounts at enrolment.